2019 Diriyah ePrix

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; the first race was held on 22 November and the second on 23 November. It formed the first and second rounds the first round of the 2019–20 Formula E season, the second edition of the Diriyah ePrix. The first race was won by Sam Bird with Andre Lotterer and Stoffel Vandoorne completing the podium.[1]

2019 Diriyah ePrix
Race 1 of 11 of the 2019–20 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)
Official name 2019 Saudia Diriyah E-Prix
Location Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.495 km (1.550 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Andretti-BMW
Time 1:14.563
Fastest lap
Driver Daniel Abt Audi
Time 1:13.742 on lap 22
Podium
First
Virgin-Audi
Second
Porsche
Third
Mercedes
2019 Diriyah ePrix
Race 2 of 11 of the 2019–20 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)
Official name 2019 SAUDIA Diriyah E-Prix
Location Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.495 km (1.550 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Andretti-BMW
Time 1:11.479
Fastest lap
Driver António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS
Time 1:12.481 on lap 30
Podium
First
Andretti-BMW
Second
Audi
Third
Mercedes

Classification

Qualifying
Group draw[2]
Group 1 JEV (1) 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 (–)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
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 N/A 7
8 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:15.653 N/A 8
9 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:15.680 N/A 9
10 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 1:16.018 N/A 10
11 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:16.129 N/A 11
12 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:16.200 N/A 12
13 94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:16.200 N/A 13
14 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:16.243 N/A 14
15 66 Daniel Abt Audi 1:16.264 N/A 15
16 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:16.532 N/A 16
17 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 1:16.583 N/A 17
18 6 Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 1:17.074 N/A 18
19 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:17.213 N/A 19
20 18 Neel Jani Porsche 1:17.745 N/A 20
21 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:18.613 N/A 21
22 33 Ma Qinghua NIO 1:21.701 N/A 22
DSQ 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:23.017 N/A 231
DSQ 51 James Calado Jaguar 1:23.792 N/A 241
Source:[3][4][5][6]

Notes:

  • ^1  – 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.[7][8]

Race
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 34 46:17.371 5 25+13
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+34
9 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 34 +6.628 6 2
10 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 34 +7.048 16 1+15
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 +52.2191 18
20 33 Ma Qinghua NIO 33 +1 lap2 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:[9]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Brendon Hartley received a ten-second time penalty for being unable to fulfill the complete time of the second attack mode.[10]
  • ^2  – Ma Qinghua received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for not respecting the homologated throttle pedal map.[11]
  • ^3  – Fastest in group stage.
  • ^4  – Pole position.
  • ^5  – Fastest lap.

Qualifying
Group draw[12]
Group 1 BIR (1) 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)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
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 time1 6
7 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:12.007 N/A 7
8 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:12.008 N/A 8
9 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:12.051 N/A 9
10 36 André Lotterer Porsche 1:12.153 N/A 10
11 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:12.327 N/A 242
12 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:12.422 N/A 11
13 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:12.454 N/A 12
14 94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:12.635 N/A 13
15 66 Daniel Abt Audi 1:12.642 N/A 14
16 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 1:12.656 N/A 15
17 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:12.660 N/A 16
18 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 1:12.671 N/A 17
19 18 Neel Jani Porsche 1:12.732 N/A 18
20 6 Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 1:13.182 N/A 19
21 33 Ma Qinghua NIO 1:13.205 N/A 20
22 51 James Calado Jaguar 1:13.430 N/A 21
23 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:13.703 N/A 22
24 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:14.082 N/A 23
Source:[13][14]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Mitch Evans' car was found underweight after Super Pole, and his lap time was deleted.[15]
  • ^2  – Jean-Éric Vergne received a twenty-place grid penalty for battery change, forcing him to start from the back of the grid.[16] 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.[17]

Race
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 30 46:48.327 1 25+37
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+18
11 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 30 +25.3831 9
12 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 30 +26.2912 2
13 18 Neel Jani Porsche 30 +27.493 18
14 36 André Lotterer Porsche 30 +29.0461 10
15 94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 30 +35.290 13
16 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 30 +36.3183 23
17 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 30 +45.7584 15
18 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 30 +1:01.1051 6
19 33 Ma Qinghua NIO 30 +1:28.1655 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
DSQ6 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 30 Energy usage 17
Source:[18]

Notes:

  • ^1  – 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.[19][20][21]
  • ^2  – Sébastien Buemi received a ten-second time penalty for unsafe rejoin to the track.[22]
  • ^3  – Nyck de Vries received a five-second time penalty for a technical infringement.[23] He then received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty after overtaking Oliver Turvey under the yellow flag.[24]
  • ^4  – Felipe Massa received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.[25]
  • ^5  – Ma Qinghua received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for causing a collision with Nico Müller.[26] He then received a second drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty after overtaking four cars after the safety car procedure.[27] Ma also received a five-second penalty before the race due to his battery being below 97% on the dummy grid.[28]
  • ^6  – 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.[29]
  • ^7  – Pole position.
  • ^8  – Fastest in group stage; fastest lap.

References
  1. "Formula E: Sam Bird wins Saudi E-Prix". BBC Sport. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. "Doc 24 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. "Doc 42 - Classification Qualifying" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. "Doc 43 - Classification Qualifying Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  5. "Doc 52 - Final Classification Qualifying" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. "Doc 53 - Starting Grid RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  7. "Doc 48 - Decision 14" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  8. "Doc 50 - Decision 15" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  9. "Doc 64 - Final Classification RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  10. "Doc 60 - Decision 19" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  11. "Doc 62 - Decision 21" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  12. "Doc 69 - Qualifying Groups - Round 2" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  13. "Doc 83 - Classification Qualifying - Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  14. "Doc 84 - Final Starting Grid Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  15. "Doc 79 - Decision 26" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  16. "Doc 75 - Decision 25" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  17. @DSTECHEETAH (23 November 2019). "JEV has served his 10 second drive through and is back out on track. Time to pass some cars. DAC is running P4" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  20. "Doc 103 - Decision 35 AMENDED" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  21. "Doc 103 - Decision 43" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  22. "Doc 89 - Decision 31" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  23. "Doc 96 - Decision 38" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  24. "Doc 102 - Decision 42" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  25. "Doc 94 - Decision 36" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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  27. "Doc 101 - Decision 41" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  28. "Doc 86 - Decision 28" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  29. "Doc 98 - Decision 39" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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