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Race Information | ||
Date | 30 July 2023 | |
E-Prix No. | 116 (16 of 2022/23) | |
Official Name | 2023 Hankook London E-Prix II[1] | |
Location | ![]() Newham, London, United Kingdom | |
Format | 95 km / 60 min | |
Lap length | 2.086 km (1.296 mi) | |
Distance | 34 (+4) laps / 79.158 km (49.187 mi) | |
Qualifying Result | ||
Pole Sitter | ![]() | |
Team | ![]() | |
Time | 1:10.092 (101.489 km/h) | |
Fastest Lap | ||
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Team | ![]() | |
Fastest Lap | 1:21.554 on lap 38 | |
ePrix Result | ||
First | Second | Third |
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Winner Team | ![]() | |
Time | 2:13:56.532 (35.459 km/h) | |
ePrix Guide | ||
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The 2023 Hankook London E-Prix II, otherwise known as the 2023 London E-Prix II, was the sixteenth and final race of the 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship staged at the ExCeL E-Prix Circuit in Newham, London, United Kingdom, on 30 July 2023.[1][2] The race would see the 2022/23 Teams' Championship decided, with Jaguar Racing and Envision Racing entering the finale level on 268 points, after Jake Dennis had already claimed the Drivers' Championship the previous day.[2]
Qualifying for the finale saw Envision's and Jaguar's lead drivers both make it to the Final, and it was Nick Cassidy who emerged on top after acing his run, although he would only defeat compatriot Mitch Evans by 0.010s in one of the closest Finals of the season.[3] On his way to the final Cassidy would see off Evans' teammate Sam Bird and the to-be-crowned Dennis in the Semis, while Evans had to battle past Stoffel Vandoorne and Norman Nato to make it into the Final, with Cassidy's teammate Sébastien Buemi and Nico Müller of ABT Cupra having also made it to the knockouts.[3]
Heavy rain around London would play havoc with the start of the race, with the field completing two laps behind the Safety Car before having to abandon any attempt to start for at least an hour, the outdoor sections of the circuit deemed far to wet to safely get the race going.[4] A second attempt was made with another couple of laps behind the SC before being aborted again, with almost an hour and a half being lost before the circuit was dry enough for the race to properly get underway, with the field once again rolling out of the pits behind the SC.[4]
Plans to complete a standing start after the SC laps were abandoned, meaning Cassidy was able to control the start of the race on lap seven and bolt clear, preventing Evans from making a lunge into the first corner despite the indoors start/finish line remaining dry.[4] The rest of the field made it through the first few corners without issue, before exiting the ExCeL and heading onto the wet part of the circuit for the first time in racing conditions.[4]
Remarkably there would be no incidents now that cars were up to race speed, with the order remaining stable until Attack Mode came online on lap nine, with Vandoorne and Bird the first to make the jump to the additional power.[4] Evans went next and held second ahead of Dennis and Nato, before the Frenchman led Buemi, Müller and Dan Ticktum through the AM boost on the following tour, with Vandoorne the big winner as he moved up to fifth in the rotation.[4]
Indeed, the out front was proving something of a procession, with the two New Zealanders at the head of the field simply easing away from Dennis in third in-spite of the conditions, with the Brit himself able to jump Nato during the AM exchanges.[4] Over the middle phase of the race Cassidy would manage to pull out a three second advantage over Evans too, with Evans himself moving seven seconds clear of Dennis, while Dennis was escaping from Nato without too much issue.[4]
Instead the action was in the lower half of the field, with Jean-Éric Vergne, Lucas di Grassi and António Félix da Costa engaging in a truel of Champions over sixteenth place that lasted for four laps, and would end with Vergne limping into the pits with a puncture after getting a nudge from di Grassi.[4] There was also fighting at the back of the top ten with Ticktum squabbling with Edoardo Mortara and Wehrlein over ninth, tenth and eleventh, before Bird finally created some excitement in the top end of the field by charging onto the tail of Buemi in a bid to keep Jaguar's title hopes alive.[4]
With time running out Evans too would decide to push to try and catch the Envision ahead of him, and would halve the gap to Cassidy ahead to just under two seconds, although Cassidy would react and hold that advantage to the chequered flag to secure victory.[4] Evans would have to conserve energy on the final tour and fell five seconds behind in second, while Dennis cruised around to a lonely third, but saved up enough energy to set the fastest lap on the penultimate tour and deny Cassidy a maiden Grand Slam.[4] Nato was fourth ahead of Vandoorne, Buemi and Bird, Müller fended off a charging Ticktum to claim eighth, while Wehrlein ended an ultimately disappointing campaign with the final point in tenth.[4]
