 2024 Diriyah E-Prix II
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 The Diriyah Street Circuit hosted the first double-header of 2023/24. | ||
| Race Information | ||
| Date | 27 January 2024[1] | |
| E-Prix No. | 119 (3 of 2023/24) | |
| Official Name | 2024 ABB Formula E Diriyah E-Prix II | |
| Location |  Diriyah Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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| Format | 100 km (60 mins) | |
| Lap length | 2.495 km (1.550 mi) | |
| Distance | 36 laps / 91.721 km (56.993 mi) | |
| Qualifying Result | ||
| Pole Sitter |  Oliver Rowland
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| Team |  Nissan Formula E Team
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| Time | 1:10.055 (128.214 km/h) | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver |  Nick Cassidy
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| Team | Jaguar TCS Racing
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| Fastest Lap | 1:10.606 on lap 36 | |
| ePrix Result | ||
| First | Second | Third |
| Nick Cassidy
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 Robin Frijns
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Oliver Rowland
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| Winner Team | Jaguar TCS Racing
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| Time | 43:51.868 (125.461 km/h) | |
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The 2024 Diriyah E-Prix II, officially known as the 2024 ABB FIA Formula E Diriyah E-Prix II, was the third race of the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, staged at the Diriyah Street Circuit in Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2024.[1] The race would see Nick Cassidy secure his maiden victory as a factory Jaguar driver in only his third weekend with the team, in a race that saw the New Zealander's lead ebb and flow throughout.[2]
The grid for the third round had been set in qualifying, and had seen Oliver Rowland defeat Robin Frijns in the final by a quarter of a second to claim his first pole since the 2022 Seoul E-Prix II.[3] In order to win his first duel final in almost two seasons Rowland had defeated Jehan Daruvala in the Quarters and Cassidy in the Semis, while Frijns had knocked Jean-Éric Vergne and the Stoffel Vandoorne out of qualifying en-route to the final.[3]
Rowland made a clean getaway from pole, but with a whole day's running the day before the inside of the grid was a lot cleaner than it had been, and that allowed Frijns to muscle his way down the inside of the #22 Nissan, while Cassidy fired the #37 Jaguar around the outside of Rowland.[2] The trio went three wide into the chicane, with Frijns ultimately able to scramble out ahead of the Rowland in tow, while Cassidy held third after a brief dice with Vandoorne in the second part of the chicane.[2]
It proved to be another clean start to the race for the majority of the field, the exception being Dan Ticktum who had to pit for a new front wing after a crunch towards the back of the midfield.[2] Attack Mode came into play on lap five with Rowland taking it first with Vanoorne and Jake Hughes in tow, with Frijns reacting a lap later and just managing to keep the Brit behind.[2]
A fight duly erupted between the #4 Envision-Jaguar and the #22 Nissan, briefly interrupted by Rowland taking his second AM boost, allowing Cassidy to build a big enough gap ahead to sweep through the AM zone a few laps later.[2] With that Cassidy worked on building a small lead ahead of Frijns, who was using more energy in a bid to stay with the factory Jaguar, with those two escaping five seconds up the road from Rowland by the start of lap twelve.[2]
Cassidy's second AM boost came and went without the New Zealander losing the lead, and after briefly building a 2.5 second lead over Frijns would allow the Dutchman to close back oto his tail as he moved into a conservative phase.[2] The rest of the top eight would also begin to close on the lead duo over the following laps, as further back Sam Bird tried a lunge on Sacha Fenestraz for seventh into the chicane, but instead lost the rear and ran wide to gift eighth to Pascal Wehrlein.[2]
Bird's race came to an end a few laps later, a glance against the wall braking the suspension of the #8 McLaren-Nissan and leaving Bird limping into the pits to retire, as Wehrlein surged past Vergne for seventh.[2] Out front, meanwhile, the top six were running together with ten laps to go, with Cassidy fending off the attentions of Frijns, Rowland, Hughes, Vandoorne and Fenestraz, who had escaped from Vergne and Wehrlein during their scrap.[2]
Ultimately there would be no change to the order out front, however, with Cassidy remaining largely unchallenged from Frijns to sweep to his sixth FE victory in his 50th E-Prix, one second clear of the Dutchman in second after setting the fastest lap of the race on the final tour.[2] Rowland completed the podium in third with Hughes, Vandoorne and Fenestraz in tow, while Wehrlein, Vergne and Maximilian Günther ran out of time to get into the mix having caught the back of the top sextet in the closing stages.[2] Mitch Evans claimed the final point in tenth after a race long fight with Jake Dennis, with the two title pretenders from 2022/23 endin the day split by Edoardo Mortara in eleventh.[2]
Background[]
There were no changes to the circuit or the entry list ahead of the second race around the Diriyah Street Circuit in 2023/24, with the Attack Mode allocation also remaining the same.[1] There was, however, a change to the set race distance, with the expected race distance for the Diriyah E-Prix II reduced to 36 laps, which would allow drivers to run at full power for longer.[4]
Day 2 Delights[]
A quiet but trouble free day for Pascal Wehrlein meant that the four points he scored for eighth place in the second race of the season were enough to keep the German pilot at the head of the field, albeit with a now one point lead. A second straight podium for Nick Cassidy had left the New Zealander in second as Wehrlein's closest early contender, while Jean-Éric Vergne was up to third, two further points back. Jake Dennis and Mitch Evans then completed the top five ahead of Sébastien Buemi, as Sam Bird, Sérgio Sette Câmara and Robin Frijns all claimed their first points of the campaign.
