2021 Diriyah ePrix
2021 Diriyah ePrix | ||||
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Race 1 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details | ||||
Date | 26 February 2021 | |||
Official name | 2021 Diriyah E-Prix | |||
Location | Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |||
Course | Street circuit | |||
Course length | 2.495 km (1.550 mi) | |||
Distance | 32 laps, 79.840 km (49.610 mi) | |||
Pole position | ||||
Driver | Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:08.157 | |||
Fastest lap | ||||
Driver |
Stoffel Vandoorne René Rast[a] |
Mercedes Audi | ||
Time | 1:09.583 (1:09.655) on lap 30 (16) | |||
Podium | ||||
First | Mercedes | |||
Second |
Mercedes | |||
Third | Jaguar | |||
Lap leaders |
2021 Diriyah ePrix | ||||
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Race 2 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details | ||||
Date | 27 February 2021 | |||
Official name | 2021 Diriyah E-Prix | |||
Location | Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |||
Course | Street circuit | |||
Course length | 2.495 km (1.550 mi) | |||
Distance | 29 laps, 72.355 km (44.959 mi) | |||
Pole position | ||||
Driver |
Virgin-Audi | |||
Time | 1:07.889 | |||
Fastest lap | ||||
Driver | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | ||
Time | 1:08.811 on lap 20 | |||
Podium | ||||
First | Jaguar | |||
Second |
Virgin-Audi | |||
Third |
Techeetah-DS | |||
Lap leaders |
The 2021 Diriyah ePrix (officially the 2021 ABB FIA Formula E 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 26 and 27 February 2021. It was the opening round of the 2020–21 Formula E season and the third edition of the Diriyah ePrix, and marked the first ever Formula E race held at night. The first race was won by Nyck de Vries,[1] with Edoardo Mortara and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium. Sam Bird won the second race,[2] ahead of Robin Frijns and António Félix da Costa.
Classification
Race one
Qualifying
Group draw[3] | ||||||
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Group 1 | DAC (1) | VAN (2) | JEV (3) | BUE (4) | ROW (5) | DIG (6) |
Group 2 | EVA (7) | LOT (8) | GUE (9) | BIR (10) | DEV (11) | FRI (12) |
Group 3 | SIM (13) | MOR (14) | RAS (15) | LYN (17) | WEH (18) | TUR (24) |
Group 4 | MUL (25) | BLO (26) | SET (27) | DEN (–) | CAS (–) | NAT (–) |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
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1 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 1:08.786 | 1:08.157 | 1 |
2 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:08.885 | 1:08.821 | 2 |
3 | 33 | René Rast | Audi | 1:08.959 | 1:08.869 | 3 |
4 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mercedes
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1:08.798 | 1:09.317 | 4 |
5 | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 1:09.133 | 1:09.345 | 5 |
6 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:09.152 | 1:09.706 | 6 |
7 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 1:09.157 | — | 7 |
8 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 1:09.265 | — | 8 |
9 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW
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1:09.277 | — | 9 |
10 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 1:09.362 | — | 10 |
11 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 1:09.559 | — | 11 |
12 | 71 | Norman Nato | Mercedes
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1:09.628 | — | 12 |
13 | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO
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1:09.631 | — | 13 |
14 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW
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1:09.723 | — | 14 |
15 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 1:10.128 | — | 15 |
16 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 1:10.474 | — | 16 |
17 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:10.594 | — | 17 |
18 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS
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1:10.735 | — | 18 |
19 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS
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1:10.804 | — | 19 |
20 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Penske
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1:21.445 | — | 20 |
21 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi
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1:22.0201 | — | 21 |
22 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO
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1:23.1651 | — | 22 |
23 | 6 | Nico Müller | Penske
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1:24.9551 | — | 23 |
24 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi
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no time | — | 24 |
Source:[4][5] |
Notes:
- ^1 – Nick Cassidy, Tom Blomqvist, and Nico Müller had their fastest qualifying lap times deleted for failing to reduce speed under double yellow flag.
