Formula E Driver Power Rankings after 2019 Sanya ePrix
By Asher Fair
How did Jean-Eric Vergne’s first victory of the 2018-2019 Formula E season and the rest of the action in the Sanya ePrix affect the Formula E Driver Power Rankings?
Defending Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne finally earned his first victory of the 2018-2019 Formula E season. He pulled it off in the 13-race season’s sixth race, the Sanya ePrix, at Sanya Street Circuit.
The DS Techeetah driver’s victory in the 36-lap race around the 11-turn, 1.156-mile (1.860-kilometer) Sanya Street Circuit temporary street circuit in Sanya, China made him the sixth different winner through the first six races of the 2018-2019 season.
BMW i Andretti Motorsport’s Antonio Felix da Costa, Mahindra Racing’s Jerome d’Ambrosio, Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler’s Lucas di Grassi and Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara all won exactly one of the season’s first five races. Only five different drivers won at least one race throughout the course of the 12-race 2017-2018 season.
How did Vergne’s first victory of the season affect the Formula E Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings following the season’s sixth race.
Non-formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Jean-Eric Vergne – #25, DS Techeetah, Spark-DS Automobiles – [11th (+10)]
2nd – Antonio Felix da Costa – #28, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW – [6th (+4)]
3rd – Jerome d’Ambrosio – #64, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra – [4th (+1)]
4th – Edoardo Mortara – #48, Venturi, Spark-Venturi – [1st (-3)]
5th – Sam Bird – #2, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi – [3rd (-2)]
6th – Lucas di Grassi – #11, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi – [2nd (-4)]
7th – Andre Lotterer – #36, DS Techeetah, Spark-DS Automobiles – [10th (+3)]
8th – Daniel Abt – #66, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi – [7th (-1)]
9th – Robin Frijns – #4, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi – [5th (-4)]
10th – Pascal Wehrlein – #94, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra – [9th (-1)]
11th – Mitch Evans – #20, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar – [8th (-3)]
12th – Oliver Rowland – #22, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan – [17th (+5)]
13th – Sebastien Buemi – #23, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan – [13th (0)]
14th – Alexander Sims – #27, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW – [12th (-2)]
15th – Felipe Massa – #19, Venturi, Spark-Venturi – [14th (-1)]
16th – Oliver Turvey – #16, NIO, Spark-NIO – [16th (0)]
17th – Gary Paffett – #17, HWA Racelab, Spark-Venturi – [15th (-2)]
18th – Tom Dillmann – #8, NIO, Spark-NIO – [19th (+1)]
19th – Nelson Piquet Jr. – #3, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar – [21st (+2)]
20th – Jose Maria Lopez – #7, Geox Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske – [18th (-2)]
21st – Stoffel Vandoorne – #5, HWA Racelab, Spark-Venturi – [20th (-1)]
22nd – Felipe Nasr – #6, Geox Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske – [22nd (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: Jean-Eric Vergne (+10)
Down: Lucas di Grassi, Robin Frijns (-4)
Here are the formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings with seven races remaining on the 2018-2019 schedule. To see how the formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.