2021 Puebla ePrix
# 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, 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.

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. Edoardo Mortara won the second race to claim the championship lead, with Nick Cassidy and Oliver Rowland rounding out the podium.

## Classification

### Race one

**Qualifying**

Group draw :

| 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 | — | 24 |
| 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 | — | 23 |
| 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 |
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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. 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.

**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+1 |
| 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 | Disqualified | 1 | 3+1 |
| DSQ | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 28 | Disqualified | 10 | |
| DSQ | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 28 | Disqualified | 19 | |
| DSQ | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 24 | Disqualified | 2 | |
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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. Wehrlein, Lotterer and Buemi originally finished 1st, 16th and 18th, while Rowland had retired in the pits.

**Standings after the race**

| +/– | 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 |
| +/– | 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 :

| 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 |
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**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+3 |
| 4 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 32 | +7.296 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-BMW | 32 | +9.986 | 5 | 10+1 |
| 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+1 |
| 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 | +41.029 | 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 | |
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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.
* ^5 – Sérgio Sette Câmara received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.

**Standings after the race**

| +/– | 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 |
| +/– | 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.
