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Race Information | ||
Date | 22 April 2023 | |
E-Prix No. | 107 (7 of 2022/23) | |
Official Name | 2023 Sabic Berlin E-Prix I | |
Location | ![]() Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany | |
Format | 95 km / 60 min | |
Lap length | 2.355 km (1.476 mi) | |
Distance | 40(+3) laps / 101.265 km (62.923 mi) | |
Qualifying Result | ||
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Team | ![]() | |
Time | 1:05.605 (129.227 km/h) | |
Fastest Lap | ||
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Team | ![]() | |
Fastest Lap | 1:06.604 on lap 38 | |
ePrix Result | ||
First | Second | Third |
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Winner Team | ![]() | |
Time | 55:10.391 (110.124 km/h) | |
ePrix Guide | ||
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The 2023 Berlin E-Prix I, officially known as the 2023 Sabic Berlin E-Prix I, was the seventh race of the 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, staged at the Tempelhofring in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany, on 22 April 2023.[1][2] The race would be the first of two at Tempelhof Airport for FE in season nine, and had been planned to be the debut for the series' new-for-2022/23 Attack Charge concept.[3]
The advent of Attack Charge would not come about in time for the Berlin E-Prix, however, with the series retaining the use of Attack Mode instead for the Berlin weekend.[4] That would have no affect on qualifying though, as Sébastien Buemi defeated Sam Bird to claim pole position in the Final, becoming the first driver to score two poles in season nine.[5] En-route to his record extending sixteenth pole position, Buemi would best teammate Nick Cassidy in the Quarters and then Stoffel Vandoorne in the Semis, while Bird had to overcome Jake Dennis and then Dan Ticktum to secure his first Final appearance of the campaign.[5]
The slipstream effect was expected to be a huge factor in the outcome of the 2023 Berlin E-Prix I, so much so that no-one really wanted to lead into the first corner, Buemi and Bird making even starts from the front row, while Vandoorne briefly surged between them before backing off.[6] In that moment Ticktum decided to steal the initiative and swept past all three of them into the first corner to seize the lead in the #33 NIO, with the rest of the field making it through the sweeping first corners without issue.[6]
The reason for Ticktum's keeness to take the lead was soon revealed, as the Brit led Buemi and Vandoorne through the Attack Mode activation zone at the earliest opportunity on lap three, attempting to rid himself of the extra power and slip back into the pack.[6] That triggered almost everyone in the top half of the field to opt to take the boost early, before Ticktum and Buemi took their second boosts on lap five having been shuffled back to the front of the field, with the rest of the lead group likewise following suit.[6]
By lap eight AM was no longer a factor for most of the leaders, with Ticktum leading Buemi, Bird, Vandoorne, Dennis, Maximilian Günther, Cassidy, Sérgio Sette Câmara, Edoardo Mortara and Mitch Evans.[6] Furthermore there was just three seconds covering the top ten of the field, and over the next few laps the order would be completely different, with Mortara charging to the front and taking teammate Günther with him, while Sette Câmara was taken out of the race by René Rast to trigger the first Safety Car period of the day.[6]
After three laps the race resumed and the peleton-esque racing intensified, with Mortara battling back to head the field having taken AM just before the SC with Evans in tow, while Pascal Wehrlein had stealthily got into the lead pack.[6] On lap 20 the lack of space would prove fatal to the races of Ticktum and Vandoorne, with the former putting the latter into the wall as they fought for space exiting turn two, triggering another SC period.[6]
Three more laps under SC would pass before the race got back underway, with the next phase seeing Günther and the two factory Jaguars of Evans and Bird rise to the front, before Buemi supplanted Günther and made it a Jaguar powered 1-2-3.[6] As they squabbled between themselves António Félix da Costa battled his way past Günther to claim fourth, only to be taken out of the race by a wayward Dennis as the Brit got hugely out of shape on the brakes for turn six while fighting with Günther and went sliding sideways across the Portuguese racer's nose.[6]
