His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, witnessed the competitions of the second round of the “Formula E Diriyah 2021” race, which was held in the historic Diriyah for the third year in a row, within the seventh season of the World Championship. EPB Via Formula E “.

The grand race was held for the first time at night with the participation of 12 international teams over a period of two days at the Diriyah circuit, which is 2.83 km long and lit with LED technology, which is low-consumption, powered by renewable energy for the first time in the history of the race, as part of implementing the best initiatives. Global in the field of environmental and economic sustainability, in line with the programs of “the Kingdom’s Vision 2030”.

On Saturday, the second round of the “Formula E Diriyah 2021” race was concluded in the “ABB Via Formula E” world championship in its seventh season, which was held in the Kingdom for the third time in a row, and lasted two days, organized by the Ministry of Sports and in cooperation with the Saudi Automobile Federation. And motorcycles.

Immediately after the end of the race, His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, Minister of Sports, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdullah Al-Faisal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, British racer Sam Bird from the Jaguar Racing Team won the title of the second round and first place in This race, while Dutch racer Robin Friens, driver of Infigen Virgin Racing, came second, and third place went to French racer Jean-Eric Verne, driver of DSChetah.

The Dutch racer “Nick De Vries” from the Mercedes Benz EQ team won first place in the opening round of the international race that took place yesterday evening at the circuit of Diriyah, beating the Swiss competitor “Eduardo Montara” from the Rocket Venturi Racing team, who came in Second place, while New Zealand racer Mitch Evans of Jaguar Racing finished third.

The second round, which was held today, started at (8.00) in the evening and lasted for (45) minutes, amid great competition from the contestants, who numbered (23) drivers, representing 12 international teams, after the withdrawal of the Swiss driver Eduardo Mortara, a team driver. Rocket Venturi Racing, who finished runner-up in the first-round race, had an accident during the afternoon’s qualifying rounds.

The participating drivers talked about their admiration for the professional organization of the races, and the warm reception they found in the Kingdom, and they praised the remarkable development that the Kingdom is witnessing at various levels.

It is noteworthy that today’s competitions had started with the third free trials of the second round at (2.00) in the afternoon, followed by the qualifiers that took place in four groups to determine the starting positions, where the Dutch Robin Friens, driver of Infigen Virgin Racing, succeeded in achieving the fastest time (1:07: 889), an hour while the second place went to Brazilian Sergio Camara from the Dragon Penske Autosport team with a time (1:08: 178), and British Sam Bird from Jaguar Racing came third at a time (1:08:405).