Marrakesh E-Prix Facts and Figures

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A dominant victory in Marrakesh saw Antonio Felix da Costa claim his third Formula E win for a third different team, and on a third different continent. The Portuguese driver now takes an 11-point lead into the next race in Rome. We now take a look at the facts and figures behind the days racing in Marrakesh.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”Race facts” title_align=”separator_align_left” color=”custom” accent_color=”#5da73c”][vc_column_text]- After Mitch Evans didn’t set a lap time in qualifying, James Calado outqualified his teammate for the first time this season. This leaves Sam Bird as the only driver to have outqualified his teammate, Robin Frijns, in all five races this season.

– In Marrakesh Antonio Felix da Costa topped Practice One, took pole position and won the race. This is the first time in Formula E that da Costa has topped three sessions in the same E-Prix, becoming the sixth driver to do so.

– DS Techeetah is now the sixth Formula E team to have two drivers win for them. Jean-Eric Vergne has claimed eight wins for the team to go with da Costa’s maiden victory for the team.

– Even through BMW i Andretti are only one of two teams to have scored in every race this season, they have only had one driver score in each race. Alexander Sims scored in both Diriyah races and in Mexico City, with Max Günther claiming his only points through podiums in Santiago and Marrakesh.

– Günther is now the 18th driver that Vergne has shared the podium with (which is two thirds of the drivers to have stood on a Formula E podium). Robin Frijns, who has five podiums, is the only driver with the most podiums and to have not shared the rostrum with Vergne.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”Overall Position changes” title_align=”separator_align_left” color=”custom” accent_color=”#5da73c”][rrj_bar_chart title=”” labels=”EVA;FRI;JEV;DIG;JAN;BIR;ABT;MAS;BUE;VAN;DAC;GUE;MOR;ROW;TUR;QMA;MUL;LOT;DAM;CAL;DEV;HAR;WEH;SIM” datasets=”%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Overall%20Position%20Change%20-%20Marrakesh%22%2C%22tooltips_format%22%3A%22%7Bd%7D%3A%20%7By%7D%22%2C%22values%22%3A%2218%3B10%3B8%3B6%3B5%3B4%3B4%3B3%3B2%3B2%3B0%3B0%3B0%3B0%3B-2%3B-2%3B-4%3B-5%3B-6%3B-6%3B-7%3B-7%3B-7%3B-16%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%230085ba%22%2C%22bar_bg%22%3A%22transparent%22%7D%5D” legend=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Qualifying Mitch Evans missed the start of his lap by just 0.268 seconds, and as a result of not setting a time Evans started from the back of the grid. All hope of Evans keeping hold of the championship lead looked slim, however the Kiwi gained 18 places during the race to finish in sixth place (with only Antonio Felix da Costa’s strong win denying Evans the championship lead). The 18 places that Evans gained is a record for a driver during a single E-Prix, beating the record of 17 set by Lucas di Grassi.

Robin Frijns lost his best time in qualifying after technical infringement, meaning the Dutch driver had to start from 22nd on the grid. The Envision Virgin driver then worked his way through the field to finish in 12th place. This is the fourth E-Prix in which Frijns has gained ten or more places, after two races in Season 3 and the Santiago E-Prix last season.

Season 3 champion di Grassi is the only driver to have gained places in all five E-Prixs this season, having now gained a total of 37 places from his grid spots.

For the first time since the Season 5 Bern E-Prix (and only the ninth time in Formula E) the top two drivers on the grid finished in that order, with da Costa claiming his third win ahead of BMW’s Max Günther.

