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| − | + | Victory catapulted [[Mitch Evans]] to the top of the Championship hunt in Mexico City, the New Zealander leaving the Mexican capital with 47 points to his name. [[Alexander Sims]] had retained second, and sat just a point behind, while [[António Félix da Costa]] had moved into third on 39. Former leader [[Stoffel Vandoorne]] had tumbled to fourth after his late exit, [[Lucas di Grassi]] had held fifth, while [[Sébastien Buemi]] was on the board for the first time in thirteenth. |
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In the Teams Championship it was [[BMW|BMW i]] [[Andretti Formula E|Andretti Motorsport]] who continued to lead the pack, largely due to Sims' quiet run to fifth in Mexico. [[Jaguar Racing]] had, however, been the big winners in Mexico, as they leapt into second courtesy of Evans' victory, and were just fourteen off the lead. [[Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team]] had made way for them, [[DS]] [[Techeetah]] were up to fourth ahead of [[Nissan]] [[e.Dams]], while [[NIO Formula E Team|NIO 333 FE Team]] were still pointless. |
In the Teams Championship it was [[BMW|BMW i]] [[Andretti Formula E|Andretti Motorsport]] who continued to lead the pack, largely due to Sims' quiet run to fifth in Mexico. [[Jaguar Racing]] had, however, been the big winners in Mexico, as they leapt into second courtesy of Evans' victory, and were just fourteen off the lead. [[Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team]] had made way for them, [[DS]] [[Techeetah]] were up to fourth ahead of [[Nissan]] [[e.Dams]], while [[NIO Formula E Team|NIO 333 FE Team]] were still pointless. |
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Revision as of 14:26, 16 February 2020
 2020 Mexico City E-Prix
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 The Mexico City E-Prix circuit was lengthened for 2020. | ||
| Race Information | ||
| Date | 15 February 2020 | |
| E-Prix No. | 62 | |
| Official Name | 2020 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix | |
| Location |  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
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| Lap length | 2.606 km (1.619 mi) | |
| Distance | 36 laps / 93.816 km (58.295 mi) | |
| Support Race | 2020 Mexico City eTrophy Race
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| Qualifying Result | ||
| Pole Sitter |  André Lotterer
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| Team | Porsche Formula E Team
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| Time | 1:07.922 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver |  Alexander Sims
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| Team |  BMW i Andretti Motorsport
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| Fastest Lap | 1:10.520 on lap 31 | |
| ePrix Result | ||
| First | Second | Third |
 Mitch Evans
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 António Félix da Costa
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 Sébastien Buemi
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| Winner Team | Jaguar Racing
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| Time | 46:42.093 | |
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The 2020 Mexico City E-Prix, formally known as the 2020 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix, was the fourth round of the 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship, staged at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico, on 15 February 2020.[1] The race was held on a revised version of the Autódromo, with the E-Prix circuit extended and the Peraltada chicane removed.[2]
Qualifying would see André Lotterer secure a maiden pole position for Porsche in Super Pole, beating Mitch Evans who had topped the group stage.[3] Pascal Wehrlein finished third but was relegated to the back of the grid due to a gearbox change, meaning Nyck de Vries and Sébastien Buemi shared the second row.[3]
The start of the E-Prix, which was the fifth to be held in Mexico City, would see Evans make a better getaway than Lotterer, and hence squeeze inside the German into turn one to claim the lead.[4] Lotterer then ran wide and hence let de Vries and Buemi through, with de Vries throwing his Mercedes at Evans for the lead at turn three, but had to relent having locked both his front and rear wheels on the dust.[4]
The rest of the opening lap saw the order settle down, only for Nico Müller to misjudge a lunge around the outside of turn one at the start of lap two and slam into the outside wall.[4] The #7 GEOX DRAGON was buried into the tec-pro barriers, and hence required the BMW Qualcomm i8 Safety Car to be scrambled so it could be dragged to safety.[4]
The safety car stayed out for five minutes, resulting in a 5 kWh energy reduction for the entire field, as Evans prepared to take the restart.[4] The New Zealander duly aced his getaway to sprint clear of Buemi, as de Vries had made several mistakes shortly before the SC was scrambled and hence slipped back to fifth.[4]
