Mexico City E-Prix 2020

Mexico City E-Prix 2020

Racing data
4th of 11 races in the 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship
Surname:	2020 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix
Date:	February 15, 2020
Place:	Mexico City , Mexico
Course:	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Length:	93.698 km in 36 laps of 2.606 km
Pole position
Driver:	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Time:	1: 07.922 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Time:	1: 10.520 min (lap 31)
Podium
First:	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing
Second:	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Third:	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams

The Mexico City E-Prix 2020 (officially: 2020 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix ) took place on February 15 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City and was the fourth race of the 2019 FIA Formula E Championship / 20 . It was the fifth Mexico City E-Prix.

report

background

After Santiago e-Prix führtd Stoffel Vandoorne in the drivers' standings with three points ahead of Alexander Sims and ten points ahead of Sam Bird . In the team standings, BMW i Andretti Motorsport was four points ahead of Mercedes-Benz EQ and 22 points ahead of Virgin Racing .

For the first time since the first edition, the route was changed at this race: the route turned left after the second curve, where it ran in the opposite direction of the Formula 1 route. After a hairpin , it then led back towards the Foro Sol . In addition, the chicane in the last corner has been removed. The length of the route increased to 2.606 km.

With Lucas di Grassi (twice), Jérôme D'Ambrosio and Daniel Abt (once each), three former winners competed in this race.

training

In the first free practice session, Edoardo Mortara set the fastest time in 1: 09.273 minutes ahead of Pascal Wehrlein and D'Ambrosio. The training was canceled by Abt about ten minutes before the end after an accident. Abt was flown to a hospital by rescue helicopter and missed the second free practice and qualifying.

Sam Bird was fastest in the second free practice with a lap time of 1: 07.672 minutes ahead of António Félix da Costa and Mitch Evans .

Qualifying

Qualifying began on Saturday at 11:45 a.m. and took place in four groups of six drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers had 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. Abt did not take part in free practice after his accident. Oliver Turvey stopped on his lap with a technical problem. He missed the 110 percent hurdle and thus did not qualify for the E-Prix. Evans was fastest with a lap time of 1: 08.174 minutes and received one point.

The six fastest drivers then drove in the first six positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . André Lotterer secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 07.922 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Evans, Wehrlein, Nyck de Vries , Buemi and Bird.

D'Ambrosio and Wehrlein were each moved 40 starting positions back, as both drivers had to change the two transmissions available for the season. Since D'Ambrosio could only be moved back ten positions from 14th on the grid, he was also given a 10-second stop-and-go penalty. Wehrlein could only be moved by 21 positions, so he received a drive-through penalty. Abt and Turvey were allowed to take part in the race because they had both done fast enough laps in free practice to qualify.

run

The race lasted 45 minutes plus one lap. Each driver had to activate the attack mode three times; after activation, the vehicle had a maximum of 235 kW instead of 200 kW for a period of three minutes.

Evans won the race ahead of Félix da Costa and Buemi. The remaining points were placed by Jean-Éric Vergne , Sims, di Grassi, Oliver Rowland , Mortara, Wehrlein and D'Ambrosio. The point for the fastest lap in the top ten went to Sims.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
DS Techeetah	DS E-Tense FE20	13	António Félix da Costa
		25th	Jean-Éric Vergne
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	Audi e-tron FE06	11	Lucas di Grassi
		66	Daniel Dept.
Envision Virgin Racing	Audi e-tron FE06	02	Sam Bird
		04th	Robin Frijns
Nissan e.dams	Nissan IM02	22nd	Oliver Rowland
		23	Sébastien Buemi
BMW i Andretti Motorsport	BMW iFE.20	27	Alexander Sims
		28	Maximilian Günther
Mahindra Racing	Mahindra M6Electro	64	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
		94	Pascal Wehrlein
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type IV	20th	Mitch Evans
		51	James Calado
ROKiT Venturi Racing	Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01	19th	Felipe Massa
		48	Edoardo Mortara
Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01	05	Stoffel Vandoorne
		17th	Nyck de Vries
Geox Dragon	Penske EV-4	06th	Brendon Hartley
		07th	Nico Müller
NIO 333 FE team	NIO FE-005	03	Oliver Turvey
		33	Ma Qinghua
TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche 99X Electric	18th	Neel Jani
		36	André Lotterer

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1: 08.846	1: 07.922	01
02	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 08.174	1: 07.985	02
03	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	1: 08.362	1: 08,200	24
04th	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	1: 08.294	1: 08.214	03
05	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	1: 08.363	1: 08.364	04th
06th	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 08.394	1: 08.444	05
07th	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 08.435	-	06th
08th	Nico Müller	Geox Dragon	1: 08.479	-	07th
09	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	1: 08.496	-	08th
10	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah	1: 08.540	-	09
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	1: 08.636	-	10
12	Edoardo Mortara	ROKiT Venturi Racing	1: 08.661	-	11
13	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	1: 08.726	-	12
14th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	1: 08.788	-	23
15th	Brendon Hartley	Geox Dragon	1: 08.878	-	13
16	Neel Jani	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1: 08.880	-	14th
17th	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 08.998	-	15th
18th	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 09.098	-	16
19th	James Calado	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 09.331	-	17th
20th	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 09.376	-	18th
21st	Felipe Massa	ROKiT Venturi Racing	1: 09.450	-	19th
22nd	Ma Qinghua	NIO 333 FE team	1: 10.176	-	20th
-	Oliver Turvey	NIO 333 FE team	2: 10.061	-	21st
-	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	no time	-	22nd

