Electric racing car championship
Nelson Piquet Jr. became the first ever Formula E Drivers' Champion.Sébastien Buemi finished second in the drivers standings, missing out on the championship by 1 point.Lucas di Grassi won the first Formula E race, and finished the season third.The2014–15 FIA Formula E Championship was the inaugural season ofFormula E [ 1] Beijing inChina and finished on 28 June 2015 inLondon after eleven races.[ 2] [ 3] Nelson Piquet Jr. came first in the overall standings, and so became the first ever Formula E champion.[ 4]
Spark-Renault SRT 01E in Andretti colors.For the first season, all teams were supplied an electric racing car built bySpark Racing Technology , called theSpark-Renault SRT 01E . The chassis was designed byDallara , with an electric motor developed byMcLaren (the same as that used in itsP1 supercar ), a battery system created byWilliams Grand Prix Engineering and a Hewland five-speed gearbox.Michelin were the official tyre supplier.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
For the 2014–15 season, 10 teams contested the series. Each team fielded two drivers; each driver had two cars. That meant that 40 cars were required by the teams. All teams were ostensibly based at the sport's technical headquarters at theDonington Park race circuit, in the United Kingdom, although some teams had a greater presence there than others. Formula E organiser FEH itself has offices there for administration and operations staff.
All ten teams were confirmed to race in April 2014. However, in June 2014,Drayson Racing pulled out of the championship, with its entry taken byTrulli , a new team formed by formerFormula One driverJarno Trulli . Drayson entered the team in a supply and sponsorship arrangement, to be its principal technology partner.[ 9]
2014 Punta del Este ePrix .The season included 11 races, held between September 2014 and June 2015. The initial calendar had ten races and was approved by theFIA World Motor Sport Council in December 2013.[ 2] Rio de Janeiro , which had previously replacedHong Kong , and moving theLos Angeles round to 4 April.[ 46] Long Beach street circuit.[ 47] Moscow on 6 June to restore the calendar to its original schedule of ten races.[ 3] London would be a double-header, expanding the calendar to eleven races.[ 48]
Location of ePrix in season 1.
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: ePrix – single race)
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: ePrix – double race)
Championship standings [ edit ] Points system Championship points were awarded as follows:[ 46]
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole FL Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 3 2
Each driver's lowest-scoring round was dropped from their total; however, rounds where the driver was excluded from the race could not be dropped.
[ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Notes † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
[ edit ] The points system was the same as the Drivers' Championship, except that all rounds counted towards the total.
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Notes † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
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