# 2024 Diriyah ePrix

The 2024 Diriyah ePrix 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 the 26 and 27 January 2024. It served as the second round of the 2023–24 Formula E season, the sixth and final edition of the Diriyah ePrix and the fourth time the event was held at night.

## Background

Following a win from pole in the first round in Mexico City. Pascal Wehrlein led the championship with 28 points. Sébastien Buemi was second, 10 points behind, and Nick Cassidy was third, 12 points behind.

## Classification

(All times are in AST).

### Race 1
#### Qualifying

Qualifying for race 1 took place at 3:20 PM on 26 January.
Group draw :
| Group A | WEH | CAS | EVA | HUG | DEN | ROW | MOR | DEV | MUE | FRI | DIG |
| Group B | BUE | GUE | JEV | VAN | NAT | FEN | BIR | DAR | TIC | DAC | SET |

#### Qualifying duels

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| A3 | Pascal Wehrlein | Pascal Wehrlein | | | | | | |
| A2 | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | | | | | | |
| A2 | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | Jake Dennis | | | |
| | | | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | | | |
| A4 | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | | | |
| A1 | Nick Cassidy | Nick Cassidy | | | | | | |
| A1 | Nick Cassidy | Nick Cassidy | | | | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans | Mitch Evans |
| | | | | | | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne |
| B3 | Maximilian Günther | Maximilian Günther | | | | | | | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne |
| B2 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Sérgio Sette Câmara | | | | | | |
| B2 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Sérgio Sette Câmara | | | |
| | | | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | | | |
| B4 | Norman Nato | Norman Nato | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | | | |
| B1 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | | | | | | |

#### Overall classification

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
| 1 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | — | 1:12.856 | 1:12.164 | 1:12.125 | 1:12.062 | 1 |
| 2 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:13.006 | — | 1:12.313 | 1:11.992 | 1:12.134 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 1:12.779 | — | 1:12.527 | 1:12.079 | — | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | ERT | — | 1:12.897 | 1:12.495 | 1:12.611 | — | 4 |
| 5 | 17 | Norman Nato | Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:12.933 | 1:12.475 | — | — | 5 |
| 6 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:12.872 | — | 1:12.610 | — | — | 6 |
| 7 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar | 1:12.619 | — | 1:12.821 | — | — | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | — | 1:12.931 | 1:12.892 | — | — | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Sam Bird | McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:13.147 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 1:13.207 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 11 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | — | 1:13.167 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 12 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Jaguar | 1:13.272 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| 13 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | — | 1:13.186 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 14 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | Nissan | 1:13.350 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| 15 | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | — | 1:13.294 | — | — | — | 15 |
| 16 | 51 | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | 1:13.531 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| 17 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | — | 1:13.367 | — | — | — | 20 |
| 18 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | ABT-Mahindra | 1:13.729 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| 19 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | ERT | — | 1:13.446 | — | — | — | 18 |
| 20 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra | 1:13.791 | — | — | — | — | 19 |
| 21 | 18 | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati | — | 1:14.054 | — | — | — | 21 |
| 22 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | Mahindra | 1:14.254 | — | — | — | — | 22 |
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#### Race

Race 1 started at 8:04 PM on 26 January.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 37 | 45:56.452 | 3 | 25+1 |
| 2 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | 37 | +13.289 | 1 | 18+3 |
| 3 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar | 37 | +13.824 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 8 | Sam Bird | McLaren-Nissan | 37 | +14.620 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 37 | +15.174 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | 17 | Norman Nato | Andretti-Porsche | 37 | +15.661 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | 37 | +16.267 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 37 | +16.387 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | ERT | 37 | +26.606 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Jaguar | 37 | +26.968 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 37 | +27.021 | 10 | |
| 12 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 37 | +27.472 | 13 | |
| 13 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | Nissan | 37 | +27.973 | 14 | |
| 14 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | 37 | +28.366 | 11 | |
| 15 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra | 37 | +29.397 | 19 | |
| 16 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 37 | +29.885 | 20 | |
| 17 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | Mahindra | 37 | +30.419 | 22 | |
| 18 | 51 | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | 37 | +30.884 | 16 | |
| 19 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | ABT-Mahindra | 37 | +31.188 | 17 | |
| 20 | 18 | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati | 37 | +31.541 | 21 | |
| 21 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | ERT | 37 | +1:04.712 | 18 | |
| Ret | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 12 | Suspension damage | 15 | |
| Source: ||||||||
Notes:
* ^1 – Pole position.
* ^2 – Fastest lap.

#### Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Pascal Wehrlein | 32 |
| 1 | 2 | Nick Cassidy | 31 |
| 3 | 3 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 29 |
| 5 | 4 | Jake Dennis | 28 |
| | 5 | Mitch Evans | 20 |
| | Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jaguar | 51 |
| 4 | 2 | Andretti | 37 |
| 2 | 3 | DS Penske | 33 |
| 3 | 4 | Porsche | 32 |
| 2 | 5 | Envision | 19 |
| | Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Porsche | 64 |
| 1 | 2 | Jaguar | 59 |
| | 3 | Stellantis | 47 |
| | 4 | Nissan | 18 |
| 1 | 5 | ERT | 2 |
* Notes: Only the top five positions are included for all three sets of standings.

