Formula E: Standings after 2018 Julius Baer Zürich ePrix
By Asher Fair
How do the Formula E driver standings, team standings and win droughts look following the 10th race of the 2017-2018 season?
Heading into the 10th of 12 races on the 2017-2018 Formula E schedule, the Julius Baer Zürich ePrix, Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne held a 40-point lead over DS Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird in the championship standings.
But with an opportunity to seal the 2017-2018 Formula E championship with only the two races of the New York ePrix left on the schedule, Vergne instead finds himself in a position where he could very well be under attack by Bird in the final two races of the season.
Bird finished the Zürich ePrix around the 11-turn, 1.529-mile (2.460-kilometer) Zürich Street Circuit in Zürich, Switzerland in second place behind Audi Sport ABT Schaffler’s Lucas di Grassi, who had not won a race since the first race of last season’s Montreal ePrix, and scored 18 points in doing so, while Vergne was only able to finish in 10th.
Vergne’s 10th place finish is his new season-worst finish by far, as it is his first finish outside of the top five since the second race of last season’s New York ePrix. He scored just one point as a result of his 10th place finish.
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As a result of the results of these two drivers in Zürich, Bird nearly cut Vergne’s lead in the championship standings in half. The gap between the two drivers before the Zürich ePrix was 40 points, but now it is just 23 points.
Given the fact that Bird won both races of the New York ePrix last season, the championship battle appears to be shaping up to be a close one despite the fact that it looked like Vergne would run away with it and perhaps even secure the title in Zürich.
Here are the updated Formula E driver standings and Formula E team standings following the 2018 Zürich ePrix at the Zürich Street Circuit in Zürich, Switzerland.
Formula E Driver Standings
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Manufacturer | Points | Behind |
| 1 | Jean-Eric Vergne | #25, Techeetah, Spark-Renault | 163 | – |
| 2 | Sam Bird | #2, DS Virgin Racing, Spark-Citroen | 140 | -23 |
| 3 | Lucas di Grassi | #1, Audi Sport ABT Schaefller, Spark-Audi | 101 | -62 |
| 4 | Sebastien Buemi | #9, Renault e.dams, Spark-Renault | 92 | -71 |
| 5 | Felix Rosenqvist | #19, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra | 86 | -77 |
| 6 | Daniel Abt | #66, Audi Sport ABT Schaefller, Spark-Audi | 85 | -78 |
| 7 | Mitch Evans | #20, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar | 60 | -103 |
| 8 | Andre Lotterer | #18, Techeetah, Spark-Renault | 56 | -107 |
| 9 | Oliver Turvey | #16, NIO, Spark-NIO | 46 | -117 |
| 10 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | #3, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar | 45 | -118 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | #23, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra | 30 | -133 |
| 12 | Edoardo Mortara | #4, Venturi, Spark-Venturi | 29 | -134 |
| 13 | Maro Engel | #5, Venturi, Spark-Venturi | 27 | -136 |
| 13 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | #7, Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske | 27 | -136 |
| 15 | Antonio Felix da Costa | #28, MS&AD Andretti, Spark-Andretti | 20 | -143 |
| 16 | Alex Lynn | #36, DS Virgin Racing, Spark-Citroen | 17 | -146 |
| 17 | Jose Maria Lopez | #6, Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske | 14 | -149 |
| 18 | Nico Prost | #8, Renault e.dams, Spark-Renault | 7 | -156 |
| 19 | Tom Blomqvist | #27, MS&AD Andretti, Spark-Andretti | 4 | -159 |
| 20 | Luca Filippi | #68, NIO, Spark-NIO | 1 | -162 |
| 21 | Kamui Kobayashi | #27, MS&AD Andretti, Spark-Andretti | 0 | -163 |
| 21 | Neel Jani | #6, Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske | 0 | -163 |
| 21 | Ma Qing Hua | #68, NIO, Spark-NIO | 0 | -163 |
Formula E Team Standings
| Rank | Team | Manufacturer | Points | Behind |
| 1 | Techeetah | Spark-Renault | 219 | – |
| 2 | Audi Sport ADT Schaeffler | Spark-Audi | 186 | -33 |
| 3 | DS Virgin Racing | Spark-Citroen | 157 | -62 |
| 4 | Mahindra Racing | Spark-Mahindra | 116 | -103 |
| 5 | Panasonic Jaguar Racing | Spark-Jaguar | 105 | -114 |
| 6 | Renault e.dams | Spark-Renault | 99 | -120 |
| 7 | Venturi | Spark-Venturi | 56 | -163 |
| 8 | NIO | Spark-NIO | 47 | -172 |
| 9 | Dragon Racing | Spark-Penske | 41 | -178 |
| 10 | MS&AD Andretti | Spark-Andretti | 24 | -195 |
Formula E Win Droughts
These win droughts reflect how many races each current full-time Formula E driver has driven in since that driver has last won a race. Only the races that have taken place since the most recent victories of these drivers that these drivers have driven in count toward these win drought totals.
NOTE: This list includes only active full-time drivers; *=zero career victories
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Manufacturer | Races Ago | Race |
| 1 | Nick Heidfeld | #23, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra | 42* | N/A |
| 2 | Antonio Felix da Costa | #28, MS&AD Andretti, Spark-Andretti | 36 | 2015 Buenos Aires |
| 3 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | #7, Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske | 35 | 2016 Mexico City |
| 4 | Oliver Turvey | #16, NIO, Spark-NIO | 34* | N/A |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | #3, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar | 34 | 2015 Moscow |
| 6 | Mitch Evans | #20, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar | 22* | N/A |
| 7 | Nico Prost | #8, Renault e.dams, Spark-Renault | 22 | 2016 London |
| 8 | Maro Engel | #5, Venturi, Spark-Venturi | 21* | N/A |
| 9 | Jose Maria Lopez | #6, Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske | 18* | N/A |
| 10 | Alex Lynn | #36, DS Virgin Racing, Spark-Citroen | 12* | N/A |
| 11 | Sebastien Buemi | #9, Renault e.dams, Spark-Renault | 12 | 2017 Berlin |
| 12 | Andre Lotterer | #18, Techeetah, Spark-Renault | 10* | N/A |
| 13 | Edoardo Mortara | #4, Venturi, Spark-Venturi | 9* | N/A |
| 14 | Luca Filippi | #68, NIO, Spark-NIO | 9* | N/A |
| 15 | Tom Blomqvist | #27, MS&AD Andretti, Spark-Andretti | 6* | N/A |
| 16 | Felix Rosenqvist | #19, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra | 7 | 2018 Marrakesh |
| 17 | Sam Bird | #2, DS Virgin Racing, Spark-Citroen | 3 | 2018 Rome |
| 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | #25, Techeetah, Spark-Renault | 2 | 2018 Paris |
| 19 | Daniel Abt | #66, Audi Sport ABT Schaefller, Spark-Audi | 1 | 2018 Berlin |
| 20 | Lucas di Grassi | #1, Audi Sport ABT Schaefller, Spark-Audi | 0 | 2018 Zürich |
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The next race of the 2017-2018 Formula E season is the 11th race of the 12-race season. That race is the first race of the 2018 New York ePrix. It is set to take place at the 13-turn, 1.210-mile (1.947-kilometer) Brooklyn Street Circuit in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, July 14.