2023 Berlin ePrix explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 7 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2023 São Paulo ePrix
Next Round:	2023 Monaco ePrix
Country:	Germany
Grand Prix:	Berlin
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2023
Official Name:	2023 SABIC Berlin E-Prix
Location:	Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
Course:	Street circuit
Course Length:	2.355km (01.463miles)
Distance Laps:	43
Distance Length:	101.265km (62.923miles)
Scheduled Laps:	40
Scheduled Length:	94.2km (58.5miles)
Pole Driver:	Sébastien Buemi
Pole Country:	SUI
Pole Team:	Envision-Jaguar
Pole Time:	1:05.605
Fast Driver:	André Lotterer
Fast Team:	Andretti-Porsche
Fast Time:	1:07.269
Fast Country:	GER
First Country:	NZL
First Team:	Jaguar
Second Driver:	Sam Bird
Second Country:	GBR
Second Team:	Jaguar
Third Driver:	Maximilian Günther
Third Country:	GER

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 8 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2023 São Paulo ePrix
Next Round:	2023 Monaco ePrix
Country:	Germany
Grand Prix:	Berlin
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2023
Official Name:	2023 SABIC Berlin E-Prix
Location:	Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
Course:	Street circuit
Course Length:	2.355km (01.463miles)
Distance Laps:	40
Distance Length:	94.2km (58.5miles)
Pole Driver:	Robin Frijns
Pole Country:	NED
Pole Team:	ABT-Mahindra
Pole Time:	1:18.748
Fast Driver:	Maximilian Günther
Fast Team:	Maserati
Fast Time:	1:06.911
Fast Country:	GER
First Driver:	Nick Cassidy
First Country:	NZL
First Team:	Envision-Jaguar
Second Driver:	Jake Dennis
Second Country:	GBR
Second Team:	Andretti-Porsche
Third Driver:	Jean-Éric Vergne
Third Country:	FRA
Third Team:	DS

The 2023 Berlin ePrix, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 SABIC Berlin E-Prix, was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin, Germany on 22 and 23 April 2023. It served as the seventh and eighth rounds of the 2022–23 Formula E season, and marked the ninth edition of the Berlin ePrix, the only event to have featured in every season of the Formula E championship. The first race was won by Mitch Evans for Jaguar TCS Racing, with Sam Bird and Maximilian Günther in second and third place respectively. The second race was won by Nick Cassidy for the Envision Racing team, with Jake Dennis and Jean-Éric Vergne completing the podium.

Classification

Race one

Qualification

Qualification took place at 10:40 AM on 22 April.^[1]

Group draw
Group A											MUE
Group B	DEN		BIR	RAS	HUG	DIG	NAT	TIC	FEN	GUN

Overall classification

		Driver	Team
1	16	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	1:06.086		1:05.601	1:05.414	1:05.605	1
2	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar		1:05.975	1:05.595	1:05.535	1:05.742	2
3	1	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	1:05.978		1:05.393	1:05.524		3
4	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO		1:06.145	1:05.592	1:05.670		4
5	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche		1:06.171	1:05.656			5
6	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	1:06.156		1:05.679			6
7	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	1:06.204		1:05.761			7
8	22	data-sort-value="GUN"	Maximilian Günther	Maserati		1:06.055	1:05.878			8
9	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:06.265					9
10	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS		1:06.193				10
11	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	1:06.354					11
12	5	data-sort-value="HUG"	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan		1:06.309				12
13	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	1:06.415					13
14	58	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan		1:06.418				14
15	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:06.493					15
16	17	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Nissan		1:06.518				16
17	51	data-sort-value="MUE"	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	1:06.496					17
18	23	data-sort-value="FEN"	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan		1:06.571				18
19	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	1:06.498					19
20	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra		1:06.574				20
21	30	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	1:07.104					21
22	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra		1:06.775				22
Source:^[2]

Race

The race took place on April 22 at 3:03 PM.