In the Teams' Championship Jaguar Racing had jumped to the top of the pile, the British squad holding a fourteen point lead despite having yet to claim victory in 2023/24 in the opening two rounds. Andretti Formula E, courtesy of Dennis' latest triumph and further points for Norman Nato were up to second on 37 points, while DS Penske were in third on 33. Porsche's factory squad, meanwhile had slipped from the lead after the opening round to fourth at the end of the second, a point behind DS Penske, Envision Racing rounded out the top five, while ERT had earned their first points of the campaign to move into eighth.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2024 Diriyah E-Prix II is displayed below:
Practice[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying for the 2024 Diriyah E-Prix II would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight.[6] The field would be split into two groups of eleven drivers, based on Championship position, with each group then getting ten minutes on track to complete as many laps as they wished at 300 kW.[6] The fastest eight overall would then proceed to the knockout phase, now running at the maximum 350 kW qualifying mode, with the fastest from group A against the fourth fastest from group A and so on, until four drivers were left.[6]
Those four would move on to the Semi-Final, with the winner of A1/A4 taking on the victor of A2/A3, while the triumphant driver of B3/B2 would take on B4/B1's winner.[6] The winners from those duels would then go into the final, with the winner of that duel taking pole ahead of the runner-up, with any grid penalties applied after the conclusion of the duels.[6]
Group A[]
Group B[]
Knockouts[]
Quarter Finals[]
Semi Finals[]
Final[]
Post Qualifying[]
The final qualifying result for the 2024 Diriyah E-Prix II are outlined below:
| 2024 Diriyah E-Prix II Qualifying Results | |||||||
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| Final | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| I | Win | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:10.055 (128.213 km/h) | — | 1 |
| Lose | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:10.329 (127.714 km/h) | +0.274s | 2 | |
| Semi-Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| I | Win | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:10.415 (127.558 km/h) | — | F |
| Lose | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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 DS Penske
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1:10.627 (127.175 km/h) | +0.212s | 4 | |
| II | Win | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:10.098 (128.135 km/h) | — | F |
| Lose | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:10.295 (127.776 km/h) | +0.197s | 3 | |
| Quarter Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| QF 1 | Win | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:10.885 (126.712 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 25 |  Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Penske
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1:11.112 (126.308 km/h) | +0.227s | 8 | |
| QF 2 | Win | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS Penske
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1:10.539 (127.334 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:11.077 (126.370 km/h) | +0.538s | 7 | |
| QF 3 | Win | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:10.385 (127.612 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 5 | Jake Hughes
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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1:10.994 (126.518 km/h) | +0.609s | 6 | |
| QF 4 | Win | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:10.149 (128.041 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 18 |  Jehan Daruvala
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 Maserati MSG Racing
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1:10.786 (126.889 km/h) | +0.637s | 5 | |
| Group Stage | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
| 1st | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:10.486 | — | QF 4 | GB |
| 2nd | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:10.641 | +0.155s | QF 2 | GA |
| 3rd | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:10.760 | +0.274s | QF 3 | GB |
| 4th | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:10.784 | +0.298s | QF 1 | GA |
| 5th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Penske
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1:10.801 | +0.315s | QF 1 | GA |
| 6th | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS Penske
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1:10.836 | +0.350s | QF 2 | GA |
| 7th | 5 | Jake Hughes
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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1:10.847 | +0.361s | QF 3 | GB |
| 8th | 18 | Jehan Daruvala
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Maserati MSG Racing
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1:10.904 | +0.418s | QF 4 | GB |
| 9th | 94 |  Pascal Wehrlein
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:10.946 | +0.460s | 10 | GA |
| 10th | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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 ERT Formula E Team
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1:10.986 | +0.500s | 9 | GB |
| 11th | 7 | Maximilian Günther
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Maserati MSG Racing
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1:10.993 | +0.507s | 11 | GA |
| 12th | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:11.042 | +0.556s | 13 | GA |
| 13th* | 16 |  Sébastien Buemi
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Envision Racing
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1:11.152 | +0.666s | WD | GB |
| 14th | 8 | Sam Bird
