2021 Monaco ePrix

The 2021 Monaco ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 8 May 2021. It marked the seventh round of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the fourth edition of the biennial event, albeit with a significantly modified layout resembling the one used in Formula One.[1] António Félix da Costa won the race from pole,[2] with Robin Frijns and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium.

2021 Monaco ePrix
Race 7 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)
Official name 2021 Monaco E-Prix
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.318 km (2.062 mi)
Distance 26 laps, 86.268 km (53.604 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Techeetah-DS
Time 1:31.317
Fastest lap
Driver Stoffel Vandoorne
Jean-Éric Vergne[lower-alpha 1]		 Mercedes
Techeetah-DS
Time 1:34.428 (1:34.697) on lap 17 (13)
Podium
First
Techeetah-DS
Second
Virgin-Audi
Third
Jaguar
Lap leaders

Classification

Qualifying
Group draw[3]
Group 1 DEV (1) VAN (2) BIR (3) FRI (4) EVA (5) RAS (6)
Group 2 JEV (7) DEN (8) MOR (9) WEH (10) MUL (11) ROW (12)
Group 3 SIM (13) DAC (14) LYN (15) LOT (16) CAS (17) TUR (18)
Group 4 DIG (19) SET (20) GUE (21) BUE (22) NAT (23) BLO (24)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:31.832 1:31.317 1
2 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:31.638 1:31.329 2
3 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:31.772 1:31.368 3
4 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:31.839 1:31.376 4
5 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:31.817 1:32.039 5
6 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:31.850 no time 6
7 37 Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:31.853 N/A 7
8 99 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:31.900 N/A 8
9 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:31.952 N/A 9
10 71 Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:31.964 N/A 121
11 33 René Rast Audi 1:32.125 N/A 10
12 29 Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:32.146 N/A 11
13 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:32.209 N/A 13
14 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:32.247 N/A 14
15 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:32.277 N/A 15
16 10 Sam Bird Jaguar 1:32.281 N/A 16
17 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:32.303 N/A 17
18 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:32.329 N/A 18
19 36 André Lotterer Porsche 1:32.339 N/A 19
20 6 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:32.344 N/A 20
21 88 Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:32.630 N/A 21
22 8 Oliver Turvey NIO 1:32.633 N/A 22
23 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:33.070 N/A 242
24 7 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske no time N/A 23
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Norman Nato received a two-place grid penalty for failing to respect a double-waved yellow flag in free practice 1.[6]
  • ^2  – Nyck de Vries received a 40-place grid penalty for changing the powerbox and the gearbox. As he qualified 23rd and could only drop one position, he had to serve a 10-second stop-go penalty at the start of the race.[7][8]

Race
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 26 47:20.697 1 25+31
2 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 26 +2.848 2 18+12
3 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 26 +2.872 3 15
4 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 26 +3.120 4 12+13
5 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 26 +3.270 5 10
6 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 26 +3.865 6 8
7 10 Sam Bird Jaguar 26 +4.150 16 6
8 37 Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 26 +4.752 7 4
9 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 26 +5.759 9 2
10 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 26 +6.225 17 1
11 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 26 +6.567 13
12 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 26 +7.097 18
13 71 Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 26 +8.507 12
14 88 Tom Blomqvist NIO 26 +9.240 21
15 7 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 26 +9.499 23
16 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 26 +9.822 14
17 36 André Lotterer Porsche 26 +10.5034 19
18 6 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 26 +11.450 20
19 8 Oliver Turvey NIO 26 +12.067 22
Ret 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 23 Electrical 24
Ret 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 21 Collision damage 15
Ret 99 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 21 Collision damage 8
Ret 33 René Rast Audi 18 Accident 10
Ret 29 Alexander Sims Mahindra 0 Collision damage 11
Source:[9]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
  • ^3  – Fastest lap.
  • ^4  – André Lotterer received a post-race 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.[10]

Standings after the race
  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes
  1. Vergne received the point for fastest lap as Vandoorne failed to finish in the top 10.

References
  1. Kew, Matt (16 April 2021). "Formula E to race on adapted version of F1 Monaco circuit layout". Autosport.
  2. "Da Costa wins Monaco Formula E thriller with last-lap pass". The Race. 8 May 2021.
  3. "Doc 20 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. "Doc 35 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. "Doc 40 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. "Doc 25 - Decision No. 2" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. "Doc 37 - Decision No. 7" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. "Doc 39 - Decision No. 8" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. "Doc 54 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  10. "Doc 48 - Decision No. 13" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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