2019 Diriyah ePrix explained
Type: | CUST |
Next Round: | 2020 Santiago ePrix |
Country: | Saudi Arabia |
Grand Prix: | Diriyah |
Gp Suffix: | ePrix |
Year: | 2019 |
Official Name: | 2019 Saudia Diriyah E-Prix |
Location: | Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Course: | Street circuit |
Course Length: | 2.495km (01.55miles) |
Distance Laps: | 34 |
Distance Length: | 77.345km (48.06miles) |
Pole Driver: | Alexander Sims |
Pole Country: | GBR |
Pole Team: | Andretti-BMW |
Pole Time: | 1:14.563 |
Fast Driver: | Daniel Abt |
Fast Team: | Audi |
Fast Time: | 1:13.742 |
Fast Lap: | 22 |
Fast Country: | GER |
First Driver: | Sam Bird |
First Country: | GBR |
First Team: | Virgin-Audi |
Second Country: | GER |
Second Team: | Porsche |
Third Country: | BEL |
Third Team: | Mercedes |
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.
Classification
Race one
Qualifying
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.[7] [8]
Race
Notes:- – Brendon Hartley received a ten-second time penalty for being unable to fulfill the complete time of the second attack mode.[10]
- – Ma Qinghua received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for not respecting the homologated throttle pedal map.[11]
- – Fastest in group stage.
- – Pole position.
- – Fastest lap.
Standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
- Teams' Championship standings
- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race two
Qualifying
Notes:- – Mitch Evans' car was found underweight after Super Pole, and his lap time was deleted.[15]
- – 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
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.[19] [20] [21]
- – Sébastien Buemi received a ten-second time penalty for unsafe rejoin to the track.[22]
- – 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]
- – Felipe Massa received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.[25]
- – 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]
- – 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]
- – Pole position.
- – Fastest in group stage; fastest lap.
Standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
- Teams' Championship standings
- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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Notes and References
- News: Formula E: Sam Bird wins Saudi E-Prix. 2019-11-22. BBC Sport. 2019-11-22. en-GB.
- Web site: Doc 24 - Qualifying Groups. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 42 - Classification Qualifying. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 43 - Classification Qualifying Superpole. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 52 - Final Classification Qualifying. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 53 - Starting Grid RACE. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 48 - Decision 14. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 50 - Decision 15. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 64 - Final Classification RACE. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 60 - Decision 19. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 62 - Decision 21. FIA Formula E. 22 November 2019.
- Web site: Doc 69 - Qualifying Groups - Round 2. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070545/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/69_Doc%2069%20-%20Qualifying%20Groups%20-%20Round%202.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 83 - Classification Qualifying - Superpole. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070606/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/83_Doc%2083%20-%20Final%20Classifiaction%20Qualifying%20-%20Superpole.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 84 - Final Starting Grid Race. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070611/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/84_Doc%2084%20-%20Final%20Starting%20Grid%20Race.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 79 - Decision 26. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070652/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/79_Doc%2079%20-%20Decision%20No.%2026.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 75 - Decision 25. FIA Formula E. 24 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070647/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/75_Doc%2075%20-%20Decision%2025.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- DSTECHEETAH . 1198213037968232448 . 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. .
- Web site: Doc 106 - Final Classification RACE. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070550/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/106_Doc%20106%20-%20FInal%20Classification%20RACE.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 100 - Decision 40. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070616/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/100_Doc%20100%20-%20Decision%20No.%2040.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 103 - Decision 35 AMENDED. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070631/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/103_Doc%20103%20-%20Decision%20No.%2035%20AMENDED.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 103 - Decision 43. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070729/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/103_Doc%20103%20-%20Decision%20No.%2043.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 89 - Decision 31. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070704/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/89_Doc%2089%20-%20Decision%20No.%2031.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 96 - Decision 38. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070718/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/96_Doc%2096%20-%20Decision%20No.%2038.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 102 - Decision 42. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070626/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/102_Doc%20102%20-%20Decision%20No.%2042.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 94 - Decision 36. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070709/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/94_Doc%2094%20-%20Decision%20No.%2036.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 95 - Decision 37. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070713/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/95_Doc%2095%20-%20Decision%20No.%2037.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 101 - Decision 41. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070621/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/101_Doc%20101%20-%20Decision%20No.%2041.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 86 - Decision 28. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070659/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/86_Doc%2086%20-%20Decision%2028.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.
- Web site: Doc 98 - Decision 39. FIA Formula E. 23 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102070724/https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/05_2019-20/01_R01%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/98_Doc%2098%20-%20Decision%20No.%2039.pdf. 2 January 2020. dead.