The Audi Formula E team has given further clarification regarding its decision to part ways with driver Daniel Abt following the German’s imposter stunt in a virtual race held by the all-electric series
| Pos | Driver | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Felix da Costa | 67 | |
| 2 | Mitch Evans | 56 | |
| 3 | Alexander Sims | 46 | |
| 4 | Maximilian Gunther | 44 | |
| 5 | Lucas di Grassi | 38 | |
| 6 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 38 | |
| 7 | Edoardo Mortara | 32 | |
| 8 | Jean-Eric Vergne | 31 | |
| 9 | Oliver Rowland | 30 | |
| 10 | Sam Bird | 29 | |
| 11 | Sebastien Buemi | 27 | |
| 12 | Andre Lotterer | 25 | |
| 13 | Nyck de Vries | 18 | |
| 14 | Pascal Wehrlein | 14 | |
| 15 | Robin Frijns | 10 | |
| 16 | James Calado | 10 | |
| 17 | Daniel Abt | 8 | |
| 18 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | 3 | |
| 19 | Felipe Massa | 2 | |
| 20 | Brendon Hartley | 2 | |
| 21 | Oliver Turvey | 0 | |
| 22 | Nico Muller | 0 | |
| 23 | Neel Jani | 0 | |
| 24 | Ma Qing Hua | 0 | |
| Pos | Team | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DS Techeetah | 98 | |
| 2 | BMW Andretti | 90 | |
| 3 | Jaguar | 66 | |
| 4 | Nissan e.dams | 57 | |
| 5 | Mercedes | 56 | |
| 6 | Audi | 46 | |
| 7 | Envision Virgin | 39 | |
| 8 | Venturi | 34 | |
| 9 | Porsche | 25 | |
| 10 | Mahindra | 17 | |
| 11 | Dragon | 2 | |
| 12 | NIO333 | 0 | |
| Round | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019-11-22 | Saudi Arabia | |
| 2 | 2019-11-23 | Saudi Arabia | |
| 3 | 2020-01-18 | Chile | |
| 4 | 2020-02-15 | Mexico | |
| 5 | 2020-02-29 | Morocco | |
| 6 | 2020-06-21 | Germany | |
| 7 | 2020-07-11 | United States | |
| 8 | 2020-07-25 | Great Britain | |
| 9 | 2020-07-26 | Great Britain | |
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