- World Champion Pascal Wehrlein claims 8th place
- António Félix da Costa taken out on the first lap
- Jake Dennis gets manufacturer points for Porsche in 4th
Pascal Wehrlein raced his Porsche 99X Electric from 13th on the grid to finish 8th in the second Jeddah E-Prix of the weekend on Saturday. His TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E teammate António Félix da Costa started 4th but was taken out of the race by a competitor in a first-lap collision.
The highest placed Porsche 99X Electric was that of Andretti Formula E’s Jake Dennis, who finished in 4th place after having led the race briefly. Cupra Kiro’s Dan Ticktum (Porsche 99X Electric WCG3) finished 9th to make it three Porsche in the top ten. The points of former World Champion Dennis in the customer car as well as those of reigning World Champion Wehrlein count towards the manufacturers’ standings as they were the two best-placed Porsche finishers.
Comments on the Jeddah E-Prix
Florian Modlinger, Director Factory Motorsport Formula E: “That was another disappointing race day in Jeddah. António starting from P4 and being taken out from behind by a competitor was really unfortunate. He would have been good for a top position. Pascal started from P13 and progressed through the race, then finished P8. We collected valuable points but could have had more. Now we will regroup, analyse everything and try to come back even stronger in Miami.”
Pascal Wehrlein, Porsche works driver (#1): “We had a software issue in qualifying which cost us performance. At one point the race felt quite good, but at the end it didn’t feel quite as good anymore. It is a bit difficult to understand why we lost so many places.”
António Félix da Costa, Porsche works driver (#13): “It feels like a weekend where I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. In both races I got hit very hard on the opening lap. Today it was terminal damage, so the race was over after three corners. We started fourth and we had everything to fight for a win. This one will hurt us both mentally and in our championship, but there’s still a long season ahead. We’ve got a super-strong team so we will keep fighting.”
ABB FIA Formula E World Championship – standings after 4 of 16 races
Drivers’ classification
1. Oliver Rowland (GBR), 68 points
2. Taylor Barnard (GBR), 51 points
3. António Félix da Costa (POR), 39 points
8. Pascal Wehrlein (GER), 25 points
9. Jake Dennis (GBR), 25 points
16. Dan Ticktum (GBR), 6 points
17. Nico Müller (SUI), 2 points
21. David Beckmann (GER), 0 points
Teams’ classification
1. Nissan Formula E Team (JPN), 68 points
2. NEOM McLaren Formula E Team (GBR), 67 points
3. TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team (GER), 64 points
8. Andretti Formula E (USA), 27 points
10. CUPRA KIRO (USA), 6 points
Manufacturers’ classification
1. Nissan, 130 points
2. Stellantis, 83 points
3. Porsche, 80 points
