2024 São Paulo ePrix

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]

2024 São Paulo ePrix
Race 4 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
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Race details
Date16 March 2024 (2024-03-16)
Official name2024 São Paulo ePrix
LocationSão Paulo Street Circuit, São Paulo, Brazil
CourseStreet Circuit
Course length2.933 km (1.822 mi)
Distance34[a] laps, 99.722 km (61.964 mi)
Scheduled distance31 laps, 90.923 km (56.497 mi)
Pole position
DriverPorsche
Time1:13.713
Fastest lap
DriverNetherlands Nyck de Vries
Sébastien Buemi[b]
Mahindra
Time1:15.502 on lap 29
Podium
FirstMcLaren-Nissan
SecondJaguar
ThirdNissan
Lap leaders

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 ever Formula E victory for McLaren.

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]

Group draw
Group A CAS DEV DIG EVA FRI MUL NAT JEV ROW SET VAN
Group B BIR BUE DAC DAR DEN FEN GUE HUG MOR TIC WEH

Qualifying duels

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
         
A2 Stoffel Vandoorne
A3 Mitch Evans
Stoffel Vandoorne
Jean-Éric Vergne
A1 Jean-Éric Vergne
A4 Nico Müller
Pascal Wehrlein
Stoffel Vandoorne
B2 Pascal Wehrlein
B3 Edoardo Mortara
Pascal Wehrlein
Maximilian Günther
B1 Maximilian Günther
B4 Sam Bird

Overall classification

Pos.No.DriverTeamABQFSFFGrid
194 Pascal WehrleinPorsche1:13.7131:12.8461:12.7641:12.7891
22 Stoffel VandoorneDS Penske1:13.8491:13.0281:12.5661:12.7912
37 Maximilian GüntherMaserati1:13.5161:12.8811:13.04122[c]
425 Jean-Éric VergneDS Penske1:13.7311:12.9171:13.2873
59 Mitch EvansJaguar1:13.8581:13.1844
68 Sam BirdMcLaren-Nissan1:13.7861:13.2085
748 Edoardo MortaraMahindra1:13.7341:13.3686
851 Nico MüllerABT Cupra-Mahindra1:13.867No time[d]7
913 António Félix da CostaPorsche1:13.7918
1037 Nick CassidyJaguar1:13.8789
111 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche1:13.84410
1222 Oliver RowlandNissan1:13.92511
135 Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan1:13.87012
1421 Nyck de VriesMahindra1:13.93513
1523 Sacha FenestrazNissan1:13.96714
1611 Lucas di GrassiABT Cupra-Mahindra1:13.96215
1718 Jehan DaruvalaMaserati1:14.03216
184 Robin FrijnsEnvision-Jaguar1:13.98717
1916 Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar1:14.08518
203 Sérgio Sette CâmaraERT1:14.05719
2133 Dan TicktumERT1:14.11520
2217 Norman NatoAndretti-Porsche1:14.14621
Source:[5]

Race

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

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
18 Sam BirdMcLaren-Nissan3453:03.071525
29 Mitch EvansJaguar34+0.564418
322 Oliver RowlandNissan34+3.5401115
494 Pascal WehrleinPorsche34+3.629112+31
51 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche34+3.7221010
613 António Félix da CostaPorsche34+5.56788
725 Jean-Éric VergneDS Penske34+6.00636
82 Stoffel VandoorneDS Penske34+6.81724
97 Maximilian GüntherMaserati34+8.085222
1016 Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar34+8.610181+12
1123 Sacha FenestrazNissan34+9.27714
1248 Edoardo MortaraMahindra34+9.7626
1311 Lucas di GrassiABT Cupra-Mahindra34+10.81915
1421 Nyck de VriesMahindra34+13.67713
1518 Jehan DaruvalaMaserati34+14.37916
1633 Dan TicktumERT34+17.88420
1717 Norman NatoAndretti-Porsche34+18.889[e]21
184 Robin FrijnsEnvision-Jaguar34+19.12417
Ret5 Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan31Retired in pits14
Ret51 Nico MüllerABT Cupra-Mahindra25Retired in pits7
Ret37 Nick CassidyJaguar14Accident9
DSQ3 Sérgio Sette CâmaraERT34Disqualified[f]19
Source:[6]

Notes:

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

Standings after the race

Teams' Championship standings
PosTeamPoints
1 Jaguar96
12 Porsche61
13 DS Penske57
24 McLaren55
15 Andretti47
Manufacturers' Trophy standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1 Jaguar123
2 Porsche95
13 Nissan88
14 Stellantis71
5 ERT2

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

Notes

References

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