Remarks

1. ↑ Wehrlein was moved 40 positions back due to two early gear changes. Since this was not completely possible from third place on the grid, the remainder of the penalty was converted into a drive-through penalty that he had to take in the race.
2. ↑ D'Ambrosio was moved 40 positions back because of two early gear changes. Since this was not completely possible from 14th on the grid, the remainder of the penalty was converted into a 10-second stop-and-go penalty that he had to take in the race.
3. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Turvey was allowed to start because he drove fast enough in free practice.
4. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Abt was allowed to start because he had driven sufficiently fast in free practice.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	36	46: 42.093	02	1: 11.099 (29.)
02	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah	36	+ 4.271	09	1: 10.742 (30.)
03	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	36	+ 6.181	04th	1: 11,158 (34th)
04th	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	36	+ 14.331	08th	1: 11.250 (22.)
05	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	36	+ 19.244	18th	1: 10,520 (31st)
06th	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	36	+ 28,346	15th	1: 11.020 (31st)
07th	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	36	+ 29.750	12	1: 11.266 (33.)
08th	Edoardo Mortara	ROKiT Venturi Racing	36	+ 30.204	11	1: 11.657 (30.)
09	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	36	+ 31.132	24	1: 10.613 (32nd)
10	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	36	+ 32.818	23	1: 11.022 (34th)
11	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	36	+ 35.512	16	1: 11.649 (34th)
12	Brendon Hartley	Geox Dragon	36	+ 36,399	13	1: 11.472 (14th)
13	Oliver Turvey	NIO 333 FE team	36	+ 50.888	21st	1: 11.973 (28th)
14th	Neel Jani	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	36	+1: 04.891	14th	1: 11.939 (36th)
-	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	35	NC	10	1: 11.381 (22.)
-	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	31	DNF	05	1: 10.803 (11.)
-	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	30th	DNF	22nd	1: 11.547 (27.)
-	Ma Qinghua	NIO 333 FE team	25th	DNF	20th	1: 12.315 (25.)
-	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	18th	DNF	03	1: 11.480 (13th)
-	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	11	DNF	01	1: 11.925 ( 08.)
-	Felipe Massa	ROKiT Venturi Racing	06th	DNF	19th	1: 13.347 ( 02.)
-	Nico Müller	Geox Dragon	02	DNF	07th	1: 14.125 ( 02.)
DSQ	James Calado	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	36	DSQ	17th	1: 11,354 (33rd)
DSQ	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	36	DSQ	06th	1: 11.369 (30.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Calado was disqualified for using too much energy during the race.
2. ↑ Frijns was disqualified for using too much power during the race.

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, one point for the fastest driver after the qualifying group phase and one point for the driver in the top ten who achieved the fastest race lap.

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 47 02  Alexander Sims  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 46 03  António Félix da Costa  DS Techeetah 39 04th  Stoffel Vandoorne  Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 38 05  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 32 06th  Sam Bird  Envision Virgin Racing 28 07th  Oliver Rowland  Nissan e.dams 28 08th  Maximilian Günther  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 25th 09  Edoardo Mortara  ROKiT Venturi Racing 22nd 10  André Lotterer  TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 21st 11  Nyck de Vries  Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 18th 12  Jean-Éric Vergne  DS Techeetah 16

Item driver team Points 13  Sébastien Buemi  Nissan e.dams 15th 14th  Pascal Wehrlein  Mahindra Racing 14th 15th  Robin Frijns  Envision Virgin Racing 10 16  James Calado  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 10 17th  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 8th 18th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Mahindra Racing 3 19th  Felipe Massa  ROKiT Venturi Racing 2 20th  Brendon Hartley  Geox Dragon 2 21st  Oliver Turvey  NIO 333 FE team 0 22nd  Nico Müller  Geox Dragon 0 23  Neel Jani  TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 0 24  Ma Qinghua  NIO 333 FE team 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 71 02  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 57 03  Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 56 04th  DS Techeetah 55 05  Nissan e.dams 43 06th  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 40

Item team Points 07th  Envision Virgin Racing 38 08th  ROKiT Venturi Racing 24 09  TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 21st 10  Mahindra Racing 17th 11  Geox Dragon 2 12  NIO 333 FE team 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Mexico: Formula E confirms new routing with additional F1 curves. e-Formel.de, January 28, 2020, accessed on February 15, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Mexico: Edo Mortara wins 1st practice session, serious accident for Daniel Abt. E-Formel.de, February 15, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Mexico: Sam Bird sets the best time in the 2nd free practice. e-Formel.de, February 15, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Tobias Wirtz: Formula E in Mexico: Extreme penalties for Mahindra drivers Wehrlein & d'Ambrosio. e-Formel.de, February 14, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 .