2015 Berlin ePrix

2015 Berlin ePrix
Race 8 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season
Layout of the Berlin-Tempelhof Formula E street circuit
Layout of the Berlin-Tempelhof Formula E street circuit
Race details[1]
Date 23 May 2015
Official name 2015 FIA Formula E DHL Berlin ePrix[2]
Location Tempelhof airport, Berlin, Germany
Course Temporary circuit
Course length 2.469 km (1.534 miles)
Distance 33 laps, 81.477 km (50.622 miles)
Pole position
Driver Trulli
Time 1:21.547
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. China
Time 1:24.435 on lap 20
Podium
First Dragon
Second e.dams
Third Dragon
Lap leaders

The 2015 Berlin ePrix, formally known as the 2015 DHL Berlin ePrix, was a Formula E motor race that took place on 23 May 2015 on the purpose-built Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit in Berlin. It was the eighth round of the 2014–15 Formula E season. A special anti-clockwise track was built for the race next to the terminal building of the closed airport, including 17 turns over a distance of 2.469 km (1.534 mi).

Prior to the ePrix, Lucas di Grassi was leading the Drivers' Championship by four points over Nelson Piquet Jr., while e.dams Renault led the Teams' Championship in front of second placed Audi Sport ABT.

Jarno Trulli started the race from pole position, but eventually retired. The race was initially won by championship leader Lucas di Grassi. After di Grassi's car was found to have used a modified front wing, the victory was handed to second-placed Jérôme d'Ambrosio. As a result of the race, Nelson Piquet Jr. took the lead in the drivers' championship.

  1. ^ "Race Timetable". berlin.fiaformulae.com. FIA. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Formula E – Berlin ePrix". FIA. Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 17 May 2015.