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2022 Seoul ePrix
Race 15 of 16 of the 2021–22 Formula E season ← Previous race Next race →
Race details
Date	13 August 2022 (2022-08-13)
Official name	2022 Hana Bank Seoul E-Prix
Location	Seoul Street Circuit , Seoul, South Korea
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.618 km (1.627 mi)
Distance	30 laps, 78.540 km (48.802 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra
Time	1:35:406
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW
Time	1:25:497 on lap 27
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Second	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra
Third	Lucas di Grassi	Venturi

2022 Seoul ePrix
Race 16 of 16 of the 2021–22 Formula E season ← Previous race Next race →
Race details
Date	14 August 2022 (2022-08-14)
Official name	2022 Hana Bank Seoul E-Prix
Location	Seoul Street Circuit , Seoul, South Korea
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.618 km (1.627 mi)
Distance	34 laps, 89.012 km (55.309 mi)
Pole position
Driver	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Time	1:21:078
Fastest lap
Driver	Nick Cassidy	Envision
Time	1:22:401 on lap 24
Podium
First	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi
Second	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes
Third	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW

The 2022 Seoul ePrix, formally known as the 2022 Hana Bank Seoul E-Prix, was a pair of Formula E electric car races staged at the Seoul Street Circuit in the Jamsil Sports Complex, Seoul, South Korea, on 13 and 14 August 2022. They served as the fifteenth and sixteenth rounds of the 2021-22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, The race was the first and only running of the Seoul ePrix after it had been postponed since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

After fourteen races in nine cities the 2021-22 Formula E World Championship arrived in Seoul, South Korea, for its season finale, to be held across two races centered upon a former Olympic stadium. Inedd, the Jamsil Sports Complex in the South Korean capital would play host to the Seoul Street Circuit, which was to stage both the inaugural Seoul E-Prix as well as the 99th and 100th FE races, a significant milestone in FE's history. The races would also be the last of the Generation 2 era for FE, with the Spark SRT05e to be retired at the end of the race weekend having served as the series' base chassis since 2018/19.

Driver changes

Sam Bird would miss the season finale, after the Brit was found to have broken his hand at the 2022 London ePrix, an injury he would carry throughout that race. Thus ending his streak of winning at least one race in every season entered. Jaguar's reserve driver Norman Nato would sub in for the British driver. It would be Nato's first appearance since the 2021 Berlin ePrix.

Sacha Fenestraz, having also been a reserve driver for Jaguar in 2021, replaced Antonio Giovinazzi for the second round after the latter suffered a hand injury during the first event.

Championship standing before the race

Stoffel Vandoorne leads his title rivals into the final two races in Seoul with a 36-point lead over Mitch Evans and 41 points over Edoardo Mortara. Evans and Mortara need to outscore the Belgian by at least 7 and 11 points respectively in the first round to keep title hopes alive. Jean-Éric Vergne was still mathematically in the title hunt, but faced a huge 57-point gap with only 58 left to fight for.

In the Teams' Championship Mercedes' holds a healthy 36-point lead over ROKiT Venturi, their closest challenger. Venturi would have to score at least 9 points more than the factory Mercedes to remain in the hunt, while DS Techeetah had to outscore Mercedes by 20 in the first round to retain their hopes. Jaguar Racing in fourth, was 91 points behind and hence was still a contender mathematically, but would need a maximum score in both races and see Mercedes claim less than 3 points across the final two races.

Race 1

Qualifying

Oliver Rowland took a surprise pole position in wet conditions, defeating recently announced future teammate Lucas di Grassi in the final by 0.623s. En route to the final Rowland would defeat Sérgio Sette Câmara by default and Pascal Wehrlein in the Semis, while di Grassi fended off challenges from Jake Dennis and title pretender Mitch Evans. Championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne would grab seventh on the grid after being defeated in the Quarter-Finals by Wehrlein.

Group draw
Group A	VAN	MOR	DAC	FRI	DEN	LOT	BUE	ASK	TUR	SET	GIO
Group B	EVA	JEV	DIG	DEV	WEH	CAS	SIM	ROW	GUE	TIC	NAT

Qualifying duels

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

B4

Mitch Evans

A1

Edoardo Mortara

Mitch Evans

Lucas di Grassi

B3

Lucas di Grassi

A2

Jake Dennis

Lucas di Grassi

Oliver Rowland

A3

Sérgio Sette Câmara

B2

Oliver Rowland

Oliver Rowland

Pascal Wehrlein

A4

Stoffel Vandoorne

B1

Pascal Wehrlein

Overall Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	A	B	QF	SF	F	Grid
1	30	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	—	1:30:345	1:32:590	1:34:880	1:35:406	1
2	11	Lucas di Grassi	Venturi-Mercedes	—	1:30:726	1:31:735	1:35:692	1:36:029	2
3	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	—	1:30:755	1:31:293	1:35:884	—	3
4	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	—	1:30:321	1:35:117	1:36:517	—	4
5	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:22:441	—	1:32:424	—	—	5
6	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:22:397	—	1:32:442	—	—	6
7	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:22:542	—	1:35:401	—	—	7
8	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:22:477	—	—	—	—	8
9	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	—	1:30.811	—	—	—	8
10	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:22:732	—	—	—	—	9
11	10	Norman Nato	Jaguar	—	1:30:943	—	—	—	10
12	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:22:793	—	—	—	—	12
13	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	—	1:31:577	—	—	—	13
14	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Dragon-Penske	1:22:837	—	—	—	—	14
15	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	—	1:31:704	—	—	—	15
16	4	Robin Frijns	Envision-Audi	1:23:057	—	—	—	—	16
17	22	Maximilian Günther	e.dams-Nissan	—	1:31:840	—	—	—	17
18	3	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:23:214	—	—	—	—	18
19	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Audi	—	1:32:387	—	—	—	19
20	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:23:331	—	—	—	—	20
21	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	—	1:33:592	—	—	—	21
22	28	Oliver Askew	Andretti-BMW	1:50:546	—	—	—	—	22
Source:

