Photography by Benita van As On 25 February 2023, the streets of Green Point exchanged their usual rhythm for something altogether faster. The inaugural Cape Town E-Prix brought the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to South Africa for the first time—and placed the city firmly on the international motorsport stage. The setting could hardly have been more Cape Town. The 2.921-kilometre street circuit wound around the DHL Stadium precinct, with Signal Hill, Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean forming a dramatic backdrop. Twelve fast, unforgiving turns carried the cars along Vlei Road, Beach Road and Fritz Sonnenberg Road, transforming familiar city streets into one of the quickest circuits on…