2023 Hyderabad ePrix

The 2023 Hyderabad ePrix, known for sponsorships reasons as the 2023 Greenko Hyderabad ePrix, 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. 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.

Background History 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. 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. 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.

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.

Championship standings 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.

Impact 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.

A study by Nielsen Sports Analysis found that the event contributed $83.7 million to Hyderabad's economy.

Free practice 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.

Classification (All times are in IST) Qualifying Qualifying took place at 10:40 AM on 11 February. Group drawGroup A WEH BUE HUG DIG EVA DAC FEN VAN GUE ROW SETGroup B DEN BIR RAS LOT CAS JEV MOR TIC NAT MUE VDL

Qualifying duels

* 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. Overall classification Driver Team 19 Mitch EvansJaguar1:14.194 1:13:5261:13.2501:13.22812 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS 1:14:095 1:13.503 1:13.472 1:13.2492316 Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar1:14:503 1:13:5991:13:533 3423 Sacha FenestrazNissan1:14:204 No time 457 Maximilian Günther Maserati1:14:518 No time 5610 Sam BirdJaguar 1:14:187 No time 6748 Edoardo MortaraMaserati 1:14:233 No time 78 58 René RastMcLaren-Nissan 1:14:091 No time 8994 Pascal WehrleinPorsche1:14.663 121037 Nick CassidyEnvision-Jaguar 1:14:234 9118 Oliver RowlandMahindra1:14:721 101227 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche1:14.377111313 António Félix da CostaPorsche1:14:732 131417 Norman Nato Nissan 1:14.420 14153 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO1:14:756 1516 33 Dan Ticktum NIO 1:14.539 16171 Stoffel Vandoorne DS 1:14.823 17 18 51 Nico Müller ABT-Mahindra 1:14:54918 19 11 Lucas di GrassiMahindra1:14:917 1920 36 André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche 1:14:818 2021 5 Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan 1:15:118 21 22 4 Kelvin van der Linde ABT-Mahindra 1:15:17322Source:

Race The race took place on February 11 at 3:03 PM.

Driver Team Time/Retired Points1 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS Penske 33 46:01:099 2 252 37 Nick Cassidy Envision-Jaguar 33 +0.400 9 183 13 António Félix da Costa Porsche 33 +1.859 13 154 94 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 33 +2.855 12 125 3 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 33 +3.523 15 106 8 Oliver Rowland Mahindra 33 +7.138 10 87 17 Norman Nato Nissan 33 +7.318 14 6+18 1 Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 33 +7.564 17 49 36 André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche 33 +8.703 20 210 48 Edoardo Mortara Maserati 33 +9.073 7 111 51 Nico Müller ABT-Mahindra 33 +10.622 18 12 23 Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 33 +11.635 4 13 7 Maximilian Günther Maserati 33 +15.446 5 14 11 Lucas di Grassi Mahindra 33 +15.999 19 15 16 Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar 33 +17.735 3 16 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche 33 +1:10.562 11 Ret 58 René Rast McLaren-Nissan 25 Collision damage 8 Ret 5 Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan 22 Accident 21 Ret 10 Sam Bird Jaguar 18 Collision damage 6 Ret 33 Dan Ticktum NIO 15 Suspension 16 Ret 9 Mitch Evans Jaguar 12 Collision damage 1 Ret 4 Kelvin van der Linde ABT-Mahindra 9 Suspension 22 Source: Notes: – Pole position. – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Pascal Wehrlein 80 2 Jake Dennis 62 8 3 Jean-Éric Vergne 31 1 4 Sébastien Buemi 31 5 5 Nick Cassidy 28

Teams' Championship standings 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

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

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References

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