Mexico City E-Prix 2018

Mexico City E-Prix 2018

Racing data
5th of 12 races in the FIA Formula E Championship 2017/18
Surname:	2018 ABB FIA Formula E Mexico City E-Prix
Date:	March 3, 2018
Place:	Mexico City , Mexico
Course:	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Length:	98.253 km in 47 laps of 2.093 km
Pole position
Driver:	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team
Time:	1: 01.645 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
Time:	1: 02.202 min (lap 27)
Podium
First:	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
Second:	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team
Third:	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams

The Mexico City E-Prix 2018 (officially: 2018 ABB FIA Formula E Mexico City E-Prix ) took place on March 3rd at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City and was the fifth race of the FIA Formula E Championship 2017/18 . It was the third Mexico City E-Prix.

report

background

After the Santiago E-Prix , Jean-Éric Vergne led the drivers' standings with five points ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and ten points ahead of Sam Bird . In the team standings, Techeetah was two points ahead of Mahindra Racing and 20 points ahead of DS Virgin .

With Jérôme D'Ambrosio and Lucas di Grassi , two former winners competed in this race.

Sébastien Buemi , di Grassi and Rosenqvist received a so-called FANBOOST , they were allowed to increase the output of their second vehicle once to up to 200 kW and thus use up to 100 kilojoules of additional energy. For Buemi and di Grassi it was the fourth FANBOOST this season. For Rosenqvist it was the first FANBOOST of his career.

training

In the first free practice, di Grassi was fastest with a lap time of 1: 01.158 minutes ahead of Edoardo Mortara and Vergne.

In the second free practice session, too, Grassi was fastest in 1: 01.203 minutes ahead of Rosenqvist and Mitch Evans . The training was interrupted by Alex Lynn after an accident .

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 12:00 p.m. and took place in four groups of five drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers had a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 170 kW and then a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 200 kW were allowed to drive. Buemi was fastest with a lap time of 1: 01.668 minutes.

The five fastest drivers then drove in the first five positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Rosenqvist secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 01.645 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Lynn, Oliver Turvey , Buemi and António Félix da Costa , whose time was canceled due to falling below the minimum weight. With these three points, Mahindra also took the lead in the team standings.

Bird and his teammate Lynn were moved ten positions back because of a gearbox change. Di Grassi was also moved ten positions back because of a broken seal on the inverter of one of his two vehicles. Since it was not possible to completely relocate from twelfth position on the grid, the remaining penalty was converted into a five-second time penalty that di Grassi had to serve when changing vehicles.

run

The race lasted 47 laps.

Abt won the race ahead of Turvey and Buemi. It was the first victory for Abt in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship. Turvey achieved his first podium finish in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, Buemi the third podium finish of the season. The remaining points standings occupied Nelson Piquet jr. , Vergne, Evans, Félix da Costa, Mortara, di Grassi and Lynn. The bonus point for the fastest lap of the top ten went to di Grassi.

Vergne extended his lead in the overall standings to Rosenqvist and Bird. In the team standings, Techeetah increased the gap on Mahindra, with Jaguar behind .

Registration list

All teams and drivers used Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
Renault e.dams	Renault ZE17	08th	Nicolas Prost
		09	Sébastien Buemi
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	Audi e-tron FE04	01	Lucas di Grassi
		66	Daniel Dept.
Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	Mahindra M4Electro	19th	Felix Rosenqvist
		23	Nick Heidfeld
DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	Virgin DSV-03	02	Sam Bird
		36	Alex Lynn
Techeetah	Renault ZE17	18th	André Lotterer
		25th	Jean-Éric Vergne
NIO Formula E team	NextEV NIO Sport 003	16	Oliver Turvey
		68	Luca Filippi
Andretti Formula E.	Andretti ATEC-03	27	Tom Blomqvist
		28	António Félix da Costa
Dragon Racing	PENSKE EV-2	06th	José María López
		07th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
Venturi Formula E team	Venturi VM200-FE-03	04th	Edoardo Mortara
		05	Maro Engel
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type II	03	Nelson Piquet Jr.
		20th	Mitch Evans

