Minister of Sport and President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC) Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal crowned Saturday the New Zealander Nick Cassidy, the racing driver of Jaguar Formula E racing team after came first in the third round of the ABB FIA Formula E 2024 World Championship in its 10th season and the 2024 Diriyah E-Prix Round 2.
The Dutch racer Robin Frijns, driver of the Envision Racing team, secured second place, while the British Oliver Rowland, driver of the Nissan team, snatched third place.
More than 300 media professionals from various local, regional and international platforms attended the event, and it was broadcast via 45 channels in 16 countries.
Following the end of the second and third rounds hosted by the Kingdom, the drivers will head to Sao Paulo in Brazil, which will host the fourth round of the global event, while Japan will host the fifth one, Italy in the sixth and seventh rounds, then France will host the eighth round, as Germany will host the ninth and tenth rounds.
The eleventh and twelfth rounds will be held in China, and then the tournament will move to the US, which will organize the thirteenth and fourteenth rounds. Finally, it will conclude with the fifteenth and sixteenth rounds in London, UK.
In Saudi Arabia, the ceremony was attended by Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudi Automobile & Motorcycle Federation (SAMF) and President of the Saudi Motorsports Company.
