2023 São Paulo ePrix explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 6 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2023 Cape Town ePrix
Next Round:	2023 Berlin ePrix
Country:	Brazil
Grand Prix:	São Paulo
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2023
Official Name:	2023 Julius Baer São Paulo ePrix
Location:	São Paulo Street Circuit, São Paulo, Brazil
Course:	Street Circuit
Course Length:	2.933km (01.822miles)
Distance Laps:	35
Distance Length:	102.655km (63.787miles)
Scheduled Laps:	31
Scheduled Length:	90.923km (56.497miles)
Pole Driver:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Pole Country:	BEL
Pole Team:	DS
Pole Time:	1:11.904
Fast Driver:	Sam Bird
Fast Team:	Jaguar
Fast Time:	1:13.684
Fast Lap:	30
Fast Country:	GBR
First Driver:	Mitch Evans
First Country:	NZL
First Team:	Jaguar
Second Driver:	Nick Cassidy
Second Country:	NZL
Second Team:	Envision-Jaguar
Third Driver:	Sam Bird
Third Country:	GBR
Third Team:	Jaguar

The 2023 São Paulo ePrix was the sixth race of the 2022–23 Formula E World Championship on 25 March 2023. It was the first Formula E race held in Brazil.^[1] The race was held on the São Paulo Street Circuit, around the Anhembi Sambadrome.^[2]

Background

Pascal Wehrlein entered the race as the leader in the Drivers' Championship with an 18 point lead over Jake Dennis.^[3] After missing rounds 2–5 with a wrist injury, Robin Frijns made his return to the season.^[4]

Classification

(All times in BRT)

Qualification

Qualification took place at 9:40 AM on 25 March.^[5]

Group draw
Group A	WEH	JEV	CAS	RAS	HUG	LOT	EVA	SET	ROW	MOR	MUE
Group B	DEN	DAC	BUE	BIR	DIG	VAN	NAT	TIC	FEN	GUE	FRI

Overall classification

		Driver	Team
1	1	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	1:12:761		1:11:920	1:11:929	1:11:904	1
2	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Porsche		1:12:837	1:11:982	1:11:982	1:11.967	2
3	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar		1:12:950	1:11:843	1:12.022		3
4	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	1:12:893		1:12:132	1:12.109		4
5	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar		1:12:669	1:12:037			10
6	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	1:12:852		1:12:150			5
7	7	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Maserati		1:12:698	1:12:189			9
8	5	data-sort-value="HUG"	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	1:12:909		1:12:657			6
9	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	1:13:157					7
10	17	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Nissan		1:12:971				8
11	58	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	1:13:161					11
12	16	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar		1:12:971				12
13	51	data-sort-value="MUE"	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	1:13:200					13
14	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche		1:12:991				14
15	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:13:280					18
16	23	data-sort-value="FEN"	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan		1:13:040				15
17	3	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	1:13:025					16
18	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO		1:13.045				17
19	8	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	1:13:330					19
20	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra		1:13:671				20
21	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	1:13:382					21
scope="row"	-	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra		1:24:491				22
Source:^[6]

Race

The race took place at 2:03PM on 25 March.

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	9	data-sort-value=" "	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	35	53:25.536	3	25
2	37	data-sort-value=" "	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	35	+0.284	5	18
3	10	data-sort-value=" "	Sam Bird	Jaguar	35	+0.507	10	15+1
4	13	data-sort-value=" "	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	35	+3.487	2	12
5	25	data-sort-value=" "	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	35	+4.042	7	10
6	1	data-sort-value=" "	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	35	+4.576	1	8+3
7	94	data-sort-value=" "	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	35	+5.659	18	6
8	5	data-sort-value=" "	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	35	+6.141	6	4
9	58	data-sort-value=" "	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	35	+7.403	11	2
10	16	data-sort-value=" "	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	35	+7.976	12	1
11	7	data-sort-value=" "	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	35	+15.192	9
12	36	data-sort-value=" "	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	35	+15.345	21
13	11	data-sort-value=" "	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	35	+19.247	22
14	4	data-sort-value=" "	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra	35	+20.751	20
15	8	data-sort-value=" "	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	35	+21.465	19
16	3	data-sort-value=" "	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	35	+31.514	16
17	33	data-sort-value=" "	Dan Ticktum	NIO	35	+34.398	17
Ret	51	data-sort-value=" "	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	19	Collision	13
Ret	48	data-sort-value=" "	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	19	Collision	4
Ret	27	data-sort-value=" "	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	13	Collision	14
Ret	23	data-sort-value=" "	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	6	Accident	15
Ret	17	data-sort-value=" "	Norman Nato	Nissan	0	Collision	8
Source:^[7]

Notes:

– Pole position.
– Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Pascal Wehrlein	86
	2	Jake Dennis	62
2	3	Nick Cassidy	61
1	4	Jean-Éric Vergne	60
1	5	António Félix da Costa	58

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Porsche	144
	2	Envision-Jaguar	103
3	3	Jaguar	83
1	4	DS	82
2	5	Andretti-Porsche	80

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

References

Notes and References

News: São Paulo set to host first E-Prix in Brazil . 21 March 2023 . The Official Home of Formula E . de.
News: Trindade . Luciano . Estreia da Fórmula E em SP tem batidas, abandonos e brasileiro em último . 26 March 2023 . Folha de S.Paulo . 25 March 2023 . pt-BR.
Web site: The Official Home of Formula E . The Official Home of Formula E . 21 March 2023 . en.
News: Smith . Sam . Frijns set for Formula E return - but reserve still on standby . 21 March 2023 . The Race . 20 March 2023.
Web site: 2023 São Paulo E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship . The Official Home of Formula E . 25 March 2023 . en.
Web site: Qualifying . 25 March 2023 . 25 March 2023 . Formula E . en .
Web site: Results . 25 March 2023 . 25 March 2023 . Formula E . en .