2021 Japan 300

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23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png 2021 Japan 300
Race details
Race 4 of 12 in the 2021 eVirtual season
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Twin Ring Motegi.png
Date 9 January 2022
Location Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Tochigi, Japan
Course Oval, 2.493 km (1.549 mi)
Distance 121 laps, 301.653 km (187.438 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Felipe Cesar Maserati Cerberus Motorsport
Speed 148.712 mph (239.329 km/h)
Fastest lap
Driver 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png Alexander McLaughlin Nikon Mitsubishi eV Racing Team
Time 146.863 mph (236.353 km/h)
Podium
First 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Felipe Cesar Maserati Cerberus Motorsport
Second 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png Alexander McLaughlin Nikon Mitsubishi eV Racing Team
Third 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Sebastian Bergkvist Quaker State Porsche Team Signature

The 2021 Japan 300 was an eVirtual World Championship race that was held at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan. The race was contested over 121 laps and was the fourth round of the 2021 eVirtual season.

Report

Background

Q1 featured the bottom six teams in the Championship going into the race weekend, who were as follows. As this event was a Triple Crown race, Q1 would not result in the slowest six drivers failing to qualify, but instead determine where they would start in grid positions 27 to 32.

Pos Constructor Points
11 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Renault A.R.C. ZE eVirtual Team 8
12 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Pepsi Max Mercedes-K8ley 2
13 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png BMW i Gray Autosport 1
14 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Audi e-tron Team Thunderhead 0
15 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Qatar Energy Nakley Racing 0
- 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Lamborghini Squadra Corse 0

Qualifying

Race

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Drivers Team Speed Grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 23 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Felipe Cesar Maserati Cerberus Motorsport N/A 148.587 148.712 1
2 13 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Kip Maxwell Downton McLaren eVirtual Team N/A 148.208 148.452 2
3 6 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Lewis Ellington Highwind Electric Racing N/A 147.864 148.104 3
4 21 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Sebastian Bergkvist Quaker State Porsche Team Signature N/A 147.624 147.866 4
5 24 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Ryota Yoshida Maserati Cerberus Motorsport N/A 148.012 147.647 5
6 2 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svg-1-.png Jochem van Snelheid Arrow Mercedes eRacing N/A 147.408 147.285 6
7 12 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Kiara Thunder Vestas Fusion Elite eVirtual Racing Team N/A 147.705 146.871 7
8 22 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Sebastien Vocquelin Quaker State Porsche Team Signature N/A 147.407 146.685 8
9 5 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png Alexander McLaughlin Nikon Mitsubishi eV Racing Team N/A 147.792 146.466 9
10 94 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svg-1-.png Oleksandr Zozulya Downton McLaren eVirtual Team N/A 147.367 145.690 10
11 11 23px-Flag of Lithuania.svg-1-.png Dominykas Zvironas Vestas Fusion Elite eVirtual Racing Team N/A 147.268 N/A 11
12 35 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Romano Agostino Lamborghini Squadra Corse 146.086 147.170 N/A 12
13 44 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Luke Stokey OSM Racing International N/A 147.126 N/A 13
14 17 23px-Flag of Austria.svg-1-.png Stefan Klien Highwind Electric Racing N/A 146.889 N/A 14
15 43 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ethan Matthews OSM Racing International N/A 146.808 N/A 15
16 41 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Will Taylor Ecotricity Jaguar EV Racing N/A 146.652 N/A 16
17 38 16px-Flag of Switzerland.svg-1-.png Steven Kasami Pepsi Max Mercedes-K8ley 146.507 146.509 N/A 17
18 95 21px-Flag of Iceland.svg-1-.png Aron Einarsson Renault A.R.C. ZE eVirtual Team 147.508 146.306 N/A 18
19 42 23px-Flag of Austria.svg-1-.png Arden Hutchinson Ecotricity Jaguar EV Racing N/A 146.265 N/A 19
20 18 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Enzo Domenicalli Pepsi Max Mercedes-K8ley 147.569 146.248 N/A 20
21 34 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Giani Ledesma Lamborghini Squadra Corse 147.451 145.886 N/A 21
22 25 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Gabriele García Audi e-tron Team Thunderhead 146.071 145.828 N/A 22
23 28 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Viktor Östberg Lada Sport eVirtual Racing Team N/A 145.490 N/A 23
24 27 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Sam Hudson Lada Sport eVirtual Racing Team N/A 145.429 N/A 24
25 8 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Hiroto Nakumaya Nikon Mitsubishi eV Racing Team N/A 145.428 N/A 25
26 3 23px-Flag of China.svg-1-.png Qing Xun Zhao Arrow Mercedes eRacing N/A 145.148 N/A 26
27 56 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Niklaus Hölzberg BMW i Gray Autosport 145.366 N/A N/A 27
28 96 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Gerard Alaniz Renault A.R.C. ZE eVirtual Team 144.772 N/A N/A 28
29 93 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Daniel Bruner Audi e-tron Team Thunderhead 144.711 N/A N/A 29
30 57 21px-Flag of Norway.svg-1-.png Ellenør Haugland BMW i Gray Autosport 144.485 N/A N/A 30
31 9 23px-Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg-1-.png Khaled Al Shabbab Qatar Energy Nakley Racing 143.610 N/A N/A 31
32 10 23px-Flag of Qatar.svg-1-.png Samad Al-Ghazzawy Qatar Energy Nakley Racing 143.007 N/A N/A 32