Race
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 32 | 46:44.765 | 1 | 25+3+11 |
2 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mercedes
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32 | +4.119 | 4 | 18 |
3 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 32 | +4.619 | 6 | 15 |
4 | 33 | René Rast | Audi | 32 | +4.852 | 3 | 12+12 |
5 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 32 | +7.962 | 2 | 10 |
6 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 32 | +9.318 | 10 | 8 |
7 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 32 | +9.686 | 11 | 6 |
8 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 32 | +9.973 | 15 | 4 |
9 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 32 | +11.089 | 16 | 2 |
10 | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO
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32 | +15.518 | 13 | 1 |
11 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS
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32 | +16.225 | 18 | |
12 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW
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32 | +17.025 | 14 | |
13 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 32 | +17.273 | 17 | |
14 | 71 | Norman Nato | Mercedes
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32 | +17.312 | 12 | |
15 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS
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32 | +18.402 | 19 | |
16 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 32 | +18.417 | 7 | |
17 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi
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32 | +18.822 | 24 | |
18 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO
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32 | +19.072 | 22 | |
19 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi
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32 | +19.951 | 21 | |
20 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Penske
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32 | +20.174 | 20 | |
21 | 6 | Nico Müller | Penske
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32 | +20.586 | PL | |
Ret | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW
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23 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 22 | Collision damage | 8 | |
Ret | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 16 | Collision | 5 | |
Source:[6] |
Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race two
Qualifying
Group draw[7] | ||||||
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Group 1 | DEV (1) | MOR (2) | EVA (3) | RAS (4) | WEH (5) | ROW (6) |
Group 2 | SIM (7) | VAN (8) | DIG (9) | TUR (10) | DAC (11) | DEN (12) |
Group 3 | BUE (13) | NAT (14) | JEV (15) | LOT (16) | FRI (17) | BLO (18) |
Group 4 | CAS (19) | SET (20) | MUL (21) | GUE (22) | BIR (23) | LYN (24) |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
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1 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi
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1:07.810 | 1:07.889 | 1 |
2 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Penske
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1:08.333 | 1:08.178 | 2 |
3 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 1:08.384 | 1:08.405 | 3 |
4 | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO
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1:08.424 | 1:08.439 | 4 |
5 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO
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1:08.367 | 1:08.732 | 5 |
6 | 6 | Nico Müller | Penske
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1:08.432 | 1:09.060 | 6 |
7 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS
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1:08.471 | — | 7 |
8 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:08.544 | — | 8 |
9 | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 1:08.632 | — | 123 |
10 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS
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1:08.649 | — | 9 |
11 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi
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1:08.733 | — | 10 |
12 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW
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1:08.797 | — | 11 |
13 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 1:08.798 | — | 13 |
14 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 1:08.876 | — | 14 |
15 | 11 | Lucas Di Grassi
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Audi | 1:08.970 | — | 15 |
16 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:09.601 | — | 16 |
17 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW
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1:11.194 | — | 17 |
18 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:13.868 | — | 18 |
19 | 33 | René Rast | Audi | 1:13.954 | — | 19 |
20 | 17 | Nyck De Vries
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Mercedes | no time4 | — | 20 |
21 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mercedes
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no time4 | — | 21 |
22 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | no time4 | — | 22 |
23 | 71 | Norman Nato | Mercedes
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no time4 | — | 23 |
24 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | no time | — | 24 |
Source:[8][9] |
Notes:
- ^3 – Alex Lynn received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in race one.[10]
- Mercedes-powered cars were deemed unsafe and therefore not allowed to participate in qualifying.[11]
Race
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 29 | 39:50.836 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi
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29 | +2.194 | 1 | 18+3+15 |
3 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS
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29 | +6.900 | 9 | 15 |
4 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Penske
