The 2019 Diriyah ePrix (officially the 2019 ABB FIA Formula E Saudia Diriyah ePrix) was a pair Formula E electric car race held at the Riyadh Street Circuit in the town of Diriyah, north-west of Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia on 22 and 23 November 2019. It formed the first and second rounds of the 2019–20 Formula E season and was the second edition of the Diriyah ePrix. The first race was won by Sam Bird with Andre Lotterer and Stoffel Vandoorne completing the podium. Alexander Sims won the second race.
Classification Race one Qualifying Group draw Group 1 JEV () BUE (2) DIG (3) FRI (4) EVA (5) DAC (6) Group 2 ABT (7) LOT (8) BIR (9) ROW (10) DAM (11) WEH (12) Group 3 SIM (13) MOR (14) MAS (15) VAN (16) GUE (17) TUR (20) Group 4 HAR (–) MUL (–) DEV (–) JAN (–) CAL (–) QMA (–)
Driver Team 1 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 1:15.255 1:14.563 1 2 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:15.151 1:14.839 2 3 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:15.027 1:14.929 3 4 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:15.254 1:15.131 4 5 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:14.946 1:15.350 5 6 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:15.273 1:15.539 6 7 36 André Lotterer Porsche 1:15.518 7 8 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:15.653 8 9 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:15.680 9 10 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 1:16.018 10 11 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:16.129 11 12 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:16.200 12 13 94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:16.200 13 14 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:16.243 14 15 66 Daniel Abt Audi 1:16.264 15 16 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:16.532 16 17 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 1:16.583 17 18 6 Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 1:17.074 18 19 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:17.213 19 20 18 Neel Jani Porsche 1:17.745 20 21 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:18.613 21 22 33 Ma Qinghua NIO 1:21.701 22 DSQ 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:23.017 23 DSQ 51 James Calado Jaguar 1:23.792 24Source: Notes: – Nico Müller and James Calado were disqualified from the session after disrespecting Parc fermé regulations in order to allow repairs to their damaged cars. The Stewards allowed Müller and Calado to start from the back of the grid.
Race Driver Team Time/Retired Points 1 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 34 46:17.371 5 25+1 2 36 André Lotterer Porsche 34 +1.319 7 18 3 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 34 +1.672 2 15 4 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 34 +1.944 8 12 5 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 34 +3.983 12 10 6 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 34 +4.560 3 8 7 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 34 +5.122 4 6 8 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 34 +5.715 1 4+3 9 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 34 +6.628 6 2 10 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 34 +7.048 16 1+1 11 94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 34 +7.460 13 12 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 34 +8.166 17 13 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 34 +8.404 19 14 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 34 +8.853 21 15 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 34 +10.172 10 16 51 James Calado Jaguar 34 +11.572 24 17 18 Neel Jani Porsche 34 +15.429 20 18 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 34 +25.662 8 19 6 Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 34 +52.219 18 20 33 Ma Qinghua NIO 33 +1 lap 22 Ret 66 Daniel Abt Audi 29 Accident 15 Ret 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 21 Steering 11 Ret 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 3 Technical 14 DNS 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 0 Did not start 23 Source: Notes: – Brendon Hartley received a ten-second time penalty for being unable to fulfill the complete time of the second attack mode. – Ma Qinghua received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for not respecting the homologated throttle pedal map. – Fastest in group stage. – Pole position. – Fastest lap.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Sam Bird 26 2 André Lotterer 18 3 Stoffel Vandoorne 15 4 Oliver Rowland 12 5 Robin Frijns 10
Teams' Championship standings +/– Constructor Points 1 Virgin-Audi 36 2 Mercedes 23 3 Porsche 18 4 e.Dams-Nissan 12 5 BMW 7
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race two Qualifying Group draw Group 1 BIR () LOT (2) VAN (3) ROW (4) FRI (5) DEV (6) Group 2 SIM (7) MOR (8) DAM (9) EVA (10) WEH (11) MAS (12) Group 3 DIG (13) DAC (14) TUR (15) CAL (16) JAN (17) GUE (18) Group 4 HAR (19) QMA (20) ABT (21) JEV (22) BUE (23) MUL (24)
Driver Team 1 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 1:11.858 1:11.476 1 2 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:11.774 1:11.696 2 3 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:11.939 1:11.784 3 4 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:11.835 1:12.093 4 5 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:11.418 1:14.134 5 6 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:11.972 no time 6 7 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:12.007 7 8 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:12.008 8 9 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:12.051 9 10 36 André Lotterer Porsche 1:12.153 10 11 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:12.327 24 12 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:12.422 11 13 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:12.454 12 14 94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:12.635 13 15 66 Daniel Abt Audi 1:12.642 14 16 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 1:12.656 15 17 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:12.660 16 18 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 1:12.671 17 19 18 Neel Jani Porsche 1:12.732 18 20 6 Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 1:13.182 19 21 33 Ma Qinghua NIO 1:13.205 20 22 51 James Calado Jaguar 1:13.430 21 23 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:13.703 22 24 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:14.082 23Source: Notes: – Mitch Evans' car was found underweight after Super Pole, and his lap time was deleted. – Jean-Éric Vergne received a twenty-place grid penalty for battery change, forcing him to start from the back of the grid. For being unable to take the full grid drop (by only losing thirteen places on the grid), he also received an additional drive-through penalty at the race.
Race Driver Team Time/Retired Points 1 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 30 46:48.327 1 25+3 2 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 30 +2.817 3 18 3 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 30 +3.581 11 15 4 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 30 +4.294 8 12 5 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 30 +5.475 16 10 6 66 Daniel Abt Audi 30 +16.942 14 8 7 51 James Calado Jaguar 30 +17.221 21 6 8 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 30 +19.394 24 4 9 6 Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 30 +20.702 19 2 10 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 30 +22.634 5 1+1+1 11 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 30 +25.383 9 12 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 30 +26.291 2 13 18 Neel Jani Porsche 30 +27.493 18 14 36 André Lotterer Porsche 30 +29.046 10 15 94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 30 +35.290 13 16 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 30 +36.318 23 17 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 30 +45.758 15 18 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 30 +1:01.105 6 19 33 Ma Qinghua NIO 30 +1:28.165 20 Ret 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 28 Puncture 22 Ret 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 18 Accident 12 Ret 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 13 Collision damage 7 DNS 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 0 Did not start 4 DSQ 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 30 Energy usage 17 Source: Notes: – Maximilian Günther, André Lotterer and Mitch Evans all received a drive-through penalty converted into 24-second time penalties after overtaking cars under the yellow flag. – Sébastien Buemi received a ten-second time penalty for unsafe rejoin to the track. – Nyck de Vries received a five-second time penalty for a technical infringement. He then received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty after overtaking Oliver Turvey under the yellow flag. – Felipe Massa received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. – Ma Qinghua received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for causing a collision with Nico Müller. He then received a second drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty after overtaking four cars after the safety car procedure. Ma also received a five-second penalty before the race due to his battery being below 97% on the dummy grid. – Oliver Turvey originally finished eighth and would have gotten promoted to sixth after all penalties having been applied, but was later disqualified as he used 40.06 kWh of total energy, exceeding the 40 kWh maximum. – Pole position. – Fastest in group stage; fastest lap.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 6 1 Alexander Sims 35 1 2 Stoffel Vandoorne 30 2 3 Sam Bird 26 4 Oliver Rowland 22 8 5 Lucas di Grassi 18
Teams' Championship standings +/– Constructor Points 1 1 Mercedes 38 1 2 Virgin-Audi 36 2 3 BMW 25 5 4 Audi 26 1 5 e.Dams-Nissan 22
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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