2020 Marrakesh ePrix

The 2020 Marrakesh ePrix was a Formula E electric car race to be held at Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakesh on 29 February 2020. The race was a replacement for the 2020 Hong Kong ePrix, which was cancelled due to pro-democracy protests.[1]

2020 Marrakesh ePrix
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Race details
Date	29 February 2020
Official name	2020 ABB Formula E Marrakesh E-Prix
Location	Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, Marrakesh
Course	Semi-permanent street circuit
Course length	2.971 km (1.846 mi)
Distance	34 laps, 101.014 km (62.767 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS
Time	1:17.158
Fastest lap
Driver	Pascal Wehrlein Mitch Evans[N 1]	Mahindra Jaguar
Time	1:20.345 (1:20.737) on lap 29 (27)
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS
Second	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW
Third	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS
Lap leaders

Report

Background

On 15 June 2019, Formula E announced the provisional calendar for the 2019–20 season, in which Marrakesh was not included.[2] The final calendar, which was revealed in October, saw multiple date changes with Marrakesh coming in to replace Hong Kong.[1] Marrakesh would also host the third annual rookie test a day after the event, where each team got to nominate two drivers who have not officially competed in the series.[3]

Schedule changes

Free Practice 1 was moved to Friday afternoon due to late sunrise in the location. A typical early-in-the-morning Saturday start proved to be a bad decision for last year's event, which caused low visibility during the first practice session.[4]

Rookie Test

The traditional rookie test took place the day after the race.

Classification

Qualifying

Group draw[5]
Group 1	EVA (1)	SIM (2)	DAC (3)	VAN (4)	DIG (5)	BIR (6)
Group 2	ROW (7)	GUE (8)	MOR (9)	LOT (10)	DEV (11)	JEV (12)
Group 3	BUE (13)	WEH (14)	FRI (15)	CAL (16)	ABT (17)	DAM (18)
Group 4	MAS (19)	HAR (20)	TUR (21)	MUL (22)	JAN (23)	QMA (24)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:17.640	1:17.158	1
2	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:17.562	1:17.227	2
3	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:17.582	1:17.253	3
4	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:17.743	1:17.590	4
5	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:17.631	1:17.803	5
6	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:17.779	1:17.811	6
7	64	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	1:17.798	N/A	7
8	27	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	1:17.830	N/A	8
9	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:17.839	N/A	9
10	51	James Calado	Jaguar	1:17.867	N/A	10
11	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:17.928	N/A	11
12	6	Brendon Hartley	Dragon-Penske	1:17.944	N/A	12
13	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:17.958	N/A	13
14	2	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	1:18.064	N/A	14
15	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	1:18.069	N/A	15
16	7	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	1:18.203	N/A	16
17	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:18.218	N/A	17
18	66	Daniel Abt	Audi	1:18.229	N/A	18
19	3	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:18.313	N/A	19
20	19	Felipe Massa	Venturi-Mercedes	1:18.675	N/A	20
21	33	Ma Qinghua	NIO	1:19.359	N/A	21
NC	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:27.444^1	N/A	22
NC	18	Neel Jani	Porsche	1:32.690^1	N/A	23
NC	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	no time	N/A	24^2
Source:[6][7]

Notes:

• ^1  – Robin Frijns and Neel Jani broke the 110% rule as their qualifying laps were cancelled due to them not respecting the homologated throttle pedal map.[8][9] The Stewards gave them permission to start the race from the back of the grid.[10][11]
• ^2  – Mitch Evans did not enter his qualifying lap before the time had run out.[12] The Stewards gave him permission to start the race from the back of the grid.[13]

Race

Drivers who scored points are denoted in bold.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	34	46:52.757	1	25+3^1
2	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	34	+11.427	2	18+1^2
3	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	34	+12.034	11	15
4	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	34	+12.282	6	12
5	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	34	+15.657	5	10
6	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	34	+16.335	24	8+1^3
7	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	34	+18.706	13	6
8	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	34	+19.498	3	4
9	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	34	+20.126	9	2
10	2	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	34	+20.295	14	1
11	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	34	+20.557	4
12	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	34	+22.373	22
13	64	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	34	+22.785	7
14	66	Daniel Abt	Audi	34	+25.080	18
15	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	34	+25.969	17
16	51	James Calado	Jaguar	34	+26.528	10
17	19	Felipe Massa	Venturi-Mercedes	34	+27.476	20
18	18	Neel Jani	Porsche	34	+44.476	23
19	6	Brendon Hartley	Dragon-Penske	34	+49.002	12
20	7	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	34	+53.075	16
21	3	Oliver Turvey	NIO	34	+59.969	19
22	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	34	+1:13.414	15
23	33	Ma Qinghua	NIO	33	+1 lap	21
Ret	27	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	33	Driveshaft	8
Source:[14]

Notes:

• ^1  – Pole position.
• ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
• ^3  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings[15] +/– Pos Driver Points 2 1 António Félix da Costa 67 1 2 Mitch Evans 56 (–11) 1 3 Alexander Sims 46 (–21) 4 4 Maximilian Günther 44 (–23) 5 Lucas di Grassi 38 (–29)

Teams' Championship standings[16] +/– Pos Constructor Points 3 1 Techeetah-DS 98 1 2 Andretti-BMW 90 (–8) 1 3 Jaguar 66 (–32) 1 4 e.dams-Nissan 57 (–41) 2 5 Mercedes 56 (–42)

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

Footnotes

1. Evans received the point for fastest lap as Wehrlein failed to finish inside the top 10.

References

1. Smith, Sam (4 October 2019). "Calendar Confirmed: Marrakesh Replaces Hong Kong". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
2. Kalinauckas, Alex (14 June 2019). "Formula E unveils 2019/20 calendar with earlier start date". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
3. Klein, Jamie (22 February 2020). "Full Marrakesh Formula E test entry finalised". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
4. Kilshaw, Jake (25 February 2020). "FP1 Moved to Friday, Unchanged Track for Marrakesh". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
5. "Doc 30 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
6. "Classification Qualifying - Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
7. "Doc 51 - Final Starting Grid RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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11. "Doc 54 - Decision 18" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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13. "Doc 45 - Decision 16" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
14. "Doc 66 - Final Classification RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
15. "Drivers Championship" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
16. "Doc 67 - Final Teams Championship" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.