FORMULA E
Copyright © Aemilia Cumberland - Jean Eric Vergne for DS Penske at the London E-Prix
 Credit: Andrew Ferraro Great Britain and Maserati's Jake Hughes was fastest in the second and final free practice session of the weekend in Mexico City, on Saturday morning ahead of race day. Free Practice 2 is the start of a very busy day in Mexico City with qualifying and the E-Prix to follow later on and Hughes has made the perfect start to the day by ending the session fastest overall. Hughes took top spot with his final lap of the session as the chequered flag was already out. He beat Jaguar's Nick Cassidy by a tenth, who had to settle for second. Meanwhile reigning champion Pascal Wehrlein completed the top three ahead of Jake Dennis and Wehrlein's Porsche teammate Antonio Felix Da Costa completed the top five. Championship leader Mitch Evans ended 11th. How free practice 2 unfolded for the 2024/25 Mexico City E PrixSaturday arrived in Mexico City and it would be the first race day of 2025 in the 2024/25 season as all the preparation of practice and qualifying would be building up to the Mexico City E- Prix. Free Practice 2 would be the first session of the day with the qualifying session and the E-Prix to follow later on in the day. Free Practice 1 was held on Friday evening in Mexico City and it was the Porsche of Antonio Felix Da Costa. A reminder that wet weather could play a factor in Mexico City was visible as in the early hours of the morning, the drivers were set to take to a wet circuit. The green light would be on at the end of the pit lane and the session would be underway. Half of the grid would head out almost immediately at the start of the 40-minute free practice 2 session. The two DS Penske drivers would be the ones to beat in the early stages as Jean-Eric Vergne would be top of a 1-2 for the team as his teammate Maximilian Gunther would be second. As the end of the first 10 minutes approached, more drivers would be entering the circuit and attempting to set lap times as they were trying to warm up to the conditions on a very damp circuit. Only 18 drivers would bank lap times in the first 10 minutes and the two DS Penske drivers would be top of the times with the order having changed to see Gunther go fastest. This would be short-lived as Vergne would jump back above his teammate on the timing sheets. Jake Hughes would split the two DS Penske machines to go second fastest but would still be over three tenths back on Vergne. The two DS Penske cars would improve though once again and they would be 1-2 again. An improved lap from Vergne would see him set a 1:32.484. Gunther would be two tenths back in second with Hughes of Maserati in third. Hughes would be ahead of his Maserati teammate Stoffel Vandoorne who was fourth. At the halfway point, DS Penske would still be team in control but it would be a change of driver at the top as Gunther would sit fastest with an improved time of 1:31.368 - a lap time three tenths faster than Vergne. Many drivers were attempting to improve their lap times as there was such a lack of grip on the circuit with many drivers running wide and going deep into corners with the likes of David Beckmann and Oliver Rowland as examples. A change of the top would come as Jake Dennis would go fastest for Andretti and he would go six tenths faster than Gunther's lap time. There would be a lot of drivers starting to find improved lap times and Norman Nato of Nissan would be one of those. The two Nissan drivers of Nato and Rowland would both see each other in the top five as the track was starting to ramp up as the sun was beginning to shine. Pascal Wehrlein would knock Rowland sown to sixth as the reigning champion would go second. Vergne would make it back out on track at the start of the final 10 minutes and would go back to the top of the time sheets. His pace on a damp circuit definitely looked to be something to be reckoned with. The two-time champion was showing great speed and even though Wehrlein would leap up into second, Vergne would pull 1.8 seconds clear with a great lap of 1:28.064. The track was ramping up as the 40-minute free practice 2 entered the final five minutes. Vergne would be dislodged at the top of the times by Wehrlein though who improved with a great lap time and pull almost 1.5 seconds clear of Vergne with a 1:26.577. The French racer would soon be down to third as his former teammate, Stoffel Vandoorne, would go second. They would all be beaten though by Nick Cassidy as the Jaguar driver would pull himself a full six tenths clear of Wehrlein. The chequered flag would soon be out but Cassidy would fail to stay top! Hughes of Maserati put a brilliant lap together and would go top at the very end of the session. It was a fairly close gap being under two tenths to Nick Cassidy whose great end to the session would see him finish second. Reigning champion Pascal Wehrlein would complete the top three for Porsche. 2022/23 champion Jake Dennis would be fourth while the Porsche of Antonio Felix Da Costa completed the top five. Mahindra's Nyck De Vries would finish sixth ahead of fellow Dutchman Robin Frijns of Envision Racing, who was seventh. Stoffel Vandoorne would end up eighth, seven places behind his teammate, while Maximilian Gunther and Oliver Rowland completed the top 10. There would be a short break in between sessions as the drivers would pause for just over an hour before qualifying which would set the grid for the day's later E-Prix. 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship: Round 2 - Mexico City E-Prix free practice 2 result
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