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 01.676	1: 01.645	01
02	Alex Lynn	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 01.830	1: 02.014	10
03	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	1: 01.777	1: 02.172	02
04th	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	1: 01.668	1: 02.510	03
05	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	1: 01.772	no time	04th
06th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	1: 01.885	-	05
07th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	1: 01.962	-	06th
08th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 01.964	-	07th
09	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 02.007	-	19th
10	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 02.023	-	08th
11	André Lotterer	Techeetah	1: 02.057	-	09
12	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	1: 02.079	-	20th
13	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	1: 02.091	-	11
14th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 02.135	-	12
15th	José María López	Dragon Racing	1: 02.264	-	13
16	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	1: 02.360	-	14th
17th	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	1: 02.377	-	15th
18th	Tom Blomqvist	Andretti Formula E.	1: 02.443	-	16
19th	Luca Filippi	NIO Formula E team	1: 02.508	-	17th
20th	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	1: 03.416	-	18th
110 percent time : 1: 07.835 min (based on the best time of 1: 01.668 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Lynn was moved ten starting positions back because of a gearbox change.
2. ↑ Félix da Costa's time from Superpole was canceled because his vehicle was too light.
3. ↑ Bird was moved back ten starting positions because of a gear change.
4. ↑ Di Grassi was moved back ten starting positions due to an inverter change.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	47	50: 45.164	05	1: 03.154 (31st)
02	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	47	+ 6.398	02	1: 03.122 (31st)
03	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	47	+ 6.615	03	1: 03.108 (31st)
04th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	47	+ 7.015	07th	1: 02.709 (32nd)
05	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	47	+ 7.546	06th	1: 03.284 (30.)
06th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	47	+ 9.050	12	1: 02.907 (26.)
07th	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	47	+ 17.157	04th	1: 03.043 (27.)
08th	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	47	+ 26,511	18th	1: 03,330 (27.)
09	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	47	+ 29.208	20th	1: 02.202 (27.)
10	Alex Lynn	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	47	+ 29,515	10	1: 03.793 (30.)
11	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	47	+ 30.418	14th	1: 03.131 (25.)
12	José María López	Dragon Racing	47	+ 31.859	13	1: 03.162 (25.)
13	André Lotterer	Techeetah	47	+ 36.206	09	1: 03.174 (28th)
14th	Luca Filippi	NIO Formula E team	47	+ 38.336	17th	1: 03.328 (29.)
15th	Tom Blomqvist	Andretti Formula E.	47	+ 38.592	16	1: 03.298 (33.)
16	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	47	+ 44.689	11	1: 03.017 (27.)
17th	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	47	+ 44.982	19th	1: 03.907 (29.)
-	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	36	DNF	15th	1: 03.013 (27.)
-	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	34	DNF	01	1: 03.501 (12.)
-	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	27	DNF	08th	1: 03.961 (11th)

Championship stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there were three points for pole position and one point for the driver in the top ten who achieved the fastest race lap.

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Jean-Éric Vergne  Techeetah 81 02  Felix Rosenqvist  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 69 03  Sam Bird  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 61 04th  Sébastien Buemi  Renault e.dams 52 05  Nelson Piquet Jr.  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 45 06th  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 37 07th  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 29 08th  Edoardo Mortara  Venturi Formula E team 28 09  Oliver Turvey  NIO Formula E team 26th 10  Nick Heidfeld  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 21st 11  André Lotterer  Techeetah 18th

Item driver team Points 12  António Félix da Costa  Andretti Formula E. 16 13  Alex Lynn  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 9 14th  José María López  Dragon Racing 8th 15th  Nicolas Prost  Renault e.dams 7th 16  Maro Engel  Venturi Formula E team 6th 17th  Tom Blomqvist  Andretti Formula E. 4th 18th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Dragon Racing 4th 19th  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 3 20th  Luca Filippi  NIO Formula E team 1 21st  Kamui Kobayashi  Andretti Formula E. 0 22nd  Neel Jani  Dragon Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Techeetah 99 02  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 90 03  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 74 04th  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 70 05  Renault e.dams 59

Item team Points 06th  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 40 07th  Venturi Formula E team 34 08th  NIO Formula E team 27 09  Andretti Formula E. 20th 10  Dragon Racing 12

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Tobias Wirtz: Felix da Costa's super pole time canceled. e-Formel.de, March 3, 2018, accessed on March 4, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Timo Pape: Bird is also punished for changing gears. e-Formel.de, March 2, 2018, accessed on March 2, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Gear change: Penalty transfer for Lynn. e-Formel.de, February 22, 2018, accessed on February 22, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Timo Pape: "Hard phase" for Audi: Inverter problem to be solved in Uruguay & renewed punishment for Lucas di Grassi. e-Formel.de, February 27, 2018, accessed on March 1, 2018 .