2021 Valencia ePrix

2021 Valencia ePrix
Race 5 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 24 April 2021 (2021-04-24)
Official name 2021 DHL Valencia E-Prix
Location Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Valencia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.376 km (2.098 mi)
Distance 24 laps, 81.024 km (50.346 mi)
Weather Wet, 15 °C (59 °F). Humidity: 84%.
Pole position
Driver Techeetah-DS
Time 1:26.522
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi
Time 1:39.611 on lap 14
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Dragon-Penske
Third Mercedes
Lap leaders
2021 Valencia ePrix
Race 6 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 25 April 2021 (2021-04-25)
Official name 2021 DHL Valencia E-Prix
Location Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Valencia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.376 km (2.098 mi)
Distance 30 laps, 101.280 km (62.932 mi)
Pole position
Driver Andretti-BMW
Time 1:28.548
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Alexander Sims
United Kingdom Alex Lynn[a]
Mahindra
Mahindra
Time 1:30.081 (1:30.263) on lap 26 (22)
Podium
First Andretti-BMW
Second Porsche
Third Mahindra
Lap leaders

The 2021 Valencia ePrix (formally the 2021 DHL Valencia E-Prix) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in the town of Cheste near Valencia, Spain on 24 and 25 April 2021. Having previously hosted numerous pre-season tests, this was the inaugural running of a competitive Formula E event at the track, as well as the first time an ePrix was held in Spain. It marked the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season. The first race was won by Nyck de Vries,[1] with Nico Müller and Stoffel Vandoorne rounding out the podium. Jake Dennis took his first Formula E victory in the second race,[2] finishing ahead of André Lotterer and Alex Lynn.


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  1. ^ "De Vries wins amid farcical Valencia Formula E finish". The Race. 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Dennis pulls off shock Valencia Formula E victory for BMW". The Race. 25 April 2021.