With the 2019 Swiss ePrix in the books, how do the Formula E drivers stack up against one another? Here are the updated Formula E Driver Power Rankings.
DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne earned his series-high third victory of the 2018-2019 Formula E season by dominating the Swiss ePrix, which was the 11th of the season’s 13 scheduled races, at Bern Street Circuit.
Vergne’s dominant victory in this 31-lap race around the 14-turn, 1.657-mile (2.667-kilometer) Bern Street Circuit temporary street circuit in Bern, Switzerland was his third victory in the last six races, as he also won the season’s sixth race, the Sanya ePrix, and the season’s ninth race, the Monaco ePrix.
Vergne won the Monaco ePrix and the Swiss ePrix after starting from the pole position and leading every single lap.
Aside of Vergne, only Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler’s Lucas di Grassi has won more than one race so far this season. He won the season’s fourth race, the Mexico City ePrix, as well as the season’s 10th race, the Berlin ePrix. Six other drivers have each earned one victory with two races remaining on the 2018-2019 schedule.
How did Vergne’s series-high third victory of the 2018-2019 season affect the Formula E Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings following the Swiss ePrix.
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 – [2nd (+1)]
2nd – Lucas di Grassi – #11, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi – [1st (-1)]
3rd – Mitch Evans – #20, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar – [9th (+6)]
4th – Sebastien Buemi – #23, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan – [6th (+2)]
5th – Andre Lotterer – #36, DS Techeetah, Spark-DS Automobiles – [5th (0)]
6th – Sam Bird – #2, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi – [11th (+5)]
7th – Daniel Abt – #66, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi – [7th (0)]
8th – Antonio Felix da Costa – #28, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW – [3rd (-5)]
9th – Robin Frijns – #4, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi – [4th (-5)]
10th – Jerome d’Ambrosio – #64, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra – [10th (0)]
11th – Oliver Rowland – #22, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan – [8th (-3)]
12th – Pascal Wehrlein – #94, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra – [12th (0)]
13th – Edoardo Mortara – #48, Venturi, Spark-Venturi – [13th (0)]
14th – Felipe Massa – #19, Venturi, Spark-Venturi – [16th (+2)]
15th – Maximilian Gunther – #6, Geox Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske – [17th (+2)]
16th – Stoffel Vandoorne – #5, HWA Racelab, Spark-Venturi – [14th (-2)]
17th – Alexander Sims – #27, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW – [15th (-2)]
18th – Alex Lynn – #3, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar – [20th (+2)]
19th – Gary Paffett – #17, HWA Racelab, Spark-Venturi – [18th (-1)]
20th – Oliver Turvey – #16, NIO, Spark-NIO – [19th (-1)]
21st – Jose Maria Lopez – #7, Geox Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske – [21st (0)]
22nd – Tom Dillmann – #8, NIO, Spark-NIO – [22nd (0)]
Biggest Movers
Up: Mitch Evans (+6)
Down: Antonio Felix da Costa, Robin Frijns (-5)
Here are the formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings with two races remaining on the 2018-2019 schedule. To see how the formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.