2024 Diriyah E-Prix (1/2)

Diriyah

01/26/2024

Country: Saudi Arabia
Continent: Asia
Population: 33.213 (2004)
Hashtag: #DiriyahEPrix

Schedule

Free Practice 1: 01/25/2024 - 04:00 pm (30 Minutes) [CET]
Free Practice 2: 01/26/2024 - 11:00 am (30 Minutes) [CET]
Qualifying: 01/26/2024 - 01:20 pm (75 Minutes) [CET]
Race: 01/26/2024 - 06:03 pm (47 Minutes) [CET]

In May 2018, Formula E announced that it had signed a 10-year contract with the government in Saudi Arabia. According to media reports, the long-term deal is expected to bring a total of around 260 million euros into Formula E's coffers. Saudi Arabia has also secured regional exclusivity. If another state on the Arabian Peninsula wants to host a Formula E race, Saudi Arabia must agree.

The electric series has been racing in Diriyah, a historic suburb of the country's capital Riyadh, since Season 5. The Diriyah E-Prix kicked off the Gen2 era on December 15, 2018. Saudi Arabia also opened the Formula E season in the three following seasons, but this time with a "double header" in each case, i.e. two races on the same weekend. From 2021, the races were held as night races under floodlights.

In 2025, the racing series will not be able to race in Diriyah due to the heavy construction work around the track. This had already been a problem in previous years, as the race track was always very dirty.

Riyadh Street Circuit (2021)

Length: 2.495 km
Number Corners: 21
Direction: Clockwise
Attack Zone: Kurve 19
Average Speed: 131.800 km/h
Layout: T9 and T10 significantly faster (30-40 km/h) than in 2019, T18 and T19 somewhat tighter. Downhill passage T1-T14 very demanding
Surface: Route completely resurfaced
Grip Level: Slightly more grip than in season 6
Tire Wear: Important factor, since only two instead of four sets of tires are now available. Rear axle more heavily loaded, also in the now faster T9/T10 passage.
Risk of Accidents: High. Yellow phases, safety car or red flags likely
Key Factors: Dealing with day/night changes, qualifying performance, tire management

Results

Race

01/26/2024
06:03 pm

Grid

01/26/2024
06:03 pm

Duels

01/26/2024
01:20 pm

Quali Groups

01/26/2024
01:20 pm

Free Practice 2

01/26/2024
11:00 am

Free Practice 1

01/25/2024
04:00 pm

P		Pts	Laps	Total Time	Gap	to prev.	Best Lap
1	Jake Dennis FL	26	37	00:45:56.452	-	-	01:11.399
2	Jean-Eric Vergne PP	21	37	00:46:09.741	+13.289	+13.289	01:12.730
3	Nick Cassidy	15	37	00:46:10.276	+13.824	+0.535	01:12.229
4	Sam Bird	12	37	00:46:11.072	+14.620	+0.796	01:11.945
5	Mitch Evans	10	37	00:46:11.626	+15.174	+0.554	01:12.265
6	Norman Nato	8	37	00:46:12.113	+15.661	+0.487	01:12.286
7	Maximilian Günther	6	37	00:46:12.719	+16.267	+0.606	01:11.647
8	Pascal Wehrlein	4	37	00:46:12.839	+16.387	+0.120	01:11.612
9	Sergio Sette Camara	2	37	00:46:23.058	+26.606	+10.219	01:12.934
10	Robin Frijns	1	37	00:46:23.420	+26.968	+0.362	01:12.347
11	Jake Hughes	0	37	00:46:23.473	+27.021	+0.053	01:12.416
12	Sebastien Buemi	0	37	00:46:23.924	+27.472	+0.451	01:12.625
13	Oliver Rowland	0	37	00:46:24.425	+27.973	+0.501	01:12.174
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	0	37	00:46:24.818	+28.366	+0.393	01:12.243
15	Edoardo Mortara	0	37	00:46:25.849	+29.397	+1.031	01:12.705
16	Antonio Felix da Costa	0	37	00:46:26.337	+29.885	+0.488	01:12.733
17	Nyck de Vries	0	37	00:46:26.871	+30.419	+0.534	01:12.716
18	Nico Müller	0	37	00:46:27.336	+30.884	+0.465	01:12.928
19	Lucas di Grassi	0	37	00:46:27.640	+31.188	+0.304	01:12.863
20	Jehan Daruvala	0	37	00:46:27.993	+31.541	+0.353	01:12.180
21	Dan Ticktum	0	37	00:47:01.164	+64.712	+33.171	01:12.309
DNF	Sacha Fenestraz	0	12	00:26:34.585	-	-	01:12.480

Jean-Eric Vergne

DS Penske

Mitch Evans

Jaguar TCS Racing

Jake Dennis

Andretti

Sergio Sette Camara

ERT

Norman Nato

Andretti

Pascal Wehrlein

TAG Heuer Porsche

Nick Cassidy

Jaguar TCS Racing

Maximilian Günther

Maserati MSG Racing

Sam Bird

Neom McLaren

10.

Jake Hughes

Neom McLaren

11.

Stoffel Vandoorne

DS Penske

12.

Robin Frijns

Envision Racing

13.

Sebastien Buemi

Envision Racing

14.

Oliver Rowland

Nissan

15.

Sacha Fenestraz

Nissan

16.

Nico Müller

ABT Cupra

17.

Lucas di Grassi

ABT Cupra

18.

Dan Ticktum

ERT

19.

Edoardo Mortara

Mahindra Racing

20.

Antonio Felix da Costa

TAG Heuer Porsche

21.