Felipe Massa made a mess of the restart and ended his race with a slam into the wall at turn one, while Sam Bird moved into second with a dive past Buemi.[4] Lotterer' meanwhile, would continue his slump down the field, before contact with the back of de Vries shredded his right-front tyre, and hence destroyed the front of his Porsche.[4]
Jean-Éric Vergne and DS Techeetah teammate António Félix da Costa would come into play mid-race, stalking a developing battle for fourth between a recovering de Vries and Robin Frijns.[4] They were duly gifted both positions when de Vries suffered a mechanical failure while using FanBoost, smashing into the Dutchman to remove both cars from contention.[4]
da Costa now led Vergne onto the back of Buemi, although a confused set of messages between the two DS Techeetahs, which saw the pair exchange positions twice as they activated Attack Mode for the final time, cost them a lot of time.[4] Yet, da Costa would eventually break clear of his teammate and hunt down Buemi, and duly scythed past the Nissan e.Dams for third with ten minutes to go.[4]
With that the Portuguese ace was off to track down Bird, who had settled into a lonely second behind a dominant Evans out front.[4] However, Bird would throw away a certain podium finish with five minutes to go, running onto the dust at turn three to smash into the barriers, before dragging his car out and crash for good at turn thirteen.[4]
Another late crash would thin the field, with Championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne slamming into the turn three wall while defending fifth from an innocent Alexander Sims.[4] That meant that there were just sixteen cars circulating as the race entered its final debris filled lap, with Evans maintaining a four second lead.[4]
Evans duly cruised through the final tour to claim a dominant victory for Jaguar, still four seconds clear of da Costa who had to back off with his battery reserve fading.[4] Buemi secured his first points and podium of the campaign in third ahead of Vergne, with Sims, Lucas di Grassi, Oliver Rowland, Edoardo Mortara, Wehrlein and Jérôme d'Ambrosio claiming the rest of the points.[4]
Background
The Formula E paddock would assemble in Mexico City for the fourth round of the season, once again using a modified version of the fabled Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.[1] However, for the 2020 visit the E-Prix circuit had been revised, with the removal of the chicanes from the back straight and the Peraltada major highlights.[2] In their place a half-kilometre extension had been made, with the field turning left out of turn three to head into a dog-leg section, which would link the field back onto the Grand Prix circuit.[2]
In January 2020 China would be rocked by an outbreak of a strain of the Coronavirus, after it emerged with deadly consequences in Wuhan to the north of the country.[5] This prompted the FIA and Formula E Holdings to monitor the situation, as the 2020 Sanya E-Prix was scheduled to be held on Hainan Island, China, on 21 March 2020, with the World Health Organisation declaring the situation an international emergency.[6] Ultimately, both the FIA and FE would agree to postpone the Sanya E-Prix indefinitely on health grounds on 2 February 2020, albeit with hopes of rescheduling the race for later in the season should the situation improve.[6]
There would also be an immediate impact for the Mexico E-Prix, with Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua arriving in Mexico two weeks early to observe a fourteen day quarantine period ahead of the race.[7]
An EVO-lution
The Spark SRT05e was to receive a facelift for the 2020/21 campaign.
Elsewhere, FE would reveal the first renders of the EVO upgrade for the Spark SRT05e, which was to be implemented ahead of the 2020/21 season, which would mark the second half of the SRT05e's operational life.[8] The renders revealed a major bodywork change for the SRT05e, with both the front and rear wheels uncovered with simplified front and rear wings.[8] Furthermore, as a result of team pressure for more room to display sponsor logos, the "Gen 2 EVO" would feature a shark fin along the spine of the powertrain cover, akin to Dallara's old GP2 Series car, the GP2/11.[8]
Santiago Salvages
Stoffel Vandoorne had moved to the top of the Championship as a result of the chaos in Santiago, moving three ahead of Alexander Sims. Behind, Sam Bird had retained third, while Santiago winner Maximilian Günther had shot into fourth after his maiden triumph, three behind the Brit. Lucas di Grassi then completed the top five, with nineteen drivers on the board after the opening three races.
In the Teams Championship it was race winners BMW-Andretti who led the way leaving Santiago, ending the weekend with two wins and 60 points. They had therefore overhauled Mercedes at the head of the table, four clear of their Germanic rivals, while Envision Virgin had slipped to third. Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler were next ahead of Jaguar Racing, while NIO arrived in Mexico as the only pointless team.