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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1:11.165 | +0.679s | 12 | GB |
| 15th | 1 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti Formula E
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1:11.228 | +0.742s | 14 | GB |
| 16th | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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ERT Formula E Team
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1:11.307 | +0.821s | 15 | GA |
| 17th | 21 | Nyck de Vries
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Mahindra Racing
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1:11.327 | +0.841s | 17 | GA |
| 18th | 51 | Nico Müller
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ABT Cupra
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1:11.368 | +0.882s | 16 | GB |
| 19th | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Mahindra Racing
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1:11.386 | +0.900s | 18 | GB |
| 20th | 17 | Norman Nato
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Andretti Formula E
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1:11.390 | +0.904s | 19 | GA |
| 21st | 13 |  António Félix da Costa
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:11.662 | +1.176s | 21 | GA |
| 22nd | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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ABT Cupra
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1:11.806 | +1.320s | 20 | GB |
| Group A 110% Time: 1:17.705[7] | |||||||
| Group B 110% Time: 1:17.534[7] | |||||||
| Source:[7] | |||||||
* Buemi was withdrawn from the race after qualifying due to damage sustained during the session.[2]
Race[]
Report[]
Result[]
The final classification of the 2024 Diriyah E-Prix II is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.
| 2024 Diriyah E-Prix II Race Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
| 1st | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jagaur TCS Racing
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36 | 43:51.868 | 1:10.606 | 26 |
| 2nd | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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36 | +1.192s | 1:11.002 | 18 |
| 3rd | 18 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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36 | +1.875s | 1:11.138 | 18 |
| 4th | 5 | Jake Hughes
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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36 | +2.931s | 1:11.508 | 12 |
| 5th | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS Penske
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36 | +3.397s | 1:11.428 | 10 |
| 6th | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz
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Nissan Formula E Team
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36 | +4.598s | 1:11.304 | 8 |
| 7th | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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36 | +4.816s | 1:11.072 | 6 |
| 8th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Penske
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36 | +5.195s | 1:11.160 | 4 |
| 9th | 7 | Maximilian Günther
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Maserati MSG Racing
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36 | +5.709s | 1:11.089 | 2 |
| 10th | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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36 | +6.866s | 1:10.624 | 1 |
| 11th | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Mahindra Racing
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36 | +10.116s | 1:11.189 | |
| 12th* | 1 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti Formula E
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36 | +11.240s | 1:10.296† | |
| 13th | 51 | Nico Müller
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ABT Cupra
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36 | +14.462s | 1:11.264 | |
| 14th | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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36 | +17.960s | 1:11.041 | |
| 15th | 21 | Nyck de Vries
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Mahindra Racing
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36 | +19.295s | 1:11.284 | |
| 16th‡ | 17 | Norman Nato
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Andretti Formula E
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36 | +25.235s | 1:11.259 | |
| 17th | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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ABT Cupra
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36 | +25.639s | 1:11.311 | |
| 18thƒ | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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ERT Formula E Team
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36 | +26.564s | 1:11.507 | |
| Ret | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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ERT Formula E Team
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32 | Damage | 1:10.751 | |
| Ret | 18 | Jehan Daruvala
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Maserati MSG Racing
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25 | Accident | 1:11.136 | |
| Ret | 8 | Sam Bird
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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22 | Suspension | 1:10.664 | |
| WD | 16 | Sébastien Buemi
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Envision Racing
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| Source:[7] | |||||||
- * Dennis was handed a five second time penalty for overtaking Evans under yellow flag conditions.[8]
- † Dennis set the fastest lap of the race (1:10.296) but was ineligible to claim the bonus point as he finished outside of the top ten.[7]
- ‡ Nato was awarded a five second time penalty for overtaking da Costa under yellow flag conditions.[9]
- ƒ Sette Câmara handed a five second time penalty for overtaking da Costa under yellow flag conditions.[10]
Milestones[]
- 50th race for Jake Dennis and Nick Cassidy.
