2022 Rome ePrix
# 2022 Rome ePrix

The 2022 Rome ePrix was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 9 and 10 April 2022. It served as the fourth and fifth rounds of the 2021–22 Formula E season, and marked the fourth edition of the event. Mitch Evans gained a total of 11 positions across the two races to claim double victory, with Robin Frijns and Stoffel Vandoorne following through in race one and Jean-Éric Vergne and Frijns completing the podium in race two.

## Classification

### Race one

**Qualifying**

Group draw :

| Group A | MOR (1) | WEH (3) | VAN (5) | DEN (7) | FRI (9) | BIR (11) | BUE (13) | ASK (15) | EVA (17) | SIM (19) | TIC (21) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Group B | DEV (2) | LOT (4) | JEV (6) | DIG (8) | DAC (10) | CAS (12) | ROW (14) | GUE (16) | TUR (18) | SET (20) | GIO (22) |

**Qualifying**

**Qualifying duels**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B4 | Nyck de Vries | Nyck de Vries | | | | | | |
| A1 | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | | | | | | |
| A1 | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | Nyck de Vries | Nyck de Vries | Nyck de Vries | | | |
| | | | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | | | |
| B3 | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | | | |
| A2 | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | | | | | | |
| A2 | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | | | | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns |
| | | | | | | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne |
| A3 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | | | | | | | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne |
| B2 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | | | | | | |
| B2 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | | | |
| | | | António Félix da Costa | António Félix da Costa | António Félix da Costa | | | |
| A4 | Pascal Wehrlein | Pascal Wehrlein | António Félix da Costa | António Félix da Costa | António Félix da Costa | | | |
| B1 | António Félix da Costa | António Félix da Costa | | | | | | |

**Qualifying**

**Overall classification**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 1:40.128 | — | 1:38.596 | 1:38.971 | 1:39.151 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Audi | 1:40.128 | — | 1:38.764 | 1:38.836 | 1:39.500 | 2 |
| 3 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | — | 1:40.458 | 1:38.980 | 1:38.949 | — | 3 |
| 4 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | — | 1:40.227 | 1:39.038 | 1:38.986 | — | 4 |
| 5 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | — | 1:40.309 | 1:39.105 | — | — | 5 |
| 6 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 1:40.069 | — | 1:39.288 | — | — | 6 |
| 7 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:40.270 | — | 1:39.363 | — | — | 7 |
| 8 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | — | 1:40.357 | 1:39.482 | — | — | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:40.375 | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| 10 | 30 | Oliver Rowland | Mahindra | — | 1:40.748 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 11 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:40.554 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| 12 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Venturi-Mercedes | — | 1:40.770 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 13 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 1:40.836 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| 14 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Envision-Audi | — | 1:40.833 | — | — | — | 14 |
| 15 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 1:40.930 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| 16 | 22 | Maximilian Günther | e.dams-Nissan | — | 1:40.999 | — | — | — | 16 |
| 17 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:40.945 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| 18 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | — | 1:41.304 | — | — | — | 18 |
| 19 | 28 | Oliver Askew | Andretti-BMW | 1:40.950 | — | — | — | — | 19 |
| 20 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | — | 1:41.570 | — | — | — | 22 |
| 21 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | NIO | 1:41.410 | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| 22 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Dragon-Penske | — | 1:41.756 | — | — | — | 21 |
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Notes:

* ^1 – Sérgio Sette Câmara received a 3-place grid penalty for speeding under red flag.

**Race**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 27 | 51:59.632 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Audi | 27 | +5.703 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 27 | +6.966 | 1 | 15+3 |
| 4 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 27 | +7.553 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 27 | +7.877 | 13 | 10 |
| 6 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 27 | +8.971 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 27 | +13.356 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 27 | +14.216 | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Envision-Audi | 27 | +14.543 | 14 | 2+1 |
| 10 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 27 | +19.339 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Venturi-Mercedes | 27 | +19.731 | 12 | |
| 12 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 27 | +24.758 | 15 | |
| 13 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 27 | +25.029 | 6 | |
| 14 | 28 | Oliver Askew | Andretti-BMW | 27 | +28.039 | 19 | |
| 15 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | 27 | +28.645 | 22 | |
| 16 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 27 | +28.865 | 17 | |
| 17 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 27 | +58.372 | 18 | |
| 18 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | NIO | 27 | +1:19.306 | 20 | |
| 19 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Dragon-Penske | 27 | +1:37.231 | 21 | |
| Ret | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 25 | Collision damage | 3 | |
| Ret | 30 | Oliver Rowland | Mahindra | 17 | Retired in pits | 10 | |
| Ret | 22 | Maximilian Günther | e.dams-Nissan | 0 | Accident | 16 | |
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Notes:

* ^1 – Pole position.
* ^2 – Fastest lap.
* ^3 – Edoardo Mortara and Jake Dennis received a 5-second time penalty each for causing a collision.
* ^4 – Sérgio Sette Câmara, Antonio Giovinazzi and Dan Ticktum all received a 5-second time penalty for a safety car infringement. Giovinazzi also received a post-race drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for exceeding the full course yellow speed and gaining an advantage.