The results of the race meant that Envision Racing claimed their first Teams' Championship title, twelve points ahead of the suppliers Jaguar, while Avalanche Andretti claimed third, 52 off the victors and ten ahead of the factory Porsche squad.[4]
Background[]
For the final race of the Ninth FIA Formula E World Championship the class of 2022/23 would once again do battle around the ExCeL E-Prix Circuit in Newham, London, United Kingdom, which was unchanged for the finale.[2] There was stability on the entry list too, with no late changes after the Saturday race, which had already seen the Drivers' Championship decided in favour of Jake Dennis.[5] However, there were changes in the air when it came to the weather, with heavy rain predicted around the start of the race, while the race was set to be run over two fewer laps compared to the Saturday race in order to make it more a sprint race.[6]
Dennis Delight and Jaguar Fight[]
A podium finish combined with Nick Cassidy failing to score had ensured that Dennis had enough points in hand to claim the Championship with a race to spare, the Brit's tally having reached an unassailable 213 points. Victory and pole position, meanwhile, had pushed Mitch Evans up to second, with the New Zealander set to duel with compatriot Cassidy for the runner-up spot on the final day with just eight points between them. Pascal Wehrlein was now a distant fourth and set to finish there, while Jean-Éric Vergne rounded out the top five with Maximilian Günther looking to overhaul the Frenchman on Sunday.
In contrast the Teams' Championship would be going to the final day, with four teams still in contention, although in truth it was likely to be a straight out duel between Jaguar Racing and their customers Envision Racing. Indeed, the British manufacturer and their Anglo-Chinese clients would head into the finale level on 268 points, with the manufacturer squad deemed ahead due to holding four victories to Envision's three. Behind Avalanche Andretti were still in the hunt in third, as were their suppliers Porsche, although with those two trailing by 27 and 32 points respectively they would instead be in their own fight for third unless the Jaguar and Envision teams both imploded.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2023 London E-Prix II is displayed below:
Practice[]
FP3[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying for the 2023 London E-Prix II would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight.[8] 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.[8] 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.[8]
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.[8] 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.[8]
Group A[]
Group B[]
Knockouts[]
Quarter Finals[]
Semi Finals[]
Final[]
Post Qualifying[]
The final qualifying result for the 2023 London E-Prix II are outlined below:
2023 London E-Prix II Qualifying Results | |||||||
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Final | |||||||
Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
I | Win | 37 | ![]() |
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1:10.092 | — | 1 |
Lose | 9 | ![]() |
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1:10.102 | +0.010s | 2 | |
Semi-Finals | |||||||
Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
I | Win | 37 | ![]() |
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1:10.536 | — | F |
Lose | 27 | ![]() |
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1:10.717 | +0.181s | 4 | |
II | Win | 9 | ![]() |
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1:10.008 | — | F |
Lose | 17 | ![]() |
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1:10.514 | +0.506s | 3 | |
Quarter Finals | |||||||
Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
QF 1 | Win | 27 | ![]() |
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1:10.586 | — | SF |
Lose | 16 | ![]() |
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1:10.604 | +0.018s | 7 | |
QF 2 | Win | 37 | ![]() |
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1:10.228 | — | SF |
Lose | 10 | ![]() |
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1:10.519 | +0.291s | 6 | |
QF 3 | Win | 17 | ![]() |
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1:10.493 | — | SF |
Lose | 51 | ![]() |
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1:10.758 | +0.265s | 8 | |
QF 4 | Win | 9 | ![]() |
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1:10.137 | — | SF |
Lose | 1 | ![]() |
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1:10.376 | +0.239s | 5 |
Group Stage | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
1st | 37 | ![]() |
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1:10.521 | — | QF 2 | GA |
2nd | 9 | ![]() |
