Event statistics following the eighth round of the 2017-18 FIA Formula E season, the Qatar Airways Paris ePrix on the temporary, 1.93-kilometer (1.199-mile) Circuit des Invalides on the streets of Paris, France.
Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne, in his home race, dominated the streets of Paris from the pole position for his series-leading third victory, leading 46 of 49 laps to extend his points lead. Lucas di Grassi finished nearly five seconds behind, with Sam Bird rounding out the podium.
It was also the sixth race of the 2018 calendar year (first two rounds in Hong Kong were held at the end of 2017).
Qatar Airways Paris ePrix
Circuit des Invalides – Paris, France
- Winner (starting position): Jean-Eric Vergne (1st)
- Podium Finishers: Jean-Eric Vergne, Lucas di Grassi, Sam Bird
- Full Results: Jean-Eric Vergne, Lucas di Grassi, Sam Bird, Maro Engel, Sebastien Buemi, Andre Lotterer, Daniel Abt, Felix Rosenqvist, Oliver Turvey, Jose Maria Lopez, Nick Heidfeld, Jerome D’Ambrosio, Edoardo Mortara, Alex Lynn, Mitch Evans, Nicolas Prost, Ma Qinghua, Nelson Piquet Jr., Tom Blomqvist, Antonio Felix da Costa
- Laps Completed: 49
- Distance Completed: 94.57 kilometers (58.76 miles)
- Race Leaders: 3
- Lead Changes: 3
- Laps Led: Jean-Eric Vergne (46), Lucas di Grassi (2), Edoardo Mortara (1)
- Pole Position: Jean-Eric Vergne (1 minute, 1.144 seconds)
- Fastest Lap: Lucas di Grassi (1 minute, 2.367 seconds)
- Hard Charger: Daniel Abt (+7; 14th to 7th)
- Margin of Victory: 4.882 seconds
- Car Count: 20
- Cars Finishing: 17 (of 20; or 85 percent of the field)
- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 15
- Full-Course Cautions: 1 for 2 laps
- Average Speed: 103.509 kph/64.318 mph
Notes of Interest
- This is Jean-Eric Vergne’s series-leading third Formula E victory of the season and the fourth of his career.
- Vergne’s third Formula E wins this season mark the most in his career. He won one race during the 2016-17 season.
- This is Vergne’s first victory in Europe. His previous victories came in South America (two, Chile and Uruguay) and North America (one, Canada).
- Vergne’s victory came from the pole position; he has a season-high four poles this season. All three of Vergne’s wins this season have come from the pole. Felix Rosenqvist is the only other driver to win a race from the pole this season (Hong Kong #2).
- Vergne is one of three drivers this season with multiple victories – Sam Bird and Felix Rosenqvist each have two wins. Daniel Abt has one victory, at Mexico City.
- Vergne has finished on the podium in four races, and in the top five in all eight races this season (three wins, one second, one fourth and three fifths). Vergne has led the points standings following each of the last five races, and boosted his advantage to 31 points with four races remaining.
- Vergne has an average finish this season of 3.0.
- Vergne led 46 of the 49 laps in Paris. He has led a season-high four races (tied with Felix Rosenqvist), and a season-high 137 laps (42.3 percent of Formula E laps completed this season).
- Vergne is one of three drivers to complete all 324 laps this season; he is joined by Sam Bird and Mitch Evans.
- Sam Bird finished second, his fifth podium in eight races this season – a series best – and in the top five on seven occasions. His lowest finish was 17th in Mexico City, the final driver to complete the race.
- Bird has completed all eight races in which he’s contested this season. His average finish of 4.63 is second-best behind Vergne.
- Former series champion Lucas di Grassi earned his third podium of the season – all in succession – coming home third (had finished second in each of the two previous races). Di Grassi – who set the fastest lap at Paris – has finished each of the last four races, and led two laps at Paris, his first laps led this season, bringing the total number of drivers to lead a race this season to 13.
- Maro Engel finished a career-best fourth, leading three German drivers finishing in the top seven. His previous best finish this season was seventh (Hong Kong #2), and previous career-best finish was fifth at Monaco during the 2016-17 season.
- Sebastien Buemi was fifth, his best finish in the last three ePrix.
- Germans Andre Lotterer and Daniel Abt were sixth and seventh at Paris.
- Edoardo finished 13th, having led one lap, his first race led since Hong Kong #2 (led 40 of 45 laps).
- Mitch Evans finished 15th, the last driver to finish on the lead lap. Evans has finished on the lead lap in every race this season, and one of three drivers to finish every lap this season.
- Max Qinghua replaced Luca Filippi in the No. 68 Spark-NIO and finished 17th, the final car to finish. It was Qinghua’s first Formula E race of the season. Meanwhile, it marked the first Formula E race in which Filippi did not compete this season.
- Antonio Felix da Costa suffered his first DNF of the season, dropping out after two laps due to electrical problems. Felix da Costa had completed every lap of the first seven races.
- A total of 20 drivers have scored points this season.
- The next FIA Formula E race is Saturday, May 19, with the Berlin ePrix in Berlin, Germany.
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