Diriyya E-Prix 2019

Diriyya E-Prix 2019

Racing data
1st and 2nd of 11 races in the 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship
Surname:	2019 Saudi Diriyah E-Prix
Date:	November 22nd and 23rd, 2019
Place:	Diriyya , Saudi Arabia
Course:	Diriyya Formula E racetrack
Length:	84.796 km in 34 laps of 2.494 km
1st race
Pole position
Driver:	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Time:	1: 14.563 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team
Time:	1: 13.742 min (lap 22)
Podium
First:	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing
Second:	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Third:	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team
2nd race
Pole position
Driver:	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Time:	1: 11.476 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Time:	1: 12.481 min (lap 30)
Podium
First:	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Second:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team
Third:	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team

The Diriyya E-Prix 2019 (officially: 2019 Saudi Diriyah E-Prix ) took place on November 22nd and 23rd on the Diriyya Formula E race track in Diriyya , a suburb of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia , and was the first as well as that second race of the FIA Formula E championship 2019/20 . It was the second Diriyya E-Prix and the season opener of the sixth season of the FIA ​​Formula E Championship.

report

background

Mercedes made its debut at the Diriyya E-Prix in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, the team succeeded HWA Racelab . Even Porsche contested his first race in the championship.

James Calado , Nyck de Vries , Brendon Hartley and Nico Müller made their debut in the racing series. Neel Jani and Ma Qinghua returned to the FIA ​​Formula E Championship as regular drivers. António Félix da Costa (Techeetah), Maximilian Günther (Andretti) and André Lotterer (Porsche) contested the first races for their new teams.

With Félix da Costa (once) a former winner competed in this race.

Race day one

training

In the first free practice session, Robin Frijns set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 16.137 minutes, ahead of Müller and Sam Bird . The training was briefly interrupted after accidents involving Ma Qinghua and Brendon Hartley .

In the second free practice, Bird was the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 14.353 minutes ahead of Félix da Costa and Edoardo Mortara . The training started with a delay of five minutes because the route was changed in turn four . Here the asphalt broke open on the inside of the curve, which had also caused Hartley's accident in the first free practice.

Qualifying

Qualifying began at 11:00 a.m. and took place in four groups of six drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers had a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 200 kW and then a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 250 kW were allowed to drive. Bird was fastest with a lap time of 1: 14.946 minutes and therefore received a point.

The six fastest drivers then drove in the first six positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Alexander Sims secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 14.563 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Stoffel Vandoorne , de Vries, Edoardo Mortara , Bird and Jérôme D'Ambrosio .

Calado und Müller was disqualified for violating the parc fermé regulations . Their teams had repaired the vehicles after accidents in qualifying.

run

The race lasted 45 minutes plus one lap. Each driver had to activate the attack mode twice; after activation, the vehicle produced a maximum of 235 kW instead of 200 kW for a period of four minutes. Müller did not take part in the race because his vehicle could not be repaired in time.

Bird won the race ahead of Lotterer and Vandoorne. It was Bird's ninth win in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship. He became the first driver to win at least one race in each of the series' first six seasons. The remaining points were placed by Oliver Rowland , Robin Frijns , de Vries, Mortara, Sims, D'Ambrosio and Mitch Evans . The point for the fastest lap in the top ten also went to Evans.

Race day two

training

On the second day of the race there was only one free practice. Here Félix da Costa was fastest with a lap time of 1: 11.084 minutes ahead of Bird and Sims.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 11:00 a.m. and took place in four groups of six drivers each. Each group had six minutes in which the pilots were allowed to drive a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 200 kW and then a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 250 kW. Félix da Costa was fastest with a lap time of 1: 11.418 minutes and therefore received one point.

The six fastest drivers then drove in the first six positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Sims secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 11.476 minutes and thus three points. It was the first time in the history of the racing series that a driver has achieved three pole positions in a row. The other positions were occupied by Sébastien Buemi , Lucas di Grassi , Evans, D'Ambrosio and Félix da Costa.

