# 2021 Rome ePrix

The 2021 Rome ePrix was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 10 and 11 April 2021. It marked the third and fourth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the third running of the event. The first race was won by Jean-Éric Vergne, with Sam Bird and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium. Stoffel Vandoorne won the second race, ahead of Alexander Sims and Pascal Wehrlein.

## Classification
### Race one
#### Qualifying

Group draw :
| Group 1 | DEV (1) | BIR (2) | FRI (3) | MOR (4) | DAC (5) | EVA (6) |
| Group 2 | ROW (7) | RAS (8) | SET (9) | WEH (10) | MUL (11) | TUR (12) |
| Group 3 | SIM (13) | DIG (14) | VAN (15) | LOT (16) | JEV (17) | DEN (18) |
| Group 4 | BUE (19) | NAT (20) | CAS (21) | BLO (22) | GUE (23) | LYN (24) |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
| 1 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 1:38.963 | 1:38.484 | 1 |
| 2 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 1:38.627 | 1:38.651 | 2 |
| 3 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 1:38.491 | 1:38.889 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 1:39.050 | 1:38.903 | 4 |
| 5 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 1:39.066 | 1:38.947 | 5 |
| 6 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 1:39.068 | 1:39.751 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 1:39.081 | — | 6 |
| 8 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 1:39.162 | — | 7 |
| 9 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:39.241 | — | 8 |
| 10 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:39.348 | — | 9 |
| 11 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 1:39.443 | — | 10 |
| 12 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:39.654 | — | 12 |
| 13 | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 1:39.743 | — | 13 |
| 14 | 71 | Norman Nato | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:39.762 | — | 14 |
| 15 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 1:39.829 | — | 15 |
| 16 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | 1:39.943 | — | 16 |
| 17 | 6 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske | 1:40.057 | — | 17 |
| 18 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 1:40.079 | — | 18 |
| 19 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO | 1:40.120 | — | 21 |
| 20 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 1:40.456 | — | 19 |
| 21 | 33 | René Rast | Audi | 1:48.022 | — | 20 |
| 22 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi | 1:51.081 | — | 22 |
| 23 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | no time | — | 23 |
| 24 | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | no time | — | PL |
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Notes:
* ^1 – Maximilian Günther received a 5-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race at Diriyah.
* ^2 – Tom Blomqvist received a 3-place grid penalty for entering the fast lane too early during qualifying.
* ^3 – Oliver Turvey was penalised with a pit lane start for causing a collision dangerously at the end of free practice 1.

#### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 24 | 48:47.177 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 24 | +0.461 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 24 | +0.756 | 12 | 15+1 |
| 4 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 24 | +1.034 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 24 | +3.142 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | 33 | René Rast | Audi | 24 | +3.534 | 20 | 8 |
| 7 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 24 | +3.918 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 24 | +5.720 | 13 | 4 |
| 9 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 24 | +18.296 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO | 24 | +19.089 | 21 | 1 |
| 11 | 71 | Norman Nato | Venturi-Mercedes | 24 | +20.045 | 14 | |
| 12 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 24 | +20.270 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske | 24 | +21.155 | 17 | |
| 14 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 24 | +22.987 | 2 | |
| 15 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi | 24 | +23.763 | 22 | |
| 16 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | 24 | +26.415 | 16 | |
| Ret | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 21 | Driveshaft | 4 | |
| Ret | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 21 | Collision damage | 7 | |
| Ret | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 21 | Collision | 1 | 3 |
| Ret | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 20 | Puncture | 18 | |
| Ret | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 17 | Collision damage | 19 | |
| Ret | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 10 | Collision damage | 23 | |
| Ret | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 2 | Collision damage | 15 | |
| DNS | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 0 | Did not start | PL | |
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Notes:
* ^1 – Fastest lap.
* ^2 – Fastest in group stage.
* ^3 – Pole position.
* ^4 – André Lotterer and Nick Cassidy received a 5-second time penalty each for causing a collision.
* ^5 – Sérgio Sette Câmara received a post-race 5-second time penalty for speeding under full course yellow.
* ^6 – Oliver Turvey did not start the race as his team could not rebuild his car in time following his free practice shunt.