**Standings after the race**

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Edoardo Mortara | 49 |
| 3 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 46 |
| 6 | 3 | Robin Frijns | 42 |
| 2 | 4 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 39 |
| 3 | 5 | Nyck de Vries | 38 |
| | Pos | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Mercedes | 84 |
| 1 | 2 | Venturi-Mercedes | 74 |
| | 3 | Porsche | 65 |
| | 4 | Techeetah-DS | 59 |
| | 5 | Envision-Audi | 52 |

### Race two

**Qualifying**

Group draw :

| Group A | MOR (1) | FRI (3) | DEV (5) | LOT (7) | DEN (9) | BIR (11) | CAS (13) | ROW (15) | GUE (17) | TUR (19) | TIC (21) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Group B | VAN (2) | JEV (4) | WEH (6) | EVA (8) | DIG (10) | DAC (12) | BUE (14) | ASK (16) | SIM (18) | SET (20) | GIO (22) |

**Qualifying**

**Qualifying duels**

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B4 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | | | | | | |
| A1 | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | | | | | | |
| A1 | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | | | |
| | | | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | | | |
| B3 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | | | |
| A2 | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | | | | | | |
| A2 | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | | | | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne |
| | | | | | | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis |
| A3 | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | | | | | | | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis |
| B2 | Pascal Wehrlein | Pascal Wehrlein | | | | | | |
| B2 | Pascal Wehrlein | Pascal Wehrlein | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | | | |
| | | | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | | | |
| A4 | Sam Bird | Sam Bird | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | | | |
| B1 | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | | | | | | |

**Qualifying**

**Overall classification**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | — | 1:39.744 | 1:38.348 | 1:38.149 | 1:38.268 | 1 |
| 2 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 1:39.790 | — | 1:38.225 | 1:37.997 | 1:38.489 | 2 |
| 3 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 1:39.614 | — | 1:38.422 | 1:38.361 | — | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | — | 1:39.612 | 1:38.127 | 1:38.499 | — | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 1:39.847 | — | 1:38.425 | — | — | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Audi | 1:39.416 | — | 1:38.433 | — | — | 6 |
| 7 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | — | 1:39.669 | 1:38.566 | — | — | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | — | 1:39.703 | 1:38.776 | — | — | 8 |
| 9 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | — | 1:39.765 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 10 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 1:39.852 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| 11 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | — | 1:40.012 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 12 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:39.880 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| 13 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Venturi-Mercedes | — | 1:40.065 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 14 | 30 | Oliver Rowland | Mahindra | 1:40.068 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| 15 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | — | 1:40.114 | — | — | — | 15 |
| 16 | 22 | Maximilian Günther | e.dams-Nissan | 1:40.328 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| 17 | 28 | Oliver Askew | Andretti-BMW | — | 1:40.165 | — | — | — | 17 |
| 18 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Envision-Audi | 1:40.375 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| 19 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | — | 1:40.469 | — | — | — | 19 |
| 20 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | NIO | 1:40.565 | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| 21 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Dragon-Penske | — | 1:40.574 | — | — | — | 21 |
| 22 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 1:40.749 | — | — | — | — | 22 |
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Notes:

* ^1 – Nyck de Vries received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in race one.

**Race**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 27 | 52:55.224 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 27 | +0.584 | 1 | 18+3 |
| 3 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Audi | 27 | +1.606 | 6 | 15+1 |
| 4 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 27 | +2.093 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 27 | +2.756 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 27 | +4.655 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 27 | +7.097 | 22 | 6 |
| 8 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Venturi-Mercedes | 27 | +8.680 | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 27 | +8.796 | 15 | 2 |
| 10 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | NIO | 27 | +11.130 | 20 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | Maximilian Günther | e.dams-Nissan | 27 | +11.221 | 16 | |
| 12 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | 27 | +12.309 | 10 | |
| 13 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 27 | +13.134 | 9 | |
| 14 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 27 | +14.207 | 13 | |
| 15 | 28 | Oliver Askew | Andretti-BMW | 27 | +20.429 | 17 | |
| Ret | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 26 | Collision damage | 5 | |
| Ret | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Envision-Audi | 25 | Collision damage | 18 | |
| Ret | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 21 | Collision damage | 2 | |
| Ret | 30 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 16 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 29 | Oliver Rowland | Mahindra | 14 | Retired | 14 | |
| Ret | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 7 | Collision damage | 11 | |
| Ret | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Dragon-Penske | 7 | Technical | 21 | |
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Notes:

* ^1 – Pole position.
* ^2 – Fastest lap.
* ^3 – Lucas di Grassi received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.
* ^4 – António Félix da Costa received a 5-second time penalty for forcing another driver off the track and causing a collision.
* ^5 – Nyck de Vries received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.
* ^6 – Oliver Askew received two 5-second time penalties, one for overtaking under the safety car and the other for causing a collision.

**Standings after the race**

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | 1 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 60 |
| 1 | 2 | Robin Frijns | 58 |
| 1 | 3 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 56 |
| 4 | 4 | Mitch Evans | 51 |
| 4 | 5 | Edoardo Mortara | 49 |
| | Pos | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Mercedes | 94 |
| 1 | 2 | Porsche | 85 |
| 1 | 3 | Techeetah-DS | 80 |
| 2 | 4 | Venturi-Mercedes | 78 |
| 1 | 5 | Jaguar | 73 |
