2021 Diriyah ePrix
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| 2021 Diriyah ePrix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 26 February 2021 (2021年02月26日) | ||
| 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 |
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Germany René Rast [a] |
Mercedes Audi | |
| Time | 1:09.583 (1:09.655) on lap 30 (16) | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Venturi-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Jaguar | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
| 2021 Diriyah ePrix | |||
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| Race 2 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 27 February 2021 (2021年02月27日) | ||
| 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 | Netherlands Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:08.811 on lap 20 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Jaguar | ||
| Second | Virgin-Audi | ||
| Third | Techeetah-DS | ||
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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
[edit ]Race one
[edit ]Qualifying
[edit ]| Group draw[3] | ||||||
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| Group 1 | Portugal DAC (1) | Belgium VAN (2) | France JEV (3) | Switzerland BUE (4) | United Kingdom ROW (5) | Brazil DIG (6) |
| Group 2 | New Zealand EVA (7) | Germany LOT (8) | Germany GUE (9) | United Kingdom BIR (10) | Netherlands DEV (11) | Netherlands FRI (12) |
| Group 3 | United Kingdom SIM (13) | Switzerland MOR (14) | Germany RAS (15) | United Kingdom LYN (17) | Germany WEH (18) | United Kingdom TUR (24) |
| Group 4 | Switzerland MUL (25) | United Kingdom BLO (26) | Brazil SET (27) | United Kingdom DEN (–) | New Zealand CAS (–) | France NAT (–) |
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
[edit ]Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race two
[edit ]Qualifying
[edit ]| Group draw[7] | ||||||
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| Group 1 | Netherlands DEV (1) | Switzerland MOR (2) | New Zealand EVA (3) | Germany RAS (4) | Germany WEH (5) | United Kingdom ROW (6) |
| Group 2 | United Kingdom SIM (7) | Belgium VAN (8) | Brazil DIG (9) | United Kingdom TUR (10) | Portugal DAC (11) | United Kingdom DEN (12) |
| Group 3 | Switzerland BUE (13) | France NAT (14) | France JEV (15) | Germany LOT (16) | Netherlands FRI (17) | United Kingdom BLO (18) |
| Group 4 | New Zealand CAS (19) | Brazil SET (20) | Switzerland MUL (21) | Germany GUE (22) | United Kingdom BIR (23) | United Kingdom LYN (24) |
Notes:
- ^3 – Alex Lynn received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in race one.[10]
- ^4 – Following a brake failure in Edoardo Mortara's car that caused him to crash heavily into the barriers in free practice, all four Mercedes-powered cars were deemed unsafe and therefore not allowed to participate in qualifying.[11]
Race
[edit ]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
[edit ]Major incidents
[edit ]Edoardo Mortara suffered a brake failure in his Venturi-Mercedes car while making practice starts after the end of Saturday's free practice 3, causing him to crash heavily into the barriers at turn one. He was taken to hospital for precautionary checks.[14] Mortara was permitted to race, despite not taking part in qualifying. However, he did not take the start as his mechanics could not repair the damage to his car in time.[15]
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 CCTV cameras – involving Mitch Evans and Alex Lynn in which the latter's car flipped over. It came shortly after Sébastien Buemi had come to a halt and Maximilian Günther and Tom Blomqvist had made contact further up ahead on the same lap. Immediately after Lynn's car stopped, Evans jumped out of his car to check on the Briton. The safety car was called out, and eventually the race was concluded with a red flag.[16] Lynn was taken to hospital for examination,[17] and later the Mahindra team announced on Twitter that he had been cleared from the hospital, and would thus be allowed to take part in the Rome ePrix.[18] The way the crash unfolded looked similar to that of Formula One driver Mark Webber at the 2010 European Grand Prix, with the exception that Lynn's car landed upside down rather than Webber's right side up.
Other
[edit ]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
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "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.
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