Formula E to go racing for the first time in 2025! Mexico City E-Prix preview

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The 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship returns this coming weekend as the second round of the championship is to take place in Mexico City, for the first racing action in 2025.

This will be the 11th season of the championship and once again the championship is visiting Mexico City, that held the opening round of the championship in 2023/24, as Pascal Wehrlein took victory on route to his first ever title.

 After winning from the very back of the grid in Sao Paulo back in December, Mitch Evans comes into this round with the championship lead after taking victory in the opening round of the brand new championship.

The gap between he and second place Antonio Felix Da Costa is six points, after the Portugese driver took the fastest lap as well as finishing second so claimed 19 points from the opening round.

A look at the track: Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez - Mexico City

For round 2 of the 2024/25 championship, Formula E will visit a familiar setting in the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, which is a well known motorsport venue for mainly hosting the Formula One Mexico City Grand Prix.

Although a different layout to the Mexico City Grand Prix, Formula E still has a layout which is bound to produce excitement and entertainment for fans all around the globe, whether watching via television or being at the track itself.

There are some similarities between the Formula One layout and Formula E layout with a section of the start/finish straight and stadium section being used in the Formula E layout.

The track is made up of 19 corners and has a total lap distance of 2.93km with each sequence of turns opening up overtaking opportunities as well as presenting their own challenges to navigate through and gain speed.

Formula E first visited Mexico back in 2016 and in the 2023/24 season Mexico City saw the opening round of the championship be held. It saw Pascal Wehrlein take the victory ahead of Sebastian Buemi and Nick Cassidy who completed the podium.

It was Wehrlein who also took the pole position for the E-Prix.

Last time out: Round 1 - Sao Paulo E-Prix

Back in December I would see the last Formula E racing action and that racing action would be the action from the opening round of the 2024/25 championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The Sao Paulo E-Prix that had produced great action in previous seasons was set to do the same this time around.

Reigning champion Pascal Wehrlein would start the season off in the best possible way by taking pole position for the opening E-Prix of the season, for the second season in succession. Wehrlein took pole for Porsche and would beat Nissan's Oliver Rowland in the duels final.

It would be the worst possible start to the season in qualifying for Mitch Evans as a mechanical issue saw him not set a lap time and he would start from the very back of the grid.

However, in sport it is important to be resilient and that was the exact word to describe Evans' weekend as he would bounce back in the best possible way as he would take victory from the very back of the grid. It was an action packed race that saw reigning champion Wehrlein fail to finish along with 2022/23 champion Jake Dennis.

Evans took victory ahead of Antonio Felix Da Costa who was second and took the fastest lap for the extra point. In third was NEOM McLaren's Taylor Barnard who took his maiden podium in the championship and became the youngest driver to achieve such achievement. A memorable day for him and the NEOM McLaren team.

2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship: Round 2 - Mexico City E-Prix session times

Track times:

• Free Practice 1 10/01: 17:00-17:40
• Free Practice 2 11/01: 07:30-08:10
• Qualifying 11/01: 09:40-11:03
• Race 11/01: 14:05-15:00

UK Times: 

• Free Practice 1 10/01: 23:00-23:40
• Free Practice 2 11/01: 13:30-14:10
• Qualifying 1101: 15:40-17:03
• Race 11/01: 20:05-20:50

Brandon Whiteside
Writer & X Contributor - F1 Journal