Formula E Driver Power Rankings after 2019 Marrakesh ePrix
By Asher Fair
With two races of the 2018-2019 Formula E season in the books, how do the sport’s 22 full-time drivers stack up against one another?
Mahindra Racing’s Jerome d’Ambrosio became the second driver in the first two races of the 2018-2019 Formula E season to snap a 30-race win drought that was the third longest win drought among active drivers when it was snapped. He did so by winning the Marrakesh ePrix, as he had not previously won a race since he won the 2016 Mexico City ePrix.
BMW i Andretti Motorsport’s Antonio Felix da Costa snapped what was a series-long 38-race win drought by winning the season opener, the Ad Diriyah ePrix, last month.
The longest win drought among active drivers now belongs to Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s Nelson Piquet Jr., and this win drought happens to be at 38 races now.
If Piquet Jr. ends up becoming the third driver to snap a series-long 38-race win drought by winning the next race, the Santiago ePrix, later this month, the longest win drought among active drivers would become that of NIO’s Oliver Turvey, who has never won a race. The Santiago ePrix is set to be his 38th career start.
How did the action from the 14-turn, 1.83-mile (2.945-kilometer) Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan temporary street circuit in Marrakesh, Morocco affect the Formula E Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings after the Marrakesh ePrix.
Non-formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Jerome d’Ambrosio – #64, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra – [3rd (+2)]
2nd – Jean-Eric Vergne – #25, DS Techeetah, Spark-DS Automobiles – [2nd (0)]
3rd – Antonio Felix da Costa – #28, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW – [1st (-2)]
4th – Robin Frijns – #4, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi – [12th (+8)]
5th – Sam Bird – #2, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi – [11th (+6)]
6th – Andre Lotterer – #36, DS Techeetah, Spark-DS Automobiles – [5th (-1)]
7th – Alexander Sims – #27, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW – [18th (+11)]
8th – Sebastien Buemi – #23, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan – [6th (-2)]
9th – Mitch Evans – #20, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar – [4th (-5)]
10th – Lucas di Grassi – #11, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi – [9th (-1)]
11th – Daniel Abt – #66, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi – [8th (-3)]
12th – Oliver Rowland – #22, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan – [7th (-5)]
13th – Nelson Piquet Jr. – #3, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar – [10th (-3)]
14th – Jose Maria Lopez – #7, Geox Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske – [20th (+6)]
15th – Maximilian Gunther – #6, Geox Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske – [15th (0)]
16th – Edoardo Mortara – #48, Venturi, Spark-Venturi – [19th (+3)]
17th – Oliver Turvey – #16, NIO, Spark-NIO – [13th (-4)]
18th – Tom Dillmann – #8, NIO, Spark-NIO – [14th (-4)]
19th – Felipe Massa – #19, Venturi, Spark-Venturi – [17th (-2)]
20th – Stoffel Vandoorne – #5, HWA Racelab, Spark-Venturi – [16th (-4)]
21st – Gary Paffett – #17, HWA Racelab, Spark-Venturi – [21st (0)]
22nd – Pascal Wehrlein – #94, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra – [22nd (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: Alexander Sims (+11)
Down: Mitch Evans, Oliver Rowland (-5)
Here are the formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings following the second race of the season. To see how the formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.