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	43	55:10.391	9	25
2	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	43	+1.850	2	18
3	7	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	43	+2.738	8	15
4	16	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	43	+2.849	1	12+3
5	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	43	+4.787	6	10
6	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	43	+9.111	15	8
7	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	43	+9.191	10	6
8	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	43	+9.504	13	4+1
9	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	43	+10.159	11	2
10	8	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	43	+10.308	21	1
11	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	43	+19.449	20
12	23	data-sort-value="FEN"	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	43	+21.549	18
13	17	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Nissan	43	+24.561	16
14	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra	43	+25.627	22
15	51	data-sort-value="MUE"	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	43	+27.580	17
16	3	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	43	+38.847	7
17	58	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	42	+1 Lap	14
18	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	38	+5 Laps	5
Ret	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	30	Collision	19
Ret	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	19	Collision	4
Ret	1	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	19	Collision	3
Ret	5	data-sort-value="HUG"	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	19	Collision damage	12
Source:^[3]

Notes:

•  – Pole position.
•  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Pascal Wehrlein	94
1	2	Nick Cassidy	71
1	3	Jean-Éric Vergne	66
5	4	Mitch Evans	64
3	5	Jake Dennis	62

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Porsche	152
	2	Envision-Jaguar	128
	3	Jaguar	126
	4	DS	88
	5	Andretti-Porsche	85

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Race two

Qualification

Qualification took place at 10:40 AM on 23 April.^[4]

Group draw
Group A		JEV	DEN		RAS	LOT	DIG	NAT	ROW	FEN
Group B	CAS		BIR	BUE	HUG	VAN	GUN	SET	TIC	MOR

Overall classification

		Driver	Team
1	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra		1:18.447	1:18.423	1:18.743	1:18.748	1
2	51	data-sort-value="MUE"	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	1:19.092		1:18.493	1:19.177	1:19.380	2
3	16	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar		1:18.282	1:18.813	1:19.071		3
4	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	1:19.047		1:19.298	1:19.237		4
5	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar		1:18.528	1:18.492			5
6	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:19.073		1:18.805			6
7	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	1:19.264		1:19.727			7
8	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar		1:18.650	No time			8
9	1	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS		1:18.974				9
10	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	1:19.297					10
11	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar		1:19.010				11
12	30	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	1:19.459					12
13	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO		1:19.232				18
14	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	1:19.600					13
15	5	data-sort-value="HUG"	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan		1:19.257				14
16	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	1:19.741					15
17	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati		1:19.422				16
18	58	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	1:20.848					17
19	3	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO		1:19.441				19
20	23	data-sort-value="FEN"	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	1:21.059					20
21	7	data-sort-value="GUN"	Maximilian Günther	Maserati		1:19.961				21
22	17	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Nissan	1:21.272					22
Source:^[5]

Race

The race took place on April 23 at 3:03 PM.

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	40	46:34.509	8	25
2	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	40	+0.442	7	18
3	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	40	+1.292	4	15
4	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	40	+1.769	5	12
5	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	40	+2.460	10	10
6	7	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	40	+2.981	21	8+1
7	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	40	+3.545	6	6
8	1	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	40	+4.581	9	4
9	51	data-sort-value="MUE"	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	40	+6.612	2	2
10	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	40	+7.822	18	1
11	23	data-sort-value="FEN"	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	40	+9.461	20
12	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	40	+9.462	12
13	58	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	40	+9.678	17
14	8	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	40	+11.780	13
15	3	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	40	+13.687	19
16	17	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Nissan	40	+13.749	22
17	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra	40	+22.937	1
18	5	data-sort-value="HUG"	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	40	+29.580	14
19	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	40	+34.381	11
20	16	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	40	+1:03.532	3
21	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	40	+1:04.102	15
Ret	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	37	Suspension	16
Source:^[6]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Pascal Wehrlein	100
	2	Nick Cassidy	96
	3	Jean-Éric Vergne	81
1	4	Jake Dennis	80
1	5	Mitch Evans	76

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Porsche	168
	2	Envision-Jaguar	153
	3	Jaguar	138
	4	DS	107
	5	Andretti-Porsche	103

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 Berlin E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship . The Official Home of Formula E . 26 April 2023 . en.
2. Web site: Qualifying . 26 April 2023 . 26 April 2023 . Formula E . en .
3. Web site: Results . 26 April 2023 . 26 April 2023 . Formula E . en .
4. Web site: 2023 Berlin E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship . The Official Home of Formula E . 27 April 2023 . en.
5. Web site: Qualifying . 26 April 2023 . 26 April 2023 . Formula E . en .
6. Web site: Results . 26 April 2023 . 26 April 2023 . Formula E . en .