2023 Diriyah ePrix

2023 Diriyah ePrix
2023 Diriyah ePrix
Race 3 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
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Race details
Date	28 January 2023
Official name	2023 CORE Diriyah E-Prix
Location	Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.495 km (1.550 mi)
Distance	40 laps, 99.800 km (62.013 mi)
Scheduled distance	39 laps, 97.305 km (60.463 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jake Hughes;
Time	1:08.693
Fastest lap
Driver	Sam Bird
Time	1:09.010 on lap 34
Podium
First	Pascal Wehrlein;
Second	Jake Dennis;
Third	René Rast;
	Lap leaders ;

2023 Diriyah ePrix
2023 Diriyah ePrix
Race 2 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
← Previous race	Next race →
Race details
Date	27 January 2023
Official name	2023 CORE Diriyah E-Prix
Location	Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.495 km (1.550 mi)
Distance	39 laps, 97.305 km (60.463 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Buemi;
Time	1:09.435
Fastest lap
Driver	René Rast
Time	1:10.117 on lap 17
Podium
First	Pascal Wehrlein;
Second	Jake Dennis;
Third	Sam Bird;
	Lap leaders ;

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

Qualifying duels

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A3

Dan Ticktum

A2

Oliver Rowland

Dan Ticktum

Jake Hughes

A4

Lucas di Grassi

A1

Jake Hughes

Jake Hughes

Sébastien Buemi

B3

Mitch Evans

B2

Sébastien Buemi

Sam Bird

B4

René Rast

B1

Sam Bird

Overall classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	A	B	QF	SF	F	Grid
1	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	—	1:10:231	1:09:790	1:09:366	1:09:435	1
2	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	1:10:269	—	1:09:713	1:09.779	1:09:495	2
3	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	—	1:09:942	1:09:558	1:09:462	—	3
4	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	1:10:661	—	1:09.593	1:10:246	—	4
5	58	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	—	1:10:265	1:09:729	—	—	5
6	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	—	1:10:245	1:10:039	—	—	6
7	11	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	1:10:784	—	1:10:052	—	—	7
8	8	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	1:10:600	—	1:10:114	—	—	8
9	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	—	1:10:407	—	—	—	9
10	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	1:10:829	—	—	—	—	10
11	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	—	1:10:598	—	—	—	14^[b]
12	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	1:10:903	—	—	—	—	11
13	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	—	1:10:602	—	—	—	12
14	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	1:10:940	—	—	—	—	13
15	36	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	—	1:10:607	—	—	—	15
16	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	1:10:985	—	—	—	—	16
17	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	—	1:10:636	—	—	—	17
18	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	1:11:073	—	—	—	—	18
19	4	Kelvin van der Linde	ABT-Mahindra	—	1:11:048	—	—	—	19
20	48	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	1:11:708	—	—	—	—	20
21	51	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	—	No time	—	—	—	21^[c]
22	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	1:32:982	—	—	—	—	22
Source:^[6]

Race

The race took place on January 27 at 8:03 PM.^[5]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	39	47:45:567	9	25
2	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	39	+0.531	11	18
3	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	39	+3.526	3	15
4	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	39	+6.048	1	12+3¹
5	58	René Rast	McLaren-Nissan	39	+7.471	5	10+1²
6	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Jaguar	39	+7.614	10	8
7	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS	39	+12.394	12	6
8	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	39	+15.187	2	4
9	36	André Lotterer	Andretti-Porsche	39	+15.563	15	2
10	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	39	+17.914^[d]	6	1
11	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS	39	+26.307	17
12	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	39	+27.070	16
13	11	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	39	+28.779	7
14	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO	39	+37.318	4
15	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	NIO	39	+45.034	14
16	4	Kelvin van der Linde	ABT-Mahindra	39	+1:09.547	19
17	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	39	+1:09.547	18
18	8	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	38	+1 lap	8
19	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	38	+1 lap	13
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	32	Puncture	20
Ret	51	Nico Müller	ABT-Mahindra	13	Chassis damage	21
DNS	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	0	Did not start	22
Source:^[7]

Notes:

^1 – Pole position.
^2 – 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.