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
Race 8 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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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 Porsche
Time 1:23.780
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Oliver Rowland
Germany 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
Race 9 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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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 e.dams-Nissan
Time 1:23.579
Fastest lap
Driver Germany 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 edit

Race one edit

Qualifying edit

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 edit

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:

Standings after the race edit

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Race two edit

Qualifying edit

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 edit

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:

Standings after the race edit

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Habilitan Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez como hospital temporal para pacientes con Covid-19". Aristegui Noticias (in Mexican Spanish). 4 May 2020. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Di Grassi handed Formula E win as Wehrlein disqualified". The Race. 19 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Mortara vaults into Formula E points lead with Puebla win". The Race. 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Doc 18 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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