2024 São Paulo ePrix
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2024 São Paulo ePrix | |||||
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Race 4 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
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Race details | |||||
Date | 16 March 2024 | ||||
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) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Porsche | ||||
Time | 1:13.713 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
Sébastien Buemi [note 1] | Mahindra | |||
Time | 1:15.502 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | McLaren-Nissan | ||||
Second | Jaguar | ||||
Third | Nissan |
The 2024 São Paulo ePrix was the fourth race of the 2023–24 Formula E World Championship, held on 16 March 2023. 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
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
(All times in BRT)
Qualification
Qualification took place at 09:40 on 16 March.
Group draw | |||||||||||
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Group A | |||||||||||
Group B |
Qualifying duels
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
A2 | ||||||||||||||
A3 | ||||||||||||||
A1 | ||||||||||||||
A4 | ||||||||||||||
B2 | ||||||||||||||
B3 | ||||||||||||||
B1 | ||||||||||||||
B4 |
Overall classification
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
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1 | 94 | Porsche | — | 1:13.713 | 1:12.846 | 1:12.764 | 1:12.789 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | DS Penske | 1:13.849 | — | 1:13.028 | 1:12.566 | 1:12.791 | 2 | |
3 | 7 | Maserati | — | 1:13.516 | 1:12.881 | 1:13.041 | — | 3 | |
4 | 25 | DS Penske | 1:13.731 | — | 1:12.917 | 1:13.287 | — | 4 | |
5 | 9 | Jaguar | 1:13.858 | — | 1:13.184 | — | — | 5 | |
6 | 8 | McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:13.786 | 1:13.208 | — | — | 6 | |
7 | 48 | Mahindra | — | 1:13.734 | 1:13.368 | — | — | 7 | |
8 | 51 | ABT Cupra-Mahindra | 1:13.867 | — | No time[note 2] | — | — | 8 | |
9 | 13 | Porsche | — | 1:13.791 | — | — | — | 9 | |
10 | 37 | Jaguar | 1:13.878 | — | — | — | — | 10 | |
11 | 1 | Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:13.844 | — | — | — | 11 | |
12 | 22 | Nissan | 1:13.925 | — | — | — | — | 12 | |
13 | 5 | McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:13.870 | — | — | — | 13 | |
14 | 21 | Mahindra | 1:13.935 | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
15 | 23 | Nissan | — | 1:13.967 | — | — | — | 15 | |
16 | 11 | ABT Cupra-Mahindra | 1:13.962 | — | — | — | — | 16 | |
17 | 18 | Maserati | — | 1:14.032 | — | — | — | 17 | |
18 | 4 | Envision-Jaguar | 1:13.987 | — | — | — | — | 18 | |
19 | 16 | Envision-Jaguar | — | 1:14.085 | — | — | — | 19 | |
20 | 3 | ERT | 1:14.057 | — | — | — | — | 20 | |
21 | 33 | ERT | — | 1:14.115 | — | — | — | 21 | |
22 | 17 | Andretti-Porsche | 1:14.146 | — | — | — | — | 22 | |
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Race
The race started at 14:03 on 16 March.
Notes
- ^ The point for fastest lap was awarded to Buemi, as de Vries did not finish in the top 10.
- ^ 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.
References
- ^ 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.