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29 | +12.817 | 2 | 12 |
5 | 6 | Nico Müller | Penske
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29 | +13.924 | 6 | 10 |
6 | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO
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29 | +15.523 | 4 | 8 |
7 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 29 | +16.389 | 13 | 6 |
8 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 29 | +20.612 | 15 | 4 |
9 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 29 | +22.482 | 20 | 2+16 |
10 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 29 | +25.395 | 16 | 1 |
11 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 29 | +27.257 | PL | |
12 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS
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29 | +28.8467 | 7 | |
13 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 29 | +29.112 | 22 | |
14 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi
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29 | +33.0797 | 10 | |
15 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 29 | +43.8857 | 14 | |
16 | 71 | Norman Nato | Mercedes
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29 | +48.192 | 23 | |
17 | 33 | René Rast | Audi | 29 | +1:06.2547 | 19 | |
18 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO
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29 | +1:09.5087 | 5 | |
Ret | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 26 | Retired | 8 | |
Ret | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW
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26 | Collision | 11 | |
Ret | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 26 | Collision | 18 | |
Ret | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 26 | Collision7 | 12 | |
Ret | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW
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16 | Collision | 17 | |
DNS | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mercedes
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0 | Did not start | 21 | |
Source:[12] |
Notes:
- ^5 – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
- ^6 – Fastest lap.
- ^7 – Jean-Éric Vergne, René Rast and Tom Blomqvist received a drive-through penalty apiece for failing to activate the second of the two mandatory attack modes. Rast and Blomqvist also received a further drive-through penalty for speeding under full course yellow, as did Nick Cassidy. Alexander Sims and Alex Lynn received a drive-through penalty each for a technical infringement involving the throttle pedal map. All these penalties were issued after the race and were therefore converted into 24-second time penalties.[13]
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Events
Major incidents
Later on in the day, race two ended early following an accident – not shown on the international broadcast, but on one of the track's
Other
During the award ceremony, the government of Saudi Arabia, with a Patriot missile, neutralized a missile over Riyadh, near the town of Diriyah,[19] allegedly fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels.[20] There were no injuries, but flights were diverted[21][22] or cancelled, making some participants go back to their hotels,[23] and a house was damaged.[24] This also raised concerns about the then-upcoming Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with regards to safety for the staff, teams, and drivers; such a missile attack did occur during the 2022 running of the Formula One event.
Notes
References
- ^ "Nyck De Vries the leading light as Formula E opens with night race in Diriyah". LiveScore. 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Sam Bird wins second Formula E night race in Diriyah after horrror crash for Alex Lynn". LiveScore. 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Doc 28 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Doc 51 - Final Classification Qualifying Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Doc 52 - Final Starting Grid Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Doc 65 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Doc 68 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Doc 88 - Final Classification Qualifying - Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Doc 96 - Final Starting Grid Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Doc 63 - Decision No. 23" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Mercedes teams forced to miss qualifying after Mortara crash". The Race. 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Doc 116 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Vergne loses podium amid nine post-race Formula E penalties". The Race. 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Mortara suffers massive post-practice crash, Frijns fastest". The Race. 27 February 2021.
- ^ "ROKiT Venturi Racing on Twitter". Twitter. 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Fórmula E: em prova com acidente feio no fim, Sam Bird vence na Arábia; Sette Câmara é quarto". Globoesporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Alex Lynn taken to hospital after dramatic crash in Formula E race". GPblog.com. 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Mahindra Racing on Twitter". Twitter. 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Saudi missile interception carried out near Diriyah Formula E track". FormulaRapida.net. 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Saudis Say They Intercepted Houthi Missile Attack Over Capital". The New York Times. 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia hit by mass ballistic missile and drone attack – Iran backed rebels blamed". Express.co.uk. 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Fórmula E: Sauditas repeliram ataque de mísseis". Autosport (in Portuguese). 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Míssil assusta organização da Fórmula E na Arábia Saudita e gera preocupação para F-1". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "No injuries in missile attack on Riyadh during Formula E weekend". GPblog.com. 28 February 2021.