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1:10.598 | +0.077s | QF 4 | GB |
3rd | 27 | ![]() |
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1:10.638 | +0.117s | QF 1 | GA |
4th | 16 | ![]() |
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1:10.647 | +0.126s | QF 1 | GA |
5th | 10 | ![]() |
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1:10.689 | +0.168s | QF 2 | GA |
6th | 33 | ![]() |
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1:10.815 | +0.294s | 9 | GA |
7th | 25 | ![]() |
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1:10.819 | +0.298s | 11 | GA |
8th | 51 | ![]() |
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1:10.871 | +0.350s | QF 3 | GB |
9th | 17 | ![]() |
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1:10.954 | +0.433s | QF 3 | GB |
10th | 58 | ![]() |
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1:10.982 | +0.461s | 13 | GA |
11th | 3 | ![]() |
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1:10.994 | +0.473s | 15 | GA |
12th | 1 | ![]() |
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1:11.003 | +0.482s | QF 4 | GB |
13th | 94 | ![]() |
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1:11.052 | +0.531s | 10 | GB |
14th | 48 | ![]() |
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1:11.078 | +0.557s | 12 | GB |
15th | 36 | ![]() |
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1:11.093 | +0.572s | 14 | GB |
16th | 11 | ![]() |
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1:11.104 | +0.583s | 17 | GA |
17th | 5 | ![]() |
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1:11.105 | +0.584s | 19 | GA |
18th | 7 | ![]() |
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1:11.346 | +0.825s | 16 | GB |
19th | 23 | ![]() |
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1:11.347 | +0.826s | 18 | GB |
20th* | 4 | ![]() |
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1:11.348 | +0.827s | 22* | GA |
21st | 13 | ![]() |
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1:11.371 | +0.850s | 20 | GB |
22nd | 8 | ![]() |
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1:11.791 | +1.270s | 21 | GB |
Group A 110% Time: 1:17.573[9] | |||||||
Group B 110% Time: 1:17.657[9] | |||||||
Source:[9] |
- * Frijns served a three place grid penalty for causing a collision with di Grassi during the 2023 London E-Prix I.[10]
Race[]
Report[]
Result[]
The final classification of the 2023 London E-Prix II is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.
2023 London E-Prix II Race Result | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
1st | 37 | ![]() |
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38 | 2:13:56.532 | 1:21.797 | 28 |
2nd | 9 | ![]() |
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38 | +4.934s | 1:22.170 | 18 |
3rd | 27 | ![]() |
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38 | +16.295s | 1:21.554 | 16 |
4th | 17 | ![]() |
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38 | +24.819s | 1:22.293 | 12 |
5th | 1 | ![]() |
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38 | +26.290s | 1:22.052 | 10 |
6th | 16 | ![]() |
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38 | +27.406s | 1:21.991 | 8 |
7th | 10 | ![]() |
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38 | +29.376s | 1:22.012 | 6 |
8th | 51 | ![]() |
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38 | +30.304s | 1:22.059 | 4 |
9th | 33 | ![]() |
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38 | +30.832s | 1:21.881 | 2 |
10th | 94 | ![]() |
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38 | +35.558s | 1:22.492 | 1 |
11th | 48 | ![]() |
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38 | +36.615s | 1:22.464 | |
12th | 58 | ![]() |
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38 | +38.160s | 1:21.995 | |
13th | 3 | ![]() |
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38 | +40.295s | 1:22.100 | |
14th | 7 | ![]() |
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38 | +51.140s | 1:22.511 | |
15th | 23 | ![]() |
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38 | +51.918s | 1:22.555 | |
16th | 13 | ![]() |
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38 | +53.336s | 1:22.502 | |
17th | 4 | ![]() |
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38 | +56.608s | 1:22.420 | |
18th | 11 | ![]() |
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38 | +58.064s | 1:22.507 | |
19th | 5 | ![]() |
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38 | +59.956s | 1:22.261 | |
20th | 8 | ![]() |
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38 | +1:02.506 | 1:22.558 | |
21st | 36 | ![]() |
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38 | +1:02.890 | 1:22.254 | |
22nd | 25 | ![]() |
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37 | +1 Lap | 1:22.492 | |
Source:[9] |
Milestones[]
- Envision Racing declared as the 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship for Teams' Champions.
