2023 Rome ePrix

2023 Rome ePrix
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Race details
Date	15 July 2023 (2023-07-15)
Official name	2023 Hankook Rome E-Prix
Location	Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome, Italy
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.385 km (2.103 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Time	1:39.089
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Time	1:41.694 on lap 19
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Second	Nick Cassidy	Envision Racing
Third	Maximilian Günther	Maserati

2023 Rome ePrix
Race 14 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season ←  Previous race Next race  →
Race details
Date	16 July 2023 (2023-07-16)
Official name	2023 Hankook Rome E-Prix
Location	Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome, Italy
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.385 km (2.103 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche
Time	1:37.986
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS
Time	1:40.264 on lap lap 19
Podium
First	Jake Dennis	Andretti
Second	Norman Nato	Nissan
Third	Sam Bird	Jaguar Racing

The 2023 Rome ePrix, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Hankook Rome E-Prix was a pair of Formula E electric car race held at the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR neighbourhood of Rome, Italy on the 15 and 16 July 2023. They served as the 13th and 14th rounds of the 2022-23 Formula E season and the fifth running of the Rome ePrix.

The first race was won by Mitch Evans for Jaguar Racing, who also took pole position and the fastest lap. Nick Cassidy and Maximilian Günther completed the podium. ^[1] The second race was won from pole by Jake Dennis for Andretti, with Norman Nato and Sam Bird in second and third. ^[2]

Background

Jake Dennis entered the Rome ePrix in the lead of the championship, just one point ahead of Nick Cassidy. Pascal Wehrlein was third in the standings, 16 points behind Dennis. ^[3]

Classification

(All times in CEST)

Race 1

Qualifying

Qualifying for race 1 took place at 10:40 AM on 15 July. ^[4]

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

Qualifying duels

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A3

Jake Dennis

A2

Sam Bird

Sacha Fenestraz

Sam Bird

A4

Maximilian Günther

A1

Sacha Fenestraz

Sam Bird

Mitch Evans

B3

René Rast

B2

Sébastien Buemi

Sébastien Buemi

Mitch Evans

B4

Edoardo Mortara

B1

Mitch Evans

Overall classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	A	B	QF	SF	F	Grid
1	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	—	1:39.300	1:38.460	1:38.461	1:39.089	1
2	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:39.024	—	1:38.816	1:38.761	1:40.985	2
3	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	1:38.912	—	1:38.872	1:39.807	—	3
4	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	—	1:39.459	1:38.822	1:40.470	—	4
5	58	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	—	1:39.554	1:38.861	—	—	5
6	48	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	—	1:39.562	1:38.900	—	—	6
7	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	1:39.214	—	1:39.266	—	—	7
8	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	1:39.413	—	1:39.315	—	—	8
9	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision	—	1:39.630	—	—	—	9
10	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:39.447	—	—	—	—	10
11	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	—	1:39.968	—	—	—	11
12	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	1:39.601	—	—	—	—	12
13	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	—	1:40.149	—	—	—	13
14	51	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	1:39.664	—	—	—	—	14
15	11	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	—	1:40.424	—	—	—	15
16	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	1:39.701	—	—	—	—	16
17	4	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra	—	1:40.485	—	—	—	17
18	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	1:39.729	—	—	—	—	18
19	8	Roberto Merhi	Mahindra	—	1:41.956	—	—	—	19
20	36	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	1:39.931	—	—	—	—	20
21	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	1:41.159	—	—	—	—	21
22	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	—	No time [lower-alpha 1]	—	—	—
Source: [5]

Race

Race 1 took place at 3:03 PM on 15 July. ^[4] The race was red-flagged on lap 9 after a multi-car collision, and was resumed at 4:05 PM. ^[6]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	27	1:37:02.976	1	25+3 1 +1 2
2	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	27	+1.639	9	18
3	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	27	+9.126	8	15
4	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	27	+21.010	7	12
5	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	27	+21.482	16	10
6	51	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	27	+21.858	14	8
7	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	27	+24.071	11	6
8	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	27	+25.427	21	4
9	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	27	+28.582	10	2
10	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	27	+30.342	3	1
11	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	27	+44.961	12
12	8	Roberto Merhi	Mahindra	27	+1:05.048	19
13	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	27	+1:34.800	18
Ret	58	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	15	Mechanical	5
Ret	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	8	Collision	2
Ret	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	8	Collision	4
Ret	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	8	Collision	13
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	8	Collision	6
Ret	11	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	8	Collision	15
Ret	4	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra	8	Collision	17
Ret	36	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	2	Accident	20
DNS	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	0	Did not start
Source: [7]

