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2024 São Paulo ePrix (March)

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The 2024 São Paulo ePrix was the fourth race of the 2023–24 Formula E World Championship, held on 16 March 2024. It was the second edition of the São Paulo ePrix. The race was held on the São Paulo Street Circuit, around the Anhembi Sambadrome.[1]

Date 16 March 2024 (2024-03-16)
Official name 2024 São Paulo ePrix
Location São Paulo Street Circuit, São Paulo, Brazil
Course Street Circuit
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2024 São Paulo ePrix
Race 4 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 16 March 2024 (2024-03-16)
Official name 2024 São Paulo ePrix
Location São Paulo Street Circuit, São Paulo, Brazil
Course Street Circuit
Course length 2.933 km (1.822 mi)
Distance 34[a] laps, 99.722 km (61.964 mi)
Scheduled distance 31 laps, 90.923 km (56.497 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Porsche
Time 1:13.713
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Sébastien Buemi[b]		 Mahindra
Time 1:15.502 on lap 29
Podium
First
McLaren-Nissan
Second
Jaguar
Third
Nissan
Lap leaders
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The ePrix was won by Sam Bird for McLaren with a dramatic final lap overtake around the outside of Jaguar driver Mitch Evans. A double overtake at the final corner for Nissan driver Oliver Rowland ensured that he completed the podium. Bird's win was his first Formula E race victory since the 2021 New York City ePrix, and the first and only ever Formula E victory for McLaren and would also be Bird's 12th and final victory in Formula E.

Background

Nick Cassidy entered the race as the leader in the Drivers' Championship with a 19 point lead over Pascal Wehrlein, followed by Jean-Éric Vergne (24 points behind) and defending champion Jake Dennis (29 points behind).

Prior to the race, Jaguar held a 31 point lead over DS Penske in the Teams' Championship, with Porsche in third. The Manufacturers' Trophy was newly introduced prior to the São Paulo ePrix, with the standings backdated to the start of the season; Jaguar held a 33 point lead over Porsche in these standings, with Stellantis in third.

Classification

(All times in BRT)

Qualification

Qualification took place at 09:40 on 16 March.[2]

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Group draw
Group A New Zealand CAS Netherlands DEV Brazil DIG New Zealand EVA Netherlands FRI Switzerland MUL France NAT France JEV United Kingdom ROW Brazil SET Belgium VAN
Group B United Kingdom BIR Switzerland BUE Portugal DAC India DAR United Kingdom DEN France FEN Germany GUE United Kingdom HUG Switzerland MOR United Kingdom TIC Germany WEH
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Qualifying duels

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
A2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
A3 New Zealand Mitch Evans
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
France Jean-Éric Vergne
A1 France Jean-Éric Vergne
A4 Switzerland Nico Müller
Germany Pascal Wehrlein
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
B2 Germany Pascal Wehrlein
B3 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara
Germany Pascal Wehrlein
Germany Maximilian Günther
B1 Germany Maximilian Günther
B4 United Kingdom Sam Bird

Overall classification

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Pos. No. Driver Team A B QF SF F Grid
1 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche N/a 1:13.713 1:12.846 1:12.764 1:12.789 1
2 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 1:13.849 N/a 1:13.028 1:12.566 1:12.791 2
3 7 Germany Maximilian Günther Maserati N/a 1:13.516 1:12.881 1:13.041 N/a 22[c]
4 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne DS Penske 1:13.731 N/a 1:12.917 1:13.287 N/a 3
5 9 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:13.858 N/a 1:13.184 N/a N/a 4
6 8 United Kingdom Sam Bird McLaren-Nissan N/a 1:13.786 1:13.208 N/a N/a 5
7 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Mahindra N/a 1:13.734 1:13.368 N/a N/a 6
8 51 Switzerland Nico Müller ABT Cupra-Mahindra 1:13.867 N/a No time[d] N/a N/a 7
9 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Porsche N/a 1:13.791 N/a N/a N/a 8
10 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Jaguar 1:13.878 N/a N/a N/a N/a 9
11 1 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche N/a 1:13.844 N/a N/a N/a 10
12 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland Nissan 1:13.925 N/a N/a N/a N/a 11
13 5 United Kingdom Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan N/a 1:13.870 N/a N/a N/a 12
14 21 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mahindra 1:13.935 N/a N/a N/a N/a 13
15 23 France Sacha Fenestraz Nissan N/a 1:13.967 N/a N/a N/a 14
16 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi ABT Cupra-Mahindra 1:13.962 N/a N/a N/a N/a 15
17 18 India Jehan Daruvala Maserati N/a 1:14.032 N/a N/a N/a 16
18 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Envision-Jaguar 1:13.987 N/a N/a N/a N/a 17
19 16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar N/a 1:14.085 N/a N/a N/a 18
20 3 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara ERT 1:14.057 N/a N/a N/a N/a 19
21 33 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum ERT N/a 1:14.115 N/a N/a N/a 20
22 17 France Norman Nato Andretti-Porsche 1:14.146 N/a N/a N/a N/a 21
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Race

The race started at 14:03 on 16 March.[2]

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 United Kingdom Sam Bird McLaren-Nissan 34 53:03.071 5 25
2 9 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 34 +0.564 4 18
3 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland Nissan 34 +3.540 11 15
4 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 34 +3.629 1 12+31
5 1 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche 34 +3.722 10 10
6 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Porsche 34 +5.567 8 8
7 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne DS Penske 34 +6.006 3 6
8 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 34 +6.817 2 4
9 7 Germany Maximilian Günther Maserati 34 +8.085 22 2
10 16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar 34 +8.610 18 1+12
11 23 France Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 34 +9.277 14
12 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Mahindra 34 +9.762 6
13 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi ABT Cupra-Mahindra 34 +10.819 15
14 21 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mahindra 34 +13.677 13
15 18 India Jehan Daruvala Maserati 34 +14.379 16
16 33 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum ERT 34 +17.884 20
17 17 France Norman Nato Andretti-Porsche 34 +18.889[e] 21
18 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Envision-Jaguar 34 +19.124 17
Ret 5 United Kingdom Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan 31 Retired in pits 14
Ret 51 Switzerland Nico Müller ABT Cupra-Mahindra 25 Retired in pits 7
Ret 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Jaguar 14 Accident 9
DSQ 3 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara ERT 34 Disqualified[f] 19
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Notes:

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

Standings after the race

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

Notes

  1. [a]
    31 planned laps and 3 extra laps
  2. [b]
    The point for fastest lap was awarded to Buemi, as de Vries did not finish in the top 10.
  3. [c]
    Günther received two separate 20-place grid penalties for changing the gearbox and inverters respectively in his car.[3]
  4. [d]
    Müller set a fast enough time to progress from the group stage; however, he damaged his car in a collision with the wall at the end of the group stage session and did not take part in the qualifying duels. His scheduled opponent, Vergne, received a bye to the semi-finals.[4]
  5. [e]
    Nato received a 5-second time penalty after causing a collision with Lucas di Grassi.
  6. [f]
    Sette Câmara was disqualified after the conclusion of the race, due to energy usage above the maximum of 38.5 kWh.

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