2015 Miami ePrix


The 2015 Miami ePrix, formally the 2015 FIA Formula E Miami ePrix, was a Formula E motor race held on March 14, 2015 at the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit, Miami, United States. It was the fifth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season. The race was won by Nicolas Prost. Miami was subsequently dropped from the Formula E schedule for the 2015–16 season.

Report

Background

After the previous race in Buenos Aires, four driver changes took place. The first was Loïc Duval, replacing Oriol Servià at Dragon. The second was Scott Speed, replacing Marco Andretti at Andretti. Speed was the fourth driver in five races to drive the second car for Andretti. The third was Charles Pic returning to the series with China Racing, replacing Ho-Pin Tung. Pic had previously competed for Andretti in the first round in Beijing. Finally, Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Michela Cerruti at Trulli GP.
Salvador Durán, Jean-Éric Vergne, and Bruno Senna were voted to receive the FanBoost, giving an extra 30 kWh for five seconds per car.

Classification

Qualifying

Notes:
DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
18 Nicolas Proste.dams-Renault3946:12.349225
228 Scott SpeedAndretti39+0.433s1018
366 Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT39+5.518s415
47 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDragon Racing39+5.941s812
599 Nelson Piquet, Jr.China Racing39+6.426s712
655 António Félix da CostaAmlin Aguri39+8.754s168
76 Loïc DuvalDragon Racing39+9.498s186
82 Sam BirdVirgin Racing39+19.817s34
911 Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT39+20.631s62
1077 Salvador DuránAmlin Aguri39+24.587s121
113 Jaime AlguersuariVirgin Racing39+43.883s9
1223 Nick HeidfeldVenturi39+47.878s19
139 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Renault39+1:04.587s13
145 Karun ChandhokMahindra Racing39+1:23.539s20
1510 Jarno TrulliTrulli38+1 lap14
1618 Vitantonio LiuzziTrulli38+1 lap11
1788 Charles PicChina Racing38+1 lap17
1827 Jean-Éric VergneAndretti37+2 laps13
Ret30 Stéphane SarrazinVenturi31Suspension5
Ret21 Bruno SennaMahindra Racing25Suspension15

Notes:
;Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Nicolas Prost67
2 Lucas di Grassi60
3 Sam Bird52
4 Nelson Piquet, Jr.49
5 Sébastien Buemi43

;Teams' Championship standings
PosConstructorPoints
1 e.dams-Renault110
2 Audi Sport ABT79
3 Virgin Racing78
4 Andretti62
5 Dragon Racing56