Following the opening race of the 2018-2019 Formula E season, the 2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, how do the sport’s full-time drivers stack up?
BMW i Andretti Motorsport’s Antonio Felix da Costa opened up the 13-race 2018-2019 Formula E season by winning the 2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix after holding off defending series champion Jean-Eric Vergne of Techeetah in a battle that came down to the wire.
Da Costa’s victory in the 33-lap race around the 21-turn, 1.550-mile (2.494-kilometer) Riyadh Street Circuit in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia was just his second career Formula E victory, and it was his first since he won the 2015 Buenos Aires ePrix.
Heading into the Ad Diriyah ePrix, da Costa’s win drought of 38 races was the longest win drought among active drivers. Mahindra Racing’s Jerome d’Ambrosio, who finished the race behind da Costa and Vergne, now has the longest win drought among active drivers at 38 races.
How do the Formula E Driver Power Rankings look following the 2018-2019 season opener? Here are the non-formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings after the 2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix.
Non-formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Antonio Felix da Costa – #28, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW – [N/A (N/A)]
2nd – Jean-Eric Vergne – #25, DS Techeetah, Spark-DS Automobiles – [N/A (N/A)]
3rd – Jerome d’Ambrosio – #64, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra – [N/A (N/A)]
4th – Mitch Evans – #20, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar – [N/A (N/A)]
5th – Andre Lotterer – #36, DS Techeetah, Spark-DS Automobiles – [N/A (N/A)]
6th – Sebastien Buemi – #23, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan – [N/A (N/A)]
7th – Oliver Rowland – #22, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan – [N/A (N/A)]
8th – Daniel Abt – #66, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi – [N/A (N/A)]
9th – Lucas di Grassi – #11, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi – [N/A (N/A)]
10th – Nelson Piquet Jr. – #3, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar – [N/A (N/A)]
11th – Sam Bird – #2, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi – [N/A (N/A)]
12th – Robin Frijns – #4, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi – [N/A (N/A)]
13th – Oliver Turvey – #16, NIO, Spark-NIO – [N/A (N/A)]
14th – Tom Dillmann – #8, NIO, Spark-NIO – [N/A (N/A)]
15th – Maximilian Gunther – #6, Geox Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske – [N/A (N/A)]
16th – Stoffel Vandoorne – #5, HWA Racelab, Spark-Venturi – [N/A (N/A)]
17th – Felipe Massa – #19, Venturi, Spark-Venturi – [N/A (N/A)]
18th – Alexander Sims – #27, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW – [N/A (N/A)]
19th – Edoardo Mortara – #48, Venturi, Spark-Venturi – [N/A (N/A)]
20th – Jose Maria Lopez – #7, Geox Dragon Racing, Spark-Penske – [N/A (N/A)]
21st – Gary Paffett – #17, HWA Racelab, Spark-Venturi – [N/A (N/A)]
22nd – Pascal Wehrlein – #94, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra – [N/A (N/A)]
Biggest Movers
Up: N/A (N/A)
Down: N/A (N/A)
NOTE: Felix Rosenqvist replaced Pascal Wehrlein in the Ad Diriyah ePrix, but Wehrlein is still Mahindra Racing’s second full-time driver alongside Jerome d’Ambrosio.
Here are the formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings with one race down and 12 races remaining on the 2018-2019 schedule. To see how the formulated Formula E Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.