2017 Buenos Aires ePrix
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| Race 3 of 12 of the 2016–17 Formula E season | |||
Layout of the Puerto Madero Street Circuit
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| Date | 18 February 2017 | ||
| Official name | 2017 FIA Formula E Buenos Aires ePrix | ||
| Location | Puerto Madero Street Circuit, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 2.480 km (1.54 mi) | ||
| Distance | 37 laps, 91.72 km (56.98 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny; Air: 29.0–29.7 °C (84.2–85.5 °F), Track: 26 °C (79 °F) | ||
| Attendance | 21,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Audi Sport ABT | ||
| Time | 1:09.404 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Felix Rosenqvist
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Mahindra | |
| Time | 1:09.467 on lap 31 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | e.Dams-Renault | ||
| Second | Techeetah-Renault | ||
| Third | Audi Sport ABT | ||
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The 2017 Buenos Aires ePrix (formally the 2017 FIA Formula E Buenos Aires ePrix) was a Formula E motor race held on 18 February 2017 at the Puerto Madero Street Circuit in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina in front of a crowd of 21,000 people. It was the third round of the 2016–17 Formula E season and the third running of the event. The 37-lap race was won by e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi after starting from third position. Jean-Éric Vergne finished second for the Techeetah team and Audi Sport ABT driver Lucas di Grassi came in third.
Di Grassi won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained his start line advantage on the first lap. The race was neutralised on the same lap because of Adam Carroll's stalled car and when the race restarted one lap later Vergne challenged di Grassi for the lead and passed him on lap three. Di Grassi lost second place to Buemi shortly afterwards and the Swiss driver moved into the lead after overtaking Vergne on the sixth lap. Buemi kept the lead after the mandatory pit stops to switch into his second car but despite having trouble with braking in a straight line Buemi remained in first place for the remainder of the event to secure the victory. There were four lead changes among four different drivers during the course of the race.
It was Buemi's third consecutive victory of the season, the ninth of his career, and became the first driver in Formula E history to win three races in a row. The result meant Buemi increased his Drivers' Championship advantage to 29 points over di Grassi. Buemi's teammate Nicolas Prost maintained third position, while Vergne's strong finish enabled him to move into fourth place. e.Dams-Renault extended their Teams' Championship advantage over Audi Sport ABT to be 51 points in front and a further 23 ahead of Mahindra Racing with nine races left in the season.
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