2023 Portland ePrix
| 2023 Portland ePrix | |||||
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Race 12 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | June 24, 2023 | ||||
| Official name | 2023 Southwire Portland E-Prix | ||||
| Location | Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon, United States | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 3.190 km (1.982 mi)[1] | ||||
| Distance | 32[a] laps, 102.08 km (63.43 mi) | ||||
| Scheduled distance | 28 laps, 89.32 km (55.50 mi) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Andretti-Porsche | ||||
| Time | 1:08.931 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | New Zealand Mitch Evans | Jaguar | |||
| Time | 1:11.216 on lap 27 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Envision-Jaguar | ||||
| Second | Andretti-Porsche | ||||
| Third | Porsche | ||||
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Lap leaders
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The 2023 Portland ePrix, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Southwire Portland E-Prix, was a Formula E electric car race held at the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon, on June 24, 2023. It served as the 12th round of the 2022–23 Formula E season and was the inaugural running of the Portland ePrix.
The race was won by Nick Cassidy for Envision Racing, with Jake Dennis and António Félix da Costa completing the podium.[2]
Background
[edit | edit source]Following a win in Jakarta, Pascal Wehrlein retook the lead of the championship with 134 points, just one point ahead of Jake Dennis. Nick Cassidy lost his lead of the championship and entered Portland third in the championship, with 128 points.[3]
Driver changes
[edit | edit source]André Lotterer returned to the Formula E season, following his absence at Jakarta due to 24 Hours of Le Mans testing.
Roberto Merhi, who replaced Oliver Rowland in Jakarta after he left Mahindra Racing, continued with the team in Portland.[4]
Classification
[edit | edit source](All times are in PDT)
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]Qualifying took place at 12:40 PM on 24 June.[5]
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| Group A | Germany WEH | New Zealand CAS | France JEV | Germany GUE | Switzerland BUE | Belgium VAN | France FEN | France NAT | United Kingdom TIC | Brazil SET | Switzerland MUE |
| Group B | United Kingdom DEN | New Zealand EVA | Portugal DAC | United Kingdom BIR | United Kingdom HUG | Germany RAS | Germany LOT | Brazil DIG | Switzerland MOR | Netherlands FRI | Spain MER |
Qualifying duels
[edit | edit source]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A3 | France Norman Nato | |||||||||||||
| A2 | France Jean-Éric Vergne | |||||||||||||
| France Norman Nato | ||||||||||||||
| France Sacha Fenestraz | ||||||||||||||
| A4 | Germany Maximilian Günther | |||||||||||||
| A1 | France Sacha Fenestraz | |||||||||||||
| France Sacha Fenestraz | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Jake Dennis | ||||||||||||||
| B3 | United Kingdom Jake Hughes | |||||||||||||
| B2 | United Kingdom Jake Dennis | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Jake Dennis | ||||||||||||||
| Germany René Rast | ||||||||||||||
| B4 | Portugal António Félix da Costa | |||||||||||||
| B1 | Germany René Rast | |||||||||||||
Overall classification
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
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| 1 | 27 | United Kingdom Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:09.856 | 1:09.111 | 1:08.919 | 1:08.931 | 1 |
| 2 | 23 | France Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 1:09.860 | — | 1:09.060 | 1:08.920 | 1:09.010 | 2 |
| 3 | 17 | France Norman Nato | Nissan | 1:10.112 | — | 1:09.118 | 1:09.264 | — | 3 |
| 4 | 58 | Germany René Rast | McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:09.808 | 1:09.310 | 1:09.374 | — | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | Germany Maximilian Günther | Maserati | 1:10.176 | — | 1:09.160 | — | — | 5 |
| 6 | 25 | France Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | 1:10.060 | — | 1:09.240 | — | — | PL[b] |
| 7 | 5 | United Kingdom Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:09.864 | 1:09.385 | — | — | 6 |
| 8 | 13 | Portugal António Félix da Costa | Porsche | — | 1:09.986 | 1:09.453 | — | — | 7 |
| 9 | 36 | Germany André Lotterer | Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:09.997 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 10 | 1 | Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | 1:10.227 | — | — | — | — | PL[c] |
| 11 | 4 | Netherlands Robin Frijns | ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:10.043 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 12 | 37 | New Zealand Nick Cassidy | Envision-Jaguar | 1:10.282 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 13 | 48 | Switzerland Edoardo Mortara | Maserati | — | 1:10.050 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 14 | 51 | Switzerland Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | 1:10.282 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| 15 | 11 | Brazil Lucas di Grassi | Mahindra | — | 1:10.307 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 16 | 33 | United Kingdom Dan Ticktum | NIO | 1:10.378 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| 17 | 10 | United Kingdom Sam Bird | Jaguar | — | 1:10.395 | — | — | — | 15 |
| 18 | 16 | Switzerland Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 1:10.440 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| 19 | 8 | Spain Roberto Merhi | Mahindra | — | 1:10.482 | — | — | — | 17 |
| 20 | 94 | Germany Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:10.499 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| 21 | 3 | Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara | NIO | 1:10.536 | — | — | — | — | 19 |
| 22 | 9 | New Zealand Mitch Evans | Jaguar | — | No time[d] | — | — | — | 20 |
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Race
[edit | edit source]The race started at 5:03 PM on 24 June.[5]
Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ 28 planned laps and 4 extra laps
- ^ Vergne was made to start from the pitlane due to DS Penske's illegal use of RFID scanning equipment at the pit entry.[6]
- ^ Vandoorne was made to start from the pitlane due to DS Penske's illegal use of RFID scanning equipment at the pit entry.[6]
- ^ Although Evans failed to set a time in qualifying, he was permitted to race at the stewards' discretion.
- ^ Bird received a 5-second penalty for forcing another driver off the track.[2]
References
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