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Mexico City ePrix
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Race information
Number of times held5
First held2016
Last held2020
Most wins (drivers)2
Lucas di Grassi
Most wins (constructors)3
Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler
Circuit length2.606 km (1.619 miles)
Race length93.816 km (58.284 miles)
Laps36
Last race (2020)
Pole position
Podium
Fastest lap

The Mexico City ePrix is an annual race of the single-seater, electrically powered Formula E championship, held in Mexico City, Mexico. It was first raced in the 2015–16 season.[1]

Circuit

The ePrix is held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and is currently the only permanent racing facility on the Formula E calendar, albeit in a very different form to the version used in Formula One. The layout is based on a modified version of a short oval that was created at the track for the local stock car racing series. It utilises the famous Peraltada final corner and the spectacular stadium section, and the track is just over two kilometers in length. It was slightly altered for the 2017 edition, with the Turn 1 chicane being reprofiled to make for better racing. Track layout modification was done by Agustin Delicado Zomeño.[1]

In 2020, the chicane was removed after Nelson Piquet Jr. had a massive shunt there the previous year.

Layout evolution

The Formula E layout for 2016

Results

Edition Track Winner Second Third Pole position Fastest lap
2016 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Dragon-Venturi
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
e.dams-Renault
France Nicolas Prost
e.dams-Renault
Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Dragon-Venturi
France Nicolas Prost
e.dams-Renault
2017 Brazil Lucas di Grassi
Audi
France Jean-Éric Vergne
Techeetah-Renault
United Kingdom Sam Bird
Virgin-DS
United Kingdom Oliver Turvey
NextEV NIO
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
e.dams-Renault
2018 Germany Daniel Abt
Audi
United Kingdom Oliver Turvey
NextEV NIO
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
e.dams-Renault
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Mahindra
Brazil Lucas di Grassi
Audi
2019 Brazil Lucas di Grassi
Audi
Portugal António Félix da Costa
Andretti-BMW
Switzerland Edoardo Mortara
Venturi
Germany Pascal Wehrlein
Mahindra
Germany Pascal Wehrlein
Mahindra
2020 New Zealand Mitch Evans
Jaguar
Portugal António Félix da Costa
Techeetah-DS
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
e.dams-Nissan
Germany André Lotterer
Porsche
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Andretti-BMW
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
2022 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Germany Pascal Wehrlein
Porsche
Germany André Lotterer
Porsche
France Jean-Éric Vergne
Techeetah-DS
Germany Pascal Wehrlein
Porsche
Brazil Lucas di Grassi
Venturi[Note 1]

Repeat winners (drivers)

Wins Driver Years won
2 Brazil Lucas di Grassi 2017, 2019

Notes

  1. ^ Nyck de Vries was awarded the point for fastest lap as di Grassi finished outside the top ten.

References

  1. ^ a b "Julius Baer Mexico City ePrix race preview". Formula E Holdings Limited. Retrieved 28 March 2017.