Race details | |||
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Race 7 of 10 of the 2015–16 Formula E season | |||
Date | April 23 | , 2016||
Official name | 2016 Visa Paris ePrix | ||
Location | Paris, France | ||
Course | Street circuit | ||
Course length | 1.93 km (1.2 mi) | ||
Distance | 45 laps, 86.85 km (54 mi) | ||
Weather | 11°C | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Virgin Racing | ||
Time | 1.01.616 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Nick Heidfeld | Mahindra Racing | |
Time | 1.02.323 on lap 39 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Audi Sport ABT | ||
Second | Virgin Racing | ||
Third | e.dams-Renault |
The 2016 Paris ePrix (officially the 2016 Visa Paris ePrix) was a Formula E motor race held on 23 April 2016 in Paris, France on a street circuit around Les Invalides. It was the seventh championship race of the 2015–16 Formula E season, the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' second season. It also was the 18th Formula E race overall.
The race took place on the new Paris Street Circuit, which is 1.93 km in length and features 14 turns. It goes clock-wise around Les Invalides with the Musée de l'Armée and the tomb of Napoleon. The pit lane is located along the Esplanade des Invalides, north of Les Invalides.
Ma Qing Hua replaced Salvador Durán at Team Aguri for the rest of the season.
The race finished under a safety car after a crash on lap 42.
Notes:
Lap leaders:Lucas Di Grassi (1-23),Bruno Senna (24),Daniel Abt (25),Lucas Di Grassi (26-45)