Coming into the final lap Alexander Sims was sitting in sixth place, however a technical issue forced the Briton to stop on track. As he was the only driver not the finish the race, Sims lost the most places in the race (for the second time in his career, after the Season 5 Sanya E-Prix).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”Drivers on the Podium” title_align=”separator_align_left” color=”custom” accent_color=”#5da73c”][rrj_bar_chart title=”” labels=”Season 1;Season 2;Season 3;Season 4;Season 5;Season 6″ datasets=”%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Drivers%20on%20the%20podium%20in%20the%20first%20five%20races%22%2C%22tooltips_format%22%3A%22%7Bd%7D%3A%20%7By%7D%22%2C%22values%22%3A%229%3B7%3B6%3B10%3B9%3B11%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%230085ba%22%2C%22bar_bg%22%3A%22transparent%22%7D%5D” legend=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With Jean-Eric Vergne claiming his first podium of the season in Marrakesh, he is the 11^th driver to stand on the podium so far this season, which is the record for the number of drivers on the rostrum in the first five races.

Comparing to previous seasons, only Season 4 saw a double-digit number of drivers stand on the podium in the first five races.

With 11 drivers having already stood on the podium, the season total for Season 3 has already been beaten. During the 2016-17 season only eight drivers stood on the podium throughout the season, and only six in the first five races. The current record for the total drivers on the podium in a single season is 16, so with eight races remaining this season, there is a chance this could be beaten.

There have also been eight teams to have had a driver on the podium in the first five races of this season, equalling the record from Season 4. The only teams not to have reached the podium yet are Venturi, Mahindra, Dragon and NIO. As both Venturi and Mahindra have had a fourth place finish this season there is a high likelihood of seeing ten teams having stood on the podium by the time the season concludes in London.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”Evans’ Climb” title_align=”separator_align_left” color=”custom” accent_color=”#5da73c”][rrj_line_chart title=”” labels=”Start;Lap 1;Lap 2;Lap 3;Lap 4;Lap 5;Lap 6;Lap 7;Lap 8;Lap 9;Lap 10;Lap 11;Lap 12;Lap 13;Lap 14;Lap 15;Lap 16;Lap 17;Lap 18;Lap 19;Lap 20;Lap 21;Lap 22;Lap 23;Lap 24;Lap 25;Lap 26;Lap 27;Lap 28;Lap 29;Lap 30;Lap 31;Lap 32;Lap 33;Lap 34″ datasets=”%5B%7B%22title%22%3A%22Evans’%20Position%22%2C%22tooltips_format%22%3A%22%7Bd%7D%3A%20%7By%7D%22%2C%22values%22%3A%2224%3B22%3B22%3B22%3B21%3B21%3B20%3B20%3B20%3B18%3B18%3B17%3B17%3B16%3B16%3B16%3B16%3B15%3B15%3B15%3B13%3B12%3B12%3B12%3B11%3B10%3B10%3B10%3B8%3B8%3B8%3B8%3B8%3B7%3B6%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%230085ba%22%2C%22point_style%22%3A%22circle%22%2C%22line_type%22%3A%22normal%22%2C%22line_style%22%3A%22solid%22%2C%22fill%22%3A%22transparent%22%2C%22thickness%22%3A%22normal%22%2C%22linetension%22%3A%2210%22%7D%5D”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After starting at the back of the grid, Mitch Evans had a lot of overtaking to do to get into the points, but that is exactly what he did. Evans was decisive with his overtakes, gaining a total of 18 places in the race.

Evans was never in one position for more than five laps and he used Attack Mode smartly to gain places. The Mexico City winner used his first Attack Mode on lap 16, and the following lap he had passed the Geox Dragon of Brendon Hartley, who Evans had been stuck behind for four laps and had just finished his boost. The Jaguar driver then used his second Attack Mode on lap 26 to pass both Oliver Rowland and Lucas di Grassi in the same lap to move from eight to tenth position.

This is the seventh Formula E race in which Evans has gained ten or more places, putting him just one behind the record set by Lucas di Grassi and Jerome d’Ambrosio. This is the also third time in the last four E-Prixs that a Jaguar driver has gained ten or more places in an E-Prix, after James Calado gained 13 places in the second Diriyah race and ten places in Santiago.

Picture source: FIA Formula E Media

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