The 2019 Monaco ePrix (formally the 2019 Monaco E-Prix) was a

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electric car race held at the

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on 11 May 2019. It was the ninth race of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the third edition of the event.

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Background

The Monaco ePrix was confirmed to be returning to the Formula E calendar on 4 November 2018. It was the first time the race was held since

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as the event is held biennially, alternating with the

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. Originally, series founder and CEO

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had wanted to upgrade to using the full size

instead of the shorter version used in 2017 and 2015 centred around the

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. However, plans for this fell through when the

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objected to it in September 2018. Going into the weekend, Virgin Racing's

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lead the championship with 81 points, a 1 point lead over

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with BMW Andretti's

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down in 3rd with 70 points. In the team's standings, Techeetah lead with 142 points followed behind by Envision Virgin with 135 and defending constructors champions,

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Abt Schaeffler down in 3rd with 129. After the previous round in Paris, three drivers were left with three place grid penalties for qualifying for causing collisions. They were

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who collided with Frijns's team mate

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who collided with Jaguar's

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and

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who collided with Alexander Sims.

Classification

Qualifying

Notes: * –

set the fastest time and received three points for pole position but received a three-place grid penalty for colliding with Alexander Sims in the Paris ePrix. Therefore, he started in third place and Jean-Éric Vergne started in pole position. * –

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and

received three place grid penalties for causing a collision in the previous race in

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* –

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received a 10-place grid penalty after a qualifying infringement and reached his third reprimand. * –

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received a 10-place grid penalty after speeding under Full Course Yellow during FP1 and reached his third reprimand.

Race

Notes: * –

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received a drive through penalty converted into a 33-second time penalty for causing a collision. * –

originally finished sixth, but was disqualified for exceeding power usage over 200kW. * – Pole position. * – 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.

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References

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