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Santiago ePrix

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Sat 18th January 2020 Local
Sat 18th January 2020 12:00am UTC

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Formula E

Season
2019-2020

Round
3

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The 2020 Santiago ePrix (formally the 2020 Antofagasta Minerals Santiago E-Prix) was an Formula E electric car race held at the Parque O'Higgins Circuit in the Parque O'Higgins of Santiago, Chile on 18 January 2020. It served as the third round of the 2019–20 Formula E season and was the third annual edition of the event. The race was won by Maximilian Günther, driving for BMW i Andretti Motorsport, with António Félix da Costa coming in second, while pole-sitter Mitch Evans finished the race third.

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Background
On 15 June 2019, Formula E announced the provisional calendar for the 2019–20 Formula E season, which would be the sixth season of the championship, with 14 races to be held across 12 cities globally. On this provisional calendar, the Santiago ePrix was planned as the 4th round of the championship.

On 5 October 2019, Formula E announced the finalised calendar for the season, which would see 14 races to be held across 12 cities globally. This finalised calendar would see the race bumped up to the 3rd round of the championship, with the TBA round in December being cancelled.

Pre-race concerns
Ahead of the race, in November 2019, concerns were raised about the race, due to the 2019–20 Chilean protests, which had seen postponements and suspensions of football fixtures earlier in the month, with the APEC and COP25 summits, which had been set to be hosted in the city also being cancelled, while the Copa Libertadores final was moved to Lima, Peru and Rally Chile was cancelled. In spite of the concerns, the event was officially launched of 13 November, while Formula E would continue to monitor the social-political situation in the city. Formula E later reaffirmed its commitment to racing the city, while it was later revealed that unlike Rally Chile, the race was privately-funded, with the money needed to put on the race in Santiago's O'Higgins Park coming from the event organisers, without government funding.

Track changes
Ahead of the race, changes to the track layout were made, most notably at the curving back straight, where the chicane was removed, while the pit lane was moved to the other side of the track, to the inside of the circuit. In addition, the sweeping right hander which was the former Turn 1 was modified, with a new left hander being added ahead of the revised corner. The final sector of the lap also saw changes, with the zig-zagging section of the track being reversed compared to the previous year. The removal of the chicane came as Formula E looked to reduce the number of chicanes on the tracks in the championship, in the wake of several accidents happening at such locations in several races, with the highest profile incident seeing a pile-up at the first corner during the 2019 Swiss ePrix blocking the track, and causing a lengthy red flag period.

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Result List

01	Maximilian Günther	Andretti Autosport Formula E	46:11.511
02	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah	+ 2.067
03	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	+ 5.119
04	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	+ 7.050
05	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	+ 9.883
06	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	+ 11.237
07	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Lola	+ 14.437
08	James Calado	Jaguar TCS Racing	+ 18.255
09	Felipe Massa	Citroen Racing	+ 20.430
10	Sam Bird	Envision Racing	+ 21.780
11	Oliver Turvey	Cupra Kiro	+ 27.778
12	Nico Müller	DS Penske	+ 33.786
13	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan Formula E Team	+ 43.257
14	Daniel Abt	ABT Lola	+ 47.198
15	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	+ 1 lap
16	Ma Qinghua	Cupra Kiro	+ 1 lap
17	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	+ 4 laps
18	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	Excluded
19	Brendon Hartley	DS Penske	DNF
20	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	DNF
21	Edoardo Mortara	Citroen Racing	DNF
22	André Lotterer	Porsche Formula E Team	DSQ
23	Alexander Sims	Andretti Autosport Formula E	DNF
24	Neel Jani	Porsche Formula E Team	DNF

Result Description

Race
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 40 46:11.511 2 25
2 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 40 +2.067 10 18
3 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 40 +5.119 1 15+1+37
4 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 40 +7.050 3 12
5 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 40 +9.8831 8 10
6 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 40 +11.237 9 8
7 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 40 +14.437 22 6
8 51 United Kingdom James Calado Jaguar 40 +18.255 18 4
9 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 40 +20.430 4 2
10 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 40 +21.780 16 1+18
11 3 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 40 +27.778 5
12 7 Germany Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 40 +33.7862 19
13 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 40 +43.2573 6
14 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 39 +47.1984 13
15 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 39 +1 Lap 21
16 33 China Ma Qinghua NIO 39 +1 Lap5 24
17 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 36 +4 Laps 23
NC 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 40 +1:57.6243 20
Ret 6 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 35 Retired in pits 17
Ret 25 France Jean Eric Vergne Techeetah-DS 32 Front wing damage 11
Ret 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 29 Collision damage 7
Ret 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 4 Collision damage 2
Ret 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Porsche 2 Collision damage 12
DSQ 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 28 Energy usage6 14

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