2014 Beijing ePrix

2014 Beijing ePrix
Race 1 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season
Layout of the Beijing Olympic Green Circuit
Layout of the Beijing Olympic Green Circuit
Race details
Date 13 September 2014
Official name 2014 FIA Formula E Evergrande Spring Beijing ePrix
Location Beijing Olympic Green Circuit,
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.44 km (2.14 miles)
Distance 25 laps, 86.0 km (53.5 miles)
Pole position
Driver e.dams-Renault
Time 1:42.200
Fastest lap
Driver Japan Takuma Sato Amlin Aguri
Time 1:45.101 on lap 21
Podium
First Audi Sport ABT
Second Andretti
Third Virgin Racing
Lap leaders

The 2014 Beijing ePrix, formally the 2014 FIA Formula E Evergrande Spring Beijing ePrix, was a Formula E motor race that was held on 13 September 2014 at the Beijing Olympic Green Circuit in Beijing, China. It was the first Championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season.[1] The race was won by Lucas di Grassi for the Audi Sport ABT team, ahead of Franck Montagny and Sam Bird.[2]

  1. ^ "It's Electric: First Formula E Season Begins". Sky News. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Di Grassi wins inaugural Formula E race after Prost, Heidfeld crash on final lap". Fox Sports. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.