2020 Berlin ePrix


The 2020 Berlin ePrix was a series of six Formula E races held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin between 5 and 13 August 2020. It formed the final six races of the 2019–20 Formula E season and was the sixth edition of the Berlin ePrix.
The event was promoted as 9 Days, 6 Races, 3 Tracks, 1 Champion; and The Season Six Finale.

Report

Background

The Berlin ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2019–20 series schedule by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It's the final six of twelve scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2019–20 season, and the sixth running of the event. The ePrix was held using three different layouts at Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Berlin Tempelhof Airport between 5 and 13 August 2020.
Entering the race, DS Techeetah driver António Félix da Costa was leading the Drivers' Championship with 67 points, followed by Jaguar's driver Mitch Evans in second 11 points behind, and third placed Andretti-BMW's driver Alexander Sims 21 points behind the championship leader. In the team's standings, Techeetah lead with 98 points, followed behind by Andretti-BMW with 90 and Jaguar down in 3rd with 66 points.

Circuit layouts

The track layouts for the 9 days event were made available to the drivers and constructors on 21 July 2020.
The 6 races were further split into three 'double headers', each with a different track layout. The first two races were carried out in the reverse layout, with drivers driving the usual Tempelhof circuit in a clockwise direction. The second double header were driven in the traditional Tempelhof circuit layout. The last double header use an extended circuit layout, with more turns added to the middle and final sectors of the track. Organizers billed this track layout as 'more technical'.

Classification

Race 1

Qualifying

Notes:
  • – Oliver Rowland received a twenty-place grid penalty for inverter/MCU change. He also received a forty-place grid penalty for gearbox and inverter change, forcing him to start from the back of the grid For being unable to take the full grid drop, he received an additional 10 seconds stop and go penalty at the race.
  • – James Calado received a sixty-place grid penalty for battery, inverter and MGU change, forcing him to start from the back of the grid. For being unable to take the full grid drop, he also received an additional 10 seconds stop and go penalty at the race.

    Race

Notes:
;Drivers' Championship standings
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Race 2

Qualifying

Notes:
  • – Alexander Sims received a twenty-place grid penalty for battery change.

    Race

Notes:
  • – Pole position.
  • – Fastest in group stage.
  • – Fastest lap.
  • – Jérôme d'Ambrosio originally finished fifteenth, but was disqualified from the race due to his energy used being over regulatory limit.

    Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
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1

Race 3

Qualifying

Notes:
Notes:
  • – Pole position, fastest in group stage.
  • – Fastest Lap.
  • – Nyck de Vries received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision.

    Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
+/–DriverPoints
1

Race 4

Qualifying

Notes:
  • – Sérgio Sette Câmara received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous round.

    Race

Notes:
  • – Pole position, fastest in group stage.
  • – Fastest Lap

    Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
+/–DriverPoints
1

Race 5

Qualifying

Race

Notes:
  • – Pole position, fastest lap
  • – Fastest in group stage.

    Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
+/–DriverPoints
1

Race 6

Qualifying

Race

Notes:
  • – Pole position.
  • – Fastest in group stage.
  • – Fastest Lap.

    Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
+/–DriverPoints
1