| 2023 Cape Town ePrix | |||||
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Race 5 of 16 of the2022–23 Formula E season
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) | ||||
| Location | Cape Town Street Circuit,Cape Town,Western Cape,South Africa | ||||
| Course | Street Circuit | ||||
| Course length | 2.921 km (1.815 mi) | ||||
| Distance | 32[a] laps, 93.472 km (58.081 mi) | ||||
| Scheduled distance | 30 laps, 87.630 km (54.451 mi) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Nissan | ||||
| Time | 1:07.848 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | |||
| Time | 1:09.740 on lap 17 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Porsche | ||||
| Second | DS | ||||
| Third | Envision-Jaguar | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2023 Cape Town ePrix was aFormula Eelectric car race was held at theCape Town Street Circuit in the city ofCape Town inWestern Cape,South Africa on 25 February 2023. It served as the fifth round of the2022–23 Formula E season. As of the2024–25 season, it remains the only Formula E race held inSub-Saharan Africa.
Initially planned to be held in2022, the race was canceled for unknown reasons likely related to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Though not initially featured on the2023 calendar, it was introduced after the cancellation of theSeoul ePrix.
A 2.94 kilometres (1.83 mi) longstreet circuit was laid out in Cape Town's Waterfront district, nearSignal Hill.[1] The track was believed to be "one of the fastest on the calendar".[1] In total, the track had 12 turns.
Pascal Wehrlein entered the fifth round of the season as the points leader in the Drivers' Championship by 18 points afterJake Dennis, who was only 6 points behind going intoHyderabad did not finish after having his rear wing clipped byRené Rast.[2]TAG Heuer Porsche leads the Teams' Championship by 23 points overAvalanche Andretti.[3]
AfterLucas di Grassi suffered a rear suspension failure in practice, all four Mahindra M9Electro chassis were withdrawn from the event with concerns about defective wishbones.[4][5]Sam Bird crashed in qualifying and did not start the race.[6]
(All times inSAST)
Qualifying took place at 11:40AM on 25 February.[7]
| Group draw | |||||||||||
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| Group A |  WEH | JEV |  CAS |  HUG |  DAC | LOT |  SET | NAT | FEN | TIC |  |
| Group B | DEN | BUE | BIR | RAS | | EVA | |  VAN | MOR | GUE |  |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
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| 1 | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 1:08:994 | — | 1:08:467 | 1:08:357 | 1:07:848 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | — | 1:09:050 | 1:08:740 | 1:08:212 | 1:08.270 | 2 |
| 3 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Envision-Jaguar | 1:09:007 | — | 1:08:446 | 1:08:465 | — | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | — | 1:09:025 | 1:08:429 | 1:08.568 | — | 4 |
| 5 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | 1:09:139 | — | 1:08.520 | — | — | 5 |
| 6 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:09:100 | — | 1:08:598 | — | — | 6 |
| 7 | 58 | René Rast | McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:08:844 | 1:08:962 | — | — | 10[b] |
| 8 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | — | 1:09:040 | 1:11.937 | — | — | 7 |
| 9 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | NIO | 1:09:171 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 10 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | — | 1:09:217 | — | — | — | —[c] |
| 11 | 17 | Norman Nato | Nissan | 1:09:263 | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| 12 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:09:265 | — | — | — | 14[d] |
| 13 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 1:09:441 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| 14 | 1 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | — | 1:09:500 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 15 | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 1:09:493 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| 16 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Maserati | — | 1:15:775 | — | — | — | PL[e] |
| 17 | 36 | André Lotterer | Andretti-Porsche | 1:09:975 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| 18 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | NIO | 1:10:083 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| Source:[8] | |||||||||
The race began at 16:03 on 25 February.[7]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 32 | 42:25:403 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | 32 | +0.281 | 5 | 18+12 |
| 3 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Envision-Jaguar | 32 | +1.808 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 58 | René Rast | McLaren-Nissan | 32 | +2.208 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 32 | +2.656 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | NIO | 32 | +3.209 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | 32 | +4.210 | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | 17 | Norman Nato | Nissan | 32 | +8.582 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | 36 | André Lotterer | Andretti-Porsche | 32 | +8.755[f] | 15 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 32 | +10.475 | 13 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 32 | +14.183 | 4 | |
| 12 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | NIO | 32 | +14.914 | 16 | |
| 13 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 32 | +38.846 | 14 | |
| NC | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 31 | Accident | 1 | 0+31 |
| Ret | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | 20 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Maserati | 1 | Accident | PL3 | |
| Ret | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| DNS | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 0 | Did Not Start | ||
| Source:[9] | |||||||
Notes:
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It was estimated by acity councillor that aroundR 2,000,000,000 would be brought to Cape Town from the event and those travelling to the city for the event. As well as being held in conjuction with the African Green Economy Summit, the event was on the same weekend as the2023 Kyalami 9 Hours.[10][11]
| Previous race: 2023 Hyderabad ePrix | FIA Formula E World Championship 2022–23 season | Next race: 2023 São Paulo ePrix |
| Previous race: N/A | Cape Town ePrix | Next race: Unknown |
