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.
Background 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.
Driver changes 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.
Classification (All times are in PDT)
Qualifying Qualifying took place at 12:40 PM on 24 June. Group drawGroup A WEH CAS JEV GUE BUE VAN FEN NAT TIC SET MUEGroup B DEN EVA DAC BIR HUG RAS LOT DIG MOR FRI MER
Qualifying duels
Overall classification Driver Team 1 27 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche 1:09.8561:09.1111:08.9191:08.931 12 23 Sacha FenestrazNissan 1:09.860 1:09.0601:08.9201:09.010 23 17 Norman NatoNissan 1:10.112 1:09.118 1:09.264 34 58 René Rast McLaren-Nissan 1:09.808 1:09.310 1:09.374 45 7 Maximilian GüntherMaserati 1:10.176 1:09.160 56 25 Jean-Éric VergneDS 1:10.060 1:09.240 7 5 Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan 1:09.864 1:09.385 68 13 António Félix da CostaPorsche 1:09.986 1:09.453 79 36 André LottererAndretti-Porsche 1:09.997 810 1 Stoffel VandoorneDS1:10.227 11 4 Robin Frijns ABT-Mahindra 1:10.043 912 37 Nick CassidyEnvision-Jaguar 1:10.282 1013 48 Edoardo MortaraMaserati 1:10.050 1114 51 Nico MüllerABT-Mahindra 1:10.282 1215 11 Lucas di GrassiMahindra 1:10.307 1316 33 Dan TicktumNIO 1:10.378 141710 Sam BirdJaguar1:10.395 1518 16 Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar1:10.440 1619 8 Roberto MerhiMahindra1:10.482 1720 94 Pascal WehrleinPorsche1:10.499 1821 3 Sérgio Sette CâmaraNIO1:10.536 1922 9 Mitch EvansJaguar No time 20Source:
Race The race started at 5:03 PM on 24 June. Driver Team Time/Retired Points1 37 Nick Cassidy Envision-Jaguar32 50:40.629 10252 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche32 +0.294 118+33 13 António Félix da Costa Porsche32 +1.140 7 154 9 Mitch Evans Jaguar 32 +1.758 2012+15 16 Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar32 +2.220 16106 7 Maximilian Günther Maserati32 +2.307 5 87 11 Lucas di Grassi Mahindra32 +2.982 1368 94 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche32 +3.684 1849 17 Norman Nato Nissan32 +3.961 3210 4 Robin Frijns ABT-Mahindra 32 +4.3009 111 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS32 +4.718 12 1 Stoffel Vandoorne DS 32 +4.982 13 33 Dan Ticktum NIO 32 +5.470 14 14 58 René Rast McLaren-Nissan 32 +6.115 4 15 23 Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 32 +6.699 2 16 3 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 32 +7.167 19 17 10 Sam Bird Jaguar32 +7.638 1518 5 Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan 32 +12.977 6 19 36 André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche 32 +16.051 8 Ret 48 Edoardo Mortara Maserati 29 Retired in pits 11 Ret 51 Nico Müller ABT-Mahindra 9 Accident 12 Ret 8 Roberto Merhi Mahindra 3 Technical failure 17 Source: Notes: – Pole position. – Fastest lap.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 1 Jake Dennis 154 1 2 Nick Cassidy 153 2 3 Pascal Wehrlein 138 4 Mitch Evans 122 5 Jean-Éric Vergne 97
Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Porsche 231 2 Envision-Jaguar 225 3 Jaguar 184 4 Andretti-Porsche 177 5 DS 139
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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