2023 Diriyah ePrix explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 2 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2023 Mexico City ePrix
Next Round:	2023 Hyderabad ePrix
Country:	Saudi Arabia
Grand Prix:	Diriyah
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2023
Official Name:	2023 CORE Diriyah E-Prix
Location:	Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Course:	Street circuit
Course Length:	2.495km (01.55miles)
Distance Laps:	39
Distance Length:	97.305km (60.463miles)
Pole Driver:	Sébastien Buemi
Pole Country:	SUI
Pole Team:	Envision-Jaguar
Pole Time:	1:09.435
Fast Driver:	René Rast
Fast Team:	McLaren-Nissan
Fast Time:	1:10.117
Fast Lap:	17
Fast Country:	GER
First Driver:	Pascal Wehrlein
First Country:	GER
First Team:	Porsche
Second Driver:	Jake Dennis
Second Country:	GBR
Second Team:	Andretti-Porsche
Third Driver:	Sam Bird
Third Country:	GBR
Third Team:	Jaguar

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 3 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2023 Mexico City ePrix
Next Round:	2023 Hyderabad ePrix
Country:	Saudi Arabia
Grand Prix:	Diriyah
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2023
Official Name:	2023 CORE Diriyah E-Prix
Location:	Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Course:	Street circuit
Course Length:	2.495km (01.55miles)^[1]
Distance Laps:	40
Distance Length:	99.8km (62miles)
Scheduled Laps:	39
Scheduled Length:	97.305km (60.463miles)
Pole Driver:	Jake Hughes
Pole Country:	GBR
Pole Team:	McLaren-Nissan
Pole Time:	1:08.693
Fast Driver:	Sam Bird
Fast Team:	Jaguar
Fast Time:	1:09.010
Fast Lap:	34
Fast Country:	GBR
First Driver:	Pascal Wehrlein
First Country:	GER
First Team:	Porsche
Second Driver:	Jake Dennis
Second Country:	GBR
Second Team:	Andretti-Porsche
Third Country:	GER
Third Driver:	René Rast
Third Team:	McLaren-Nissan

The 2023 Diriyah ePrix known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 CORE Diriyah ePrix^[2] was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Riyadh Street Circuit in the town of Diriyah, north-west of Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia on 27 and 28 January 2023. It was the second round of the 2022–23 Formula E season, the fifth edition of the Diriyah ePrix and the third time the Diriyah ePrix was held at night.

Background

After the first round in Mexico City, Jake Dennis was leading the Drivers' Championship ahead of Pascal Wehrlein and Lucas di Grassi and Avalanche Andretti led the Teams' Championship ahead of Porsche Formula E and Mahindra Racing^[3]

Driver changes

After breaking his wrist in a crash at the 2023 Mexico City ePrix, Robin Frijns was unable to race in the Diriyah ePrix and was replaced by Kelvin van der Linde.^[4]

Classification

(All times are in AST)

Race one

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 3:40 PM on January 27^[5]

Group draw
Group A	HUG	ROW	TIC	DIG	CAS	DEN	DAC	NAT	FEN	MOR	GUE
Group B	BIR	BUE	EVA	RAS	WEH	SET	JEV	LOT	VAN	VDL	MUE

Overall classification

		Driver	Team
1	16	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar		1:10:231	1:09:790	1:09:366	1:09:435	1
2	5	data-sort-value="HUG"	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	1:10:269		1:09:713	1:09.779	1:09:495	2
3	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar		1:09:942	1:09:558	1:09:462		3
4	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	1:10:661		1:09.593	1:10:246		4
5	58	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan		1:10:265	1:09:729			5
6	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar		1:10:245	1:10:039			6
7	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	1:10:784		1:10:052			7
8	8	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	1:10:600		1:10:114			8
9	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche		1:10:407				9
10	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	1:10:829					10
11	3	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO		1:10:598				14
12	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	1:10:903					11
13	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS		1:10:602				12
14	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	1:10:940					13
15	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche		1:10:607				15
16	17	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Nissan	1:10:985					16
17	1	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS		1:10:636				17
18	23	data-sort-value="FEN"	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	1:11:073					18
19	4	data-sort-value="VDL"	Kelvin van der Linde	ABT-Mahindra		1:11:048				19
20	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	1:11:708					20
21	51	data-sort-value="MUE"	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra		No time				21
22	7	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	1:32:982					22
Source:^[6]

Race

The race took place on January 27 at 8:03 PM.

