- Three Porsche wins at the Mexico City E-Prix to date
- World champion Pascal Wehrlein to start with replacement chassis
- António Félix da Costa is second in the drivers’ standings
Porsche starts off the new racing year with a highlight, the Mexico City E-Prix, the Formula E race with possibly the best atmosphere, held at a venue at which the brand has enjoyed historic success. The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team claimed its first pole position and first win at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. After the accident at the season opener in São Paulo, world champion Pascal Wehrlein returns to the cockpit of the Porsche 99X Electric – he will be competing using a replacement chassis. Teammate António Félix da Costa heads to the Mexican capital in second place in the table. The Portuguese secured P2 and the fastest lap in São Paulo.
Porsche’s record of success in Mexico
In Mexico, Porsche takes stock of its Formula E milestones. It was in 2022 that the 99X Electric came out on top at an E-Prix for the first time, with Wehrlein and his former teammate André Lotterer celebrating a one-two result. The latter also secured Porsche’s first pole in Formula E in 2020. In 2023, Jake Dennis of the customer team Andretti Formula E brought home another victory for the 99X in Mexico. Last season, Wehrlein triumphed at the season opener – securing both pole position and the race victory. Da Costa retired from that race, but went on to improve his form afterwards. His best result in Mexico is second place (in 2019 and 2020).
Formula E uses a 2.630-kilometre version of the Formula 1 racetrack, which runs through the Foro Sol baseball stadium as a highlight. The Autódromo has capacity for up to 40,000 fans to cheer on the electric racing cars. In contrast to racing cars with combustion engines, the engine performance of the highly efficient Porsche 99X Electric is not directly affected by the track’s altitude (2,285 metres above sea level).
The Porsche works team won races in Mexico City even before embarking on their Formula E programme, when Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley in the Porsche 919 Hybrid dominated the FIA World Endurance Championship’s guest appearance in 2016, and the following year, Bernhard and Hartley repeated their victory alongside Earl Bamber.
ABB FIA Formula E World Championship – standings after 1 of 16 races
Drivers’ classification
1. Mitch Evans (NZL), 25 points
2. António Félix da Costa (POR), 19 points
3. Taylor Barnard (GBR), 15 points
8. Dan Ticktum (GBR), 4 points
9. Pascal Wehrlein (GER), 3 points
17. David Beckmann (GER), 0 points
18. Nico Müller (SUI), 0 points
21. Jake Dennis (GBR), 0 points
Teams’ classification
1. NEOM McLaren Formula E Team (GBR), 27 points
2. Jaguar TCS Racing (GBR), 25 points
3. TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team (GER), 22 points
6. CUPRA KIRO (USA), 4 points
11. Andretti Formula E (USA), 0 points
Manufacturers’ classification
1. Jaguar, 31 points
2. Nissan, 27 points
3. Porsche, 22 points
