2023 Hyderabad ePrix
The 2023 Hyderabad ePrix, known for sponsorships reasons as the 2023 Greenko Hyderabad ePrix,[1] was a Formula E electric car race held at the Hyderabad Street Circuit in the city of Hyderabad in Telangana, India on 11 February 2023 as the fourth round of the 2022–23 Formula E season.[2] 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 a decade prior.
2023 Hyderabad ePrix | |||||
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Race 4 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
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Race details | |||||
Date | 11 February 2023 | ||||
Official name | 2023 Greenko Hyderabad ePrix | ||||
Location | Hyderabad Street Circuit, Hyderabad, Telangana, India | ||||
Course | Street Circuit | ||||
Course length | 2.835 km (1.762 mi) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Jaguar | ||||
Time | 1:13.228 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
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Time | 1:14.698 on lap 28 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | DS | ||||
Second | Envision-Jaguar | ||||
Third | Porsche |
Background
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
Classification
(All times are in IST)
Qualifying
Qualifying took place at 10:40 AM on 11 February.[6]
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Qualifying duels
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* 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
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
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1 | 9 | ![]() |
Jaguar | 1:14.194 | — | 1:13:526 | 1:13.250 | 1:13.228 | 1 |
2 | 25 | ![]() |
DS | — | 1:14:095 | 1:13.503 | 1:13.472 | 1:13.249 | 2 |
3 | 16 | ![]() |
Envision-Jaguar | 1:14:503 | — | 1:13:599 | 1:13:533 | — | 3 |
4 | 23 | ![]() |
Nissan | 1:14:204 | — | No time[lower-alpha 1] | — | — | 4 |
5 | 7 | ![]() |
Maserati | 1:14:518 | — | No time[lower-alpha 2] | — | — | 5 |
6 | 10 | ![]() |
Jaguar | — | 1:14:187 | No time[lower-alpha 3] | — | — | 6 |
7 | 48 | ![]() |
Maserati | — | 1:14:233 | No time[lower-alpha 4] | — | — | 7 |
8 | 58 | ![]() |
McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:14:091 | No time[lower-alpha 5] | — | — | 8 |
9 | 94 | ![]() |
Porsche | 1:14.663 | — | — | — | — | 12[lower-alpha 6] |
10 | 37 | ![]() |
Envision-Jaguar | — | 1:14:234 | — | — | — | 9 |
11 | 8 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 1:14:721 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
12 | 27 | ![]() |
Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:14.377 | — | — | — | 11 |
13 | 13 | ![]() |
Porsche | 1:14:732 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
14 | 17 | ![]() |
Nissan | — | 1:14.420 | — | — | — | 14 |
15 | 3 | ![]() |
NIO | 1:14:756 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
16 | 33 | ![]() |
NIO | — | 1:14.539 | — | — | — | 16 |
17 | 1 | ![]() |
DS | 1:14.823 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
18 | 51 | ![]() |
ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:14:549 | — | — | — | 18 |
19 | 11 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 1:14:917 | — | — | — | — | 19 |
20 | 36 | ![]() |
Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:14:818 | — | — | — | 20 |
21 | 5 | ![]() |
McLaren-Nissan | 1:15:118 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
22 | 4 | ![]() |
ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:15:173 | — | — | — | 22 |
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Race
The race took place on February 11 at 3:03 PM.[6]
Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
- Fenestraz's time was deleted for exceeding track limits.
- Günther's time was deleted for exceeding track limits.
- Bird's time was deleted for exceeding track limits.
- Mortara's time was deleted for exceeding track limits.
- Rast's time was deleted for exceeding track limits.
- Wehrlein received a 3-second grid penalty for impeding Sette Câmara.
- Rowland received a 5-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
- Dennis received a 5-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
- Günther received a 5-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
- di Grassi received a 5-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
- Buemi received a drive-through penalty, later converted into a 17-second penalty, for overpower.
- Dennis received a 5-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
References
- "Greenko named title sponsor of 2023 Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix". The Official Home of Formula E. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- Prakash, Priyali (1 July 2022). "Explained | Formula E to race in Hyderabad in 2023". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- "2023 Formula E Standings and Results in Motorsport". AutoSport. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- "Ahead of Formula E race, Hyderabad reintroduces double-decker buses; electric this time". The Indian Express. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- Golding, Nick (10 February 2023). "Huge Pascal Wehrlein Shunt Overshadows Sébastian Buemi Topping Chaotic Opening Hyderabad Session". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- "2023 Hyderabad E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship". The Official Home of Formula E. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- "Qualifying". Formula E. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- "Results". Formula E. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.