2024 Mexico City ePrix

2024 Mexico City ePrix
Race 1 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 13 January 2024 (2024-01-13)
Official name 2024 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix
Location Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.628 km (1.633 mi)
Distance 37[a] laps, 97.236 km (60.420 mi)
Scheduled distance 35 laps, 91.980 km (57.154 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Porsche
Time 1:13.298
Fastest lap
Driver Nick Cassidy Jaguar
Time 1:14.746 on lap 36
Podium
First
Porsche
Second
Envision-Jaguar
Third
Jaguar
Lap leaders

The 2024 Mexico City ePrix, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix was a Formula E electric car race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City on 13 January 2024. It was the opening round of the 2023–24 Formula E season and the eighth edition of the event.

Pascal Wehrlein won the race from pole, with Sébastien Buemi and Nick Cassidy completing the podium.[1]

Background

The race was the opening round of the 2023–24 Formula E season. There were no regulation changes in place for this event, with the introduction of Attack Charge scheduled for the Misano Adriatico ePrix in April.[2]

Classification

(All times in CST)

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 9:40 AM on 13 January.[3]

Group draw
Group A VAN FRI BIR DIG NAT DAR FEN TIC CAS MOR WEH
Group B DEN SET HUG GUE EVA DAC BUE DEV ROW JEV MUE

Qualifying duels

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
A3 Nick Cassidy
A2 Stoffel Vandoorne
Nick Cassidy
Pascal Wehrlein
A4 Pascal Wehrlein
A1 Robin Frijns
Pascal Wehrlein
Sébastien Buemi
B3 Sébastien Buemi
B2 Jake Hughes
Sébastien Buemi
Mitch Evans
B4 Mitch Evans
B1 Maximilian Günther

Overall classification

Pos. No. Driver Team A B QF SF F Grid
1 94 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:13.877 — 1:13.492 1:13.366 1:13.298 1
2 16 Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar — 1:13.745 1:13.444 1:13.241 1:13.549 2
3 37 Nick Cassidy Jaguar 1:13.861 — 1:13.826 1:13.500 — 4[b]
4 9 Mitch Evans Jaguar — 1:13.773 1:13.103 1:13.581 — 5[c]
5 7 Maximilian Günther Maserati — 1:13.691 1:13.505 — — 3
6 5 Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan — 1:13.727 1:13.617 — — 6
7 2 Stoffel Vandoorne DS 1:13.848 — 1:14.088 — — 8[d]
8 4 Robin Frijns Envision-Jaguar 1:13.807 — 1:15.836 — — 7
9 23 Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 1:13.995 — — — — 9
10 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS — 1:13.821 — — — 10
11 8 Sam Bird McLaren-Nissan 1:14.017 — — — — 11
12 51 Nico Müller ABT-Mahindra — 1:13.898 — — — 12
13 17 Norman Nato Andretti-Porsche 1:14.114 — — — — 13
14 1 Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche — 1:13.926 — — — 14
15 48 Edoardo Mortara Mahindra 1:14.341 — — — — 15
16 13 António Félix da Costa Porsche — 1:13.982 — — — 16
17 18 Jehan Daruvala Maserati 1:14.469 — — — — 17
18 3 Sérgio Sette Câmara ERT — 1:14.012 — — — 18
19 11 Lucas di Grassi ABT-Mahindra 1:15.017 — — — — 19
20 22 Oliver Rowland Nissan — 1:14.269 — — — 20
21 33 Dan Ticktum ERT 1:15.125 — — — — 21
22 21 Nyck de Vries Mahindra — 1:14.585 — — — 22
Source:[4]

Race

The race started at 2:03 PM on 13 January.[3]

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 94 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 37 50:15.506 1 25+31
2 16 Sébastien Buemi Envision-Jaguar 37 +1.162 2 18
3 37 Nick Cassidy Jaguar 37 +2.079 4 15+12
4 7 Maximilian Günther Maserati 37 +5.780 3 12
5 9 Mitch Evans Jaguar 37 +13.064 5 10
6 25 Jean-Éric Vergne DS 37 +13.405 10 8
7 5 Jake Hughes McLaren-Nissan 37 +13.916 6 6
8 2 Stoffel Vandoorne DS 37 +14.392 8 4
9 1 Jake Dennis Andretti-Porsche 37 +14.767 14 2
10 17 Norman Nato Andretti-Porsche 37 +15.312 13 1
11 22 Oliver Rowland Nissan 37 +15.485 20
12 23 Sacha Fenestraz Nissan 37 +15.718 9
13 48 Edoardo Mortara Mahindra 37 +16.214 15
14 8 Sam Bird McLaren-Nissan 37 +20.600 11
15 21 Nyck de Vries Mahindra 37 +23.665 22
16 18 Jehan Daruvala Maserati 37 +28.969 17
17 51 Nico Müller ABT-Mahindra 37 +29.424 12
18 33 Dan Ticktum ERT 37 +1:14.758 21
Ret 4 Robin Frijns Envision-Jaguar 7 Accident 7
Ret 13 António Félix da Costa Porsche 2 Collision 16
Ret 11 Lucas di Grassi ABT-Mahindra 2 Brakes 19
DNS 3 Sérgio Sette Câmara ERT 0 Did not start 18
Source:[5]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for all three sets of standings.

Notes

  1. ^ 35 planned laps and 2 extra laps
  2. ^ Cassidy received a one-place grid penalty for failing to follow red flag procedure in Free Practice 1.
  3. ^ Evans received a one-place grid penalty for failing to follow red flag procedure in Free Practice 1.
  4. ^ Vandoorne received a one-place grid penalty for failing to follow red flag procedure in Free Practice 1.

References

  1. ^ Wyrich, Sandrine (13 January 2024). "Pascal Wehrlein claims victory in Formula E season-opener in Mexico City for Porsche, Sebastian Buemi takes second". TNT Sports. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ^ Golding, Nick (8 January 2024). "Dennis, Cassidy and Evans on 'risky' Misano Attack Charge introduction plan". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "2024 Mexico City E-Prix". Formula E. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Qualifying". Formula E. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Results". Formula E. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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