When waving the checkered flag of the first Puebla ePrix, Porsche was celebrating what may have been its first System E victory from the hand of a Pascal Wehrlein who had dominated the occasion from pole. Nevertheless, that pleasure lasted solely 20 seconds earlier than altering neighborhoods and palms to acquainted neighbors with a protracted drought forward, after a technical infraction reported in the most merciless means doable. Who ended up celebrating at the high of the podium, for the first time in virtually two years, was Lucas di Grassi with an surprising victory from seventh place on the grid.
The output gave a ugly begin from the entrance traces for Oliver Rowland, who knew six minutes earlier than getting in the automotive that he wouldn’t have radio communication throughout the whole occasion. The Brit misplaced eleven positions with a nightmarish begin, and Maximilian Günther made the most of the scenario beating Jake Dennis and Jean-Éric Vergne for second place. From behind, the first lap was additionally the final for Nick Cassidy, who encountered one in every of the partitions that delimited the inside part of the observe and precipitated a primary three-lap Security Automotive.
It took Wehrlein simply two spins to catch his first assault mode at the value of shedding place with Günther and Dennis. Though he managed to go the British, he didn’t get the similar with Günther, who used his first one as soon as his compatriot ran out. The time benefit gained by the others allowed Wehrlein use your second assault mode with out compromising your first place, whereas Dennis misplaced one other place to Edoardo Mortara by going lengthy combating with Günther.
In the center of the race, Vergne’s day was ruined by going lengthy in the similar nook in which Cassidy crashed. There was additionally controversy over a collision in the first nook between the two championship leaders, Nyck de Vries and Robin Frijns in their struggle for 17th place, which resulted in the runner-up being punished with a Drive Via for inflicting the incident. With 18 minutes on the clock, inside seconds of Maximilian Günther utilizing his second assault mode, Alex Lynn snuck into Sam Hen’s line because it returned from the set off zone, sending the Jaguar pilot to the wall for the second Security Automotive.
This put strain on Jake Dennis, who nonetheless had one assault mode left to use, in addition to a Mitch Evans who had superior from eleventh to sixth place, a scenario that uncovered them to lose extra time in the discipline. activation zone than they might get well. For that reason, Günther gave up place to Dennis with eight minutes remaining. Virtually at the similar time, Race Path introduced that Porsche and Nissan drivers, together with chief Wehrlein, have been beneath investigation for a “technical infraction.”
When taking the assault mode, Dennis fell to seventh place, and Günther was uncovered to the assault of a Mortara that beat him to second place 5 minutes from the finish, making the most of the open door Lucas di Grassi, who had already used the fanboost. The Brazilian was not glad with this earlier than his first nice results of the 12 months, and overtook Mortara on the principal straight a minute and a half from the finish. At the subsequent step to the end line, the penultimate of the race, his teammate René Rast adopted swimsuit, consolidating Audi’s double podium after ranging from the fourth row.
None of them had something for a Wehrlein who noticed the checkered flag first with consolation, authority and a 3.5-second margin … however nobody was relying on that, seconds after crossing the end line, the German was disqualified from the occasion as a result of Porsche had not “accurately declared the tires” that I used to be going to use in the race, struggling the similar Lotterer destiny and the two Nissan fairly a number of locations behind. On this means, Audi, which had not been on the podium all season and had been winless since Berlin 2019, has obtained its first double since the first assembly in New York in 2018, finishing Mortara the podium.
Pascal Wehrlein meets once more with the Superpole at the Puebla ePrix of System ELeer information
On the reverse aspect, the BMW i Andretti collapsed, with Günther plummeting to 12th place, and Dennis settling for fifth place behind Alex Sims. Following António Félix da Costa’s sixth place, Stoffel Vandoorne appeared to end seventh, 13 locations forward of his beginning place. Between Mitch Evans and Alex Lynn, Nyck de Vries completed surprisingly ninth regardless of being spun earlier. Tomorrow the second race of the weekend will happen in Puebla, after which solely six races will stay unfold over three double occasions.
Outcomes 1 of the Puebla ePrix of System E 2020-21
Pilot Pos
TeamMonoplazaTime1ºLucas di Grassi
Audi Sport
Audi e-tron FE07
28 laps
2nd René Rast
Audi SportAudi e-tron FE07
+0.497
third Edoardo Mortara
VenturiMercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02
+2,774
4th Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Techeetah
DS E-Tense FE21 + 10,443
fifth Maximilian Günther
BMW i Andretti
BMW iFE.21
+11,473
sixth António Félix da Costa
DS TecheetahDS E-Tense FE21
+11,624
seventh Stoffel Vandoorne
Mercedes
Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 + 12.022
eighth Mitch Evans
JaguarJaguar I-Sort 5
+ 12.3519ºNyck de Vries
Mercedes
Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02
+12,936
10th Alex Lynn
Mahindra Racing
Mahindra M7 Electro
+13,154
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