2024 São Paulo ePrix

2024 São Paulo ePrix
Race 4 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 16 March 2024 (2024-03-16)
Official name 2024 São Paulo ePrix
Location São Paulo Street Circuit, São Paulo, Brazil
Course Street Circuit
Course length 2.933 km (1.822 mi)
Distance 34[a] laps, 99.722 km (61.964 mi)
Scheduled distance 31 laps, 90.923 km (56.497 mi)
Pole position
Driver Porsche
Time 1:13.713
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Sébastien Buemi[b]
Mahindra
Time 1:15.502 on lap 29
Podium
First McLaren-Nissan
Second Jaguar
Third Nissan
Lap leaders

The 2024 São Paulo ePrix was the fourth race of the 2023–24 Formula E World Championship, held on 16 March 2024. It was the second edition of the São Paulo ePrix. The race was held on the São Paulo Street Circuit, around the Anhembi Sambadrome.[1]

The ePrix was won by Sam Bird for McLaren with a dramatic final lap overtake around the outside of Jaguar driver Mitch Evans. A double overtake at the final corner for Nissan driver Oliver Rowland ensured that he completed the podium. Bird's win was his first Formula E race victory since the 2021 New York City ePrix, and the first ever Formula E victory for McLaren.

Background

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Nick Cassidy entered the race as the leader in the Drivers' Championship with a 19 point lead over Pascal Wehrlein, followed by Jean-Éric Vergne (24 points behind) and defending champion Jake Dennis (29 points behind).

Prior to the race, Jaguar held a 31 point lead over DS Penske in the Teams' Championship, with Porsche in third. The Manufacturers' Trophy was newly introduced prior to the São Paulo ePrix, with the standings backdated to the start of the season; Jaguar held a 33 point lead over Porsche in these standings, with Stellantis in third.

Classification

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(All times in BRT)

Qualification

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Qualification took place at 09:40 on 16 March.[2]

Group draw
Group A New Zealand CAS Netherlands DEV Brazil DIG New Zealand EVA Netherlands FRI Switzerland MUL France NAT France JEV United Kingdom ROW Brazil SET Belgium VAN
Group B United Kingdom BIR Switzerland BUE Portugal DAC India DAR United Kingdom DEN France FEN Germany GUE United Kingdom HUG Switzerland MOR United Kingdom TIC Germany WEH

Qualifying duels

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
A2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
A3 New Zealand Mitch Evans
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
France Jean-Éric Vergne
A1 France Jean-Éric Vergne
A4 Switzerland Nico Müller
Germany Pascal Wehrlein
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
B2 Germany Pascal Wehrlein
B3 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara
Germany Pascal Wehrlein
Germany Maximilian Günther
B1 Germany Maximilian Günther
B4 United Kingdom Sam Bird

Overall classification

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Pos. No. Driver Team A B QF SF F Grid
1 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:13.713 1:12.846 1:12.764 1:12.789 1
2 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 1:13.849 1:13.028 1:12.566 1:12.791 2
3 7 Germany Maximilian Günther Maserati 1:13.516 1:12.881 1:13.041 22[c]
4 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne DS Penske 1:13.731 1:12.917 1:13.287 3
5 9 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:13.858 1:13.184 4
6 8 United Kingdom Sam Bird McLaren-Nissan 1:13.786 1:13.208 5
7 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Mahindra 1:13.734 1:13.368 6
8 51 Germany Nico Müller ABT Cupra-Mahindra 1:13.867 No time[d] 7
9 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Porsche 1:13.791 8
10 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Jaguar 1:13.878 9
11 1 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche 1:13.844 10
12 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland Nissan 1:13.925 11
13 5 United Kingdom Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan 1:13.870 12
14 21 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mahindra 1:13.935 13
15 23 France Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 1:13.967 14
16 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi ABT Cupra-Mahindra 1:13.962 15
17 18 India Jehan Daruvala Maserati 1:14.032 16
18 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Envision-Jaguar 1:13.987 17
19 16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar 1:14.085 18
20 3 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara ERT 1:14.057 19
21 33 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum ERT 1:14.115 20
22 17 France Norman Nato Andretti-Porsche 1:14.146 21
Source:[5]

Race

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The race started at 14:03 on 16 March.[2]

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 United Kingdom Sam Bird McLaren-Nissan 34 53:03.071 5 25
2 9 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 34 +0.564 4 18
3 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland Nissan 34 +3.540 11 15
4 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 34 +3.629 1 12+31
5 1 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche 34 +3.722 10 10
6 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Porsche 34 +5.567 8 8
7 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne DS Penske 34 +6.006 3 6
8 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 34 +6.817 2 4
9 7 Germany Maximilian Günther Maserati 34 +8.085 22 2
10 16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar 34 +8.610 18 1+12
11 23 France Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 34 +9.277 14
12 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Mahindra 34 +9.762 6
13 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi ABT Cupra-Mahindra 34 +10.819 15
14 21 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mahindra 34 +13.677 13
15 18 India Jehan Daruvala Maserati 34 +14.379 16
16 33 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum ERT 34 +17.884 20
17 17 France Norman Nato Andretti-Porsche 34 +18.889[e] 21
18 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Envision-Jaguar 34 +19.124 17
Ret 5 United Kingdom Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan 31 Retired in pits 14
Ret 51 Switzerland Nico Müller ABT Cupra-Mahindra 25 Retired in pits 7
Ret 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Jaguar 14 Accident 9
DSQ 3 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara ERT 34 Disqualified[f] 19
Source:[6]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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

Notes

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  1. ^ 31 planned laps and 3 extra laps
  2. ^ The point for fastest lap was awarded to Buemi, as de Vries did not finish in the top 10.
  3. ^ Günther received two separate 20-place grid penalties for changing the gearbox and inverters respectively in his car.[3]
  4. ^ Müller set a fast enough time to progress from the group stage; however, he damaged his car in a collision with the wall at the end of the group stage session and did not take part in the qualifying duels. His scheduled opponent, Vergne, received a bye to the semi-finals.[4]
  5. ^ Nato received a 5-second time penalty after causing a collision with Lucas di Grassi.
  6. ^ Sette Câmara was disqualified after the conclusion of the race, due to energy usage above the maximum of 38.5 kWh.

References

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  1. ^ Trindade, Luciano (25 March 2023). "Estreia da Fórmula E em SP tem batidas, abandonos e brasileiro em último". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "2024 SÃO PAULO E-PRIX - Weekend Schedule". Formula E. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Guenther handed penalties for São Paulo". Formula E. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. ^ "São Paulo E-Prix: Wehrlein secures first place". Autogear. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 SÃO PAULO E-PRIX - Qualifying Result". Formula E. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 SÃO PAULO E-PRIX - E-Prix Result". Formula E. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
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