- This was Envision's first Championship title and the first for a British registered team.
- New record for the slowest ever E-Prix to be staged - 35.459 km/h average speed.
- The previous record was set at the 2023 London E-Prix I (49.375 km/h).
- Also the longest ever E-Prix to be held - 2:13:56.532.
- Fifth pole postiion for Nick Cassidy.
- Cassidy earned his fifth victory.
- Envision Racing earned their sixteenth victory.
- Jaguar claimed their sixteenth win as a powertrain supplier.
- Jake Dennis set a new record for most podium finishes in a single season - 11.
Standings[]
With that the 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship came to an end, with Jake Dennis ending the season as Champion with 229, pending the ongoing appeal regarding António Félix da Costa's disqualification from the 2023 London E-Prix I. Regardless, that would not be enough to relieve the Brit of the lead, who was some 30 points clear of Nick Cassidy in second, and 32 ahead of third placed Mitch Evans, the two New Zealanders having scored four victories apiece during the campaign. Pascal Wehrlein ended the campaign in a distant fourth, having led for more than half of the season, with Jean-Éric Vergne in fifth, with 22 of the 25 drivers to have entered E-Prix during Season Nine having scored.
In the Teams' Championship it had proved to be a season for the customer teams over their factory backed counterparts, with Envision Racing crowned as Champions with 304 points, with that tally again pending the outcome of the da Costa penalty. The Anglo-Chinese squad hence defeated suppliers Jaguar Racing by twelve points to take their maiden title, while third went the way of Avalanche Andretti, who were on 252 points at season's end. The American squad hence defeated their respective suppliers Porsche by ten points, although that would be reversed in a 21 point swing if Porsche's appeal against da Costa's penalty from the 2023 London E-Prix I was upheld, as all eleven entrants to the 2022/23 season made it into double figures for the campaign.
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References[]
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References:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 'Hankook Tire secures title sponsorship for Mexico, Rome and London E-Prix', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 14/12/2022), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/11902/hankook-tire-secures-title-sponsorship-for-mexico-rome-and-london-e-prix, (Accessed 28/12/2022)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 'SEASON 9 CALENDAR: Global stage set for Formula E's new Gen3 era', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 29/06/2022), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2022/june/season-9-calendar-announced, (Accessed 29/06/2022)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Advantage Cassidy and Envision with pole in London', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 30/07/2023), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/474494/quali, (Accessed 05/08/2023)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 'Cassidy conquers tough conditions as Envision seals Teams' title', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 30/07/2023), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/474538/race, (Accessed 05/08/2023)
- ↑ 'Dennis seals Formula E title as Evans wins in London', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 29/07/2023), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/474340/dennis-seals-formula-e-drivers-world-championship-as-evans-wins-in-london, (Accessed 04/08/2023)
- ↑ Sam Smith, 'Drastic cut to energy limit for London Formula E finale', the-race.com, (The Race, 25/07/2023), https://the-race.com/formula-e/drastic-cut-to-energy-limit-for-london-formula-e-finale/, (Accessed 25/07/2023)
- ↑ '2022 - 2023 FIA FORMULA E WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - ROUND 10 & 11 - JAKARTA E-PRIX 02 - 04 JUNE 2023: Starting list - Cars & Drivers Admitted', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 01/06/2023), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/08_2022-23/10_R10%20Jakarta/018_Doc%2018%20-%20Starting%20list%20-%20Cars%20&%20Drivers%20Admitted.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 11/06/2023)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 'Updated calendar, faster racing and knockout qualifying for Season 8', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/10/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/october/season-8-sporting-update, (Accessed 16/10/2021)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 'Round 16 - 2023 HANKOOK London E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship - Results Booklet', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 30/07/2023), https://fe-results.s3.amazonaws.com/08_2022-23/16_R16%20London/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/Event%20Booklet/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship_United%20Kingdom_BOOKLET.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 05/08/2023)
- ↑ '2022 - 2023 FIA FORMULA E WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - ROUND 15 & 16 - LONDON E-PRIX 28 - 30 JULY 2023: Decision No. 9', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 29/07/2023), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/08_2022-23/15_R15%20London/065_Doc%2065%20-%20Decision%20No.%209.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 05/08/2023)