### Race 2
#### Qualifying

Qualifying for race 2 took place at 3:20 PM on 27 January.
Group draw :
| Group A | WEH | JEV | EVA | GUE | NAT | VAN | SET | FEN | DEV | DAC | TIC |
| Group B | CAS | DEN | BUE | BIR | HUG | ROW | FRI | MOR | DAR | MUE | DIG |

#### Qualifying duels

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| A3 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Jean-Éric Vergne | | | | | | |
| A2 | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | | | | | | |
| A2 | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | | | |
| | | | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | | | |
| A4 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | | | |
| A1 | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | | | | | | |
| A1 | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | | | | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns |
| | | | | | | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland |
| B3 | Jake Hughes | Jake Hughes | | | | | | | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland |
| B2 | Nick Cassidy | Nick Cassidy | | | | | | |
| B2 | Nick Cassidy | Nick Cassidy | Nick Cassidy | Nick Cassidy | Nick Cassidy | | | |
| | | | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | | | |
| B4 | Jehan Daruvala | Jehan Daruvala | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | | | |
| B1 | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | | | | | | |

#### Overall classification

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
| 1 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | Nissan | — | 1:10:486 | 1:10:149 | 1:10:098 | 1:10:055 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Jaguar | 1:10:784 | — | 1:10:885 | 1:10:415 | 1:10:320 | 2 |
| 3 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar | — | 1:10:760 | 1:10:385 | 1:10:295 | — | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | 1:10:836 | — | 1:10:539 | 1:10:627 | — | 4 |
| 5 | 18 | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati | — | 1:10:904 | 1:10:786 | — | — | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:10:847 | 1:10:994 | — | — | 6 |
| 7 | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 1:10:641 | — | 1:11:077 | — | — | 7 |
| 8 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | 1:10:801 | — | 1:11.112 | — | — | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | ERT | — | 1:10.986 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 10 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:10.946 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 11 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | — | 1:11.152 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | 1:10.993 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| 13 | 8 | Sam Bird | McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:11.165 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 14 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:11.042 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| 15 | 1 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:11.228 | — | — | — | 15 |
| 16 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | ERT | 1:11.307 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| 17 | 51 | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:11:368 | — | — | — | 17 |
| 18 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | Mahindra | 1:11.327 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| 19 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra | — | 1:11:386 | — | — | — | 19 |
| 20 | 17 | Norman Nato | Andretti-Porsche | 1:11.390 | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| 21 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:11.806 | — | — | — | 21 |
| 22 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 1:11.662 | — | — | — | — | 22 |
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#### Race

Race 2 started at 8:04 PM on 27 January.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar | 36 | 43:51:868 | 3 | 25+1 |
| 2 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Jaguar | 36 | +1.192 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | Nissan | 36 | +1.875 | 1 | 15+3 |
| 4 | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 36 | +2.931 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | 36 | +3.397 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 36 | +4.598 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 36 | +4.816 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | 36 | +5.195 | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | 36 | +5.709 | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 36 | +6.866 | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra | 36 | +10.116 | 19 | |
| 12 | 1 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 36 | +11.240 | 15 | |
| 13 | 51 | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | 36 | +14.462 | 17 | |
| 14 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 36 | +17.960 | 22 | |
| 15 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | Mahindra | 36 | +19.295 | 18 | |
| 16 | 17 | Norman Nato | Andretti-Porsche | 36 | +20.235 | 20 | |
| 17 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | ERT | 36 | +21.564 | 9 | |
| 18 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | ABT-Mahindra | 36 | +25.639 | 21 | |
| Ret | 33 | Dan Ticktum | ERT | 32 | Retired | 16 | |
| Ret | 18 | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati | 25 | Brakes | 5 | |
| Ret | 8 | Sam Bird | McLaren-Nissan | 22 | Suspension | 13 | |
| DNS | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | | Did not start | 11 | |
| Source: ||||||||
* Sébastien Buemi did not start after an accident in qualifying.
Notes:
* ^1 – Pole position.
* ^2 – Fastest lap.

#### Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Nick Cassidy | 57 |
| 1 | 2 | Pascal Wehrlein | 38 |
| | 3 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 33 |
| | 4 | Jake Dennis | 28 |
| | 5 | Mitch Evans | 21 |
| | Pos | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Jaguar | 78 |
| 1 | 2 | DS Penske | 47 |
| 1 | 3 | Porsche | 38 |
| 2 | 4 | Andretti | 37 |
| | 5 | Envision | 37 |
| | Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jaguar | 103 |
| 1 | 2 | Porsche | 70 |
| | 3 | Stellantis | 61 |
| | 4 | Nissan | 48 |
| | 5 | ERT | 2 |
* Notes: Only the top five positions are included for all three sets of standings.