2023 Cape Town ePrix

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 History 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 A long street circuit was laid out in Cape Town's Waterfront district, around the Cape Town Stadium, near Signal Hill. The track was believed to be "one of the fastest on the calendar". In total, the track had 12 turns. The racing lap record has an average speed of .

Championship standings 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. TAG Heuer Porsche leads the Teams' Championship by 23 points over Avalanche Andretti.

Summary After Lucas di Grassi suffered a rear suspension failure in practice, all four Mahindra M9Electro chassis were withdrawn from the event with concerns about defective wishbones.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

Classification (All times in SAST) Qualifying Qualifying took place at 11:40AM on 25 February. Group drawGroup A WEH JEV CAS HUG DAC LOT SET NAT FEN TIC MUEGroup B DEN BUE BIR RAS DIG EVA ROW VAN MOR GUE VDL

Qualifying duels

Overall classification Driver Team 123 Sacha FenestrazNissan1:08:994 1:08:4671:08:3571:07:848127 Maximilian Günther Maserati 1:09:0501:08:7401:08:2121:08.2702337 Nick CassidyEnvision-Jaguar1:09:007 1:08:4461:08:465 349 Mitch EvansJaguar 1:09:0251:08:4291:08.568 45 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS 1:09:139 1:08.520 5694 Pascal WehrleinPorsche1:09:100 1:08:598 67 58 René RastMcLaren-Nissan 1:08:8441:08:962 10816 Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar 1:09:0401:11.937 79 33 Dan Ticktum NIO 1:09:171 81010 Sam BirdJaguar 1:09:217 —1117 Norman Nato Nissan1:09:263 91227 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche1:09:265141313 António Félix da CostaPorsche1:09:441 11141 Stoffel Vandoorne DS 1:09:500 1215 5 Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan1:09:493 131648 Edoardo MortaraMaserati 1:15:775 17 36 André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche 1:09:975 15183 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 1:10:083 16Source:

Race The race began at 16:03 on 25 February.

Driver Team Time/Retired Points1 13 António Félix da Costa Porsche 32 42:25:403 11 252 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS 32 +0.281 5 18+13 37 Nick Cassidy Envision-Jaguar 32 +1.808 3 154 58 René Rast McLaren-Nissan 32 +2.208 10 125 16 Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar 32 +2.656 7 106 33 Dan Ticktum NIO 32 +3.209 8 87 1 Stoffel Vandoorne DS 32 +4.210 12 68 17 Norman Nato Nissan 32 +8.582 9 49 36 André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche 32 +8.755 15 210 5 Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan 32 +10.475 13 111 9 Mitch Evans Jaguar 32 +14.183 4 12 3 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 32 +14.914 16 13 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche 32 +38.846 14 NC 23 Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 31 Accident 1 0+3Ret 7 Maximilian Günther Maserati 20 Accident 2Ret 48 Edoardo Mortara Maserati 1 Accident PLRet 94 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 0 Accident 6DNS 10 Sam Bird Jaguar 0 Did Not Start Source: Notes: – Pole position. – Fastest lap. – Started from the pit lane.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Pascal Wehrlein 80 2 Jake Dennis 62 3 Jean-Éric Vergne 50 5 4 António Félix da Costa 46 5 Nick Cassidy 43

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Porsche 126 1 2 Envision-Jaguar 84 1 3 Andretti-Porsche 80 4 McLaren-Nissan 66 1 5 DS 61

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

Impact It was estimated by a city councillor that around 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.

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2023 Cape Town ePrix

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