2022 Mexico City ePrix

The 2022 Mexico City ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in the centre of Mexico City on 12 February 2022. It served as the third round of the 2021–22 Formula E season and the sixth edition of the event, and marked a return to the venue after it was used as a field hospital for COVID-19 patients, and subsequently replaced by the Puebla ePrix, in 2021.[1]

2022 Mexico City ePrix
Race 3 of 16 of the 2021–22 Formula E season
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Race details
Date12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
Official name2022 Mexico City E-Prix
LocationAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course length2.606 km (1.619 mi)
Distance40 laps, 104.240 km (64.772 mi)
WeatherDry
Pole position
DriverPorsche
Time1:07.100
Fastest lap
DriverBrazil Lucas di Grassi
Netherlands Nyck de Vries[a]
Venturi-Mercedes
Mercedes
Time1:09.487 (1:09.877) on lap 12 (21)
Podium
FirstPorsche
SecondPorsche
ThirdTecheetah-DS
Lap leaders
Pascal Wehrlein (center) scored his first official Formula E race win. His teammate André Lotterer (left) finished in second place, while Jean-Éric Vergne (right) finished third.

Pascal Wehrlein won the race from pole to claim his and his team's first ever Formula E victory, leading a Porsche 1-2 from teammate André Lotterer and Jean-Éric Vergne.[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Group draw[3]
Group A MOR
(1)
VAN
(3)
DIG
(5)
LOT
(7)
JEV
(9)
ROW
(11)
ASK
(13)
GUE
(15)
BUE
(17)
SET
(19)
TUR
(21)
Group B DEV
(2)
DEN
(4)
FRI
(6)
BIR
(8)
CAS
(10)
WEH
(12)
EVA
(14)
DAC
(16)
SIM
(18)
TIC
(20)
GIO
(22)

Qualifying duels

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
         
B4 Nyck de Vries
A1 André Lotterer
André Lotterer
Edoardo Mortara
B3 Robin Frijns
A2 Edoardo Mortara
Edoardo Mortara
Pascal Wehrlein
A3 Jean-Éric Vergne
B2 António Félix da Costa
Jean-Éric Vergne
Pascal Wehrlein
A4 Stoffel Vandoorne
B1 Pascal Wehrlein

Overall classification

Pos.No.DriverTeamABQFSFFGrid
194 Pascal WehrleinPorsche1:07.7801:07.2991:07.0351:07.1001
248 Edoardo MortaraVenturi-Mercedes1:07.7841:07.2631:07.2281:07.3732
336 André LottererPorsche1:07.6751:07.1031:07.2953
425 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS1:07.9551:07.3471:07.3664
513 António Félix da CostaTecheetah-DS1:07.8011:07.3585
617 Nyck de VriesMercedes1:07.9001:07.3676
74 Robin FrijnsEnvision-Audi1:07.8111:07.6727
85 Stoffel VandoorneMercedes1:08.0011:07.7198
937 Nick CassidyEnvision-Audi1:07.9049
1022 Maximilian Günthere.dams-Nissan1:08.08710
119 Mitch EvansJaguar1:07.91411
1228 Oliver AskewAndretti-BMW1:08.11012
1329 Alexander SimsMahindra1:07.93813
1411 Lucas di GrassiVenturi-Mercedes1:08.12914
1527 Jake DennisAndretti-BMW1:08.04215
1630 Oliver RowlandMahindra1:08.13916
1710 Sam BirdJaguar1:08.17417
1823 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Nissan1:08.23018
1999 Antonio GiovinazziDragon-Penske1:08.34319
207 Sérgio Sette CâmaraDragon-Penske1:08.25620
2133 Dan TicktumNIO1:08.56121
223 Oliver TurveyNIO1:08.69122
Source:[4][5]

Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
194 Pascal WehrleinPorsche4047:20.404125+31
236 André LottererPorsche40+0.302318
325 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS40+9.051415
413 António Félix da CostaTecheetah-DS40+9.975512
548 Edoardo MortaraVenturi-Mercedes40+18.356210
617 Nyck de VriesMercedes40+19.02068+12
74 Robin FrijnsEnvision-Audi40+20.23276
823 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Nissan40+23.394184
922 Maximilian Günthere.dams-Nissan40+26.497102
1027 Jake DennisAndretti-BMW40+26.829151
115 Stoffel VandoorneMercedes40+27.0868
1211 Lucas di GrassiVenturi-Mercedes40+27.525314
1337 Nick CassidyEnvision-Audi40+28.7949
143 Oliver TurveyNIO40+32.97822
1510 Sam BirdJaguar40+35.67717
1630 Oliver RowlandMahindra40+36.04716
1728 Oliver AskewAndretti-BMW40+36.39512
1833 Dan TicktumNIO40+44.60721
199 Mitch EvansJaguar40+1:02.45811
207 Sérgio Sette CâmaraDragon-Penske40+1:21.40620
Ret99 Antonio GiovinazziDragon-Penske21Retired in pits19
Ret29 Alexander SimsMahindra1Technical13
Source:[6]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.
  • ^3  – Lucas di Grassi received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.[7]

Standings after the race

Teams' Championship standings
PosConstructorPoints
1 Venturi-Mercedes68
2 Mercedes66
23 Porsche60
24 Techeetah-DS39
15 Envision-Audi31

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

Notes

References

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