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Your guide to the 2024 Diriyah E-Prix

Everything you need to know before the first double-header of the season!

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It's time to go racing! This week, the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team will be heading out to Saudi Arabia for the second and third races of Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

We'll take you through everything you need to know before we hit the track and hear how the team are feeling!

Key info

Where Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
When 26 & 27 January 2024
Lap Distance 2.49km
Diriyah Street Circuit

The Diriyah Street Circuit Old skirts around the historic town walls of the UNESCO World Heritage site

Formula E
Diriyah E-Prix

Session

times

  • Free Practice 1

    18:00 – 18:30 local / 14:00 – 14:30 Bicester

  • Free Practice 2

    13:00 – 13:30 local / 10:00 – 10:30 Bicester

    Qualifying

    15:20 – 16:43 local / 12:20 – 13:43 Bicester

    Race

    20:03 – 21:30 local / 17:03 – 18:30 Bicester

  • Free Practice 3

    13:00 – 13:30 local / 10:00 – 10:30 Bicester

    Qualifying

    15:20 – 16:43 local / 12:20 – 13:43 Bicester

    Race

    20:03 – 21:30 local / 17:03 – 18:30 Bicester

Jake

“I’m really looking forward to racing in Diriyah, the first double-header of the season, and a track we went well at last year. Last time out, I got my first pole position in Formula E here, so I’m excited to be back. The track is really special, it’s a challenging one for drivers with a lot of high speed, so really looking forward to tackling it later this week. I hope we can build on our start to the season, potentially scoring some more points in both races and aiming to fight near the front of the field.”

Sam Bird

“I’m very excited to be out in Diriyah for the second and third rounds of the season. It’s a very important race for us with NEOM being our Title Partner. We consider this to be one of our home races. It’s a race that I have gone well at before, winning twice and getting another podium, so I’m looking forward to hopefully having a strong weekend. It’s also a race where NEOM McLaren have competed strongly at in the past, so I’m optimistic about our potential for this weekend.”

Ian James

“We're heading into the race week in Diriyah with a good dose of optimism and excitement.

“The pace and energy management we saw during the first event of the season, over a week ago in Mexico City, was a step in the right direction compared to last year. The work the team put in over the off-season was clearly visible. There is still room for improvement, and we took away new learnings from the first round of the season, which we have started to address. It's good to have the first points of the season on the board, but we know we can score more points if we put in the work and can be more consistent and live out our mantra of 'operational excellence' throughout the race weekend.

“Diriyah is one of our home races of the season, and we have created some great memories here in the past. Last year, we managed to clinch our maiden pole position and podium finish as the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team. It's always special to share the race memories with our Title Partner, NEOM, and I can't wait to create new memories together.

“We're ready to race!"

Mexico City

NEOM McLaren racing in Mexico City at the first E-Prix of Season 10

Last time out

Jake kicked off his second season of Formula E in the points. The British racer began the weekend by topping Free Practice 1, before earning sixth on the grid for the race, which he converted to seventh at the Chequered Flag. Sam was disappointed to miss out on the top 10 on his NEOM McLaren debut as he finished 14th, but he was pleased with what he learned as Team Principal Ian James praised the pair’s overall race management.

Teams' Championship standings

Position Team Points
1 TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 28
2 Jaguar TCS Racing 26
3 Envision Racing 18
4 Maserati MSG Racing 12
5 DS Penske 12
6 NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 6
7 Andretti Formula E 3
8 Nissan Formula E Team 0
9 Mahindra Racing 0
10 ABT CUPRA Formula E Team 0
11 ERT Formula E Team 0

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