Bird wins Formula E finale, Piquet champion
Stephane Sarrazin crossed the finish line first in the London GP Formula E race on Sunday, but Sam Bird won the race because Sarrazin was penalized for an infraction. Nelson Piquet Jr. won the title by a single point over Sebastien Buemi, the first year for Formula E that spanned between 2014 and 2015. Buemi lost the championship by himself by spinning.
Final point standings:
1. Piquet 144
2. Buemi 143
3. di Grassi 133
A full report to follow later…. Race Results below.
Results (Before Penalties – Sam Bird wins)
POS | DRIVER | TEAM | GAP LAP BEST S1 S2 S3 LAP LAPS | |
1 | SARRAZIN Stephane | Venturi Formula E Team | 01:27.7 23.2 32.9 32.5 01:28.5 29 | |
2 | BIRD Sam | Virgin Racing Formula E Team | 0.3 01:26.7 23.2 32.6 32.3 01:28.1 29 | |
3 | D'AMBROSIO Jerome | Dragon Racing Formula E Team | 7.3 01:28.1 23.7 33.5 32.7 01:29.8 29 | |
4 | DUVAL Loic | Dragon Racing Formula E Team | 9.8 01:28.0 23.6 33.5 34.1 01:31.1 29 | |
5 | SENNA Bruno | Mahindra Racing Formula E Team | 10.5 01:27.9 23.7 33.3 34.2 01:31.2 29 | |
6 | BUEMI Sebastien | Team e.dams Renault | 11.0 01:27.8 24.0 33.1 34.4 01:31.4 29 | |
7 | DI GRASSI Lucas | Audi Sport ABT Formula E Team | 11.5 01:28.3 23.5 33.3 34.4 01:31.2 29 | |
8 | PIQUET JR Nelson | NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team | 11.9 01:26.8 23.0 32.7 33.3 01:29.0 29 | |
9 | DURAN Salvador | Amlin Aguri | 12.7 01:28.3 23.5 33.3 32.1 01:28.9 29 | |
10 | TURVEY Oliver | NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team | 14.5 01:27.4 23.4 33.5 32.4 01:29.3 29 | |
11 | PROST Nicolas | Team e.dams Renault | 14.9 01:28.2 23.4 33.3 32.4 01:29.1 29 | |
12 | ABT Daniel | Audi Sport ABT Formula E Team | 23.5 01:28.3 24.4 34.1 32.7 01:31.1 29 | |
13 | DE SILVESTRO Simona | Andretti Autosport Formula E Team | 24.9 01:28.5 23.9 34.0 33.6 01:31.5 29 | |
14 | CHANDHOK Karun | Mahindra Racing Formula E Team | 31.8 01:29.2 24.3 34.2 41.4 01:39.8 29 | |
15 | FONTANA Alex | Trulli Formula E Team | 38.7 01:30.1 24.6 34.3 32.6 01:31.5 29 | |
16 | VERGNE Jean-Eric | Andretti Autosport Formula E Team | 1 lap+ 01:27.1 23.2 100.0 01:27.1 28 | |
17 | HEIDFELD Nick | Venturi Formula E Team | 6 laps+ 01:27.6 25.0 36.3 01:27.6 23 | |
18 | LEIMER Fabio | Virgin Racing Formula E Team | 12 laps+ 01:29.8 23.7 33.9 01:29.8 17 | |
19 | TRULLI Jarno | Trulli Formula E Team | 15 laps+ 01:30.3 26.0 36.0 01:38.2 14 | |
20 | YAMAMOTO Sakon | Amlin Aguri | 23 laps+ 01:30.8 28.3 01:32.8 6 |