The 2023 Diriyah ePrix known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 CORE 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 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

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.

Classification (All times are in AST) Race one Qualifying Qualifying took place at 3:40 PM on January 27 Group drawGroup A HUG ROW TIC DIG CAS DEN DAC NAT FEN MOR GUEGroup B BIR BUE EVA RAS WEH SET JEV LOT VAN VDL MUE

Qualifying duels

Overall classification Driver Team 116 Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar 1:10:2311:09:7901:09:3661:09:43512 5 Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan1:10:269 1:09:7131:09.7791:09:4952310 Sam BirdJaguar 1:09:9421:09:5581:09:462 34 33 Dan Ticktum NIO 1:10:661 1:09.593 1:10:246 45 58 René RastMcLaren-Nissan 1:10:2651:09:729 569 Mitch EvansJaguar 1:10:2451:10:039 6 7 11 Lucas di GrassiMahindra1:10:784 1:10:052788 Oliver RowlandMahindra1:10:600 1:10:114 8994 Pascal WehrleinPorsche 1:10:407 91037 Nick CassidyEnvision-Jaguar1:10:829 10113 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 1:10:598 141227 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche1:10:9031113 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS 1:10:602 121413 António Félix da CostaPorsche1:10:940 1315 36 André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche 1:10:607 151617 Norman Nato Nissan1:10:985 16171 Stoffel Vandoorne DS 1:10:636 171823 Sacha FenestrazNissan1:11:073 18194 Kelvin van der Linde ABT-Mahindra 1:11:048 192048 Edoardo MortaraMaserati1:11:708 202151 Nico Müller ABT-Mahindra No time 21227 Maximilian Günther Maserati1:32:982 22Source:

Race The race took place on January 27 at 8:03 PM.

Driver Team Time/Retired Points1 94 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche39 47:45:567 9252 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche39+0.531 11183 10 Sam Bird Jaguar39+3.526 3 154 16 Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar39+6.048 112+35 58 René Rast McLaren-Nissan39 +7.471 510+16 37 Nick Cassidy Envision-Jaguar39+7.614 10 87 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS39+12.394 1268 5 Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan39+15.187 249 36 André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche39+15.563 15210 9 Mitch Evans Jaguar39+17.914 6111 1 Stoffel Vandoorne DS39 +26.307 17 12 17 Norman Nato Nissan39 +27.070 1613 11 Lucas di Grassi Mahindra39 +28.779 7 14 33 Dan Ticktum NIO39 +37.318 415 3 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO39 +45.034 1416 4 Kelvin van der Linde ABT-Mahindra39 +1:09.547 1917 23 Sacha Fenestraz Nissan39 +1:09.547 1818 8 Oliver Rowland Mahindra38 +1 lap 819 13 António Félix da Costa Porsche38 +1 lap 13 Ret 48 Edoardo Mortara Maserati32 Puncture 20Ret 51 Nico Müller ABT-Mahindra13 Chassis damage 21DNS 7 Maximilian Günther Maserati0 Did not start 22Source: Notes:  – Pole position.  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 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.

Race two Qualifying Qualifying took place at 3:40 PM on January 28 Group drawGroup A DEN BUE HUG LOT CAS DAC VAN NAT TIC SET VDLGroup B WEH DIG BIR RAS JEV EVA GUE ROW MUE FEN MOR

Qualifying duels

Overall classification Driver Team 1 5 Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan1:09:361 1:08:7481:08.6801:08:693129 Mitch EvansJaguar 1:09:4011:08:9091:08:6901:08:79723 58 René RastMcLaren-Nissan 1:09:4351:08:8551:08:922 3416 Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar1:09:422 1:08:9251:08:926 4594 Pascal WehrleinPorsche 1:09:5761:09:028 5627 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche1:09:5721:09:1986748 Edoardo MortaraMaserati 1:09:6231:09:279 781 Stoffel Vandoorne DS1:09:518 1:09:282 8910 Sam BirdJaguar1:09:628 9107 Maximilian Günther Maserati 1:09:643 1011 33 Dan Ticktum NIO 1:09:698 111223 Sacha FenestrazNissan 1:09:670 12133 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO1:09:735 13148 Oliver RowlandMahindra 1:09:690 141537 Nick CassidyEnvision-Jaguar1:09:761 1516 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS 1:09:794 161713 António Félix da CostaPorsche1:09:832 1718 36 André Lotterer Andretti-Porsche 1:09:843 181917 Norman Nato Nissan1:10:107 19 20 11 Lucas di GrassiMahindra1:09:97520 21 4 Kelvin van der LindeABT-Mahindra1:10.221212251 Nico Müller ABT-Mahindra 1:10:072 22Source:

Race The race took place on January 28 at 8:03 PM. DriverTeamTime/RetiredPoints194 Pascal WehrleinPorsche4050:40:304525227 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche40+1.252618358 René RastMcLaren-Nissan40+4.554315410 Sam BirdJaguar40+5.851912+155 Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan40+10.869110+3616 Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar40+10.9474879 Mitch EvansJaguar40+11.08826823 Sacha FenestrazNissan40+12.409124948 Edoardo MortaraMaserati40+12.753721033 Dan TicktumNIO40+13.2751111113 António Félix da CostaPorsche40 +15.229171236 André LottererAndretti-Porsche40 +15.623181337 Nick CassidyEnvision-Jaguar40 +17.038151417 Norman NatoNissan40 +19.569191511 Lucas di GrassiMahindra40 +20.796201625 Jean-Éric VergneDS40 +21.22116173 Sérgio Sette CâmaraNIO40 +22.24313184 Kelvin van der LindeABT-Mahindra40 +25.29121197 Maximilian GüntherMaserati40 +27.13710201 Stoffel VandoorneDS40 +37.5728Ret8 Oliver RowlandMahindra30 Puncture14Ret51 Nico MüllerABT-Mahindra25 Accident22Source:

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 1 Pascal Wehrlein 68 1 2 Jake Dennis 62 3 Sébastien Buemi 31 1 4 Sam Bird 28 2 5 Jake Hughes 27

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Andretti-Porsche 76 2 Porsche 74 1 3 McLaren-Nissan 53 1 4 Envision-Jaguar 41 5 Jaguar 39

Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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