2023 Mexico City ePrix

The 2023 Mexico City ePrix known for sponsorships reasons as the 2023 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix^[1] was a Formula E electric car race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in the centre of Mexico City on 14 January 2023. It served as the opening round of the 2022–23 Formula E season and the seventh edition of the event.

2023 Mexico City ePrix
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Race details
Date	14 January 2023 (2023-01-14)
Official name	2023 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.628 km (1.633 mi)
Distance	41[a] laps, 107.748 km (66.952 mi)
Scheduled distance	36 laps, 94.608 km (58.787 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra Racing
Time	1:13.575
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis	Avalanche Andretti
Time	1:14.195 on lap 14
Podium
First	Jake Dennis	Avalanche Andretti
Second	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche Formula E Team
Third	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra Racing
Lap leaders

Background

This was the first race of the 2022–23 Formula E season and as such was also the first Formula E race run with the Gen3 cars.^[2] This race was also the first to not feature Fanboost, which previously allowed for fans to vote for drivers to get an extra power boost.^[3][4] As well, this was the first race in which Hankook was the tyre provider for Formula E, after Michelin previously had served as the tyre provider.^[5]

Classification

(All times in CST)

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 9:40 AM on 14 January.^[6]

Group draw
Group A	FRI	LOT	JEV	BUE	BIR	DIG	GUE	RAS	SET	FEN	DAC
Group B	MUE	DEN	VAN	CAS	EVA	ROW	MOR	HUG	TIC	NAT	WEH

Qualifying duels

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A3

Lucas di Grassi

A2

Sébastien Buemi

André Lotterer

Lucas di Grassi

A4

Sacha Fenestraz

A1

André Lotterer

Lucas di Grassi

Jake Dennis

B3

Jake Hughes

B2

Dan Ticktum

Jake Dennis

Jake Hughes

B4

Pascal Wehrlein

B1

Jake Dennis

Overall classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	A	B	QF	SF	F	Grid
1	11	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	1:13:461	—	1:13:081	1:13:012	1:13:575	1
2	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	—	1:13:074	1:13:002	1:12:595	1:16.516	2
3	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	—	1:13:302	1:12:788	1:12.721	—	3
4	36	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	1:13:405	—	1:13:176	1:14.551	—	4
5	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	—	1:13:287	1:12.922	—	—	5
6	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	—	1:13:359	1:13:031	—	—	6
7	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	1:13:431	—	1:13.100	—	—	7
8	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	1:13:502	—	1:13.220	—	—	8
9	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	1:13:504	—	—	—	—	9
10	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	—	1:13:405	—	—	—	10
11	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	1:13:563	—	—	—	—	11
12	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	—	1:13:415	—	—	—	12
13	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	1:13:613	—	—	—	—	13
14	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	—	1:13:450	—	—	—	14
15	58	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	1:13:635	—	—	—	—	15
16	48	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	—	1:13:618	—	—	—	16
17	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	1:13:742	—	—	—	—	17
18	51	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	—	1:13:776	—	—	—	18
19	4	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra	1:14:125	—	—	—	—	19
20	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	—	1:13:785	—	—	—	20
21	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:14:145	—	—	—	—	21
22	8	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	—	1:14:043	—	—	—	22
Source:[7]

Race

The race started at 2:03 PM on 14 January.^[6]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	41	58:25:974	2	25+12
2	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	41	+7.816	6	18
3	11	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	41	+18.611	1	15+31
4	36	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	41	+19.161	4	12
5	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	41	+20.289	3	10
6	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	41	+20.714	7	8
7	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	41	+21.051	9	6
8	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	41	+24.758	10	4
9	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	41	+29.150	12	2
10	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	41	+29.662	14	1
11	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	41	+30.276	17
12	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	41	+31.141	11
13	8	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	41	+31.537	22
14	51	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	41	+31.951	18
15	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	41	+32.355	8
16	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	41	+35.205	13
17	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	41	+1:14.372[b]	5
Ret	58	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	37	Collision damage	15
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	17	Accident	16
Ret	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	5	Driveshaft	21
Ret	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	2	Suspension	20
Ret	4	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra	0	Collision	19
Source:[8]

Notes:

• ^1  – Pole position.
• ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jake Dennis 26 2 Pascal Wehrlein 18 3 Lucas di Grassi 18 4 André Lotterer 12 5 Jake Hughes 10

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Andretti-Porsche 38 2 Porsche 24 3 Mahindra 18 4 McLaren-Nissan 10 5 Envision-Jaguar 10

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

1. 36 planned laps and 5 extra laps
2. Ticktum received a 10-second penalty for gaining an advantage off the track.