Abt sets the pace in Practice 1 in Mexico City

Daniel Abt
Daniel Abt

Last season's winner Daniel Abt (Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler) led the first session of the 2019 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix after posting a best lap time of 59.319s. The German driver was followed by Venturi's Edoardo Mortara in second and BMW i Andretti Motorsport's Alex Sims third fastest of the morning.

With all cars breaking the overall lap record of 1:01.158s set by Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler's Lucas di Grassi last season, the new and improved Gen2 car continues to prove its worth, with a total of 19 drivers all within a second of each other.

Colder temperatures on track in the early morning session caused trouble for a number of drivers, most notably Andre Lotterer, who struggled to find the right braking points around the 2.093km Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.

Practice 1 Results

Pos No. First Last Team Time/Behind
1 #66 Daniel Abt Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler 59.319
2 #48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi Formula E Team + 0.078
3 #27 Alexander Sims BMW i Andretti Motorsport + 0.120
4 #23 Sebastien Buemi Nissan E.Dams + 0.133
5 #16 Oliver Turvey Nio Formula E Team + 0.167
6 #11 Lucas Di Grassi Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler + 0.294
7 #5 Stoffel Vandoorne Hwa Racelab + 0.368
8 #28 Antonio Felix Da Costa BMW i Andretti Motorsport + 0.391
9 #2 Sam Bird Envision Virgin Racing + 0.412
10 #7 Jose María Lopez Geox Dragon + 0.464
11 #94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra Racing + 0.600
12 #6 Felipe Nasr Geox Dragon + 0.664
13 #22 Oliver Rowland Nissan E.Dams + 0.682
14 #4 Robin Frijns Envision Virgin Racing + 0.745
15 #3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Panasonic Jaguar Racing + 0.782
16 #36 Andre Lotterer Ds Techeetah Formula E Team + 0.792
17 #8 Tom Dillmann Nio Formula E Team + 0.796
18 #25 Jean-Eric Vergne Ds Techeetah Formula E Team + 0.837
19 #20 Mitch Evans Panasonic Jaguar Racing + 0.992
20 #17 Gary Paffett Hwa Racelab + 1.197
21 #64 Jerome D'ambrosio Mahindra Racing + 1.253
22 #19 Felipe Massa Venturi Formula E Team + 1.294