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	39	47:45:567	9	25
2	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	39	+0.531	11	18
3	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	39	+3.526	3	15
4	16	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	39	+6.048	1	12+3
5	58	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	39	+7.471	5	10+1
6	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	39	+7.614	10	8
7	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	39	+12.394	12	6
8	5	data-sort-value="HUG"	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	39	+15.187	2	4
9	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	39	+15.563	15	2
10	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	39	+17.914	6	1
11	1	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	39	+26.307	17
12	17	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Nissan	39	+27.070	16
13	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	39	+28.779	7
14	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	39	+37.318	4
15	3	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	39	+45.034	14
16	4	data-sort-value="VDL"	Kelvin van der Linde	ABT-Mahindra	39	+1:09.547	19
17	23	data-sort-value="FEN"	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	39	+1:09.547	18
18	8	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	38	+1 lap	8
19	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	38	+1 lap	13
Ret	48	data-sort-value="MOT"	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	32	Puncture	20
Ret	51	data-sort-value="MUE"	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	13	Chassis damage	21
DNS	7	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	0	Did not start	22
Source:^[7]

Notes:

•  – Pole position.
•  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Jake Dennis	44
	2	Pascal Wehrlein	43
3	3	Sébastien Buemi	23
1	4	Lucas di Grassi	18
17	5	Sam Bird	15

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Andretti-Porsche	58
	2	Porsche	49
2	3	Envision-Jaguar	33
	4	McLaren-Nissan	25
1	5	Jaguar	20

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

Race two

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 3:40 PM on January 28^[8]

Group draw
Group A	DEN	BUE	HUG	LOT	CAS	DAC	VAN	NAT	TIC	SET	VDL
Group B	WEH	DIG	BIR	RAS	JEV	EVA	GUE	ROW	MUE	FEN	MOR

Overall classification

		Driver	Team
1	5	data-sort-value="HUG"	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	1:09:361		1:08:748	1:08.680	1:08:693	1
2	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar		1:09:401	1:08:909	1:08:690	1:08:797	2
3	58	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan		1:09:435	1:08:855	1:08:922		3
4	16	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	1:09:422		1:08:925	1:08:926		4
5	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche		1:09:576	1:09:028			5
6	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	1:09:572		1:09:198			6
7	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati		1:09:623	1:09:279			7
8	1	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	1:09:518		1:09:282			8
9	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:09:628					9
10	7	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Maserati		1:09:643				10
11	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	1:09:698					11
12	23	data-sort-value="FEN"	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan		1:09:670				12
13	3	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	1:09:735					13
14	8	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra		1:09:690				14
15	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	1:09:761					15
16	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS		1:09:794				16
17	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	1:09:832					17
18	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche		1:09:843				18
19	17	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Nissan	1:10:107					19
20	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra		1:09:975				20
21	4	data-sort-value="VDL"	Kelvin van der Linde	ABT-Mahindra	1:10.221					21
22	51	data-sort-value="MUE"	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra		1:10:072				22
Source:^[9]

Race

The race took place on January 28 at 8:03 PM.

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	40	50:40:304	5	25
2	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	40	+1.252	6	18
3	58	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	40	+4.554	3	15
4	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	40	+5.851	9	12+1
5	5	data-sort-value="HUG"	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	40	+10.869	1	10+3
6	16	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	40	+10.947	4	8
7	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	40	+11.088	2	6
8	23	data-sort-value="FEN"	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	40	+12.409	12	4
9	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	40	+12.753	7	2
10	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	40	+13.275	11	1
11	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	40	+15.229	17
12	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	40	+15.623	18
13	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	40	+17.038	15
14	17	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Nissan	40	+19.569	19
15	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	40	+20.796	20
16	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	40	+21.221	16
17	3	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	40	+22.243	13
18	4	data-sort-value="VDL"	Kelvin van der Linde	ABT-Mahindra	40	+25.291	21
19	7	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	40	+27.137	10
20	1	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	40	+37.572	8
Ret	8	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	30	Puncture	14
Ret	51	data-sort-value="MUE"	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	25	Accident	22
Source:^[10]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Pascal Wehrlein	68
1	2	Jake Dennis	62
	3	Sébastien Buemi	31
1	4	Sam Bird	28
2	5	Jake Hughes	27

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Andretti-Porsche	76
	2	Porsche	74
1	3	McLaren-Nissan	53
1	4	Envision-Jaguar	41
	5	Jaguar	39

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

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Diriyah Street Circuit . 18 January 2023.
2. News: Saudi-based brand CORE named title sponsor of Formula E 2023 Diriyah E-Prix . 23 January 2023 . Arab News . 23 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230123190840/https://www.arabnews.com/node/2237301/motorsport. 23 January 2023 . en. live.
3. Web site: 2023 Formula E Standings and Results in Motorsport . AutoSport . 18 January 2023 . en.
4. News: Boxall-Legge . Jake . Kelvin van der Linde to replace injured Frijns for Diriyah E-Prix . 19 January 2023 . www.motorsport.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119131329/https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/kelvin-van-der-linde-to-replace-injured-frijns-for-diriyah-e-prix/10422379/ . 19 January 2023 . en. live.
5. Web site: 2023 Diriyah E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship . The Official Home of Formula E . 23 January 2023.
6. Web site: Qualifying . 28 January 2023 . 28 January 2023 . Formula E . en .
7. Web site: Results . 27 January 2023 . 27 January 2023 . Formula E . en .
8. Web site: 2023 Diriyah E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship . The Official Home of Formula E . 23 January 2023.
9. Web site: Qualifying . 28 January 2023 . 28 January 2023 . Formula E . en.
10. Web site: 28 January 2023 . Results . 27 January 2023 . Formula E . en.