| Type: | CUST |
| Description: | Race 4 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season |
| Previous Round: | 2023 Diriyah ePrix |
| Next Round: | 2023 Cape Town ePrix |
| Country: | India |
| Grand Prix: | Hyderabad |
| Gp Suffix: | ePrix |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Official Name: | 2023 Greenko Hyderabad ePrix |
| Location: | Hyderabad Street Circuit, Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Course: | Street Circuit |
| Course Length: | 2.835km (01.762miles) |
| Distance Laps: | 33 |
| Distance Length: | 93.555km (58.132miles) |
| Attendance: | 31,000[1] |
| Scheduled Laps: | 32 |
| Scheduled Length: | 90.72km (56.37miles) |
| Pole Driver: | Mitch Evans |
| Pole Country: | NZL |
| Pole Team: | Jaguar |
| Pole Time: | 1:13.228 |
| Fast Driver: | Norman Nato |
| Fast Team: | Nissan |
| Fast Time: | 1:14.698 |
| Fast Lap: | 28 |
| Fast Country: | FRA |
| First Driver: | Jean-Éric Vergne |
| First Country: | FRA |
| First Team: | DS |
| Second Driver: | Nick Cassidy |
| Second Country: | NZL |
| Second Team: | Envision-Jaguar |
| Third Driver: | António Félix da Costa |
| Third Country: | POR |
| Third Team: | Porsche |
The 2023 Hyderabad ePrix, known for sponsorships reasons as the 2023 Greenko Hyderabad ePrix,[2] was a Formula E event held at the Hyderabad Street Circuit in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India on 11 February 2023 as the fourth round of the 2022–23 Formula E World Championship.[3] This was the inaugural running of a Formula E event at the track, as well as the first time an ePrix was held in India. It was also the first motorsport event hosted by the country as part of an FIA-sanctioned World Championship since the 2013 Indian Grand Prix almost a decade prior.
Hyderabad was one of a number of Indian cities bidding to host a round of the FIA Formula E Championship, although it was only seriously considered after the COVID-19 pandemic had halted the discussions between the FIA and proposed hosts in Delhi and Mumbai. [4] On 17 January 2022 the Government of Telangana signed a "letter of intent" with Formula E to stage the Hyderabad E-Prix, with a planned debut as a round of the 2022–23 season, towards the start of the season.[4] The Hyderabad E-Prix was subsequently listed on the first provisional calendar for 2022–23 Formula E World Championship as the fourth round of the season, on 11 February 2023. The Hyderabad E-Prix was staged on the Hyderabad Street Circuit, which was set up on the banks of the artificial Hussain Sagar Lake, which was set to host its first event, a round of the Indian Racing League, in 2022.
See main article: Hyderabad Street Circuit. The initial design of the track, which was designed with help from PPE Racing, a Filipino constructor and race track designer, was heavily criticised by drivers, with Norman Nato describing it as "looking like a dildo" after he drove on the track in a simulator. The track was later redesigned by Driven International, who also designed the 2021 layout of the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and the reception was positive.[5]
Pascal Wehrlein entered the fourth round of the season as the points leader in the Drivers' Championship after winning both races at Diriyah, with Jake Dennis second by 6 points. In the first three previous races this season, only Wehrlein and Dennis finished in the first two positions. Avalanche Andretti led the Teams' Championship, 2 points ahead of TAG Heuer Porsche.[6]
The government of Telangana introduced three double-decker electric buses in preparation for the race. This marks the return of double decker buses to Hyderabad for the first time since 2003.[7]
A study by Nielsen Sports Analysis found that the event contributed $83.7 million to Hyderabad's economy.[8]
In Free Practice 1, held on 10 February at 4:30 PM, Pascal Wehrlein crashed hard into the barriers with an apparent vehicle malfunction causing Porsche to pit all of the cars on both Porsche teams – TAG Heuer Porsche and Avalanche Andretti.[9]
(All times are in IST)
Qualifying took place at 10:40 AM on 11 February.
| Group draw | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A |  WEH | BUE | HUG | DIG | EVA | DAC | FEN | VAN | GUE |  ROW | SET | |
| Group B | DEN | BIR | RAS | LOT | CAS | JEV | MOR | TIC | NAT | MUE | VDL | |
* Sam Bird, Edoardo Mortara and René Rast all had their quarter-finals times deleted for exceeding track limits. Mortara and Rast had been seeded into the same duel, so neither driver advanced to the semi-finals. For this reason, Jean-Éric Vergne was not matched against any driver in the semi-finals and automatically advanced to the finals.