Evans was disqualified in Superpole because his vehicle was below the minimum weight. He started from position six.

run

The race lasted 45 minutes plus one lap. Each driver had to reactivate the attack mode twice; after activation, the vehicle had a maximum of 235 kW instead of 200 kW for a period of four minutes.

Sims won the race ahead of di Grassi and Vandoorne. It was the first victory for Sims in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship. The remaining points were placed by Mortara, Rowland, Daniel Abt , Calado, Vergne, Hartley and Félix da Costa. The additional point for the fastest lap in the top ten went to Félix da Costa.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
DS Techeetah	DS E-Tense FE20	13	António Félix da Costa
		25th	Jean-Éric Vergne
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	Audi e-tron FE06	11	Lucas di Grassi
		66	Daniel Dept.
Envision Virgin Racing	Audi e-tron FE06	02	Sam Bird
		04th	Robin Frijns
Nissan e.dams	Nissan IM02	22nd	Oliver Rowland
		23	Sébastien Buemi
BMW i Andretti Motorsport	BMW iFE.20	27	Alexander Sims
		28	Maximilian Günther
Mahindra Racing	Mahindra M6Electro	64	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
		94	Pascal Wehrlein
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type IV	20th	Mitch Evans
		51	James Calado
ROKiT Venturi Racing	Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01	19th	Felipe Massa
		48	Edoardo Mortara
Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01	05	Stoffel Vandoorne
		17th	Nyck de Vries
Geox Dragon	Penske EV-4	06th	Brendon Hartley
		07th	Nico Müller
NIO 333 FE team	NIO FE-005	03	Oliver Turvey
		33	Ma Qinghua
TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche 99X Electric	18th	Neel Jani
		36	André Lotterer

Classifications

Race day one

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 15.255	1: 14.563	01
02	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	1: 15.151	1: 14.839	02
03	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	1: 15.027	1: 14.929	03
04th	Edoardo Mortara	ROKiT Venturi Racing	1: 15.254	1: 15.131	04th
05	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 14.946	1: 15.350	05
06th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	1: 15.273	1: 15.539	06th
07th	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1: 15.518	-	07th
08th	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	1: 15.653	-	08th
09	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 15.680	-	09
10	Oliver Turvey	NIO 333 FE team	1: 16.018	-	10
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	1: 16.129	-	11
12	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 16,200	-	12
13	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	1: 16,200	-	13
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	1: 16.243	-	14th
15th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 16.264	-	15th
16	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 16.532	-	16
17th	Felipe Massa	ROKiT Venturi Racing	1: 16.583	-	17th
18th	Brendon Hartley	Geox Dragon	1: 17.074	-	18th
19th	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 17.213	-	19th
20th	Neel Jani	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1: 17.745	-	20th
21st	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah	1: 18.613	-	21st
22nd	Ma Qinghua	NIO 333 FE team	1: 21.701	-	22nd
-	Nico Müller	Geox Dragon	no time	-	23
-	James Calado	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	no time	-	24