Entry List
The full entry list for the 2020 Mexico City E-Prix is displayed below:
Practice
FP1
FP2
Qualifying
Qualifying for the 2020 Mexico City E-Prix would be conducted in FE's standard format, with the field split into four groups of six cars, based on Championship position.[3] The first group would feature those in the top six in the Championship and so on, with each group getting six minutes on track to set a full 250 kW lap.[3] The top six overall would then progress to the Super Pole shootout, getting one final lap at full power to try and claim pole position.[3]
After the session a point would be handed to the fastest driver in the Group Stage, while three were to be awarded to the winner of Super Pole.[3]
Group 1
The opening group of the session featured the top six in the Championship after the opening three rounds, including two-time pole sitter in 2019/20 Alexander Sims.[3] He would be joined on track by BMW i Andretti Motorsport teammate Maximilian Günther, as well as Championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne in the first Mercedes.[3] Sam Bird and Lucas di Grassi would join them in their Envision Virgin and factory Audis respectively, with Oliver Rowland also set to hit the circuit.[3]
Sims was the first driver to venture out onto the circuit, with Rowland, di Grassi and Günther following him out with three minutes to go.[10] Bird and Vandoorne would instead opt to wait and set their flying laps without completing a warm-up at 200 kW, with Vandoorne joining just ahead of Sims, while Bird emerged behind the rest of those on warm-up laps.[10] Sims subsequently passed the #5 Mercedes before the end of his warm-up, and was hence the first man to set a flying lap.[10]
Sims' effort was not the best, with a perfect run into the first corner undermined by slides into turns three and five courtesy of a locking rear axle, and would be rounded out by a slide through the Peraltada.[10] Vandoorne followed the Brit across the line, and a far cleaner lap, including a stunning run through sector three, left the Belgian racer atop the timesheets, with Günther slotting into second.[10] Rowland then displaced the #28 BMW with a clean run, di Grassi trailed into fourth, before Bird swept across the line with a table topping run through the first and second sectors to claim top spot.[10]
Group 2
Group two saw those position seventh through twelfth in the Championship arriving in Mexico take to the circuit, and was headlined by the two of the protagonists from the 2020 Santiago E-Prix in Mitch Evans and António Félix da Costa.[3] They were joined by Nyck de Vries in the second of the factory Mercedes, as well as Edoardo Mortara in the customer Merc run by ROKiT Venturi.[3] André Lotterer would also compete in the #36 Porsche, while Pascal Wehrlein knew he needed to get into Super Pole, having been slapped with a back-of-the-grid penalty for a gearbox change.[3]
Lotterer was the first man to venture out with three and a half minutes to go, followed half a minute later by Wehrlein, who was leaving it tight to complete a warm-up and a full power lap.[10] The rest were content to sit in the pits and wait, duly emerging in between Lotterer and Wehrlein in a huge clump that the #94 Mahindra was desperate to avoid.[10] Up ahead, meanwhile, Lotterer produced a stunning first sector, including a slide midway through turn five, another slide in the Stadium and a table topping sector three to go fastest overall.[10]
de Vries was next to deliver a lap, and a clean effort and an aced third sector carried him to the top of the timesheet, beating Lotterer, while Mortara slotted into fifth a few seconds later.[10] Evans, meanwhile, would ace the first and final sectors to displace the rookie Dutchman and go fastest, trailed by da Costa who could only muster fifth, a result of a scruffy lap.[10] Wehrlein then flashed across the line, knocking Vandoorne out of Super Pole as he claimed fourth overall.[10]
Group 3
Group three was set to see thirteenth through eighteenth venture onto the circuit, although that number would be reduced to five after a heavy accident for Daniel Abt had seen the German racer sent to hospital.[3] While Audi managed to rebuild the #66 car and Abt was cleared by medical staff to race, the German racer would be stuck trying to get back to the circuit from the hospital, and hence missed the session.[3] That left the sister customer car of Robin Frijns to lead the charge alongside DS Techeetah's reigning Champion Jean-Éric Vergne, James Calado in the #51 Jaguar, Felipe Massa in the last of the Mercedes, and Jérôme d'Ambrosio in the #64 Mahindra, although the Belgian racer knew he was facing a back-of-the-grid penalty for a gearbox change.[3]
Once again only two members of the third quintet would head out to complete warm-up laps, with d'Ambrosio and Frijns emerging with over three minutes to run.[10] However, come the start of their full power laps they would be split by the rest of the group, Massa having led Calado and Vergne onto the circuit, with those three all spacing themselves out.[10] d'Ambrosio, meanwhile, used the clear air in front of him to deliver a fairly clean lap, barring a slide wide at turn one, but could only muster tenth place, and hence ensure he would have to serve a time penalty during the race.[10]
Massa followed the Mahindra to the line, but his entire lap had been scuppered by a lock-up into turn three, leaving him down in fourteenth as he took the chequered flag.[10] Calado only just bested the Brazilian but was not spectacular, while Vergne stormed across the line to claim sixth and knock teammate da Costa out, although the Frenchman was not impressed.[10] His frustration was further increased when Frijns crossed the line, with the #4 Virgin Audi claiming sixth to knock Vergne out of Super Pole with one group still to go.[10]
Group 4
The final sextet of the afternoon would allow those positioned in the final six in the Championship to head onto the circuit, aided by the fact that the former three groups had swept the circuit of dust, and put more rubber down to boost the amount of grip.[3] Headlining the group was Sébastien Buemi, the favourite to make it into Super Pole given his history, while Neel Jani had ample evidence to suggest he could challenge, given teammate Lotterer's pace earlier in the session.[3] The rather off the pace GEOX DRAGONs and NIOs then completed the group, fielding Nico Müller and Brendon Hartley, Oliver Turvey and Ma Qing Hua respectively.[3]