Race

Report

The circuit was very damp as the field lined up on the grid for the start, and this would undermine Rowland right from the get-go as he launched straight onto the painted surface with wheel spin. Di Grassi and Evans duly went either side of Rowland to snatch first and second into the first corner, before Evans pulled an audatious move on di Grassi into turn one to claim the lead for himself. Rowland had retaliated and grabbed second from di Grassi.

Before completing the first lap, eight cars had ended up in the barriers at turns 20 and 21, causing a red flag. A combination of damp conditions, changing surfaces, and spray had caused chaos for those in the lower half of the field. Norman Nato and Nick Cassidy would both escape and pit for repairs, while Sébastien Buemi found himself on top of Nyck de Vries after the Dutchman had slammed into the back of Buemi and wedged his Mercedes underneath it.

After 45 minutes the accident had been cleared. Evans hence the field as they returned to the circuit behind the Safety Car, leading ahead of Rowland and di Grassi, with the status quo reigning behind throughout the early laps.

Jean-Éric Vergne punted Edoardo Mortara out of fifth place, a result of the Swiss pilot weaving around in the braking zone in front of the Frenchman. That move would also allow Vandoorne to pass Mortara before Mortara had a 5-second penalty added for his overly aggressive defending.

Mortara would make more questionable defensive manoeuvres when trying to hold off Wehrlein, before his race came to an end with a right-rear puncture. Out front, meanwhile, Evans was still in complete control ahead of Rowland, di Grassi and Jake Dennis, while Vandoorne inherited fifth from Vergne when the #25 DS Techeetah was abnormally slow exiting the penultimate corner.

With five minutes to go the race was settled, Alexander Sims putting himself into the barriers in the Stadium and out of the race. The safety car made its second appearance of the day to lead the field past the chequered flag. Evans claimed an impressive victory to keep his title hopes alive ahead of Rowland and di Grassi. Dennis claimed the bonus point for fastest lap in fourth. Vandoorne finished in fifth to maintain a strong 21-point lead over Evans in the Championship heading into the final day of the season, with Vergne, Wehrlein, Robin Frijns, António Félix da Costa and Cassidy securing the remaining points.

Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	30	1:29:55.478	3	25
2	30	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	30	+0.820	1	18+31
3	11	Lucas di Grassi	Venturi-Mercedes	30	+1.393	2	15
4	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	30	+1.902	5	12+12
5	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	30	+2.470	7	10
6	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	30	+3.957	9	8
7	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	30	+4.149	4	6
8	4	Robin Frijns	Envision-Audi	30	+4.508	16	4
9	13	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah	30	+4.970	12	2
10	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Audi	30	+5.325	19	1
11	22	Maximilian Günther	e.dams-Nissan	30	+5.610	17
12	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	30	+6.121	8
13	10	Norman Nato	Jaguar	30	+57.545	11
Ret	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	26	Accident	21
Ret	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Dragon-Penske	24	Retired	14
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	20	Puncture	6
Ret	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	0	Accident	13
Ret	3	Oliver Turvey	NIO	0	Accident	18
Ret	28	Oliver Askew	Andretti-BMW	0	Accident	22
Ret	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	0	Accident	15
Ret	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	0	Accident	10
Ret	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	0	Accident	20
Source:

Notes:

• ^1  – Pole position.
• ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Stoffel Vandoorne had failed to secure the Championship in the first Seoul E-Prix, although the Belgian driver remained the overwhelming favourite heading into the final day of the season. Mitch Evans had to win the final with Vandoorne retiring to take the title. A sixth-place finish would be enough for Vandoorne to claim the crown, regardless of what Evans did. Evans could also win the Championship with Vandoorne failing to score and him finishing in second with pole position, which would leave the New Zealander as the Champion on countback by holding four wins to Vandoorne's one.

Like their lead driver it was Mercedes' title to lose in the Teams' Championship ahead of the final race of the season, the German manufacturer's factory team holding a 31 point lead over their closest challenger. Only their customers ROKiT Venturi Racing could overhaul them on the final day, and would require a double podium, and likely need see their sister team fail to score at all. DS Techeetah could theoretically tie with Mercedes on 301 points with a maximum score on the final day, but the title would still head to Mercedes on countback, as they would hold three victories to DS Techeetah's theoretical two.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	195
	2	Mitch Evans	174
	3	Edoardo Mortara	144
	4	Jean-Éric Vergne	136
1	5	Lucas di Grassi	126

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
	1	Mercedes	301
	2	ROKiT Venturi-Mercedes	270
	3	DS Techeetah	254
	4	Jaguar	225
	5	Envision-Audi	177

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Milestones

• First Seoul ePrix to be staged.
• Sixth victory for Mitch Evans.
• Jaguar Racing claimed their eighth win as an entrant.
  • Also the eighth win for Jaguar as a powertrain supplier.
• Lucas di Grassi became the first driver in FE history to pass 1,000 career points.
• Fifth fastest lap recorded by Andretti as an entrant.

References

Category:2022 in South Korea Seoul ePrix Category:2021–22 Formula E season Seoul ePrix