Of the four teams that are still eligible to win the 2018-2019 Formula E team championship, three are set to face potential elimination in the first race of the New York City ePrix.
Four of the 11 teams that compete in Formula E are still eligible to win the 2018-2019 team championship with two of the season’s 13 races remaining on the schedule.
However, of these four teams, three are set to face potential elimination in the season’s penultimate race, the first race of the New York City ePrix, at Brooklyn Street Circuit.
In this 45-minute race around the 13-turn, 1.21-mile (1.947-kilometer) Brooklyn Street Circuit temporary street circuit in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, there will be a maximum of 47 points on the table for each team, just as there are in every other race on the schedule.
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A 1-2 finish for a team nets 43 points, including 25 for the victory and 18 for the second place finish, and an additional four points can also be earned by each team. Three points are awarded for taking the pole position while one point is awarded for recording the fastest lap of the race.
Only one race, the second of two races of the New York City ePrix, will remain on the schedule after the first race of the New York City ePrix ends. As a result, once this race is in the books, all teams that are not within 47 points of the leaders of the team standings, currently DS Techeetah, at this point will be mathematically eliminated from championship contention. DS Techeetah currently lead the standings with 216 points.
This means that all teams that are currently not leading the team standings, other than the teams that have already been mathematically eliminated from championship contention, face the possibility of being mathematically eliminated from championship contention in the first race of the New York City ePrix.
Here is a list of the three teams that are set to face potential elimination from championship contention in the first race of the 2019 New York City ePrix at Brooklyn Street Circuit.
Rank – Team, Manufacturer: Points (Behind)
2nd – Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi: 173 (-43)
3rd – Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi: 150 (-66)
4th – Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan: 139 (-77)
How many of the teams that are set to face potential mathematical elimination from 2018-2019 Formula E championship contention in the first race of the New York City ePrix on Saturday, July 13 will remain mathematically eligible to win the title heading into the the season’s 13th and final race, the second race of the New York City ePrix, the following day?