Remarks

1. ↑ Müller was disqualified for violating the parc fermé regulations . His team had repaired the car after an accident in qualifying.
2. ↑ Calado was disqualified for violating the parc fermé regulations. His team had repaired the car after an accident in qualifying.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	34	46: 17.371	05	1: 14.119 (21.)
02	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	34	+ 1.319	07th	1: 14.344 (25.)
03	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	34	+ 1.672	02	1: 14.902 (28.)
04th	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	35	+ 1.944	08th	1: 14.403 (25.)
05	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	34	+ 3.983	12	1: 14.274 (26.)
06th	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	34	+ 4.560	03	1: 14.360 (26.)
07th	Edoardo Mortara	ROKiT Venturi Racing	34	+ 5.122	04th	1: 14.717 (25.)
08th	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	34	+ 5.715	01	1: 14.331 (25.)
09	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	34	+ 6.628	06th	1: 15.045 (21.)
10	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	34	+ 7.048	16	1: 13.947 (22.)
11	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	34	+ 7.460	13	1: 14.511 (16.)
12	Felipe Massa	ROKiT Venturi Racing	34	+ 8.166	17th	1: 14.271 (24.)
13	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	34	+ 8.404	19th	1: 14.253 (23.)
14th	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah	34	+ 8.853	21st	1: 13.998 (27.)
15th	Oliver Turvey	NIO 333 FE team	34	+ 10.172	10	1: 15.053 (18.)
16	James Calado	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	34	+ 11,572	24	1: 15.620 (20.)
17th	Neel Jani	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	34	+ 15.429	20th	1: 15.447 (27.)
18th	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	34	+ 25.662	09	1: 14.666 (24.)
19th	Brendon Hartley	Geox Dragon	34	+ 52.219	18th	1: 15.984 (20.)
20th	Ma Qinghua	NIO 333 FE team	34	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 16,620 (33rd)
-	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	29	DNF	15th	1: 13.742 (22nd)
-	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	21st	DNF	11	1: 14.992 (16.)
-	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	3	DNF	14th	1: 24.411 ( 01.)
-	Nico Müller	Geox Dragon	0	DNS	23	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Hartley subsequently received a 10-second time penalty because his attack mode had not yet expired when he saw the checkered flag.
2. ↑ Ma subsequently received a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a time penalty of 24 seconds, because the power output from the battery system did not correspond to what was specified in the homologation of the so-called "throttle map".

Race day two

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 11.858	1: 11.476	01
02	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	1: 11.774	1: 11.696	02
03	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 11.939	1: 11.784	03
04th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	1: 11.835	1: 12.093	04th
05	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah	1: 11.418	1: 14.134	05
06th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 11.972	no time	06th
07th	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 12.007	-	07th
08th	Edoardo Mortara	ROKiT Venturi Racing	1: 12.008	-	08th
09	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 12.051	-	09
10	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1: 12.153	-	10
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	1: 12.327	-	24
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	1: 12.422	-	11
13	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 12.454	-	12
14th	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	1: 12.635	-	13
15th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 12.642	-	14th
16	Felipe Massa	ROKiT Venturi Racing	1: 12.656	-	15th
17th	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	1: 12.660	-	16
18th	Oliver Turvey	NIO 333 FE team	1: 12.671	-	17th
19th	Neel Jani	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1: 12.732	-	18th
20th	Brendon Hartley	Geox Dragon	1: 13.182	-	19th
21st	Ma Qinghua	NIO 333 FE team	1: 13.205	-	20th
22nd	James Calado	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 13.430	-	21st
23	Nico Müller	Geox Dragon	1: 13.703	-	22nd
24	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	1: 14.082	-	23

Remarks

1. ↑ Mitch Evans was disqualified from Superpole for an underweight vehicle.
2. ↑ Vergne was moved 20 starting places back due to a battery change. Since he could only be moved by 13 of these 20 places and there were still seven positions left, he received an additional 10-second time penalty for the race, which was to be added to his result at the end of the race.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	30th	46: 48.327	01	1: 13.088 (19.)
02	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	30th	+ 2.817	03	1: 12.499 (19.)
03	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	30th	+ 3.581	11	1: 12.713 (12.)
04th	Edoardo Mortara	ROKiT Venturi Racing	30th	+ 4.294	08th	1: 13,141 (25.)
05	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	30th	+ 5.475	16	1: 13.141 (30.)
06th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	30th	+ 16,942	14th	1: 13,514 (26.)
07th	James Calado	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	30th	+ 17.221	21st	1: 13.678 (26.)
08th	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	30th	+ 19.394	24	1: 12.810 (30.)
09	Brendon Hartley	Geox Dragon	30th	+ 20.702	19th	1: 13.070 (29.)
10	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah	30th	+ 22.634	05	1: 12.481 (30.)
11	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	30th	+ 25.383	09	1: 12.788 (19.)
12	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	30th	+ 26.291	02	1: 12.614 (28th)
13	Neel Jani	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	30th	+ 27.493	18th	1: 13.909 (25.)
14th	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	30th	+ 29,046	10	1: 13.114 (25.)
15th	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	30th	+ 35.290	13	1: 13.207 (26.)
16	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	30th	+ 36.318	23	1: 13.041 (30.)
17th	Felipe Massa	ROKiT Venturi Racing	30th	+ 45.758	15th	1: 13.156 (29.)
18th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	30th	+1: 01.105	06th	1: 13.324 (29.)
19th	Ma Qinghua	NIO 333 FE team	30th	+1: 28.165	20th	1: 14.216 (25.)
-	Nico Müller	Geox Dragon	28	DNF	22nd	1: 14.344 (24.)
-	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	18th	DNF	12	1: 14.261 (13.)
-	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	13	DNF	07th	1: 13.031 (12.)
-	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	0	DNS	04th	-
DSQ	Oliver Turvey	NIO 333 FE team	30th	DSQ	17th	1: 13.838 (28th)

