2014–15 Formula E Championship


The 2014–15 FIA Formula E season was the inaugural season of a new FIA championship for electrically powered cars. It began on 13 September 2014 at Beijing in China and finished on 28 June 2015 in London after eleven races. Nelson Piquet Jr. came first in the overall standings, and so became the first ever Formula E champion.

The car

For the first season, all teams were supplied an electric racing car built by Spark Racing Technology, called the Spark-Renault SRT 01E. The chassis was designed by Dallara, with an electric motor developed by McLaren, a battery system created by Williams Grand Prix Engineering and a Hewland five-speed gearbox. Michelin were the official tyre supplier. 42 electric cars were ordered by the FIA.

Teams and drivers

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 the Donington 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 by Trulli, a new team formed by former Formula One driver Jarno Trulli. Drayson entered the team in a supply and sponsorship arrangement, to be its principal technology partner.
TeamDriversRounds
Virgin Racing Formula E Team2 Sam BirdAll
Virgin Racing Formula E Team3 Jaime Alguersuari1–9
Virgin Racing Formula E Team3 Fabio Leimer10-11
Mahindra Racing Formula E Team5 Karun ChandhokAll
Mahindra Racing Formula E Team21 Bruno SennaAll
Dragon Racing Formula E Team6 Oriol Servià1–4
Dragon Racing Formula E Team6 Loïc Duval5–11
Dragon Racing Formula E Team7 Jérôme d'AmbrosioAll
Team e.dams Renault8 Nicolas ProstAll
Team e.dams Renault9 Sébastien BuemiAll
Trulli Formula E Team10 Jarno TrulliAll
Trulli Formula E Team18 Michela Cerruti1–4
Trulli Formula E Team18 Vitantonio Liuzzi5–9
Trulli Formula E Team18 Alex Fontana10-11
Audi Sport ABT Formula E Team11 Lucas di GrassiAll
Audi Sport ABT Formula E Team66 Daniel AbtAll
Venturi Formula E Team23 Nick HeidfeldAll
Venturi Formula E Team30 Stéphane SarrazinAll
Andretti Autosport Formula E Team27 Franck Montagny1-2
Andretti Autosport Formula E Team27 Jean-Éric Vergne3–11
Andretti Autosport Formula E Team28 Charles Pic1
Andretti Autosport Formula E Team28 Matthew Brabham2-3
Andretti Autosport Formula E Team28 Marco Andretti4
Andretti Autosport Formula E Team28 Scott Speed5–8
Andretti Autosport Formula E Team28 Justin Wilson9
Andretti Autosport Formula E Team28 Simona de Silvestro10-11
Amlin Aguri55 Takuma Sato1
Amlin Aguri55 António Félix da Costa2–9
Amlin Aguri55 Sakon Yamamoto10-11
Amlin Aguri77 Katherine Legge1-2
Amlin Aguri77 Salvador Durán3–11

Calendar

The season included 11 races, held between September 2014 and June 2015. The initial calendar had ten races and was approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council in December 2013. However, in April 2014, changes were made to the calendar including dropping Rio de Janeiro, which had previously replaced Hong Kong, and moving the Los Angeles round to 4 April. On 22 May 2014, Los Angeles County officials announced that their race would take place away on a modified version of the Long Beach street circuit. On 3 February 2015, it was revealed that a race would be held in Moscow on 6 June, to restore the calendar to its original schedule of ten races. On 19 February 2015, it was announced that the final round in London would be a double-header, expanding the calendar to eleven races.

Race results

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Championship standings

;Points system
Championship points were awarded as follows:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole
Points25181512108642132

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.

Drivers' Championship

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† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

The points system was the same as the Drivers' Championship, except that all rounds counted towards the total.
;Notes:
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
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