2023 Formula E Season
Contents
2023-01-14 Mexico City E-Prix
Starting Grid
- Lucas Digrassi — Mahindra
- Jake Dennis — Avalanche/Andretti
- Jake Hughes — McLaren
- Andre Lotterer — Avalanche/Andretti
- Dan Ticktum — Nio 333
- Pascal Wehrlein — Porsche
- Sebastien Buemi — Envision Racing
- Sacha Fennestraz — Nissan
- Antonio Felix De Costa — Porsche
- Mitch Evans — Jaguar
- Jean-Eric Vergne — DS Penske
- Nick Cassidy — Envision Racing
- Sergio Sette-Câmara — Nio 333
- Stoffel Vandoorne — DS Penske
- Rene Rast — McLaren
- Eduardo Mortara — Maserati
- Maximillian Günther — Maserati
- Nico Müller — Abt Cupra
- Robin Frijns — Abt Cupra
- Norman Nato — Nissan
- Sam Bird — Jaguar
- Oliver Rowland — Mahindra
Race
- 38 laps
- Lap 1
- Jake Hughes gets a good start and attacks Jake Dennis, but is unable to make the pass
- Robin Frijns is out
- Lap 2
- Safety car deployed in order to allow Frijns' car to be cleared
- Frijns went into the rear of Norman Nato after either misjudging the braking or having some kind of brake issue
- Lap 3 — Norman Nato comes into the pits and retires
- Lap 5 — Safety car comes in
- Lap 6
- Sam Bird pulls aside with a broken driveshaft
- Safety car deployed again
- Lap 9 — Safety car comes in
- Lap 10
- Cassidy and Vandoorne are the first to activate attack mode
- In the 2023 Formula E season, attack mode is limited to 4 minutes
- Still activated by driving over a portion of the track that's off the racing line on one of the curves
- Drivers have 4 minutes of attack mode in total, and have to activate attack mode twice per race
- Can take attack mode as 1+3, 2+2 or 3+1
- Lap 12 — Dennis takes the lead
- Lap 13 — Jake Dennis activates attack mode for 1 min.
- Lap 15
- Lots of cars taking attack mode
- DiGrassi is still in 2nd but is running lower on energy than Dennis or the drivers behind him
- Lap 19
- Eduardo Mortara crashes
- Safety car deploys
- Lotterer reports a possible issue with his car
- Lap 20 — Safety car comes in
- Lap 22 — Good battle between Wehrlein and Hughes for 3rd
- Lap 25 — Wehrlein and Loterrer both use atatck mode
- Lap 28 — Wehrlein moves up into 3rd
- Lap 29
- DiGrassi running low on energy
- Wehrlein passes DiGrassi for 2nd
- Lap 32 — Dennis has a huge lead
- 5 added laps due to safety car
- Lap 40 — DiGrassi defending hard for 3rd
- Lap 41 — Rene Rast pulls aside and stops
- Lap 42
- DiGrassi has built up a bit of a gap
- Fight is now between Lotterer and Hughes for 4th
- Lap 43 (final lap)
- Lotterer passes Hughes for 4th
- Hughes runs out of energy at the very end and gets passed by Lotterer
Results
- Jake Dennis — Avalanche/Andretti
- Pascal Wehrlein — Porsche
- Lucas DiGrassi — Mahindra
- Andre Lotterer — Avalanche/Andretti
- Jake Hughes — McLaren
- Sebastien Buemi — Envision Racing
- Antonio Felix De Costa — Porsche
- Mitch Evans — Jaguar
- Nick Cassidy — Envision
- Stoffel Vandoorne — DS Penske
- Maximillian Günther — Maserati
- Jean-Eric Vergne — DS Penske
- Oliver Rowland — Mahindra
- Nico Müller — Abt Cupra
- Sacha Fennestraz — Nissan
- Sergio Sette-Câmara — Nio 333
- Dan Ticktum — Nio 333
- Rene Rast — McLaren (DNF)
- Eduardo Mortara — Maserati (DNF)
- Sam Bird — Jaguar (DNF)
- Norman Nato — Nissan (DNF)
- Robin Frijns — Abt Cupra (DNF)
