Mexico City E-Prix: Evans and Jaguar set the pace in practice

The Kiwi headed the times for nearly half of the 30-minute session on Saturday morning as he gradually lowered his best time down to a 1m13.606s with his final effort.

He finished just 0.064s clear of Maximilian Guenther as the Maserati MSG driver jumped up to second in the final moments, demoting Envision’s Robin Frijns down to third.

Evans’s Jaguar team-mate Nick Cassidy finished fourth, with Sebastien Buemi in the second Envision making it four Jaguar-powered machines inside the top six as DS Penske’s Stoffel Vandoorne split the pair.

Reigning champion Jake Dennis was the first driver to dip below the 1m15s mark, posting a 1m14.914s before heading into the run-off area at Turn 1 as his time was quickly surpassed by Buemi, Nissan’s Oliver Rowland and Guenther.

The Andretti driver was not the only one to overstep the mark into the first turn, with fellow Briton Sam Bird doing similar just minutes later as both rejoined unharmed.

With the track temperature constantly rising and the racing line becoming grippier, times continued to tumble in the opening 15 minutes of the session as Dennis led at the halfway point with a 1m14.221s.

Jake Dennis, Andretti Global, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 (Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images)

Cassidy moved to the top of the times with a 1m14.014s shortly after before former team-mate Buemi lowered the benchmark by 0.010s. Cassidy immediately responded, becoming the first driver to dip below the 1m14s mark, but his time was deleted after running over track limits at the final turn.

It was left to team-mate Evans to move to the top with a 1m13.809s heading into the final 10 minutes of the session before lowering the benchmark to a 1m13.626s and subsequently a 1m13.606s.

Less than a second covered 21 drivers, with Nyck de Vries finishing last and 1.186s off the pace on his Formula E return with Mahindra.

Sergio Sette Camara was the only driver in the session to find the barrier, losing control on the entry to the Peraltada and damaging the front wing on his ERT machine.

The Brazilian crashed at almost the same spot in Friday’s shakedown before recovering to the pits both times.

Sergio Sette Camara, ERT Formula E Team, ERT X24 (Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images)

Jake Hughes had topped Friday evening’s opening practice session with a 1m14.364s before the McLaren driver immediately crashed on the exit of Turn 1.

The incident brought out a second red flag which ended the session a few minutes early, with McLaren forced to change the damaged chassis overnight.

An earlier stoppage had been caused when Guenther found the barrier on the outside of the Peraltada, the Maserati MSG driver damaging the left rear wheel on his machine after less than 10 minutes of running.

The red flags caused further issues post-session as Evans and Cassidy, as well as Vandoorne, were slapped with one-place grid drops for today’s Mexico City E-Prix.

This was after all three failed to follow red flag procedure as the cars “did not enter into its garage” after returning to the pitlane.

Another issue to arise from FP1 was with regards to the fast-charging pitstop technology, which was tested by teams during the session, but unforeseen problems meant the concept was not trialled further in Mexico City.

Mexico City E-Prix - Practice results

FP2

Main Information Additional Data Driver Info

     

Driver Info			Main Information
Cla	Driver	#		Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	M. Evans Jaguar Racing	9		20	1'13.606		128.533
2	M. Gunther Maserati Racing	7		20	+0.064 1'13.670	0.064	128.421
3	R. Frijns Envision Racing	4		20	+0.132 1'13.738	0.068	128.302
4	N. Cassidy Jaguar Racing	37		20	+0.212 1'13.818	0.080	128.163
5	S. Vandoorne DS Penske	2		19	+0.268 1'13.874	0.056	128.066
6	S. Buemi Envision Racing	16		20	+0.304 1'13.910	0.036	128.004
7	O. Rowland Nissan e.Dams	22		19	+0.312 1'13.918	0.008	127.990
8	J. Vergne DS Penske	25		19	+0.435 1'14.041	0.123	127.777
9	J. Dennis Andretti Formula E	1		19	+0.516 1'14.122	0.081	127.638
10	J. Hughes McLaren	5		20	+0.517 1'14.123	0.001	127.636
11	D. Ticktum ERT Formula E Team	33		20	+0.545 1'14.151	0.028	127.588
12	S. Bird McLaren	8		19	+0.617 1'14.223	0.072	127.464
13	S. Fenestraz Nissan e.Dams	23		19	+0.628 1'14.234	0.011	127.445
14	P. Wehrlein Porsche Team	94		19	+0.661 1'14.267	0.033	127.389
15	L. di Grassi Team Abt	11		16	+0.699 1'14.305	0.038	127.323
16	A. Felix da Costa Porsche Team	13		20	+0.754 1'14.360	0.055	127.229
17	N. Nato Andretti Formula E	17		15	+0.798 1'14.404	0.044	127.154
18	N. Müller Team Abt	51		19	+0.822 1'14.428	0.024	127.113
19	J. Daruvala Maserati Racing	18		20	+0.893 1'14.499	0.071	126.992
20	E. Mortara Mahindra Racing	48		19	+0.900 1'14.506	0.007	126.980
21	S. Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team	3		19	+0.914 1'14.520	0.014	126.956
22	N. de Vries Mahindra Racing	21		18	+1.186 1'14.792	0.272	126.494
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FP1

Main Information Additional Data Driver Info

     

Driver Info			Main Information
Cla	Driver	#		Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	J. Hughes McLaren	5		14	1'14.364		127.222
2	P. Wehrlein Porsche Team	94		17	+0.381 1'14.745	0.381	126.574
3	N. Müller Team Abt	51		17	+0.391 1'14.755	0.010	126.557
4	R. Frijns Envision Racing	4		17	+0.420 1'14.784	0.029	126.508
5	J. Dennis Andretti Formula E	1		14	+0.477 1'14.841	0.057	126.411
6	A. Felix da Costa Porsche Team	13		17	+0.523 1'14.887	0.046	126.334
7	M. Evans Jaguar Racing	9		16	+0.621 1'14.985	0.098	126.169
8	S. Fenestraz Nissan e.Dams	23		16	+0.692 1'15.056	0.071	126.049
9	O. Rowland Nissan e.Dams	22		14	+0.721 1'15.085	0.029	126.001
10	N. Nato Andretti Formula E	17		14	+0.817 1'15.181	0.096	125.840
11	S. Buemi Envision Racing	16		17	+0.818 1'15.182	0.001	125.838
12	J. Vergne DS Penske	25		15	+0.842 1'15.206	0.024	125.798
13	N. Cassidy Jaguar Racing	37		16	+0.917 1'15.281	0.075	125.673
14	L. di Grassi Team Abt	11		15	+0.953 1'15.317	0.036	125.613
15	S. Vandoorne DS Penske	2		16	+0.962 1'15.326	0.009	125.598
16	S. Bird McLaren	8		10	+1.308 1'15.672	0.346	125.023
17	D. Ticktum ERT Formula E Team	33		16	+1.393 1'15.757	0.085	124.883
18	E. Mortara Mahindra Racing	48		14	+1.418 1'15.782	0.025	124.842
19	S. Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team	3		8	+1.447 1'15.811	0.029	124.794
20	N. de Vries Mahindra Racing	21		16	+1.511 1'15.875	0.064	124.689
21	M. Gunther Maserati Racing	7		8	+1.674 1'16.038	0.163	124.421
22	J. Daruvala Maserati Racing	18		16	+2.199 1'16.563	0.525	123.568
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