| 2018 Paris ePrix | |||||
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Race 8 of 12 of the 2017–18 Formula E Championship
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 Layout of the Paris Formula E street circuit | |||||
| Race details[1][2] | |||||
| Date | 28 April 2018 | ||||
| Official name | 2018 Qatar Airways Paris E-Prix[3] | ||||
| Location | Circuit des Invalides, Les Invalides, Paris, France | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 1.93 km (1.20 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 49 laps, 94.598 km (58.781 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Attendance | 48,000 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Techeetah-Renault | ||||
| Time | 1:01.444 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Lucas di Grassi | Audi | |||
| Time | 1:02.367 on lap 34 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Techeetah-Renault | ||||
| Second | Audi | ||||
| Third | Virgin-Citroën | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2018 Paris ePrix (formally the 2018 Qatar Airways Paris E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held before a crowd of 48,000 spectators at the Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex on 28 April 2018. It was the eighth race of the 2017–18 Formula E Championship and the third Paris ePrix. The 49-lap race was won by Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne from pole position. Audi's Lucas di Grassi finished second and Virgin driver Sam Bird was third.
Vergne won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained the lead for the next 23 laps as Bird had more electrical energy available. This allowed Bird to shorten Vergne's lead and unsuccessfully tried to overtake him. Through the pit stop phase to get into a second car, di Grassi took the lead for two laps after conserving electrical energy. Edoardo Mortara led the following lap before Vergne retook the position after the pit stops. Vergne was unchallenged for the final third of the race and took his third victory of the season after his teammate André Lotterer battled Bird and di Grassi.
The consequence of the race extended Vergne's Drivers' Championship lead over Bird to 31 points and Felix Rosenqvist kept third despite placing eighth. Sébastien Buemi kept fourth position while di Grassi moved him from eighth to fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah increased their advantage over Virgin from 34 to 55 points. Audi overtook Mahindra for third with four races left in the season.
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- ^ "Guide: welcome to the 2018 Qatar Airways E-Prix". FIA Formula E. 25 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2020.