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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.[1] Alexander Sims won the second race.

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
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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)
Distance 34 laps, 77.345 km (48.060 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Andretti-BMW
Time 1:14.563
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Daniel Abt Audi
Time 1:13.742 on lap 22
Podium
First
Virgin-Audi
Second
Porsche
Third
Mercedes
Lap leaders
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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
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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)
Distance 30 laps, 74.850 km (46.510 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Andretti-BMW
Time 1:11.479
Fastest lap
Driver Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS
Time 1:12.481 on lap 30
Podium
First
Andretti-BMW
Second
Audi
Third
Mercedes
Lap leaders
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Classification

Race one

Qualifying

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Group draw[2]
Group 1 France JEV (1) Switzerland BUE (2) Brazil DIG (3) Netherlands FRI (4) New Zealand EVA (5) Portugal DAC (6)
Group 2 Germany ABT (7) Germany LOT (8) United Kingdom BIR (9) United Kingdom ROW (10) Belgium DAM (11) Germany WEH (12)
Group 3 United Kingdom SIM (13) Switzerland MOR (14) Brazil MAS (15) Belgium VAN (16) Germany GUE (17) United Kingdom TUR (20)
Group 4 New Zealand HAR (–) Switzerland MUL (–) Netherlands DEV (–) Switzerland JAN (–) United Kingdom CAL (–) China QMA (–)
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Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 1:15.255 1:14.563 1
2 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:15.151 1:14.839 2
3 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:15.027 1:14.929 3
4 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:15.254 1:15.131 4
5 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:14.946 1:15.350 5
6 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:15.273 1:15.539 6
7 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:15.518 N/a 7
8 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:15.653 N/a 8
9 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:15.680 N/a 9
10 3 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:16.018 N/a 10
11 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:16.129 N/a 11
12 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:16.200 N/a 12
13 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:16.200 N/a 13
14 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:16.243 N/a 14
15 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 1:16.264 N/a 15
16 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:16.532 N/a 16
17 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 1:16.583 N/a 17
18 6 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 1:17.074 N/a 18
19 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:17.213 N/a 19
20 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Porsche 1:17.745 N/a 20
21 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:18.613 N/a 21
22 33 China Ma Qinghua NIO 1:21.701 N/a 22
DSQ 7 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:23.017 N/a 231
DSQ 51 United Kingdom James Calado Jaguar 1:23.792 N/a 241
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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

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 34 46:17.371 5 25+13
2 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 34 +1.319 7 18
3 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 34 +1.672 2 15
4 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 34 +1.944 8 12
5 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 34 +3.983 12 10
6 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 34 +4.560 3 8
7 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 34 +5.122 4 6
8 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 34 +5.715 1 4+34
9 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 34 +6.628 6 2
10 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 34 +7.048 16 1+15
11 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 34 +7.460 13
12 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 34 +8.166 17
13 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 34 +8.404 19
14 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 34 +8.853 21
15 3 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 34 +10.172 10
16 51 United Kingdom James Calado Jaguar 34 +11.572 24
17 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Porsche 34 +15.429 20
18 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 34 +25.662 8
19 6 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 34 +52.2191 18
20 33 China Ma Qinghua NIO 33 +1 lap2 22
Ret 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 29 Accident 15
Ret 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 21 Steering 11
Ret 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 3 Technical 14
DNS 7 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 0 Did not start 23
Source:[9]
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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.

Standings after the race

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  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Race two

Qualifying

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Group draw[12]
Group 1 United Kingdom BIR (1) Germany LOT (2) Belgium VAN (3) United Kingdom ROW (4) Netherlands FRI (5) Netherlands DEV (6)
Group 2 United Kingdom SIM (7) Switzerland MOR (8) Belgium DAM (9) New Zealand EVA (10) Germany WEH (11) Brazil MAS (12)
Group 3 Brazil DIG (13) Portugal DAC (14) United Kingdom TUR (15) United Kingdom CAL (16) Switzerland JAN (17) Germany GUE (18)
Group 4 New Zealand HAR (19) China QMA (20) Germany ABT (21) France JEV (22) Switzerland BUE (23) Switzerland MUL (24)
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Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 1:11.858 1:11.476 1
2 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:11.774 1:11.696 2
3 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:11.939 1:11.784 3
4 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:11.835 1:12.093 4
5 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:11.418 1:14.134 5
6 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:11.972 no time1 6
7 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:12.007 N/a 7
8 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:12.008 N/a 8
9 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:12.051 N/a 9
10 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:12.153 N/a 10
11 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:12.327 N/a 242
12 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:12.422 N/a 11
13 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:12.454 N/a 12
14 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:12.635 N/a 13
15 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 1:12.642 N/a 14
16 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 1:12.656 N/a 15
17 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:12.660 N/a 16
18 3 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:12.671 N/a 17
19 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Porsche 1:12.732 N/a 18
20 6 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 1:13.182 N/a 19
21 33 China Ma Qinghua NIO 1:13.205 N/a 20
22 51 United Kingdom James Calado Jaguar 1:13.430 N/a 21
23 7 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:13.703 N/a 22
24 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:14.082 N/a 23
Source:[13][14]
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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

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 30 46:48.327 1 25+37
2 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 30 +2.817 3 18
3 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 30 +3.581 11 15
4 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 30 +4.294 8 12
5 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 30 +5.475 16 10
6 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 30 +16.942 14 8
7 51 United Kingdom James Calado Jaguar 30 +17.221 21 6
8 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 30 +19.394 24 4
9 6 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 30 +20.702 19 2
10 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 30 +22.634 5 1+1+18
11 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 30 +25.3831 9
12 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 30 +26.2912 2
13 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Porsche 30 +27.493 18
14 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 30 +29.0461 10
15 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 30 +35.290 13
16 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 30 +36.3183 23
17 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 30 +45.7584 15
18 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 30 +1:01.1051 6
19 33 China Ma Qinghua NIO 30 +1:28.1655 20
Ret 7 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 28 Puncture 22
Ret 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 18 Accident 12
Ret 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 13 Collision damage 7
DNS 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 0 Did not start 4
DSQ6 3 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 30 Energy usage 17
Source:[18]
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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.

Standings after the race

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