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2023 Cape Town ePrix
Race 5 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
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File:Cape Town Street Circuit FE Layout 2023.png
Race details
Date 25 February 2023 (2023-02-25)
Location Cape Town Street Circuit, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Course Street Circuit
Course length 2.921 km (1.815 mi)
Distance 32[a] laps, 93.472 km (58.081 mi)
Scheduled distance 30 laps, 87.630 km (54.451 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Nissan
Time 1:07.848
Fastest lap
Driver France Jean-Éric Vergne DS
Time 1:09.740 on lap 17
Podium
First
Porsche
Second
DS
Third
Envision-Jaguar
Lap leaders
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The 2023 Cape Town ePrix was a Formula E electric car race was held at the Cape Town Street Circuit in the city of Cape Town in Western Cape, South Africa on 25 February 2023. It served as the fifth round of the 2022–23 Formula E season. As of the 2024–25 season, it remains the only Formula E race held in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Background

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History

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Initially planned to be held in 2022, the race was canceled for unknown reasons likely related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though not initially featured on the 2023 calendar, it was introduced after the cancellation of the Seoul ePrix.

Track

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Main article: Cape Town Street Circuit

A 2.94 kilometres (1.83 mi) long street circuit was laid out in Cape Town's Waterfront district, near Signal Hill.[1] The track was believed to be "one of the fastest on the calendar".[1] In total, the track had 12 turns.

Championship standings

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Pascal Wehrlein entered the fifth round of the season as the points leader in the Drivers' Championship by 18 points after Jake Dennis, who was only 6 points behind going into Hyderabad did not finish after having his rear wing clipped by René Rast.[2] TAG Heuer Porsche leads the Teams' Championship by 23 points over Avalanche Andretti.[3]

Summary

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After Lucas di Grassi suffered a rear suspension failure in practice, all four Mahindra M9Electro chassis were withdrawn from the event with concerns about defective wishbones.[4][5] Sam Bird crashed in qualifying and did not start the race.[6]

Classification

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(All times in SAST)

Qualifying

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Qualifying took place at 11:40AM on 25 February.[7]

Group draw
Group A Germany WEH France JEV New Zealand CAS United Kingdom HUG Portugal DAC Germany LOT Brazil SET France NAT France FEN United Kingdom TIC Switzerland MUE
Group B United Kingdom DEN Switzerland BUE United Kingdom BIR Germany RAS Brazil DIG New Zealand EVA United Kingdom ROW Belgium VAN Switzerland MOR Germany GUE South Africa VDL

Qualifying duels

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
A3 New Zealand Nick Cassidy
A2 Germany Pascal Wehrlein
France Sacha Fenestraz
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
A4 France Sacha Fenestraz
A1 France Jean-Éric Vergne
France Sacha Fenestraz
Germany Maximilian Günther
B3 New Zealand Mitch Evans
B2 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Germany Maximilian Günther
New Zealand Mitch Evans
B4 Germany Maximilian Günther
B1 Germany René Rast

Overall classification

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Pos. No. Driver Team A B QF SF F Grid
1 23 France Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 1:08:994 — 1:08:467 1:08:357 1:07:848 1
2 7 Germany Maximilian Günther Maserati — 1:09:050 1:08:740 1:08:212 1:08.270 2
3 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Envision-Jaguar 1:09:007 — 1:08:446 1:08:465 — 3
4 9 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar — 1:09:025 1:08:429 1:08.568 — 4
5 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne DS 1:09:139 — 1:08.520 — — 5
6 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:09:100 — 1:08:598 — — 6
7 58 Germany René Rast McLaren-Nissan — 1:08:844 1:08:962 — — 10[b]
8 16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar — 1:09:040 1:11.937 — — 7
9 33 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum NIO 1:09:171 — — — — 8
10 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar — 1:09:217 — — — —[c]
11 17 France Norman Nato Nissan 1:09:263 — — — — 9
12 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche — 1:09:265 — — — 14[d]
13 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Porsche 1:09:441 — — — — 11
14 1 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne DS — 1:09:500 — — — 12
15 5 United Kingdom Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan 1:09:493 — — — — 13
16 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Maserati — 1:15:775 — — — PL[e]
17 36 Germany André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche 1:09:975 — — — — 15
18 3 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 1:10:083 — — — — 16
Source:[8]

Race

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The race began at 16:03 on 25 February.[7]

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Porsche 32 42:25:403 11 25
2 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne DS 32 +0.281 5 18+12
3 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Envision-Jaguar 32 +1.808 3 15
4 58 Germany René Rast McLaren-Nissan 32 +2.208 10 12
5 16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar 32 +2.656 7 10
6 33 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum NIO 32 +3.209 8 8
7 1 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne DS 32 +4.210 12 6
8 17 France Norman Nato Nissan 32 +8.582 9 4
9 36 Germany André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche 32 +8.755[f] 15 2
10 5 United Kingdom Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan 32 +10.475 13 1
11 9 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 32 +14.183 4
12 3 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 32 +14.914 16
13 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche 32 +38.846 14
NC 23 France Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 31 Accident 1 0+31
Ret 7 Germany Maximilian Günther Maserati 20 Accident 2
Ret 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Maserati 1 Accident PL3
Ret 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 0 Accident 6
DNS 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 0 Did Not Start
Source:[9]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.
  • ^3  – Started from the pit lane.

Standings after the race

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

Impact

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It was estimated by a city councillor that around R 2,000,000,000 would be brought to Cape Town from the event and those travelling to the city for the event. As well as being held in conjunction with the African Green Economy Summit, the event was on the same weekend as the 2023 Kyalami 9 Hours.[10][11]

Notes

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  1. ^ 30 planned laps and 2 extra laps
  2. ^ Rast received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Jake Dennis in the Hyderabad ePrix.
  3. ^ Sam Bird qualified 10th, but withdrew before the race.
  4. ^ Dennis received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Vandoorne.
  5. ^ Mortara failed to set a lap within the 107% time, but was permitted to race at the stewards' discretion.
  6. ^ Lotterer received a 5-second time penalty for failing to keep within 10 lengths of the safety car.

References

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