On Saturday night, under floodlights, the competitions of the second stage of the Diriyah E-Prix 2023 and the third stage of the ABB Formula E World Championship, which is hosted by Diriyah for the fifth time in a row, ended. HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, Minister of Sports, was crowned and HRH Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al Faisal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Motor Sports Federation, were crowned winners; Germany’s Pascal Wehrlein of the Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E team took first place for the second time in a row, while Briton Jake Dennis of the Avalanche Andretti Motorsport team came in second. , and the German René Rast, the driver of the McLaren Newm Formula E team, became the third in order.
The Kingdom-sponsored race saw the first official testing of the third-generation GEN3 cars in Diriyah following their launch last year in Monaco, where free trials and qualifying runs began at 4 p.m., during which Britain’s Jake Hughes, McLaren, Newm Formula driver finished first. E. He is followed by New Zealander Mitch Evans, driver of Jaguar Racing, followed by German René Rast, driver of McLaren Newm Formula E.
The 2023 Core Diriyah E-Prix event, based on the ABB Formula E World Championship races, kicked off Friday with stage two and was won by Germany’s Pascal Wehrlein of the Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E team, while Britain’s Jake Dennis was second in the race. Avalanche Andretti Motorsport team, and the third place was taken by the Briton Sam Bird, the driver of the Jaguar TCS team.
The ABB Formula E World Championship will move to the Indian city of Hyderabad next February, followed by competitions in Cape Town, South Africa later that month, followed by Brazil, Germany, Monaco, Indonesia and the USA. America, respectively. And Italy, then Great Britain in the last station to compete.
Notably, the 2023 Diriyah E-Prix featured 11 teams represented by 22 riders on the 2.495 km Diriyah course, which is lit using green (LED) technology.