2020 Marrakesh ePrix
# 2020 Marrakesh ePrix

The 2020 Marrakesh ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakesh on 29 February 2020. The race was a replacement for the 2020 Hong Kong ePrix, which was cancelled due to pro-democracy protests.

## Report

### Background

On 15 June 2019, Formula E announced the provisional calendar for the 2019–20 season, in which Marrakesh was not included. The final calendar, which was revealed in October, saw multiple date changes with Marrakesh coming in to replace Hong Kong. Marrakesh would also host the third annual rookie test a day after the event, where each team got to nominate two drivers who have not officially competed in the series.

### Schedule changes

Free Practice 1 was moved to Friday afternoon due low visibility issues from sunrise during the first practice session in last year's event. The 2020 race held 47 days later on the calendar (February 29) compared to the 2019 race (January 12), an earlier sunrise and later sunset in late February compared to early January.

### Rookie Test

The traditional rookie test took place the day after the race.

## Classification

### Qualifying

Group draw :

| Group 1 | EVA (1) | SIM (2) | DAC (3) | VAN (4) | DIG (5) | BIR (6) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Group 2 | ROW (7) | GUE (8) | MOR (9) | LOT (10) | DEV (11) | JEV (12) |
| Group 3 | BUE (13) | WEH (14) | FRI (15) | CAL (16) | ABT (17) | DAM (18) |
| Group 4 | MAS (19) | HAR (20) | TUR (21) | MUL (22) | JAN (23) | QMA (24) |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
| 1 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 1:17.640 | 1:17.158 | 1 |
| 2 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 1:17.562 | 1:17.227 | 2 |
| 3 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 1:17.582 | 1:17.253 | 3 |
| 4 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 1:17.743 | 1:17.590 | 4 |
| 5 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:17.631 | 1:17.803 | 5 |
| 6 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:17.779 | 1:17.811 | 6 |
| 7 | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Mahindra | 1:17.798 | — | 7 |
| 8 | 27 | Alexander Sims | Andretti-BMW | 1:17.830 | — | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 1:17.839 | — | 9 |
| 10 | 51 | James Calado | Jaguar | 1:17.867 | — | 10 |
| 11 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 1:17.928 | — | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | Brendon Hartley | Dragon-Penske | 1:17.944 | — | 12 |
| 13 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 1:17.958 | — | 13 |
| 14 | 2 | Sam Bird | Virgin-Audi | 1:18.064 | — | 14 |
| 15 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mahindra | 1:18.069 | — | 15 |
| 16 | 7 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske | 1:18.203 | — | 16 |
| 17 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 1:18.218 | — | 17 |
| 18 | 66 | Daniel Abt | Audi | 1:18.229 | — | 18 |
| 19 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 1:18.313 | — | 19 |
| 20 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:18.675 | — | 20 |
| 21 | 33 | Ma Qinghua | NIO | 1:19.359 | — | 21 |
| NC | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 1:27.444 | — | 22 |
| NC | 18 | Neel Jani | Porsche | 1:32.690 | — | 23 |
| NC | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | no time | — | 24 |
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Notes:

* ^1 – Robin Frijns and Neel Jani broke the 110% rule as their qualifying laps were cancelled due to them not respecting the homologated throttle pedal map. The Stewards gave them permission to start the race from the back of the grid.
* ^2 – Mitch Evans did not enter his qualifying lap before the time had run out. The Stewards gave him permission to start the race from the back of the grid.

### Race

Drivers who scored points are denoted in bold.

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 34 | 46:52.757 | 1 | 25+3 |
| 2 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 34 | +11.427 | 2 | 18+1 |
| 3 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 34 | +12.034 | 11 | 15 |
| 4 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 34 | +12.282 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 34 | +15.657 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 34 | +16.335 | 24 | 8+1 |
| 7 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 34 | +18.706 | 13 | 6 |
| 8 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 34 | +19.498 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 34 | +20.126 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | Sam Bird | Virgin-Audi | 34 | +20.295 | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 34 | +20.557 | 4 | |
| 12 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 34 | +22.373 | 22 | |
| 13 | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Mahindra | 34 | +22.785 | 7 | |
| 14 | 66 | Daniel Abt | Audi | 34 | +25.080 | 18 | |
| 15 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 34 | +25.969 | 17 | |
| 16 | 51 | James Calado | Jaguar | 34 | +26.528 | 10 | |
| 17 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Venturi-Mercedes | 34 | +27.476 | 20 | |
| 18 | 18 | Neel Jani | Porsche | 34 | +44.476 | 23 | |
| 19 | 6 | Brendon Hartley | Dragon-Penske | 34 | +49.002 | 12 | |
| 20 | 7 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske | 34 | +53.075 | 16 | |
| 21 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 34 | +59.969 | 19 | |
| 22 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mahindra | 34 | +1:13.414 | 15 | |
| 23 | 33 | Ma Qinghua | NIO | 33 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 27 | Alexander Sims | Andretti-BMW | 33 | Driveshaft | 8 | |
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Notes:

* ^1 – Pole position.
* ^2 – Fastest in group stage.
* ^3 – Fastest lap.

## Standings after the race

| +/– | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 1 | António Félix da Costa | 67 |
| 1 | 2 | Mitch Evans | 56 (–11) |
| 1 | 3 | Alexander Sims | 46 (–21) |
| 4 | 4 | Maximilian Günther | 44 (–23) |
| | 5 | Lucas di Grassi | 38 (–29) |
| +/– | Pos | Constructor | Points |
| 3 | 1 | Techeetah-DS | 98 |
| 1 | 2 | Andretti-BMW | 90 (–8) |
| 1 | 3 | Jaguar | 66 (–32) |
| 1 | 4 | e.dams-Nissan | 57 (–41) |
| 2 | 5 | Mercedes | 56 (–42) |

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

## Footnotes

* ↑ Evans received the point for fastest lap as Wehrlein failed to finish inside the top 10.
