The 2021 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium) was a pair of
Formula E
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is a single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The series was conceived in 2011 in Paris by FIA president Jean Todt and Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, who is ...
electric car races held at the
Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit
The Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit is a street circuit located at the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport in Germany. It is home to the Formula E Berlin ePrix. It hosted its first race as round 8 of the 2014–15 Formula E season. After not hold ...
at
Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
on 14 and 15 August 2021. They were the fourteenth and fifteenth rounds of the
2020–21 championship, marking the series' season finale for the second consecutive year. This was the seventh iteration of the
Berlin ePrix
The Berlin ePrix is an annual race of the single-seater, electrically powered Formula E championship, held in Berlin, Germany. It was first raced in the 2014–15 season.
Circuits Tempelhof Airport
The 2015 Berlin ePrix took place at a tempor ...
, the only event to have featured in all Formula E seasons. Similarly to
2020
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, race one was run on the traditional track layout, with a reversal thereof being used in race two. This however meant that the event was not a conventional double-header, instead both races were treated separately in official documents.
The first race was won by
Lucas di Grassi
Lucas Tucci di Grassi (born 11 August 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula E World Championship for Mahindra Racing. He became the FIA Formula E Champion in 2016–2017, achieved three overall podium ...
, with
Edoardo Mortara and
Mitch Evans
Mitchell William Evans (born 24 June 1994) is a New Zealand professional racing driver. He currently drives for the Jaguar TCS Racing team in Formula E. In 2012, he won the GP3 Series and he raced in the GP2 Series for four years, achieving ...
rounding out the podium.
Norman Nato took his maiden Formula E victory in the second race, finishing ahead of
Oliver Rowland and
Stoffel Vandoorne. The event saw
Nyck de Vries and his
Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team crowned first ever Formula E world champions.
Classification
Round 14
Qualifying
Notes:
* –
Sam Bird
Sam Jamie Bird (born 9 January 1987) is a British professional racing driver who currently drives for Jaguar TCS Racing in the FIA Formula E World Championship.
Career
Formula BMW
Bird made his name in single seater racing in the Formula BM ...
received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race in
London
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.
Race
Notes:
* – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
* – Fastest lap.
Round 15
Qualifying
Race
Notes:
* – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
* – Fastest lap.
Notes
References
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2021 London ePrix
The 2021 London ePrix (formally the 2021 Heineken London E-Prix) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held in and around the ExCeL London centre in the Royal Docks area of the London borough of Newham on 24 and 25 July 2021. The circui ...
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2022 Diriyah ePrix
The 2022 Diriyah ePrix was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Riyadh Street Circuit in the town of Diriyah, north-west of Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia on 28 and 29 January 2022. It was the opening round of the 2021–22 Formula E s ...
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2020 Berlin ePrix
The 2020 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2020 Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium) was a series of six Formula E races held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin between 5 and 13 August 2020. It ...
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Berlin ePrix
The Berlin ePrix is an annual race of the single-seater, electrically powered Formula E championship, held in Berlin, Germany. It was first raced in the 2014–15 season.
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2020–21 Formula E season
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