2017 Paris ePrix | |||||
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Race 6 of 12 of the 2016–17 Formula E Championship
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![]() Layout of the Paris Formula E street circuit | |||||
Race details[1][2] | |||||
Date | 20 May 2017 | ||||
Official name | 2017 Qatar Airways Paris ePrix[3] | ||||
Location | Circuit des Invalides, Les Invalides, Paris, France[2][4] | ||||
Course | Street circuit | ||||
Course length | 1.93 km (1.20[5] miles) | ||||
Distance | 49 laps, 94.598 km (58.781 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny, Air: 17.9 to 19.0 °C (64.2 to 66.2 °F), Track: 32.2 to 34.4 °C (90.0 to 93.9 °F) | ||||
Attendance | 46,000 | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | e.Dams-Renault | ||||
Time | 1:02.319 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
![]() | Virgin-Citroën | |||
Time | 1:02.422 on lap 42 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | e.Dams-Renault | ||||
Second | Virgin-Citroën | ||||
Third | Mahindra | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2017 Paris ePrix (formally the 2017 Qatar Airways Paris ePrix) was a Formula E electric motor race held on 20 May 2017 at the Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex before a crowd of 46,000 people. It was the sixth race of the 2016–17 Formula E Championship and the second Paris ePrix. e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi won the 49-lap race from pole position. José María López finished second for the Virgin team and Mahindra driver Nick Heidfeld third.
Buemi won the pole position by recording the fastest time in qualifying and held off second-placed starter Jean-Éric Vergne to keep the lead at the start of the race. Buemi pulled away from Vergne but the field was closed after a crash between championship rival Lucas di Grassi and António Félix da Costa on the 16th lap brought out a full course yellow. All drivers, including Buemi, made their mandatory pit stops to switch into a second car as a consequence of the accident. Buemi regained the lead three laps after the restart from Mike Conway when the latter made his own stop to switch into his second car. Vergne crashed on lap 34 which caused the safety car to be deployed. Buemi held off López at the restart four laps later and led the rest of the race to claim the victory. There were three lead changes among three different drivers during the course of the race.
It was Buemi's fifth victory of the season, the eleventh of his career, and his first in Paris. The result extended Buemi's Drivers' Championship advantage to 43 points ahead of di Grassi, and his teammate Nico Prost maintained third place. Heidfeld's strong finish moved him to fourth and Vergne's failure to finish meant he to fifth. e.Dams-Renault consolidated their lead in the Teams' Championship to 75 points in front of the non-scoring Audi Sport ABT, and Mahindra kept third position with six races left in the season.
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