Mexico City E-Prix 2019

Mexico City E-Prix 2019

Racing data
4th of 13 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19
Surname:	2019 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix
Date:	16th February 2019
Place:	Mexico City , Mexico
Course:	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Length:	94.067 km in 45 laps of 2.093 km
Pole position
Driver:	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing
Time:	0: 59.347 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing
Time:	1: 01.112 min (lap 10)
Podium
First:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team
Second:	António Félix da Costa	BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Third:	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team

The Mexico City E-Prix 2019 (officially: 2019 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix ) took place on February 16 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City and was the fourth race of the 2018 FIA Formula E Championship / 19 . It is the fourth Mexico City E-Prix.

report

background

After the Santiago E-Prix , Sam Bird led the drivers' standings with two points ahead of Jérôme D'Ambrosio and with 15 points ahead of António Félix da Costa . In the team standings, Envision Virgin Racing was twelve points ahead of Mahindra Racing and 24 points ahead of DS Techeetah .

Felipe Nasr made his debut at the Mexico City E-Prix for Dragon Racing in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, replacing Maximilian Günther .

With Daniel Abt , D'Ambrosio and Lucas di Grassi , three former winners competed in this race.

Abt, Sébastien Buemi , Félix da Costa, di Grassi and Stoffel Vandoorne received a so-called fan boost in the race ; after the 23rd minute of the race, they were allowed to increase the power of their vehicle to 240 kW to 250 kW and thus up to 100 kilojoules of additional energy use. Buemi received his 30th Fan Boost in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, di Grassi his 27th and Abt his 21st. Felix da Costa and Vandoorne each received the additional energy for the fourth time, each time this season.

training

In the first free practice, Abt set the fastest time in 59.319 seconds ahead of Edoardo Mortara and Alexander Sims .

Félix da Costa was fastest in the second free practice with a lap time of 58.963 seconds ahead of Felipe Massa and Sébastien Buemi .

Qualifying

Qualifying began at 11:45 a.m. and took place in four groups of five or six drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers could do a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 200 kW and then a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 250 kW were allowed to drive. Bird rolled out with a technical defect and did not achieve a lap time, so he did not qualify for the race. Oliver Rowland was fastest with a lap time of 59.593 seconds.

The six fastest drivers then drove in the first six positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Pascal Wehrlein secured pole position with a lap time of 59.347 seconds and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by di Grassi, Massa, Rowland, Félix da Costa and Buemi.

run

The race lasted 45 minutes plus one lap. Each driver had to activate the attack mode twice; after activation, the vehicle produced a maximum of 225 kW instead of 200 kW for a period of four minutes.

Di Grassi won the race ahead of Félix da Costa and Mortara. The remaining points were placed by D'Ambrosio, André Lotterer , Wehrlein, Mitch Evans , Massa, Bird and Abt. The point for the fastest lap in the top ten went to Wehrlein.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	Audi e-tron FE05	11	Lucas di Grassi
		66	Daniel Dept.
DS Techeetah	DS E-Tense FE 19	25th	Jean-Éric Vergne
		36	André Lotterer
Envision Virgin Racing	Audi e-tron FE05	02	Sam Bird
		04th	Robin Frijns
Mahindra Racing	Mahindra M5Electro	64	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
		94	Pascal Wehrlein
Nissan e.dams	Nissan IM01	22nd	Oliver Rowland
		23	Sébastien Buemi
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type III	03	Nelson Piquet Jr.
		20th	Mitch Evans
Venturi Formula E team	Venturi VFE05	19th	Felipe Massa
		48	Edoardo Mortara
NIO Formula E team	NIO Sport 004	08th	Tom Dillmann
		16	Oliver Turvey
Geox Dragon	PENSKE EV-3	06th	Felipe Nasr
		07th	José María López
BMW i Andretti Motorsport	BMW iFE.18	27	Alexander Sims
		28	António Félix da Costa
HWA Racelab	Venturi VFE05	05	Stoffel Vandoorne
		17th	Gary Paffett

