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| 2023 Diriyah ePrix | |||||
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Race 2 of 16 of the 2022–23 Formula E season
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| 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)[1] | ||||
| Distance | 39 laps, 97.305 km (60.463 mi) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Envision-Jaguar | ||||
| Time | 1:09.435 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 René Rast | McLaren-Nissan | |||
| Time | 1:10.117 on lap 17 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Porsche | ||||
| Second | Andretti-Porsche | ||||
| Third | Jaguar | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
| 2023 Diriyah ePrix | |||||
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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)[1] | ||||
| Distance | 40[a] laps, 99.800 km (62.013 mi) | ||||
| Scheduled distance | 39 laps, 97.305 km (60.463 mi) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | McLaren-Nissan | ||||
| Time | 1:08.693 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Sam Bird | Jaguar | |||
| Time | 1:09.010 on lap 34 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Porsche | ||||
| Second | Andretti-Porsche | ||||
| Third | McLaren-Nissan | ||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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| Group A | HUG
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ROW
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TIC
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 DIG
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 CAS
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DEN
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 DAC
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 NAT
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FEN
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 MOR
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GUE
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| Group B | BIR
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BUE
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EVA
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RAS
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WEH
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SET
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JEV
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LOT
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 VAN
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 VDL
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MUE
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Qualifying duels
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Dan Ticktum
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| A2 | Oliver Rowland
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| Dan Ticktum
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| Jake Hughes
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| A4 | Lucas di Grassi
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| A1 | Jake Hughes
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| Jake Hughes
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| Sébastien Buemi
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| B3 | Mitch Evans
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| B2 | Sébastien Buemi
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| Sébastien Buemi
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| Sam Bird
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| B4 | René Rast
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| B1 | Sam Bird
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Overall classification
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
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| 1 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi
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Envision-Jaguar | — | 1:10:231 | 1:09:790 | 1:09:366 | 1:09:435 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | Jake Hughes
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McLaren-Nissan | 1:10:269 | — | 1:09:713 | 1:09.779 | 1:09:495 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar | — | 1:09:942 | 1:09:558 | 1:09:462 | — | 3 |
| 4 | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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NIO | 1:10:661 | — | 1:09.593 | 1:10:246 | — | 4 |
| 5 | 58 | René Rast
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McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:10:265 | 1:09:729 | — | — | 5 |
| 6 | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar | — | 1:10:245 | 1:10:039 | — | — | 6 |
| 7 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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Mahindra | 1:10:784 | — | 1:10:052 | — | — | 7 |
| 8 | 8 | Oliver Rowland
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Mahindra | 1:10:600 | — | 1:10:114 | — | — | 8 |
| 9 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche | — | 1:10:407 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 10 | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Envision-Jaguar | 1:10:829 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 11 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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NIO | — | 1:10:598 | — | — | — | 14[b] |
| 12 | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti-Porsche | 1:10:903 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| 13 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS | — | 1:10:602 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 14 | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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Porsche | 1:10:940 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| 15 | 36 | André Lotterer
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Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:10:607 | — | — | — | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | Norman Nato
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Nissan | 1:10:985 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| 17 | 1 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS | — | 1:10:636 | — | — | — | 17 |
| 18 | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz
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Nissan | 1:11:073 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| 19 | 4 | Kelvin van der Linde
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ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:11:048 | — | — | — | 19 |
| 20 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Maserati | 1:11:708 | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| 21 | 51 | Nico Müller
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ABT-Mahindra | — | No time | — | — | — | 21[c] |
| 22 | 7 | Maximilian Günther
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Maserati | 1:32:982 | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| Source:[6] | |||||||||
Race
The race took place on January 27 at 8:03 PM.[5]