The 2021 Puebla ePrix (formally the 2021 CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Prix) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in the town of Amozoc near Puebla, Mexico on 19 and 20 June 2021. With usual Mexico City ePrix venue Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez being used as a temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients,[1] a replacement had to be found, making this the inaugural running of a competitive Formula E event at the track, and the sixth in the country. It marked the eighth and ninth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season.
2021 Puebla ePrix | |||||
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Race 8 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details | |||||
Date | 19 June 2021 | ||||
Official name | 2021 CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Prix | ||||
Location | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc, Puebla | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 2.982 km (1.853 mi) | ||||
Distance | 28 laps, 82.040 km (50.977 mi) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Porsche | ||||
Time | 1:23.780 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Oliver Rowland René Rast[a] | e.dams-Nissan Audi | |||
Time | 1:25.172 (1:25.531) on lap 23 (25) | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Audi | ||||
Second | Audi | ||||
Third | Venturi-Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders |
2021 Puebla ePrix | |||||
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Race 9 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details | |||||
Date | 20 June 2021 | ||||
Official name | 2021 CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Prix | ||||
Location | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc, Puebla | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 2.982 km (1.853 mi) | ||||
Distance | 32 laps, 93.760 km (58.260 mi) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | e.dams-Nissan | ||||
Time | 1:23.579 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | René Rast | Audi | |||
Time | 1:25.370 on lap 22 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Venturi-Mercedes | ||||
Second | Virgin-Audi | ||||
Third | e.dams-Nissan | ||||
Lap leaders |
The first race was won by Lucas di Grassi ahead of his teammate René Rast and Edoardo Mortara, after pole-sitter and original race winner Pascal Wehrlein was disqualified due to a technical infraction.[2] Edoardo Mortara won the second race to claim the championship lead, with Nick Cassidy and Oliver Rowland rounding out the podium.[3]
Classification
Race one
Qualifying
Group draw[4] | ||||||
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Group 1 | FRI (1) | DEV (2) | EVA (3) | DAC (4) | BIR (5) | VAN (6) |
Group 2 | JEV (7) | RAS (8) | ROW (9) | DEN (10) | MOR (11) | WEH (12) |
Group 3 | SIM (14) | LYN (15) | GUE (16) | CAS (17) | LOT (18) | DIG (19) |
Group 4 | TUR (20) | SET (21) | BUE (22) | NAT (23) | BLO (24) | ERI (–) |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
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1 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:23.505 | 1:23.780 | 1 |
2 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 1:23.808 | 1:23.838 | 2 |
3 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 1:23.886 | 1:23.879 | 3 |
4 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 1:23.996 | 1:24.282 | 4 |
5 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 1:24.072 | 1:25.095 | 5 |
6 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:24.286 | 1:27.217 | 6 |
7 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 1:24.425 | — | 7 |
8 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 1:24.489 | — | 8 |
9 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | 1:24.706 | — | 241 |
10 | 33 | René Rast | Audi | 1:24.818 | — | 9 |
11 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 1:24.832 | — | 10 |
12 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 1:24.881 | — | 11 |
13 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:24.934 | — | 12 |
14 | 6 | Joel Eriksson | Dragon-Penske | 1:24.992 | — | 231 |
15 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi | 1:25.352 | — | 13 |
16 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 1:25.387 | — | 14 |
17 | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 1:25.404 | — | 15 |
18 | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 1:25.593 | — | 16 |
19 | 71 | Norman Nato | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:25.730 | — | 17 |
20 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 1:25.788 | — | 18 |
21 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:25.809 | — | 19 |
22 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 1:26.146 | — | 20 |
23 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 1:26.413 | — | 21 |
24 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO | 1:30.568 | — | 22 |
Source:[5][6] |
Notes:
- ^1 – Joel Eriksson and Sérgio Sette Câmara received a 20-place grid penalty each for changing the inverters in their Dragon / Penske Autosport cars.[7][8] As they didn't qualify high enough to drop all 20 positions, they had to serve a drive-through penalty at the start of the race.[9][10]
Race
Notes:
- ^1 – Fastest lap.
- ^2 – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
- ^3 – Both Porsche and both Nissan e.dams cars were disqualified due to a technical infraction.[12][13][14][15] Wehrlein, Lotterer and Buemi originally finished 1st, 16th and 18th, while Rowland had retired in the pits.
Standings after the race
- Teams' Championship standings
+/– | Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | Mercedes | 113 | |
2 | Jaguar | 107 | |
3 | Techeetah-DS | 106 | |
2 | 4 | Audi | 97 |
1 | 5 | Virgin-Audi | 81 |
- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race two
Qualifying
Group draw[16] | ||||||
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Group 1 | FRI (1) | DAC (2) | DEV (3) | RAS (4) | EVA (5) | VAN (6) |
Group 2 | BIR (7) | MOR (8) | JEV (9) | DEN (10) | DIG (11) | SIM (12) |
Group 3 | WEH (13) | ROW (14) | LYN (16) | GUE (17) | CAS (18) | LOT (19) |
Group 4 | TUR (20) | SET (21) | BUE (22) | NAT (23) | BLO (24) | ERI (25) |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
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1 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 1:23.052 | 1:23.579 | 1 |
2 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:23.227 | 1:23.771 | 2 |
3 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:23.235 | 1:23.886 | 3 |
4 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 1:23.204 | 1:23.950 | 4 |
5 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 1:22.816 | 1:24.154 | 5 |
6 | 94 | Alex Lynn | Mahindra | 1:23.212 | no time | 6 |
7 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:23.455 | — | 7 |
8 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Virgin-Audi | 1:23.499 | — | 8 |
9 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist | NIO | 1:23.583 | — | 9 |
10 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 1:23.636 | — | 10 |
11 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 1:23.640 | — | 11 |
12 | 71 | Norman Nato | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:23.789 | — | 12 |
13 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 1:23.984 | — | 13 |
14 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra | 1:24.179 | — | 14 |
15 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar | 1:24.292 | — | 15 |
16 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | Dragon-Penske | 1:24.445 | — | 16 |
17 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 1:24.736 | — | 17 |
18 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:24.756 | — | 18 |
19 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 1:24.811 | — | 19 |
20 | 8 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 1:24.840 | — | 20 |
21 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 1:24.907 | — | 21 |
22 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 1:24.911 | — | 22 |
23 | 6 | Joel Eriksson | Dragon-Penske | 1:25.203 | — | 23 |
24 | 33 | René Rast | Audi | no time | — | 24 |
Source:[17][18] |
Race
Notes:
- ^1 – Pole position.
- ^2 – Fastest in group stage.
- ^3 – Fastest lap.
- ^4 – Pascal Wehrlein received a post-race 5-second time penalty for an improper use of the Fanboost.[20]
- ^5 – Sérgio Sette Câmara received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.[21]
Standings after the race
- Teams' Championship standings
+/– | Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | Mercedes | 113 | |
1 | 2 | Techeetah-DS | 110 |
1 | 3 | Jaguar | 109 |
4 | Audi | 99 | |
5 | Virgin-Audi | 99 |
- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.