Into the final laps and the two factory Jaugars moved into the lead again, Evans ahead of Bird, while Buemi came under attack from Günther, who was able to keep with the lead trio after Dennis and da Costa fell by the wayside.[6] Behind, Cassidy would suddenly appear in the top ten having fallen right to the back of the field, and would continue to ascend the order, while Wehrlein looked to settle for points having burned most of his energy early on trying to get amongst the leaders.[6]
The final lap saw Evans escape and secure victory, while a lunge from Bird saw the Brit leap into second ahead of Buemi, and take Günther with him although Buemi would fight to the chequered flag to get back onto the podium.[6] Ultimately, however, he would have to trail both Bird and Günther across the line, while his teammate Cassidy stormed through to claim fifth and would have caught the leaders if the race had been a lap longer.[6] Wehrlein was next up ahead of Jean-Éric Vergne, André Lotterer secured eighth ahead of Mortara, while Oliver Rowland grabbed the final point in tenth having fought with Mortara to the line.[6]
Background[]
Four weeks after completing a hattrick of E-Prix at new venues with the 2023 São Paulo E-Prix on 25 March, the 2022/23 Formula E field arrived at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, which in contrast had featured on all bar one FE calendar.[1] Indeed, after extending its contract to host FE for two more years in 2022, the 2023 edition of the Berlin E-Prix would see FE used an unchanged version of the Tempelhofring, which was hosting its sixteenth E-Prix and ninth in its current guise.[1][7] Furthermore, changes elsewhere in the calendar meant that a second race in Berlin was added after the start of the season, while in March 2023 it was confirmed that the Tempelhofring would also stage the 2023 Rookie Test, after a late change to the sporting rulebook to add an additional test for inexperienced drivers.[8][9]
Brazilian Bump[]
Pascal Wehrlein had managed to extend his Championship lead after battling through the field in São Paulo, the German pilot heading to his home race in Berlin with a 24 point advantage at the head of the field. Jake Dennis remained Wehrlein's closest challenger, although his third non-score in three races meant that he had now been caught by the chasing pack, Nick Cassidy having jumped to third and within a point of the Brit. Jean-Éric Vergne was just a further point behind in fourth, and only two ahead himself of António Félix da Costa, while four drivers would leave São Paulo without points to their name.
In the Teams' Championship Porsche contionued to head the charge, their tally having grown to 144 points, although their lead had been reduced by a single point to 31 points. Envision Racing had held their status in second place as they broke through the 100 point mark, while their sister squad and suppliers, the factory Jaguar Racing team, were up to third, sat on 83 points after their double podium. DS Penske had slipped a point behind the British marque in fourth, Avalanche Andretti had tumbled to fifth after a non-socre, two further points back, while ABT Cupra remained as the only pointless team at the foot of the table.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2023 Berlin E-Prix I is displayed below:
Practice[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying for the 2023 Berlin E-Prix I would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight.[11] The field would be split into two groups of eleven drivers, based on Championship position, with each group then getting ten minutes on track to complete as many laps as they wished at 300 kW.[11] The fastest eight overall would then proceed to the knockout phase, now running at the maximum 350 kW qualifying mode, with the fastest from group A against the fourth fastest from group A and so on, until four drivers were left.[11]
Those four would move on to the Semi-Final, with the winner of A1/A4 taking on the victor of A2/A3, while the triumphant driver of B3/B2 would take on B4/B1's winner.[11] The winners from those duels would then go into the final, with the winner of that duel taking pole, while the runner-up would start from second, before any grid penalties were applied.[11]
Group A[]
Group B[]
Knockouts[]
Quarter Finals[]
Semi Finals[]
Final[]
Post Qualifying[]
The final qualifying result for the 2023 Berlin E-Prix I are outlined below:
2023 Berlin E-Prix I Qualifying Results | |||||||
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Final | |||||||
Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
I | Win | 16 | ![]() |
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1:05.605 | — | 1 |
Lose | 10 | ![]() |
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1:05.742 | +0.137s | 2 | |
Semi-Finals | |||||||
Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
I | Win | 16 | ![]() |
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1:05.414 | — | F |
Lose | 1 | ![]() |
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1:05.524 | +0.110s | 3 | |
II | Win | 10 | ![]() |
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1:05.535 | — | F |
Lose | 33 | ![]() |
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1:05.670 | +0.135s | 4 | |
Quarter Finals | |||||||
Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
QF 1 | Win | 16 | ![]() |
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1:05.601 | — | SF |
Lose | 37 | ![]() |
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1:05.679 | +0.078s | 6 | |
QF 2 | Win | 1 | ![]() |
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1:05.393 | — | SF |
Lose | 3 | ![]() |
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1:05.761 | +0.368s | 7 | |
QF 3 | Win | 33 | ![]() |
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1:05.592 | — | SF |
Lose | 7 | ![]() |
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1:05.878 | +0.286s | 8 | |
QF 4 | Win | 10 | ![]() |
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1:05.595 | — | SF |
Lose | 27 | ![]() |
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1:05.656 | +0.061s | 5 |
Group Stage | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
1st | 10 | ![]() |
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1:05.975 | — | QF 4 | GB |
2nd | 1 | ![]() |
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1:05.978 | +0.003s | QF 2 | GA |
3rd | 7 | ![]() |
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1:06.055 | +0.080s | QF 3 | GB |
4th | 16 | ![]() |
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1:06.086 | +0.111s | QF 1 | GA |
5th | 33 | ![]() |
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1:06.145 | +0.170s | QF 3 | GB |
6th | 37 | ![]() |
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1:06.156 | +0.181s | QF 1 | GA |
7th | 27 | ![]() |
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1:06.171 | +0.196s | QF 4 | GB |
8th | 25 | ![]() |
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1:06.193 | +0.218s | 10 | GB |
9th | 3 | ![]() |
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1:06.204 | +0.229s | QF 2 | GA |
10th | 9 | ![]() |
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1:06.265 | +0.290s | 9 | GA |
11th | 5 | ![]() |
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1:06.309 | +0.334s | 12 | GB |
12th | 48 | ![]() |
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1:06.354 | +0.379s | 11 | GA |
13th | 36 | ![]() |
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1:06.415 | +0.440s | 13 | GA |
14th | 58 | ![]() |
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1:06.418 | +0.443s | 14 | GB |
15th | 94 | ![]() |
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1:06.493 | +0.518s | 15 | GA |
16th | 51 | ![]() |
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1:06.496 | +0.521s | 17 | GA |
17th | 13 | ![]() |
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1:06.498 | +0.523s | 19 | GA |
18th | 17 | ![]() |
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1:06.518 | +0.543s | 16 | GB |
19th | 23 | ![]() |
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1:06.571 | +0.596s | 18 | GB |
20th | 11 | ![]() |
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1:06.574 | +0.599s | 20 | GB |
21st | 4 | ![]() |
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1:06.775 | +0.800s | 22 | GB |
22nd | 8 | ![]() |
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1:07.104 | +1.129s | 21 | GA |
Group A 110% Time: 1:12.575[12] | |||||||
Group B 110% Time: 1:12.572[12] | |||||||
Source:[12] |
Race[]
Report[]
Result[]
The final classification of the 2023 Berlin E-Prix I is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold:
2023 Berlin E-Prix I Race Result | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
1st | 9 | ![]() |
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43 | 55:10.391 | 1:07.458 | 25 |
2nd | 10 | ![]() |
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43 | +1.850s | 1:07.663 | 18 |
3rd | 7 | ![]() |
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43 | +2.738s | 1:07.537 | 15 |