Jani was the first to venture out in the final group, with all six drivers opting to complete warm-up laps unlike the earlier groups.[10] The Swiss racer put together a scruffy lap to finish thirteenth, with lock-ups into turns three and the stadium, and was instantly displaced by Hartley, whom he had overtaken during the warm-up laps.[10] Buemi was next and produced a stunning slide in the Peraltada en-route to fifth, knocking Frijns out of Super Pole, while Ma crossed the line in dead last.[10] Müller was next and delivered a clean effort to jump into eighth, while Turvey failed to complete a flying lap, having stopped in the middle of the Peraltada at the end of his warm-up lap.[10] Fortunately the Brit would restart his car and drag the #3 NIO into the pits before the session had to be red flagged.[10]
Super Pole
Bird was the first driver to venture out onto the circuit for Super Pole, and setup his lap with a perfect run out of the Peraltada.[10] He duly aced the first sector, although a slide in the middle of the stadium section undermined his lap, leaving him on a 1:08.444.[10] That left him vulnerable to Buemi, with the Swiss ace able to edge out the Brit with a 1:08.364, having had a much cleaner run through the stadium.[10]
Next to go was Wehrlein, who needed to beat both Buemi and Bird to ensure that he did not have to take a time penalty during the race after his gearbox change.[10] The German racer duly delivered, with a clean run through the first corner backed up by a strong middle sector, putting him on a 1:08.200.[10] However, his effort would be instantly beaten by compatriot Lotterer, who almost matched Bird through the first sector, matched Wehrlein in the second, and danced his Porsche through the Peraltada to claim provisional pole with a 1:07.922.[10]
de Vries followed the #36 Porsche onto the circuit but could not deliver as precise an effort as the veteran German, locking up at turn three and derailing his bid for pole early on.[10] Clean second and third sectors would result in a 1:08.214 and third at the end of his lap, with Evans opening his lap a few moments later.[10] The New Zealander aced the first corner, brushing the inside wall, but was slower than Lotterer through the first sector.[10] The Jaguar then danced through the second sector quicker than the Porsche, but Evans would ultimately prove slower in the third, and hence missed out on pole by 0.063s.[10]
Post Qualifying
The final qualifying result for the 2020 Mexico City E-Prix are outlined below:
| 2020 Mexico City E-Prix Qualifying Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
| 1st | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:07.922 | — | 1 | G2 |
| 2nd | 20 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar Racing
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1:07.975 | +0.063s | 2 | G2 |
| 3rd* | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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 Mahindra Racing
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1:08.200 | +0.278s | 24 | G2 |
| 4th | 17 |  Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes
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1:08.214 | +0.292s | 3 | G2 |
| 5th | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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 Nissan e.Dams
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1:08.364 | +0.442s | 4 | G4 |
| 6th | 2 | Sam Bird
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Envision Virgin Racing
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1:08.444 | +0.522s | 5 | G1 |
| Super Pole | |||||||
| 1st | 20 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar Racing
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1:08.174 | — | SP | G2 |
| 2nd | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes
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1:08.294 | +0.120s | SP | G2 |
| 3rd | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:08.346 | +0.172s | SP | G2 |
| 4th* | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Mahindra Racing
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1:08.362 | +0.188s | SP | G2 |
| 5th | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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Nissan e.Dams
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1:08.363 | +0.189s | SP | G4 |
| 6th | 2 | Sam Bird
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Envision Virgin Racing
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1:08.394 | +0.220s | SP | G1 |
| 7th | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Virgin Racing
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1:08.435 | +0.261s | 6 | G3 |
| 8th | 7 | Nico Müller
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GEOX DRAGON
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1:08.479 | +0.305s | 7 | G4 |
| 9th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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 DS Techeetah
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1:08.496 | +0.322s | 8 | G3 |
| 10th | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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DS Techeetah
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1:08.540 | +0.366s | 9 | G2 |
| 11th | 5 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes
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1:08.636 | +0.462s | 10 | G1 |
| 12th | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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 ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:08.661 | +0.487s | 11 | G2 |
| 13th | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan e.Dams
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1:08.726 | +0.552s | 12 | G1 |
| 14th* | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio
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Mahindra Racing
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1:08.788 | +0.614s | 23 | G3 |
| 15th | 6 | Brendon Hartley
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GEOX DRAGON
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1:08.878 | +0.704s | 13 | G4 |
| 16th | 18 | Neel Jani
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:08.880 | +0.706s | 14 | G4 |