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	0: 59.604	0: 59.347	01
02	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	0: 59.739	0: 59.653	02
03	Felipe Massa	Venturi Formula E team	0: 59.719	0: 59.695	03
04th	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	0: 59.593	0: 59.808	04th
05	António Félix da Costa	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	0: 59.778	0: 59.819	05
06th	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	0: 59.763	0: 59.949	06th
07th	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	0: 59.782	-	07th
08th	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	0: 59.802	-	08th
09	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	0: 59.935	-	09
10	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	0: 59.936	-	10
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	0: 59.959	-	11
12	André Lotterer	DS Techeetah	1: 00.050	-	12
13	Tom Dillmann	NIO Formula E team	1: 00.192	-	13
14th	Felipe Nasr	Geox Dragon	1: 00.210	-	14th
15th	José María López	Geox Dragon	1: 00.293	-	15th
16	Gary Paffett	HWA Racelab	1: 00.340	-	16
17th	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 00.375	-	20th
18th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 00.424	-	17th
19th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	1: 00.455	-	18th
20th	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA Racelab	1: 00.844	-	19th
21st	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 00.936	-	21st
110 percent time : 1: 05.552 min (based on the best time of 0: 59.593 min)
-	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	no time	-	22nd

Remarks

1. ↑ Frijns was moved three places back because he had stopped D'Ambrosio in qualifying.
2. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Bird was allowed to start because he was fast enough in free practice.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	45	1: 13: 16,167	02	1: 01.277 ( 09.)
02	António Félix da Costa	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	45	+ 0.436	05	1: 01.463 ( 09.)
03	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	45	+ 0.745	09	1: 01.441 ( 09.)
04th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	45	+ 1.159	18th	1: 01.450 ( 09.)
05	André Lotterer	DS Techeetah	45	+ 1.785	12	1: 01.603 ( 09.)
06th	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	45	+ 5.210	01	1: 01.112 (10.)
07th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	45	+ 5,800	17th	1: 01.397 ( 09.)
08th	Felipe Massa	Venturi Formula E team	45	+ 8.084	03	1: 01.557 ( 09.)
09	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	45	+ 8.356	22nd	1: 01.522 ( 09.)
10	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	45	+ 8.438	21st	1: 01.372 (43rd)
11	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	45	+ 9.044	20th	1: 01.573 ( 09.)
12	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	45	+ 11.252	10	1: 01.491 ( 09.)
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	45	+ 19,153	08th	1: 01.217 ( 09.)
14th	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	45	+ 20.471	07th	1: 01.233 (10.)
15th	Tom Dillmann	NIO Formula E team	45	+ 20.871	13	1: 01.514 ( 09.)
16	Gary Paffett	HWA Racelab	45	+ 23.272	16	1: 01.599 (36th)
17th	José María López	Geox Dragon	45	+ 41,524	15th	1: 01.398 (33.)
18th	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA Racelab	45	+ 43.425	19th	1: 01.154 (10.)
19th	Felipe Nasr	Geox Dragon	45	+1: 56.160	14th	1: 01.518 ( 09.)
20th	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	44	DNF	04th	1: 01.206 (10.)
21st	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	44	DNF	06th	1: 01.557 (12.)
-	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	02	DNF	11	1: 02.293 ( 02.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Wehrlein was subsequently given a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

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  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Mahindra Racing 53 02  António Félix da Costa  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 46 03  Sam Bird  Envision Virgin Racing 45 04th  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 34 05  Pascal Wehrlein  Mahindra Racing 30th 06th  André Lotterer  DS Techeetah 29 07th  Robin Frijns  Envision Virgin Racing 28 08th  Jean-Éric Vergne  DS Techeetah 28 09  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 28 10  Edoardo Mortara  Venturi Formula E team 27 11  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 22nd 12  Alexander Sims  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 18th

Item driver team Points 13  Sébastien Buemi  Nissan e.dams 15th 14th  Oliver Rowland  Nissan e.dams 6th 15th  Oliver Turvey  NIO Formula E team 4th 16  Felipe Massa  Venturi Formula E team 4th 17th  José María López  Geox Dragon 2 18th  Nelson Piquet Jr.  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 1 19th  Maximilian Günther  Geox Dragon 0 20th  Gary Paffett  HWA Racelab 0 21st  Tom Dillmann  NIO Formula E team 0 22nd  Stoffel Vandoorne  HWA Racelab 0 23  Felipe Nasr  Geox Dragon 0 -  Felix Rosenqvist  Mahindra Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Mahindra Racing 83 02  Envision Virgin Racing 73 03  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 64 04th  DS Techeetah 57 05  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 56 06th  Venturi Formula E team 31

Item team Points 07th  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 29 08th  Nissan e.dams 21st 09  NIO Formula E team 4th 10  Geox Dragon 2 11  HWA Racelab 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Felipe Nasr replaces Gunther at Geox Dragon ahead of Mexico. FIAFormulaE.com, February 5, 2019, accessed February 6, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Mexico: Daniel Abt wins 1st free practice. e-Formel.de, February 16, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Mexico: Antonio Felix da Costa in 2nd practice the fastest. e-Formel.de, February 16, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2019 .