2021 Monaco ePrix

2021 Monaco ePrix
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Race details
Date	8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)
Official name	2021 Monaco E-Prix
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.318 km (2.062 mi)
Distance	26 laps, 86.268 km (53.604 mi)
Pole position
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS
Time	1:31.317
Fastest lap
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne Jean-Éric Vergne[a]	Mercedes Techeetah-DS
Time	1:34.428 (1:34.697) on lap 17 (13)
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS
Second	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi
Third	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Lap leaders

The 2021 Monaco ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 8 May 2021. It marked the seventh round of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the fourth edition of the biennial event, albeit with a significantly modified layout resembling the one used in Formula One.^[1] António Félix da Costa won the race from pole,^[2] with Robin Frijns and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium.

Group draw[3]
Group 1	DEV (1)	VAN (2)	BIR (3)	FRI (4)	EVA (5)	RAS (6)
Group 2	JEV (7)	DEN (8)	MOR (9)	WEH (10)	MUL (11)	ROW (12)
Group 3	SIM (13)	DAC (14)	LYN (15)	LOT (16)	CAS (17)	TUR (18)
Group 4	DIG (19)	SET (20)	GUE (21)	BUE (22)	NAT (23)	BLO (24)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:31.832	1:31.317	1
2	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:31.638	1:31.329	2
3	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:31.772	1:31.368	3
4	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:31.839	1:31.376	4
5	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:31.817	1:32.039	5
6	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:31.850	no time	6
7	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:31.853	—	7
8	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:31.900	—	8
9	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:31.952	—	9
10	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:31.964	—	121
11	33	René Rast	Audi	1:32.125	—	10
12	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:32.146	—	11
13	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:32.209	—	13
14	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:32.247	—	14
15	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:32.277	—	15
16	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:32.281	—	16
17	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:32.303	—	17
18	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:32.329	—	18
19	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:32.339	—	19
20	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	1:32.344	—	20
21	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:32.630	—	21
22	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:32.633	—	22
23	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:33.070	—	242
24	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	no time	—	23
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

• ^1  – Norman Nato received a two-place grid penalty for failing to respect a double-waved yellow flag in free practice 1.^[6]
• ^2  – Nyck de Vries received a 40-place grid penalty for changing the powerbox and the gearbox. As he qualified 23rd and could only drop one position, he had to serve a 10-second stop-go penalty at the start of the race.^[7][8]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	26	47:20.697	1	25+31
2	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	26	+2.848	2	18+12
3	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	26	+2.872	3	15
4	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	26	+3.120	4	12+13
5	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	26	+3.270	5	10
6	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	26	+3.865	6	8
7	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	26	+4.150	16	6
8	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	26	+4.752	7	4
9	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	26	+5.759	9	2
10	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	26	+6.225	17	1
11	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	26	+6.567	13
12	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	26	+7.097	18
13	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	26	+8.507	12
14	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	26	+9.240	21
15	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	26	+9.499	23
16	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	26	+9.822	14
17	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	26	+10.5034	19
18	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	26	+11.450	20
19	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	26	+12.067	22
Ret	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	23	Electrical	24
Ret	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	21	Collision damage	15
Ret	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	21	Collision damage	8
Ret	33	René Rast	Audi	18	Accident	10
Ret	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	0	Collision damage	11
Source:[9]

Notes:

• ^1  – Pole position.
• ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
• ^3  – Fastest lap.
• ^4  – André Lotterer received a post-race 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[10]

Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Driver Points 3 1 Robin Frijns 62 1 2 Nyck de Vries 57 2 3 Mitch Evans 54 10 4 António Félix da Costa 52 2 5 Sam Bird 49

Teams' Championship standings +/– Pos Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 105 2 Jaguar 103 1 3 Techeetah-DS 98 1 4 Virgin-Audi 81 3 5 BMW i Andretti 55

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.