DIRIYAH E-PRIX ROUND 2 RACE RECAP

Written by Lucy Bennett, Edited by Sage Hou

Sam Bird wins the Round 2 of the Diriyah E-Prix after a late red flag with 2 minutes remaining The cars of Buemi, Evans and Gunther were stranded after collisions with Alexander Lynn also retiring It was not the day for Mercedes EQ who had to start from the back of the grid following the FIA’s investigation into Mortara’s crash earlier in Final Practice. De Vries finished in 14th and Vandoorne in 17th after he received penalties Joining Bird on the podium was Robin Frijns and Jean-Eric Vergne, after a 5 way battle for the lead. Wehrlein received a stop and go penalty after corner cutting and taking Jake Dennis out of the race Looking at the Standings, Nyck De Vries remains at the top by 4 points and in the constructors Jaguar take over the top spot from Mercedes EQ. We cannot wait for the next coverage of the E-Prix!