| 17th | 11 |  Lucas di Grassi
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Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
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1:08.998 | +0.824s | 15 | G1 |
| 18th | 28 | Maximilian Günther
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BMW i Andretti Motorsport
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1:09.098 | +0.924s | 16 | G1 |
| 19th | 51 | James Calado
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Jaguar Racing
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1:09.331 | +1.157s | 17 | G3 |
| 20th | 27 | Alexander Sims
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BMW i Andretti Motorsport
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1:09.376 | +1.202s | 18 | G1 |
| 21st | 19 | Felipe Massa
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:09.450 | +1.276s | 19 | G3 |
| 22nd | 33 | Ma Qing Hua
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NIO 333 FE Team
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1:10.176 | +2.002s | 20 | G4 |
| 110% Time: 1:19.114[11] | |||||||
| NC† | 3 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO 333 FE Team
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2:10.061 | +1:01.887 | 21 | G4 |
| NC† | 66 | Daniel Abt
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Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
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— | 22 | G3 | |
| Source:[11] | |||||||
- * Wehrlein and d'Ambrosio served back-of-the-grid penalties for changing their gearboxes.[3]
- † Turvey and Abt were allowed to start the race despite failing to set a time within 110% of the fastest group stage time at the stewards' discretion.[11]
Race
Report
Result
The final classification of the 2020 Mexico City E-Prix is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold:
| 2020 Mexico City E-Prix Race Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
| 1st | 20 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar Racing
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36 | 46:42.093 | 1:11.099 | 26 |
| 2nd | 13 | António Félix da Costa 
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DS Techeetah
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36 | +4.271s | 1:10.742 | 18 |
| 3rd | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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Nissan e.Dams
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36 | +6.181s | 1:10.742 | 15 |
| 4th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Techeetah
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36 | +14.331s | 1:11.250 | 12 |
| 5th | 27 | Alexander Sims
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BMW i Andretti Motorsport
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36 | +19.244s | 1:10.520 | 11 |
| 6th | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
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36 | +28.346s | 1:11.020 | 8 |
| 7th | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan e.Dams
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36 | +29.750s | 1:11.266 | 6 |
| 8th | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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36 | +30.204s | 1:11.657 | 4 |
| 9th | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Mahindra Racing
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36 | +31.132s | 1:10.613 | 2 |
| 10th | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio
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Mahindra Racing
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36 | +32.818s | 1:11.022 | 1 |
| 11th | 28 | Maximilian Günther
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BMW i Andretti Motorsport
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36 | +35.512s | 1:11.649 | |
| 12th | 6 | Brendon Hartley
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GEOX DRAGON
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36 | +36.399s | 1:11.472 | |
| 13th | 3 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO 333 FE TEam
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36 | +50.888s | 1:11.973 | |
| 14th | 18 | Neel Jani
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Porsche Formula E Team
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36 | +1:04.891 | 1:11.939 | |
| DSQ* | 51 | James Calado
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Jaguar Racing
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36 | Disqualified | 1:11.354 | |
| DSQ† | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Virgin Racing
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36 | Disqualified | 1:11.369 | |
| Ret | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes
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35 | Accident | 1:11.381 | |
| Ret | 2 | Sam Bird
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Envision Virgin Racing
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31 | Accident | 1:10.803 | |
| Ret | 66 | Daniel Abt
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Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
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30 | Handling | 1:11.547 | |
| Ret | 33 | Ma Qing Hua
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NIO 333 FE TEam
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25 | Accident | 1:12.315 | |
| Ret | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes
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18 | Collision | 1:11.480 | |
| Ret | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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11 | Damage | 1:11.925 | 3 |
| Ret | 19 | Felipe Massa
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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6 | Accident | 1:13.347 | |
| Ret | 7 | Nico Müller
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GEOX DRAGON
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2 | Accident | 1:14.125 | |
| Source:[11] | |||||||
Indicates a driver was awarded FanBoost during the race.- * Calado was disqualified from the race for using more than the permitted amount of energy during the race (47 kWh).[12]
- † Frijns was disqualified from the race for exceeding maximum power usage (200 kW) during the race.[13]
Milestones
- Fifth Mexico City E-Prix to be staged.