#### Standings after the race

| +/– | Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Sam Bird | 43 |
| 1 | 2 | Robin Frijns | 34 |
| 2 | 3 | Nyck de Vries | 32 |
| 2 | 4 | Mitch Evans | 31 |
| 12 | 5 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 25 |
| +/– | Pos | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Jaguar | 74 |
| 5 | 2 | Techeetah-DS | 40 |
| 1 | 3 | Mercedes | 39 |
| 1 | 4 | Virgin-Audi | 34 |
| | 5 | Audi | 27 |
* Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

### Race two
#### Qualifying

Group draw :
| Group 1 | BIR (1) | FRI (2) | DEV (3) | EVA (4) | JEV (5) | RAS (6) |
| Group 2 | MOR (7) | WEH (8) | DAC (9) | ROW (10) | SET (11) | BUE (12) |
| Group 3 | MUL (13) | TUR (14) | VAN (15) | SIM (16) | DIG (17) | LYN (18) |
| Group 4 | GUE (19) | BLO (20) | NAT (21) | LOT (22) | DEN (23) | CAS (24) |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
| 1 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi | 1:56.860 | 1:52.011 | 1 |
| 2 | 71 | Norman Nato | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:56.006 | 1:52.343 | 2 |
| 3 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:58.777 | 1:52.630 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 1:59.105 | 1:54.359 | 4 |
| 5 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 1:58.274 | 1:54.701 | 5 |
| 6 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 1:58.500 | 1:55.598 | 6 |
| 7 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:59.497 | — | 7 |
| 8 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 1:59.512 | — | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske | 1:59.630 | — | 9 |
| 10 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:59.701 | — | 10 |
| 11 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 1:59.739 | — | 11 |
| 12 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 2:00.128 | — | 12 |
| 13 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 2:00.150 | — | 13 |
| 14 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO | 2:00.205 | — | 14 |
| 15 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 2:00.557 | — | 15 |
| 16 | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 2:00.943 | — | 16 |
| 17 | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 2:01.197 | — | PL |
| 18 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 2:01.229 | — | 17 |
| 19 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 2:02.038 | — | 18 |
| 20 | 33 | René Rast | Audi | 2:02.061 | — | 19 |
| 21 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 2:04.864 | — | 20 |
| 22 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | no time | — | 21 |
| 23 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | no time | — | 22 |
| 24 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | no time | — | 23 |
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Notes:
* ^1 – As Oliver Turvey did not start race one, his pit lane start penalty was applied in race two.

#### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 23 | 46:52.603 | 4 | 25+1 |
| 2 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 23 | +0.666 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 23 | +2.346 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 23 | +5.018 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 23 | +5.305 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 23 | +5.671 | 12 | 8 |
| 7 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 23 | +6.133 | 15 | 6 |
| 8 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO | 23 | +12.032 | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske | 23 | +12.872 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 23 | +14.795 | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 23 | +15.676 | 20 | |
| 12 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | 23 | +16.009 | 22 | |
| 13 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 23 | +16.352 | 23 | |
| 14 | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 23 | +17.134 | PL | |
| 15 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 23 | +17.838 | 21 | |
| 16 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 23 | +21.140 | 8 | |
| 17 | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 23 | +37.697 | 16 | |
| 18 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 23 | +43.103 | 18 | |
| Ret | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 22 | Collision | 11 | |
| Ret | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 22 | Collision | 17 | |
| Ret | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi | 21 | Collision damage | 1 | 3 |
| Ret | 33 | René Rast | Audi | 19 | Suspension/Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 7 | Collision | 13 | |
| DSQ | 71 | Norman Nato | Venturi-Mercedes | 23 | Energy usage | 2 | 1 |
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Notes:
* ^1 – Fastest lap.
* ^2 – Pole position.
* ^3 – Fastest in group stage.
* ^4 – Sébastien Buemi received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.
* ^5 – Oliver Rowland received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.
* ^6 – Lynn, Frijns and Cassidy all received a post-race drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for failing to activate the third of the three mandatory attack modes. Frijns also received a further 5-second time penalty for a safety car infringement.
* ^7 – Norman Nato originally finished third, but was disqualified from the race due to his energy used being over the regulatory limit.

#### Standings after the race

| +/– | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Sam Bird | 43 |
| 2 | 2 | Mitch Evans | 39 |
| 1 | 3 | Robin Frijns | 34 |
| 11 | 4 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 33 |
| 2 | 5 | Nyck de Vries | 32 |
| +/– | Pos | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Jaguar | 82 |
| 1 | 2 | Mercedes | 65 |
| 1 | 3 | Techeetah-DS | 46 |
| | 4 | Virgin-Audi | 37 |
| | 5 | Porsche | 32 |
* Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.