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held on 13 December 2014 at the

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in Punta del Este,

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. It was the first

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and the third championship race of the

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, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season, the first in the Americas.

Report

Background

Jean-Éric Vergne,

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and Antonio Garcia were brought in to replace Franck Montagny,

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and Ho-Pin Tung respectively. Vergne, Durán and Nick Heidfeld were voted for to receive the FanBoost.

Race

Jean-Éric Vergne started on

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. Behind him were

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, Nicolas Prost, and Sébastien Buemi. Piquet immediately overtook Vergne and Buemi overtook Prost, while the whole field safely squeezed through the first chicane. Nick Heidfeld used his FanBoost and went up to fifth position. On the fourth lap,

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went over a kerb in the first corner and, unable to steer, hit the wall. This brought out the safety car. Green flags were waved on the sixth lap, but the race was soon neutralized again when Da Costa had to retire on track. After that, Vergne managed to pass Piquet for the lead. Buemi tried to pass him as well, but locked up his front wheels. Both drivers had to use the run-off area, but kept their positions. On the sixteenth lap, Piquet had fallen back behind both

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drivers, and Vergne made his pit stop. Meanwhile,

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's suspension failed when he hit a kerb and he crashed out. This brought out a third safety car.

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had hit the wall in the same incident, but managed to switch cars at the same time as his rivals, without losing much time. On the twentieth lap, Heidfeld was leading the race, but received a drive-through penalty for exceeding the maximum power usage. Nicolas Prost was then penalized in the same manner. This left the top three as Buemi, Vergne, Piquet. A fourth safety car was called on lap 27 when Matthew Brabham crashed exactly like Sarrazin did earlier. With two laps left to race, Vergne used his FanBoost as soon as the safety car pulled off, but did not manage to take the lead. Buemi, however, cut the chicane and it was debated whether he should relinquish his position. Before any action was carried out, however, Vergne ran out of power and retired. He did score three points for his pole position. Buemi took the victory with Piquet second and Di Grassi third. Further back, Heidfeld used his FanBoost and managed to take tenth position, and with that a championship point, by beating Antonio Garcia to the line by just three hundreds of a second.

Results

Qualifying

Race

Notes: * – Three points for pole position. * – Two points for fastest lap.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

Official results
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