- André Lotterer secured a maiden pole position for Porsche as an entrant and manufacturer.
- Second career victory for Mitch Evans.
- Jaguar registered their second win as an entrant and manufacturer.
- Alexander Sims recorded his maiden fastest lap.
Standings
Victory catapulted Mitch Evans to the top of the Championship hunt in Mexico City, the New Zealander leaving the Mexican capital with 47 points to his name. Alexander Sims had retained second, and sat just a point behind, while António Félix da Costa had moved into third on 39. Former leader Stoffel Vandoorne had tumbled to fourth after his late exit, Lucas di Grassi had held fifth, while Sébastien Buemi was on the board for the first time in thirteenth.
In the Teams Championship it was BMW i Andretti Motorsport who continued to lead the pack, largely due to Sims' quiet run to fifth in Mexico. Jaguar Racing had, however, been the big winners in Mexico, as they leapt into second courtesy of Evans' victory, and were just fourteen off the lead. Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team had made way for them, DS Techeetah were up to fourth ahead of Nissan e.Dams, while NIO 333 FE Team were still pointless.
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References
Videos and Images:
References:
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 'REVEALED: New track layout for the 2020 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 28/01/2020), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2020/january/mexico-city-track-reveal, (Accessed 29/01/2020)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 'Lotterer clinches Pole in Mexico City, Mahindra drops to the back', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/02/2020), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2020/feb/mexico-2020-qualifying, (Accessed 15/02/2020)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 'Evans emerges victorious after a mad dash race in Mexico City', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/02/2020), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2020/feb/2020-mexico-race, (Accessed 16/02/2020)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCoroA - ↑ 6.0 6.1 'Statement on Sanya E-Prix', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 02/02/2020), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2020/january/statement-on-the-sanya-e-prix, (Accessed 02/02/2020)
- ↑ PelLaurens, 'NIO 333 Formula E Team Official Statement on Coronavirus', letstalkmotorsport.com, 04/02/2020), https://www.letstalkmotorsport.com/2020/nio-333-formula-e-team-official-statement-on-coronavirus/, (Accessed 04/02/2020)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 'INTRODUCING: The Gen2 EVO World Championship Car', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 04/02/2020), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2020/feb/formula-e-gen2-evo-revealed, (Accessed 04/02/2020)
- ↑ 'Final 2019/20 season entry list revealed', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 11/10/2019), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2019/november/season-six-full-entry-list, (Accessed 14/11/2019)
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 ABB Formula E, 'Qualifying LIVE - Mexico City | 2020 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix', youtube.com, (YouTube: FIA Formula E, 15/02/2020), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itU0Jlti4RU, (Accessed 15/02/2020)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 'Round 4 - Mexico City ePrix: Results Booklet', results.fiaformuale.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/02/2020), https://results.fiaformulae.com/en/timing-results, (Accessed 16/02/2020)
- ↑ 'ROUND 4 - MEXICO CITY E-PRIX 14-15 FEBRUARY 2020: Decision No. 22', results.fiaformuale.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/02/2020), https://results.fiaformulae.com/en/noticeboard, (Accessed 16/02/2020)
- ↑ 'ROUND 4 - MEXICO CITY E-PRIX 14-15 FEBRUARY 2020: Decision No. 21', results.fiaformuale.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/02/2020), https://results.fiaformulae.com/en/noticeboard, (Accessed 16/02/2020)