Abt sets the pace in Practice 1 in Mexico City
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 MarÃa | 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 |