2021 Puebla ePrix

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 details
Date	19 June 2021 (2021-06-19)
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	Pascal Wehrlein	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	Lucas di Grassi	Audi
Second	René Rast	Audi
Third	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes
Lap leaders

2021 Puebla ePrix
Race 9 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season ← Previous race Next race →
Race details
Date	20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)
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	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan
Time	1:23.579
Fastest lap
Driver	René Rast	Audi
Time	1:25.370 on lap 22
Podium
First	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes
Second	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi
Third	Oliver Rowland	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]
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
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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	28	47:40.772	8	25
2	33	René Rast	Audi	28	+0.497	9	18+11
3	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	28	+2.774	6	15
4	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	28	+10.443	7	12
5	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	28	+11.473	3	10
6	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	28	+11.624	11	8
7	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	28	+12.022	21	6
8	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	28	+12.351	12	4
9	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	28	+12.936	14	2
10	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	28	+13.154	16	1
11	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	28	+14.548	15
12	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	28	+15.257	5
13	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	28	+15.442	22
14	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	28	+15.756	17
15	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	28	+16.971	24
16	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	28	+17.942	20
17	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	28	+18.285	23
Ret	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	15	Collision damage	18
Ret	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	12	Collision damage	4
Ret	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	0	Accident	13
DSQ	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	28	Disqualified3	1	3+12
DSQ	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	28	Disqualified3	10
DSQ	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	28	Disqualified3	19
DSQ	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	24	Disqualified3	2
Source:[11]

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. Wehrlein retained points earned for pole position and for fastest in the group stage.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Driver Points 1 Robin Frijns 62 2 2 António Félix da Costa 60 1 3 Nyck de Vries 59 4 4 René Rast 58 2 5 Mitch Evans 58

Teams' Championship standings +/– Pos Constructor Points 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]
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
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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	32	46:41.685	3	25
2	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	32	+4.169	8	18
3	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	32	+6.912	1	15+31
4	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	32	+7.2964	2	12
5	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	32	+9.986	5	10+12
6	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	32	+10.630	6	8
7	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	32	+10.968	11	6
8	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	32	+21.111	4	4
9	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	32	+21.261	18	2
10	33	René Rast	Audi	32	+21.896	24	1+13
11	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	32	+22.216	21
12	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	32	+27.945	15
13	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	32	+28.578	17
14	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	32	+35.720	7
15	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	32	+41.027	23
16	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	32	+41.0295	16
17	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	32	+46.250	10
18	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	32	+1:26.473	13
Ret	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	29	Suspension/Accident	9
Ret	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	25	Accident	22
Ret	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	21	Collision damage	14
Ret	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	16	Technical	20
Ret	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	12	Collision damage	12
Ret	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	8	Collision damage	19
Source:[19]

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

Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Driver Points 7 1 Edoardo Mortara 72 1 2 Robin Frijns 62 1 3 António Félix da Costa 60 4 René Rast 60 5 Mitch Evans 60

Teams' Championship standings +/– Pos Constructor Points 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.

Notes

1. Rast received the point for fastest lap as Rowland failed to finish in the top 10.