2020 Mexico City ePrix | |||||
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Race 4 of 11 of the 2019–20 Formula E season
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Race details | |||||
Date | 15 February 2020 | ||||
Official name | 2020 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix | ||||
Location | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 2.606 km (1.619 mi) | ||||
Distance | 36 laps, 93.816 km (58.295 mi) | ||||
Weather | Dry | ||||
Attendance | 41,000 (Foro Sol)[1] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Porsche | ||||
Time | 1:07.922 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Alexander Sims | Andretti-BMW | |||
Time | 1:10.520 on lap 31 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Jaguar | ||||
Second | Techeetah-DS | ||||
Third | e.dams-Nissan | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2020 Mexico City ePrix (formally the 2020 CBMM Niobium Mexico City E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in the center of Mexico City on 15 February 2020. It served as the fourth round of the 2019–20 Formula E season and was the fifth edition of the event as part of the championship. [2] The race was won by Mitch Evans, who had started from second on the grid, with António Félix da Costa coming in second behind him, while Sébastien Buemi came in third.
Following his race win, Mitch Evans took the lead of the driver's championship, with 47 points, to edge out Alexander Sims by 1 point in the standings, while da Costa's second consecutive podium brought him up to third in the standings, with 39 points. Owing to him crashing out of the race, then-championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne fell to fourth in the standings, with 38 points. Lucas di Grassi's 6th place finish was sufficient to keep him in the top 5, with 32 points.