2024 Diriyah E-Prix (2/2)

Diriyah

01/27/2024

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

Schedule

Free Practice 3: 01/27/2024 - 11:00 am (30 Minutes) [CET]
Qualifying: 01/27/2024 - 01:20 pm (75 Minutes) [CET]
Race: 01/27/2024 - 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

01/27/2024
06:03 pm

Grid

01/27/2024
06:03 pm

Duels

01/27/2024
01:20 pm

Quali Groups

01/27/2024
01:20 pm

Free Practice 3

01/27/2024
11:00 am

P		Pts	Laps	Total Time	Gap	to prev.	Best Lap
1	Nick Cassidy FL	26	36	00:43:51.868	-	-	01:10.606
2	Robin Frijns	18	36	00:43:53.060	+1.192	+1.192	01:11.002
3	Oliver Rowland PP	18	36	00:43:53.743	+1.875	+0.683	01:11.138
4	Jake Hughes	12	36	00:43:54.799	+2.931	+1.056	01:11.508
5	Stoffel Vandoorne	10	36	00:43:55.265	+3.397	+0.466	01:11.428
6	Sacha Fenestraz	8	36	00:43:56.466	+4.598	+1.201	01:11.304
7	Pascal Wehrlein	6	36	00:43:56.684	+4.816	+0.218	01:11.072
8	Jean-Eric Vergne	4	36	00:43:57.063	+5.195	+0.379	01:11.160
9	Maximilian Günther	2	36	00:43:57.577	+5.709	+0.514	01:11.089
10	Mitch Evans	1	36	00:43:58.734	+6.866	+1.157	01:10.624
11	Edoardo Mortara	0	36	00:44:01.984	+10.116	+3.250	01:11.189
12	Jake Dennis	0	36	00:44:03.108	+11.240	+1.124	01:10.296
13	Nico Müller	0	36	00:44:06.330	+14.462	+3.222	01:11.264
14	Antonio Felix da Costa	0	36	00:44:09.828	+17.960	+3.498	01:11.041
15	Nyck de Vries	0	36	00:44:11.163	+19.295	+1.335	01:11.284
16	Norman Nato	0	36	00:44:17.103	+25.235	+5.940	01:11.259
17	Lucas di Grassi	0	36	00:44:17.507	+25.639	+0.404	01:11.311
18	Sergio Sette Camara	0	36	00:44:18.432	+26.564	+0.925	01:11.507
19 DNF	Dan Ticktum	0	36	00:41:33.940	-	-	01:10.751
20 DNF	Jehan Daruvala	0	25	00:30:55.484	-	-	01:11.136
21 DNF	Sam Bird	0	22	00:27:34.329	-	-	01:10.664

Oliver Rowland

Nissan

Robin Frijns

Envision Racing

Nick Cassidy

Jaguar TCS Racing

Stoffel Vandoorne

DS Penske

Jehan Daruvala

Maserati MSG Racing

Jake Hughes

Neom McLaren

Sacha Fenestraz

Nissan

Jean-Eric Vergne

DS Penske

Sergio Sette Camara

ERT

10.

Pascal Wehrlein

TAG Heuer Porsche

11.

Maximilian Günther

Maserati MSG Racing

12.

Sam Bird

Neom McLaren

13.

Mitch Evans

Jaguar TCS Racing

14.

Jake Dennis

Andretti

15.

Dan Ticktum

ERT

16.

Nico Müller

ABT Cupra

17.

Nyck de Vries

Mahindra Racing

18.

Edoardo Mortara

Mahindra Racing

19.

Norman Nato

Andretti

20.

Lucas di Grassi

ABT Cupra

21.

Antonio Felix da Costa

TAG Heuer Porsche

Sebastien Buemi

Envision Racing

Final

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Oliver Rowland		01:10.055	+0.000
2		Robin Frijns		01:10.329	+0.274

Semifinals

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Robin Frijns		01:10.415	-
2		Stoffel Vandoorne		01:10.627	+0.212

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Oliver Rowland		01:10.098	+0.000
2		Nick Cassidy		01:10.295	+0.197

Quarterfinals

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Robin Frijns		01:10.885	-
2		Jean-Eric Vergne		01:11.112	+0.227

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Stoffel Vandoorne		01:10.539	-
2		Sacha Fenestraz		01:11.077	+0.538

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Nick Cassidy		01:10.385	-
2		Jake Hughes		01:10.994	+0.609

P	Driver		Team	Time	Gap
1		Oliver Rowland		01:10.149	+0.000
2		Jehan Daruvala		01:10.786	+0.637

Group A

P		Time	Gap	to prev.
1	Sacha Fenestraz	01:10.641	-	-
2	Robin Frijns	01:10.784	+0.143	+0.143
3	Jean-Eric Vergne	01:10.801	+0.160	+0.017
4	Stoffel Vandoorne	01:10.836	+0.195	+0.035
5	Pascal Wehrlein	01:10.946	+0.305	+0.110
6	Maximilian Günther	01:10.993	+0.352	+0.047
7	Mitch Evans	01:11.042	+0.401	+0.049
8	Dan Ticktum	01:11.307	+0.666	+0.265
9	Nyck de Vries	01:11.327	+0.686	+0.020
10	Norman Nato	01:11.390	+0.749	+0.063
11	Antonio Felix da Costa	01:11.662	+1.021	+0.272

Group B

P		Time	Gap	to prev.
1	Oliver Rowland	01:10.486	+0.000	+0.000
2	Nick Cassidy	01:10.760	+0.274	+0.274
3	Jake Hughes	01:10.847	+0.361	+0.087
4	Jehan Daruvala	01:10.904	+0.418	+0.057
5	Sergio Sette Camara	01:10.986	+0.500	+0.082
6	Sebastien Buemi	01:11.152	+0.666	+0.166
7	Sam Bird	01:11.165	+0.679	+0.013
8	Jake Dennis	01:11.228	+0.742	+0.063
9	Nico Müller	01:11.368	+0.882	+0.140
10	Edoardo Mortara	01:11.386	+0.900	+0.018
11	Lucas di Grassi	01:11.806	+1.320	+0.420

P		Time	Gap	to prev.
1	Mitch Evans	01:10.154	+0.000	+0.000
2	Jean-Eric Vergne	01:10.362	+0.208	+0.208
3	Maximilian Günther	01:10.493	+0.339	+0.131
4	Oliver Rowland	01:10.571	+0.417	+0.078
5	Jake Dennis	01:10.588	+0.434	+0.017
6	Stoffel Vandoorne	01:10.638	+0.484	+0.050
7	Nick Cassidy	01:10.642	+0.488	+0.004
8	Sacha Fenestraz	01:10.767	+0.613	+0.125
9	Sebastien Buemi	01:10.783	+0.629	+0.016
10	Robin Frijns	01:10.792	+0.638	+0.009
11	Jake Hughes	01:10.819	+0.665	+0.027
12	Norman Nato	01:10.899	+0.745	+0.080
13	Jehan Daruvala	01:10.964	+0.810	+0.065
14	Pascal Wehrlein	01:10.989	+0.835	+0.025
15	Edoardo Mortara	01:11.040	+0.886	+0.051
16	Nyck de Vries	01:11.084	+0.930	+0.044
17	Dan Ticktum	01:11.146	+0.992	+0.062
18	Sergio Sette Camara	01:11.153	+0.999	+0.007
19	Lucas di Grassi	01:11.352	+1.198	+0.199
20	Sam Bird	01:11.373	+1.219	+0.021
21	Nico Müller	01:11.438	+1.284	+0.065
22	Antonio Felix da Costa	01:11.474	+1.320	+0.036