After a one-lap shootout at the Brazilian ePrix, we headed to Mexico for the 2026 Mexico City ePrix for the 150 race, with Brazil winner Jake Dennis leading the standings and topping FP1 on Friday, while Pascal Wehrlein topped FP2 on Saturday.
Qualifying
Qualifying began with two groups. In Group One, Jake Dennis, Nico Müller, Taylor Barnard, and Edoardo Mortara advanced to the duels. Barnard faced Müller, while Dennis went up against Mortara. In Group Two, Sébastien Buemi, Dan Ticktum, Mitch Evans, and Oliver Rowland also made it through to the duels. Evans competed against Ticktum, and Rowland took on Buemi.
In the quarterfinals, the first round of the duels, Mortara, Barnard, Evans, and Buemi progressed to the semifinals. Barnard then went head-to-head with Mortara, while Evans battled Buemi for a place in the final. The final saw Buemi take on Barnard, with Buemi claiming pole position and earning three valuable points after Barnard exceeded track limits.
Race
At the start of the race, Barnard had a brilliant launch, while Buemi tried to defend but braked too late, dropped to 18th, and handed the lead to Barnard. On lap five, Mortara took the lead from Barnard as Barnard tried to hold onto first. Müller then moved into second while Barnard started dropping back.
Wehrlein charged forward, moving up ten places to take the lead in a single lap. Müller made a move on Mortara to snatch second, then overtook Wehrlein to take the lead in the same lap.
On lap 12, Mortara and António Félix da Costa ran side by side, which put Mortara under pressure from the Porsche drivers and caused da Costa to drop to sixth. On lap 15, Dennis tried to challenge Ticktum, and while that battle unfolded, Müller took the lead again from Mortara. On the following lap, Dennis finally overtook Ticktum to move up to fifth. After losing the position, Ticktum became bunched up with several other drivers fighting for a spot in the top ten, turning the race into a cat-and-mouse battle of overtakes.
On lap 17, de Vries suffered an electrical fault, which brought out a full-course yellow, as debris littered the track after drivers made light contact from behind and from the side. With de Vries’ DNF and a little bit of debris, the Safety Car came out. While the safety car was out, Buemi came into the pit lane on lap 21 with a puncture. After the safety car pulled in on lap 22, Buemi couldn’t catch up to the rest of the field after losing time in the pits to fix the puncture.
On lap 25, da Costa, Ticktum, and Günther made light contact between Turns 11, 12, and 13, which forced da Costa and Ticktum to retire. Nick Cassidy ran directly behind da Costa during the incident. On lap 28, Barnard went wide, which allowed Evans to move up into second place. On lap 33, Mortara and Dennis battled for second place, which caused Dennis to lose part of his front wing during the fight with Mortara. Race control added two laps due to the Safety Car.
From lap 36, Cassidy, Mortara, Dennis, and Rowland fought closely for the podium positions. Rowland and Dennis repeatedly swapped third and fourth, while Cassidy worked to hold off Mortara for the lead. Nick Cassidy secured Citroën’s first win, while Pepe Martí scored his first points of the season.
Top Ten:
- Nick Cassidy
- Edoardo Mortara
- Oliver Rowland
- Taylor Barnard
- Jake Dennis
- Pascal Wehrlein
- Pepe Martí
- Jean-Éric Vergne
- Nico Müller
- Norman Nato
The next Formula E race takes place in Miami, USA, on 31 January. Who will step onto the podium there? We’ll find out then.
Ellie R
Featured image credit: Formula E
Edited by Alexandra.
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