| Driver | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | data-sort-value="EVA" | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:14.194 | 1:13:526 | 1:13.250 | 1:13.228 | 1 | |
| 2 | 25 | data-sort-value="JEV" | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | 1:14:095 | 1:13.503 | 1:13.472 | 1:13.249 | 2 | |
| 3 | 16 | data-sort-value="BUE" | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 1:14:503 | 1:13:599 | 1:13:533 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 23 | data-sort-value="FEN" | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 1:14:204 | No time | 4 | |||
| 5 | 7 | data-sort-value="GUE" | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | 1:14:518 | No time | 5 | |||
| 6 | 10 | data-sort-value="BIR" | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 1:14:187 | No time | 6 | |||
| 7 | 48 | data-sort-value="MOR" | Edoardo Mortara | Maserati | 1:14:233 | No time | 7 | |||
| 8 | 58 | data-sort-value="RAS" | René Rast | McLaren-Nissan | 1:14:091 | No time | 8 | |||
| 9 | 94 | data-sort-value="WEH" | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:14.663 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | 37 | data-sort-value="CAS" | Nick Cassidy | Envision-Jaguar | 1:14:234 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | 8 | data-sort-value="ROW" | Oliver Rowland | Mahindra | 1:14:721 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | 27 | data-sort-value="DEN" | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 1:14.377 | 11 | ||||
| 13 | 13 | data-sort-value="DAC" | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 1:14:732 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | 17 | data-sort-value="NAT" | Norman Nato | Nissan | 1:14.420 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | data-sort-value="SET" | Sérgio Sette Câmara | NIO | 1:14:756 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | 33 | data-sort-value="TIC" | Dan Ticktum | NIO | 1:14.539 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | 1 | data-sort-value="VAN" | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | 1:14.823 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | 51 | data-sort-value="MUE" | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | 1:14:549 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | 11 | data-sort-value="DIG" | Lucas di Grassi | Mahindra | 1:14:917 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 36 | data-sort-value="LOT" | André Lotterer | Andretti-Porsche | 1:14:818 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | data-sort-value="HUG" | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 1:15:118 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | data-sort-value="VDL" | Kelvin van der Linde | ABT-Mahindra | 1:15:173 | 22 | ||||
| Source:[10] | ||||||||||
The race took place on February 11 at 3:03 PM.[11]
| Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | data-sort-value=" " | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | 33 | 46:01:099 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 37 | data-sort-value=" " | Nick Cassidy | Envision-Jaguar | 33 | +0.400 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 13 | data-sort-value=" " | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 33 | +1.859 | 13 | 15 |
| 4 | 94 | data-sort-value=" " | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 33 | +2.855 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | data-sort-value=" " | Sérgio Sette Câmara | NIO | 33 | +3.523 | 15 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | data-sort-value=" " | Oliver Rowland | Mahindra | 33 | +7.138 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | 17 | data-sort-value=" " | Norman Nato | Nissan | 33 | +7.318 | 14 | 6+1 |
| 8 | 1 | data-sort-value=" " | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | 33 | +7.564 | 17 | 4 |
| 9 | 36 | data-sort-value=" " | André Lotterer | Andretti-Porsche | 33 | +8.703 | 20 | 2 |
| 10 | 48 | data-sort-value=" " | Edoardo Mortara | Maserati | 33 | +9.073 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | 51 | data-sort-value=" " | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | 33 | +10.622 | 18 | |
| 12 | 23 | data-sort-value=" " | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 33 | +11.635 | 4 | |
| 13 | 7 | data-sort-value=" " | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | 33 | +15.446 | 5 | |
| 14 | 11 | data-sort-value=" " | Lucas di Grassi | Mahindra | 33 | +15.999 | 19 | |
| 15 | 16 | data-sort-value=" " | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 33 | +17.735 | 3 | |
| 16 | 27 | data-sort-value=" " | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 33 | +1:10.562 | 11 | |
| Ret | 58 | data-sort-value=" " | René Rast | McLaren-Nissan | 25 | Collision damage | 8 | |
| Ret | 5 | data-sort-value=" " | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 22 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 10 | data-sort-value=" " | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 18 | Collision damage | 6 | |
| Ret | 33 | data-sort-value=" " | Dan Ticktum | NIO | 15 | Suspension | 16 | |
| Ret | 9 | data-sort-value=" " | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 12 | Collision damage | 1 | |
| Ret | 4 | data-sort-value=" " | Kelvin van der Linde | ABT-Mahindra | 9 | Suspension | 22 | |
| Source:[12] | ||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pascal Wehrlein | 80 | ||
| 2 | Jake Dennis | 62 | ||
| 8 | 3 |  Jean-Éric Vergne | 31 | |
| 1 | 4 |  Sébastien Buemi | 31 | |
| 5 | 5 |  Nick Cassidy | 28 |
| Pos | Constructor | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porsche | 101 | |
| 1 | 2 |  Andretti-Porsche | 78 | |
| 1 | 3 | Envision-Jaguar | 59 | |
| 1 | 4 | McLaren-Nissan | 53 | |
| 5 | Jaguar | 42 |
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