2017 Paris ePrix

2017 Paris ePrix
Race 6 of 12 of the 2016–17 Formula E Championship
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The track layout of the Paris Street Circuit
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 United Kingdom Sam Bird 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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