Remarks

1. ↑ Günther subsequently received a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a time penalty of 24 seconds, because he had committed an unauthorized overtaking maneuver during a safety car phase.
2. ↑ Buemi subsequently received a time penalty of ten seconds because he drove off again in a dangerous manner after a collision.
3. ↑ Lotterer subsequently received a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a time penalty of 24 seconds, because he had committed an unauthorized overtaking maneuver during a safety car phase.
4. ↑ De Vries subsequently received a time penalty of five seconds because the team had not complied with the “Battery Software Implementation Guide” with its car. In addition, he subsequently received a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a time penalty of 24 seconds for having committed an unauthorized overtaking maneuver during a safety car phase.
5. ↑ Massa subsequently received a drive-through penalty which was converted into a time penalty of 24 seconds for driving too fast in the pit lane.
6. ↑ Evans subsequently received a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a time penalty of 24 seconds, for having committed an unauthorized overtaking maneuver during a safety car phase.
7. ↑ Ma received a five-second time penalty because his battery was only 96 percent charged when he was on the grid. He received a drive-through penalty which was converted into a time penalty of 24 seconds for having committed an unauthorized overtaking maneuver during a safety car phase.
8. ↑ Frijns subsequently received a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a time penalty of 24 seconds, because he had committed an unauthorized overtaking maneuver during a safety car phase.
9. ↑ Turvey was disqualified for consuming more than the maximum amount of energy allowed.

Championship stands after the races

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there were three points for pole position, one point for the fastest driver after the qualifying group phase and one point for the driver in the top ten who achieved the fastest race lap.

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Alexander Sims  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 35 02  Stoffel Vandoorne  Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 30th 03  Sam Bird  Envision Virgin Racing 26th 04th  Oliver Rowland  Nissan e.dams 22nd 05  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 18th 06th  André Lotterer  TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 18th 07th  Edoardo Mortara  ROKiT Venturi Racing 18th 08th  Robin Frijns  Envision Virgin Racing 10 09  Nyck de Vries  Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 8th 10  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 8th 11  James Calado  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 6th 12  Jean-Éric Vergne  DS Techeetah 4th

Item driver team Points 13  António Félix da Costa  DS Techeetah 3 14th  Brendon Hartley  Geox Dragon 2 15th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Mahindra Racing 2 16  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 2 17th  Pascal Wehrlein  Mahindra Racing 0 18th  Maximilian Günther  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 0 19th  Felipe Massa  ROKiT Venturi Racing 0 20th  Sébastien Buemi  Nissan e.dams 0 21st  Neel Jani  TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 0 22nd  Oliver Turvey  NIO 333 FE team 0 23  Ma Qinghua  NIO 333 FE team 0 24  Nico Müller  Geox Dragon 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 38 02  Envision Virgin Racing 36 03  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 35 04th  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 25th 05  Nissan e.dams 22nd 06th  TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 18th

Item team Points 07th  ROKiT Venturi Racing 18th 08th  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 8th 09  DS Techeetah 7th 10  Mahindra Racing 2 11  Geox Dragon 2 12  NIO 333 FE team 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Diriyya: Robin Frijns wins 1st free practice of the season. e-Formel.de, November 22, 2019, accessed on November 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Diriyya: Sam Bird breaks record in 2nd free practice. e-Formel.de, November 22, 2019, accessed on November 22, 2019 .