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Play on YouTubeDescription The 2019 Marrakesh ePrix (formally the 2019 Marrakesh E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in the Agdal district of Marrakesh, Morocco on 12 January 2019. It was the second round of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the third edition of the event. Jérôme d'Ambrosio of Mahindra won the 31-lap race after starting from tenth place. Second place went to Virgin's Robin Frijns and his teammate Sam Bird was third.
Bird won the pole position by setting the fastest lap in qualifying and held the lead despite Techeetah's Jean-Éric Vergne clattering into his left-hand sidepod and spinning 180 degrees on the race's opening lap. António Félix da Costa of BMW Andretti passed Bird to move into first place on lap ten and pulled away to lead the following fourteen laps until a collision on lap 26 with his teammate Alexander Sims careened him into a barrier. That promoted d'Ambrosio into the lead, which he maintained through a safety car period; he held off Frijns on the final lap to win by 0.143 seconds. It was d'Ambrosio's third career victory and his first without having inherited the win through driver disqualifications.
D'Ambrosio's victory put him in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 40 points. Félix da Costa fell to second and Vergne, who recovered to finish fifth in the race, dropped to third. Vergne's teammate André Lotterer moved up a place to fourth and Frijns moved from twelfth to fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah led with 47 points, Mahindra and BMW were tied for second as Virgin progressed to fourth with eleven races left in the season.
Reports Result List01 | | | | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 46:45.884 |
02 | | | | Robin Frijns | +0.143 |
03 | | | | Sam Bird | +0.461 |
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Result DescriptionPos/Driver/Team/Laps/Time/Points
1 Jérôme d'Ambrosio /Mahindra Racing /31 /46:45.884 /25
2 Robin Frijns /Envision Virgin Racing /31 /+0.143 /18
3 Sam Bird /Envision Virgin Racing /31 /+0.461 /18
4 Alexander Sims /BMW i Andretti Motorsport /31 /+0.740 /12
5 Jean-Éric Vergne /DS Techeetah /31 /+1.232 /10
6 André Lotterer /DS Techeetah /31 /+1.457 /8
7 Lucas di Grassi /Audi Sport Team Abt Schaeffler /31 /+1.633 /7
8 Sébastien Buemi /Nissan e.DAMS /31 /+2.455 /4
9 Mitch Evans /Panasonic Jaguar Racing /31 /+2.980 /2
10 Daniel Abt /Audi Sport Team Abt Schaeffler /31 /+4.014 /1
11 José María López /Dragon Racing /31 /+4.528
12 Maximilian Günther /Dragon Racing /31 /+6.034
13 Edoardo Mortara /Venturi Formula E Team /31 /+6.790
14 Nelson Piquet Jr. /Panasonic Jaguar Racing /31 /+6.833
15 Oliver Rowland /Nissan e.DAMS /31 /+7.529
16 Oliver Turvey /NIO Formula E Team /31 /+9.241
17 Tom Dillmann /NIO Formula E Team /31 /+9.665
18 Felipe Massa /Venturi Formula E Team /31 /+10.250
Ret António Félix da Costa /BMW i Andretti Motorsport /25 /Collision
Ret Gary Paffett /HWA Racelab /3 /Puncture
Ret Pascal Wehrlein /Mahindra Racing /1 /Collision Damage
Ret Stoffel Vandoorne /HWA Racelab /1 /Brakes
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zag says: 08 Jul 2020 21:17
The 2019 Marrakesh E-Prix will go down as one of the most action packed races in the history of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship! A remarkable victory, plus plenty of drama on track means this race will live long in the memory.