Notes:

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

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Nick Cassidy 171 1 2 Jake Dennis 166 1 3 Mitch Evans 151 1 4 Pascal Wehrlein 140 5 Jean-Éric Vergne 107

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 Envision-Jaguar 243 1 2 Porsche 237 3 Jaguar 213 4 Andretti-Porsche 189 5 DS 149

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

Race 2

Qualifying

Qualifying for race 2 took place at 10:40 AM on 16 July. ^[8]

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

Qualifying duels

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A3

Dan Ticktum

A2

Nick Cassidy

Nick Cassidy

Mitch Evans

A4

Mitch Evans

A1

Sam Bird

Nick Cassidy

Jake Dennis

B3

Norman Nato

B2

Sébastien Buemi

Norman Nato

Jake Dennis

B4

Maximilian Günther

B1

Jake Dennis

Overall classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	A	B	QF	SF	F	Grid
1	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	—	1:38.214	1:38.179	1:38.087	1:37.986	1
2	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	1:38.547	—	1:37.536	1:38.056	1:38.057	2
3	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	—	1:38.538	1:38.613	1:38.203	—	3
4	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:38.701	—	1:37.946	1:38.322	—	4
5	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:38.434	—	1:38.445	—	—	5
6	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	—	1:38.575	1:38.655	—	—	6
7	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	1:38.697	—	1:38.720	—	—	7
8	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	—	1:38.471	1:51.464	—	—	8
9	48	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	—	1:38.598	—	—	—	9
10	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	1:38.976	—	—	—	—	10
11	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	—	1:38.677	—	—	—	11
12	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	1:39.128	—	—	—	—	12
13	58	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	—	1:38.825	—	—	—	13
14	11	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	1:39.318	—	—	—	—	14
15	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	—	1:38.842	—	—	—	15
16	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	1:39.365	—	—	—	—	16
17	36	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	—	1:38.932	—	—	—	17
18	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	1:39.366	—	—	—	—	18
19	51	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	—	1:39.125	—	—	—	19
20	4	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra	1:39.536	—	—	—	—	20
21	8	Roberto Merhi	Mahindra	—	1:40.289	—	—	—	21
22	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	No time [lower-alpha 2]	—	—	—	—	22
Source: [9]

Race

Race 2 took place at 3:03 PM on 16 July. ^[8]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	24	45:04.323	1	25+3 1 +1 2
2	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	24	+3.105	3	18
3	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	24	+3.633	5	15
4	48	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	24	+4.357	9	12
5	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	24	+5.004	8	10
6	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	24	+5.403	6	8
7	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	24	+11.586	15	6
8	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	24	+11.951	18	4
9	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	24	+12.563	7	2
10	51	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	24	+13.313	19	1
11	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	24	+14.507	11
12	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	24	+18.034 [lower-alpha 3]	10
13	58	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	24	+21.029	13
14	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	24	+23.475 [lower-alpha 4]	2
15	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	24	+1:26.623	12
16	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	23	+1 Lap	22
Ret	36	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	23	Collision	17
Ret	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	23	Battery voltage alert	16
Ret	4	Robin Frijns	ABT-Mahindra	18	Power loss	20
Ret	8	Roberto Merhi	Mahindra	12	Retired in pits	21
Ret	11	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	12	Accident damage	14
Ret	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	4	Collision damage	4
Source: [10]

Notes:

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

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Jake Dennis 195 1 2 Nick Cassidy 171 3 Mitch Evans 151 4 Pascal Wehrlein 146 5 Jean-Éric Vergne 107

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Envision-Jaguar 253 2 Porsche 239 3 Jaguar 231 4 Andretti-Porsche 218 5 DS 153

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

Notes

1. All of Hughes' times were deleted for not setting a lap within the first six minutes of qualifying. He later withdrew from the race due to a crash.
2. Although Fenestraz failed to set a time in qualifying, he was permitted to race at the stewards' discretion.
3. da Costa received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with di Grassi.
4. Cassidy received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Lotterer.

References

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2. Wood, Will. "Dennis dominates in Rome as Evans crashes Cassidy out of championship lead". Race Fans. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
3. "Formula E 2023 Portland ePrix Standings". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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6. Mackley, Stefan (15 July 2023). "Rome Formula E race red-flagged after Bird crash triggers pile-up". Motorsport. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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