2015 Berlin ePrix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 8 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season | |||
Layout of the Berlin-Tempelhof Formula E street circuit
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| Date | 23 May 2015 | ||
| Official name | 2015 FIA Formula E DHL Berlin ePrix | ||
| Location | Tempelhof airport, Berlin, Germany | ||
| Course | Temporary circuit | ||
| Course length | 2.469 km (1.534 mi) | ||
| Distance | 33 laps, 81.477 km (50.622 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Trulli | ||
| Time | 1:21.547 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nelson Piquet, Jr.
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China | |
| Time | 1:24.435 on lap 20 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Dragon | ||
| Second | e.dams | ||
| Third | Dragon | ||
The 2015 Berlin ePrix, formally known as the 2015 DHL Berlin ePrix, was a Formula E motor race that took place on 23 May 2015 on the purpose-built Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit in Berlin. It was the eighth round of the 2014–15 Formula E season. A special anti-clockwise track was built for the race next to the terminal building of the closed airport, including 17 turns over a distance of 2.469 km (1.534 mi).
Prior to the ePrix, Lucas di Grassi was leading the Drivers' Championship by four points over Nelson Piquet, Jr., while e.dams Renault led the Teams' Championship in front of second placed Audi Sport ABT.
Jarno Trulli started the race from pole position, but eventually retired. The race was initially won by championship leader Lucas di Grassi. After di Grassi's car was found to have used a modified front wing, the victory was handed to second-placed Jérôme d'Ambrosio. As a result of the race, Nelson Piquet, Jr. took the lead in the drivers' championship.
On 11 July 2013, it was announced that the newly founded Formula E, a class of auto racing for one-make, single-seater, electrically powered racing cars, was set to race in Berlin on the apron of Tempelhof airport, which was closed in October 2008. In April 2014, the race was included in the FIA's final calendar. Prior to the ePrix, Formula One had visited Berlin in 1959 for the German Grand Prix held at the AVUS highway track, a race marred by the death of Frenchman Jean Behra, who died in an accident during a Formula Two support race. Local politicians in Berlin supported the race, with the Senator for Economy, Technology and Research, Cornelia Yzer saying that Berlin "as the capital of electric mobility" was predestined for such an event. However, the Senate of Berlin did not agree to the organiser's plea to be allowed to hold the race at the central Straße des 17. Juni street overlooking the Brandenburg Gate.
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