Race

Pos. No. Drivers Team Power Map Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 23 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Felipe Cesar Maserati Cerberus Motorsport A 121 1:28:24.935 1 50+5
2 5 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png Alexander McLaughlin Nikon Mitsubishi eV Racing Team A 121 +6.655 9 36+1
3 21 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Sebastian Bergkvist Quaker State Porsche Team Signature A 121 +7.505 4 30+2
4 22 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Sebastien Vocquelin Quaker State Porsche Team Signature B 121 +7.742 8 24
5 6 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Lewis Ellington Highwind Electric Racing A 121 +7.900 3 20+3
6 41 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Will Taylor Ecotricity Jaguar EV Racing A 121 +10.700 16 16
7 12 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Kiara Thunder Vestas Fusion Elite eVirtual Racing Team A 121 +10.958 7 12
8 11 23px-Flag of Lithuania.svg-1-.png Dominykas Zvironas Vestas Fusion Elite eVirtual Racing Team A 121 +12.350 11 10
9 13 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Kip Maxwell Downton McLaren eVirtual Team B 121 +12.704 2 8+4
10 17 23px-Flag of Austria.svg-1-.png Stefan Klien Highwind Electric Racing B 121 +13.183 14 6
11 2 23px-Flag of the Netherlands.svg-1-.png Jochem van Snelheid Arrow Mercedes eRacing B 121 +14.464 6 5
12 24 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Ryota Yoshida Maserati Cerberus Motorsport E 121 +16.608 5 4+1
13 27 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Sam Hudson Lada Sport eVirtual Racing Team A 121 +17.106 24 3
14 95 21px-Flag of Iceland.svg-1-.png Aron Einarsson Renault A.R.C. ZE eVirtual Team A 121 +17.508 18 2
15 42 23px-Flag of Austria.svg-1-.png Arden Hutchinson Ecotricity Jaguar EV Racing A 121 +17.531 19 1
16 35 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Romano Agostino Lamborghini Squadra Corse E 121 +18.156 12
17 43 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ethan Matthews OSM Racing International B 121 +19.749 15
18 44 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Luke Stokey OSM Racing International B 121 +20.789 13
19 56 23px-Flag of Germany.svg-1-.png Niklaus Hölzberg BMW i Gray Autosport A 121 +21.600 27
20 38 16px-Flag of Switzerland.svg-1-.png Steven Kasami Pepsi Max Mercedes-K8ley A 121 +22.309 17
21 8 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Hiroto Nakumaya Nikon Mitsubishi eV Racing Team A 121 +22.805 25
22 57 21px-Flag of Norway.svg-1-.png Ellenør Haugland BMW i Gray Autosport A 121 +25.054 30
23 96 23px-Flag of France.svg-1-.png Gerard Alaniz Renault A.R.C. ZE eVirtual Team B 121 +28.062 28
24 93 23px-Flag of Australia.svg-1-.png Daniel Bruner Audi e-tron Team Thunderhead E 121 +29.606 29
25 10 23px-Flag of Qatar.svg-1-.png Samad Al-Ghazzawy Qatar Energy Nakley Racing A 121 +41.400 32
26 9 23px-Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg-1-.png Khaled Al Shabbab Qatar Energy Nakley Racing E 121 +49.356 31
27 34 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Giani Ledesma Lamborghini Squadra Corse B 118 Collision 21
Ret 25 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Gabriele García Audi e-tron Team Thunderhead E 106 Collision 22
Ret 94 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svg-1-.png Oleksandr Zozulya Downton McLaren eVirtual Team A 68 Collision 10
Ret 3 23px-Flag of China.svg-1-.png Qing Xun Zhao Arrow Mercedes eRacing B 56 Collision 26
Ret 28 23px-Flag of Sweden.svg-1-.png Viktor Östberg Lada Sport eVirtual Racing Team A 23 Mechanical 23
Ret 18 23px-Flag of Italy.svg-1-.png Enzo Domenicalli Pepsi Max Mercedes-K8ley A 2 Mechanical 20

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
UpArrow.png 3 1 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png Alexander McLaughlin 81
UpArrow.png 5 2 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1-.png Felipe Cesar 69
DownArrow.png 1 3 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Will Taylor 65
DownArrow.png 3 4 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png Sam Hudson 55
DownArrow.png 2 5 23px-Flag of Ukraine.svg-1-.png Oleksandr Zozulya 45
Teams' Championship standings
Pos Team Points
UpArrow.png 3 1 23px-Flag of Japan.svg-1-.png Nikon Mitsubishi eV Racing Team 81
UpArrow.png 1 2 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Ecotricity Jaguar EV Racing 76
DownArrow.png 1 3 23px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1-.png Downton McLaren eVirtual Team 75
UpArrow.png 2 4 23px-Flag of Canada.svg-1-.png Maserati Cerberus Motorsport 74
DownArrow.png 4 5 23px-Flag of Russia.svg-1-.png Lada Sport eVirtual Racing Team 67
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

Previous race:
2021 Macau eV-Prix
eVirtual World Championship
2021 season
Next race:
2021 Italian eV-Prix
Previous race:
none
Japan 300 Next race:
2022 Japan 300