4th | 16 | ![]() |
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43 | +2.849s | 1:07.390 | 15 |
5th | 37 | ![]() |
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43 | +4.787s | 1:07.295 | 10 |
6th | 94 | ![]() |
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43 | +9.111s | 1:07.708 | 8 |
7th | 25 | ![]() |
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43 | +9.191s | 1:07.782 | 6 |
8th* | 36 | ![]() |
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43 | +9.504s | 1:07.269 | 5 |
9th | 48 | ![]() |
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43 | +10.159s | 1:07.915 | 2 |
10th | 8 | ![]() |
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43 | +10.308s | 1:07.632 | 1 |
11th | 11 | ![]() |
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43 | +19.449s | 1:08.190 | |
12th | 23 | ![]() |
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43 | +21.549s | 1:07.734 | |
13th | 17 | ![]() |
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43 | +24.561s | 1:08.020 | |
14th | 4 | ![]() |
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43 | +25.627s | 1:08.278 | |
15th | 51 | ![]() |
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43 | +27.580s | 1:08.343 | |
16th | 3 | ![]() |
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43 | +34.847s | 1:08.860 | |
17th† | 58 | ![]() |
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42 | +1 Lap | 1:08.359 | |
18th‡ | 27 | ![]() |
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38 | +5 Laps | 1:06.604 | |
Ret | 13 | ![]() |
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30 | Damage | 1:08.393 | |
Ret§ | 33 | ![]() |
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19 | Collision | 1:09.658 | |
Ret | 1 | ![]() |
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19 | Collision | 1:08.926 | |
Ret | 5 | ![]() |
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19 | Collision | 1:09.129 | |
Source:[12] |
- * Lotterer was awarded a five second time penalty for causing a collision with Vergne.[13]
- † Rast was awarded a five second time penalty for causing a collision with Sette Câmara.[14]
- ‡ Dennis was handed a five second time penalty for causing a collision with da Costa.[15] Dennis also set the fastest lap of the race (1:06.604) but was ineligible to claim the bonus point as he finished outside of the top ten.[12]
- § Ticktum was awarded a five place grid penalty for the 2023 Berlin E-Prix II for causing a collision with Vandoorne.[16]
Milestones[]
- The race set a new record for most overtakes in an E-Prix: 190.[17]
- Sébastien Buemi became the first repeat pole-sitter of the season.
- Mitch Evans secured his eighth victory.
- Tenth win for Jaguar Racing as an entrant.
- Jaguar claimed their tenth win as a powertrain supplier.
- First one-two for Jaguar Racing as an entrant.
- Maximilian Günther earned his fifth podium finish.
- Also Günther's first since the 2021 New York City E-Prix I.
- Maiden podium finish for the Maserati Formula E Team as an entrant.
- Also the first podium finish for a Maserati branded powertrain.
Standings[]
Pascal Wehrlein had again ended a Formula E E-Prix with the Championship lead after recovering from a poor qualifying session to claim minor points, with his lead now stood at 23 points after the first battle of Berlin. Instead it was the pack behind him that had been shaken up, with Nick Cassidy heading into the second Berlin E-Prix as the German pilot's closest challenger, five ahead of Jean-Éric Vergne in third. Mitch Evans was next up having leapt from ninth to fourth with his second win in a row, while another painful non-score saw Jake Dennis tumble from second to fifth, level Sam Bird on 62 points.
In the Teams' Championship Porsche had like their lead driver managed to maintain their lead in the title hunt after their first home race, although the Stuttgart squad's advantage had been reduced to 24 points. Indeed, Envision Racing had almost halved the deficit they faced to the German manufacturer after the first battle of Berlin, although they were only two ahead of their suppliers Jaguar Racing, whose one-two finish from Evans and Bird had seen them smash through the 100 point mark. DS Penske were next up in fourth, Avalanche Andretti had halted their recent tumble down the order an remained in fifth, while ABT Cupra had once again come away from an E-Prix empty handed.
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References[]
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