The 2019 Diriyah ePrix (officially the 2019 ABB FIA Formula E Saudia Diriyah ePrix) was a pair

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electric car race held at the

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in the town of

Diriyah Diriyah ( ar, الدِرْعِيّة), formerly romanized as Dereyeh and Dariyya), is a town in Saudi Arabia located on the north-western outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family, and served ...

, north-west of

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, in

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on 22 and 23 November 2019. It formed the first and second rounds of the 2019–20 Formula E season and was the second edition of the

Diriyah ePrix The Diriyah ePrix is a race of the single-seater, electrically powered Formula E championship, held in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. It was first held as part of the 2018–19 season and was the first Formula E race to be held in the Middle East. Th ...

. The first race was won by

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with Andre Lotterer and

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completing the podium. Alexander Sims won the second race.

Classification

Race one

Qualifying

Notes: * –

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and

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were disqualified from the session after disrespecting

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regulations in order to allow repairs to their damaged cars. The Stewards allowed Müller and Calado to start from the back of the grid.

Race

Notes: * –

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received a ten-second time penalty for being unable to fulfill the complete time of the second attack mode. * –

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received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for not respecting the homologated throttle pedal map. * – Fastest in group stage. * – Pole position. * – Fastest lap.

Race two

Qualifying

Notes: * –

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' car was found underweight after Super Pole, and his lap time was deleted. * –

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received a twenty-place grid penalty for battery change, forcing him to start from the back of the grid. For being unable to take the full grid drop (by only losing thirteen places on the grid), he also received an additional drive-through penalty at the race.

Race

Notes: * –

Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther (born 2 July 1997) is a German racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Maserati MSG Racing. Günther has previously driven in Formula 2 with Arden and for Dragon Racing, BMW i Andretti and Nissan e.dams in Formul ...

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and

all received a drive-through penalty converted into 24-second time penalties after overtaking cars under the yellow flag. * –

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received a ten-second time penalty for unsafe rejoin to the track. * –

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received a five-second time penalty for a technical infringement. He then received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty after overtaking

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under the yellow flag. * –

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received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. * –

received a drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty for causing a collision with

. He then received a second drive-through penalty converted into a 24-second time penalty after overtaking four cars after the safety car procedure. Ma also received a five-second penalty before the race due to his battery being below 97% on the dummy grid. * –

originally finished eighth and would have gotten promoted to sixth after all penalties having been applied, but was later disqualified as he used 40.06 kWh of total energy, exceeding the 40 kWh maximum. * – Pole position. * – Fastest in group stage; fastest lap.

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