2018 Berlin ePrix

The 2018 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2018 BMW i Berlin E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin on 19 May 2018. It was the ninth round of the 2017–18 Formula E Championship and the fourth edition of the event as part of the championship. The 45-lap race was won by Audi driver Daniel Abt after starting from the pole position. Defending champion Lucas di Grassi finished second in the other Audi, thus recording the second one-two finish in Formula E history. Jean-Éric Vergne, the championship leader going into Berlin, took third for Techeetah.

2018 Berlin ePrix
Race 9 of 12 of the 2017–18 Formula E Championship
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Race details
Date 19 May 2018 (2018-05-19)
Official name 2018 BMW i Berlin E-Prix
Location Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.250 km (1.398 mi)
Distance 45 laps, 101.250 km (62.914 mi)
Weather Warm and sunny
Pole position
Driver Audi
Time 1:09.472
Fastest lap
Driver Daniel Abt Audi
Time 1:12.409 on lap 26
Podium
First Audi
Second Audi
Third Techeetah-Renault
Lap leaders

Daniel Abt won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and he maintained his start line advantage for virtually the entire race, with teammate di Grassi in second at Audi's home ePrix despite Abt having a slow mandatory mid-event pit stop to switch into a second car as he had to let e.Dams-Renault's Sébastien Buemi enter his pitbox. Abt also set the fastest lap of the race, meaning he left Berlin with the full complement of 29 points from a single ePrix, and he achieved the first Grand Chelem in the history of Formula E.

The consequence of the final positions increased Vergne's Drivers' Championship lead to 40 points over Virgin's Sam Bird, who came seventh. In the Teams' Championship, Audi scored a maximum 47 points because of their one-two finish and with Abt scoring pole and fastest lap. They advanced to second in the points standings behind the dominant Techeetah squad, with 45 points separating the two teams with three races left in the season.

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