2020 Marrakesh ePrix
| 2020 Marrakesh ePrix | |||||
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Race 5 of 11 of the 2019–20 Formula E season
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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 | Techeetah-DS | ||||
| Time | 1:17.158 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
Germany Pascal Wehrlein New Zealand Mitch Evans[N 1] |
Mahindra Jaguar | |||
| Time | 1:20.345 (1:20.737) on lap 29 (27) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Techeetah-DS | ||||
| Second | Andretti-BMW | ||||
| Third | Techeetah-DS | ||||
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Lap leaders
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The 2020 Marrakesh ePrix was a Formula E electric car race 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]
Report
[edit | edit source]Background
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Free Practice 1 was moved to Friday afternoon due low visibility issues from sunrise during the first practice session in last year's event. The 2020 race held 47 days later on the calendar (February 29) compared to the 2019 race (January 12), an earlier sunrise and later sunset in late February compared to early January.[4]
Rookie Test
[edit | edit source]The traditional rookie test took place the day after the race.
Classification
[edit | edit source]Qualifying
[edit | edit source]| Group draw[5] | ||||||
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| Group 1 | New Zealand EVA (1) | United Kingdom SIM (2) | Portugal DAC (3) | Belgium VAN (4) | Brazil DIG (5) | United Kingdom BIR (6) |
| Group 2 | United Kingdom ROW (7) | Germany GUE (8) | Switzerland MOR (9) | Germany LOT (10) | Netherlands DEV (11) | France JEV (12) |
| Group 3 | Switzerland BUE (13) | Germany WEH (14) | Netherlands FRI (15) | United Kingdom CAL (16) | Germany ABT (17) | Belgium DAM (18) |
| Group 4 | Brazil MAS (19) | New Zealand HAR (20) | United Kingdom TUR (21) | Switzerland MUL (22) | Switzerland JAN (23) | China QMA (24) |
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
[edit | edit source]Drivers who scored points are denoted in bold.
Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Footnotes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Evans received the point for fastest lap as Wehrlein failed to finish inside the top 10.
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