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Season one stats
• At 2.407km the Buenos Aires ePrix track is the sixth longest of the season
• With an average speed of 103.435km/h, the season one Buenos Aires ePrix was the eighth quickest of the season.
• The absolute lap record was set by Sebastien Buemi in free practice two in 1:08.933s
• The official lap record is 1:11.540s and was set by Sam Bird – the first of his two fastest laps in his Formula E career so far
• The average speed of 121.123km/h Bird’s lap record means that BA is the fourth fastest lap on the calendar
• From 20 starters, there were 15 classified finishers, but Salvador Duran was disqualified from the results and Daniel Abt was not running at the finish.
• There was a single safety car period for a total of eight laps.
• There were 4 different leaders – Buemi, Heidfeld, di Grassi and da Costa – with race winner da Costa leading only the final lap
• Buemi took pole position - the first of his record five poles. Buemi had been drawn in group one and was on pole by 0.027s with a lap of 1:09.134s. It was the third closest qualifying of the season.
• Marco Andretti made his one, and so far only Formula E appearance, driving for the Andretti team.
• The Buenos Aires race was the last ePrix to date for Michela Cerutti, Ho-Pin Tung and Oriol Servia.
• Antonio Felix da Costa’s win was his and Team Aguri’s first in Formula E. In fact, it remains the only podium finish he or the team have scored in the series.
• Da Costa’s win from 8th on the grid is the lowest position a Formula E race winner has started from so far.
• Second place for Nico Prost was his first podium finish in Formula E.
• Fourth place for Jaime Alguersuari was his best Formula E finish.
• Sixth place for Jean-Eric Vergne was his first top-10 finish.
• Ho-Pin Tung’s 11th place was his best in Formula E.
• Marco Andretti’s 12th place was his best Formula E finish.
Current Sequences
• Sebastien Buemi is on a run of nine straight point-scoring races dating back to Long Beach
• Lucas di Grassi is on a run of six straight points finishes
• Buemi is on a run of three straight fastest laps – the equivalent of a seventh-place finish
• We are still waiting for our first back-to-back winner in Formula E
• Simona De Silvestro has has set a new record for the number of Formula E starts without scoring a point (5)
• With Jacques Villeneuve missing the race after damaging the car in qualifying, the Punta del Este race featured the smallest ever starting grid – 17 cars
Season two stats
• Seven drivers have led a lap so far this season – Buemi (65 laps), di Grassi (10), D’Ambrosio (7), Prost (4), Duval (3), Piquet (2), Frijns (1)
• Buemi has led just over 70 per cent of all racing laps this season
• Only one driver has completed a lap in 18th (and last) place – Piquet
• New Venturi driver Mike Conway will be the 40th different driver to race in Formula E. He is the sixth Brit (Bird, Legge, Wilson, Turvey, Rowland)
• On average, the races in season two have been 9.844km/h faster than last season*
• On average, the fastest race laps in season two have been 2.805km/h faster than last season*
*track changes in Beijing and Punta make like-for-like comparison impossible
Records
Wins
Buemi – 5
Piquet – 2
Bird – 2
Di Grassi – 2
Da Costa – 1
Prost – 1
D’Ambrosio – 1
Podiums
Di Grassi – 9
Buemi – 7
Piquet – 5
Bird – 4
D’Ambrosio – 4
Prost – 2
Vergne – 2
Duval – 2
Heidfeld – 2
Montagny – 1
Da Costa – 1
Speed – 1
Abt – 1
Frijns – 1
Poles
Buemi – 5
Vergne – 3
Prost – 2
Abt – 1
Trulli – 1
Sarrazin – 1
D’Ambrosio - 1
Front rows
Prost – 5
Buemi – 5
Di Grassi – 3
Vergne – 3
D’Ambrosio – 3
Piquet – 2
Sarrazin – 2
Servia – 1
Alguersuari – 1
Abt – 1
Trulli – 1
Duval – 1
Fastest laps
Buemi – 4
Piquet – 2
Bird – 2
Sato – 1
Alguersuari – 1
Abt – 1
Prost – 1
Vergne – 1
Di Grassi – 1
Points
Buemi – 205
Di Grassi – 194
Piquet – 148
D’Ambrosio – 141
Bird – 127
Prost – 100
Vergne – 76
Da Costa – 67
Duval – 66
Senna – 50
Heidfeld – 48
Abt – 42
Sarrazin – 38
Alguersuari – 30
Montagny – 18
Chandhok – 18
Speed – 18
Frijns – 17
Servia – 16
Pic – 16
Trulli – 15
Duran – 13
Turvey – 12
Berthon – 4
Sato – 2
Liuzzi – 2
Wilson – 1
Races led
Buemi – 8
Piquet – 7
Bird – 4
Di Grassi – 4
Heidfeld – 3
Vergne – 3
Prost – 3
Abt – 2
Duval – 2
D’Ambrosio – 2
Servia – 1
Da Costa – 1
Senna – 1
Sarrazin – 1
Frijns – 1
Laps led
Buemi – 178
Piquet – 88
Di Grassi – 47
Prost – 28
Sarrazin – 27
Abt – 23
Bird – 23
Vergne – 22
Heidfeld – 11
D’Ambrosio – 8
Servia – 4
Duval – 3
Da Costa – 1
Senna – 1
Frijns – 1
FanBoost
Piquet - 8
Vergne - 6
Senna - 4
Heidfeld - 4
Turvey - 4
Duran - 3
Buemi - 3
Bird - 3
Legge - 2
di Grassi - 2
Pic - 1
Yamamoto – 1
Sarrazin - 1