The 2016 Marrakesh ePrix was a Formula E electric motor race held on 12 November 2016 at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan in Marrakesh, Morocco in front of a crowd of 7,000 people. It was the second round of the 2016–17 Formula E Championship and the first time the series had visited the African continent. The 33-lap race was won by e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi, who started from seventh position. Virgin's Sam Bird finished second and Mahindra driver Felix Rosenqvist was third.
Felix Rosenqvist (pictured in 2015) had the first pole position in Formula E in his second race in the series.
Lucas di Grassi started 12th and finished fifth.
Sébastien Buemi took his second consecutive victory of the season and his eighth in Formula E.
2016–17 Formula E Championship
The 2016–17 FIA Formula E Championship was the third season of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula E (FE) motor racing. It featured the 2016–17 FIA FE Championship, a motor racing championship for open-wheel electric racing cars, recognised by FIA, the sport's governing body, as the highest class of competition for electrically powered vehicles. 25 drivers representing 10 teams contested 12 ePrix, starting in Hong Kong on 8 October 2016 and ending in Montreal on 30 July 2017 as they competed for the Drivers' and Teams' Championships.
Lucas di Grassi won the Drivers' Championship.
Sébastien Buemi finished second in the drivers standings, 24 points behind Lucas di Grassi.
Felix Rosenqvist finished the championship in third place in his first season in Formula E.
Jaguar returned to motor racing after a 12-year absence in collaboration with Williams Grand Prix Engineering.