- Jehan Daruvala made his first appearance in the duels.
- Sixth career victory for Nick Cassidy.
- Jaguar Racing secured their thirteenth win as an entrant.
- Sixteenth win for Jaguar as a manufacturer.
Standings[]
Victory in only his third race with Jaguar Racing had sent Nick Cassidy to the top of the standings as the second race weekend came to a conclusion, the New Zealander having claimed three straight podiums and 57 points in the first three races. Pascal Wehrlein had made way for him and dropped to second, some nineteen points behind, while Jean-Éric Vergne was a further five behind in third. Jake Dennis' non-score saw him drop to fourth and 29 points behind the early leader, Mitch Evans was 36 behind his new teammate already, while Oliver Rowland and Sacha Fenestraz earned their first points of the campaign to take the total number of scorers to fifteen after three races.
In the Teams' Championship Jaguar Racing had eased further clear as they established themselves as the pace setters in 2023/24, the British squad leaving Diriyah with 78 points and a healthy 31 point advantage at the head of the field. DS Penske were the closest challengers to the factory Jaguar squad in second, while Porsche had moved back up to third ahead of their customers Andretti Formula E. The American squad themselves had suffered a rare non-score as they slipped to fourth, level with Envision Racing but ahead courtesy of Dennis' victory at the 2024 Diriyah E-Prix I, while the Nissan Formula E Team had become the latest team to add their name to the scoresheet, leaving the two Mahindra powered squads as the only pointless teams after three rounds.
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References[]
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- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 'Cassidy steers to measured maiden win for Jaguar in the Diriyah E-Prix Round 3', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 27/01/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/488577, (Accessed 01/09/2024)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'QUALIFYING RESULTS: Rowland rockets to Diriyah Round 3 pole', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 27/01/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/488556, (Accessed 01/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Event Note – S10-R02/R03 – 2024 Diriyah e-Prix', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 22/12/2023), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/02_R02%20Diriyah/007_Doc%207%20-%20S10-R02-R03%20-%20Event%20Note%2001%20-%20Race%20Information.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 30/08/2024)
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedEL - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 'Updated calendar, faster racing and knockout qualifying for Season 8', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/10/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/october/season-8-sporting-update, (Accessed 16/10/2021)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 'Round 03 - 2024 Diriyah E-Prix ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Results Booklet', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 27/01/2024), https://fe-results.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/03_R03%20Diriyah/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/Event%20Booklet/R03%20DIRIYAH_BOOKLET.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 01/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Decision No. 4', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 27/01/2024), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/03_R03%20Diriyah/047_Doc%2047%20-%20Decision%20No.%204.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 01/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Decision No. 5, results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 27/01/2024), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/03_R03%20Diriyah/048_Doc%2048%20-%20Decision%20No.%205.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 01/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Decision No. 6, results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 27/01/2024), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/03_R03%20Diriyah/049_Doc%2049%20-%20Decision%20No.%206.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 01/09/2024)