Jehan Daruvala

Maserati MSG Racing

22.

Nyck de Vries

Mahindra Racing

Final

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Jean-Eric Vergne		01:12.062	+0.000
2		Mitch Evans		01:12.134	+0.072

Semifinals

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Mitch Evans		01:11.992	-
2		Jake Dennis		01:12.079	+0.087

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Jean-Eric Vergne		01:12.125	+0.000
2		Sergio Sette Camara		01:12.611	+0.486

Quarterfinals

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Jake Dennis		01:12.527	-
2		Pascal Wehrlein		01:12.610	+0.083

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Mitch Evans		01:12.313	-
2		Nick Cassidy		01:12.821	+0.508

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Sergio Sette Camara		01:12.495	-
2		Maximilian Günther		01:12.892	+0.397

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Jean-Eric Vergne		01:12.164	+0.000
2		Norman Nato		01:12.475	+0.311

Group A

P		Time	Gap	to prev.
1	Nick Cassidy	01:12.619	-	-
2	Jake Dennis	01:12.779	+0.160	+0.160
3	Pascal Wehrlein	01:12.872	+0.253	+0.093
4	Mitch Evans	01:13.006	+0.387	+0.134
5	Jake Hughes	01:13.207	+0.588	+0.201
6	Robin Frijns	01:13.272	+0.653	+0.065
7	Oliver Rowland	01:13.350	+0.731	+0.078
8	Nico Müller	01:13.531	+0.912	+0.181
9	Lucas di Grassi	01:13.729	+1.110	+0.198
10	Edoardo Mortara	01:13.791	+1.172	+0.062
11	Nyck de Vries	01:14.254	+1.635	+0.463

Group B

P		Time	Gap	to prev.
1	Jean-Eric Vergne	01:12.856	+0.000	+0.000
2	Sergio Sette Camara	01:12.897	+0.041	+0.041
3	Maximilian Günther	01:12.931	+0.075	+0.034
4	Norman Nato	01:12.933	+0.077	+0.002
5	Sam Bird	01:13.147	+0.291	+0.214
6	Stoffel Vandoorne	01:13.167	+0.311	+0.020
7	Sebastien Buemi	01:13.186	+0.330	+0.019
8	Sacha Fenestraz	01:13.294	+0.438	+0.108
9	Antonio Felix da Costa	01:13.367	+0.511	+0.073
10	Dan Ticktum	01:13.446	+0.590	+0.079
11	Jehan Daruvala	01:14.054	+1.198	+0.608

P		Time	Gap	to prev.
1	Norman Nato	01:13.584	-	-
2	Maximilian Günther	01:13.615	+0.031	+0.031
3	Jake Dennis	01:13.687	+0.103	+0.072
4	Sebastien Buemi	01:13.752	+0.168	+0.065
5	Mitch Evans	01:13.786	+0.202	+0.034
6	Stoffel Vandoorne	01:13.788	+0.204	+0.002
7	Oliver Rowland	01:13.879	+0.295	+0.091
8	Sacha Fenestraz	01:13.927	+0.343	+0.048
9	Lucas di Grassi	01:14.009	+0.425	+0.082
10	Nick Cassidy	01:14.052	+0.468	+0.043
11	Dan Ticktum	01:14.212	+0.628	+0.160
12	Jean-Eric Vergne	01:14.231	+0.647	+0.019
13	Sam Bird	01:14.253	+0.669	+0.022
14	Nico Müller	01:14.266	+0.682	+0.013
15	Pascal Wehrlein	01:14.326	+0.742	+0.060
16	Jake Hughes	01:14.404	+0.820	+0.078
17	Sergio Sette Camara	01:14.421	+0.837	+0.017
18	Edoardo Mortara	01:14.438	+0.854	+0.017
19	Robin Frijns	01:14.495	+0.911	+0.057
20	Nyck de Vries	01:14.603	+1.019	+0.108
21	Jehan Daruvala	01:14.952	+1.368	+0.349
22	Antonio Felix da Costa	01:15.016	+1.432	+0.064

P		Time	Gap	to prev.
1	Oliver Rowland	01:15.400	-	-
2	Jean-Eric Vergne	01:15.565	+0.165	+0.165
3	Stoffel Vandoorne	01:15.607	+0.207	+0.042
4	Jake Dennis	01:15.842	+0.442	+0.235
5	Sergio Sette Camara	01:15.867	+0.467	+0.025
6	Mitch Evans	01:16.066	+0.666	+0.199
7	Antonio Felix da Costa	01:16.102	+0.702	+0.036
8	Pascal Wehrlein	01:16.164	+0.764	+0.062
9	Maximilian Günther	01:16.230	+0.830	+0.066
10	Robin Frijns	01:16.356	+0.956	+0.126
11	Nick Cassidy	01:16.454	+1.054	+0.098
12	Edoardo Mortara	01:16.499	+1.099	+0.045
13	Norman Nato	01:16.608	+1.208	+0.109
14	Sacha Fenestraz	01:16.817	+1.417	+0.209
15	Sam Bird	01:17.006	+1.606	+0.189
16	Nico Müller	01:17.312	+1.912	+0.306
17	Dan Ticktum	01:17.336	+1.936	+0.024
18	Lucas di Grassi	01:17.755	+2.355	+0.419
19	Jake Hughes	01:17.778	+2.378	+0.023
20	Jehan Daruvala	01:17.840	+2.440	+0.062
21	Nyck de Vries	01:17.904	+2.504	+0.064
22	Sebastien Buemi	01:21.027	+5.627	+3.123