Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez to host Spherical 3 of the ABB FIA Formulation E World Championship this Saturday.
- Edo Mortara and ROKiT Venturi Racing prepared the ground after opening two rounds in Diriyah
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Mexico Metropolis hosts Spherical 3 of the ABB FIA Formulation E World Championship this Saturday (12 February) with followers returning to fill the grandstands and 22 drivers set to go flat out on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez monitor after two rounds of implausible racing on the Diriyah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia on 28-29 January.
An ideal mixture of lengthy, quick straights and a technical infield part that passes proper by means of the legendary Foro Sol stadium – full of 40,000 followers creating Mexico Metropolis’s distinctive vibrant ambiance – the long-standing host circuit is thought for producing intense races and excessive drama.
Recent from a third-place end in Spherical 2 and a robust opening weekend for his new staff, ROKiT Venturi Racing’s Lucas di Grassi is one to observe in Mexico. The Brazilian has made two journeys to the highest step in Mexico Metropolis, most lately in Season 5 after his first win in entrance of the Foro Sol two seasons earlier. Teammate Edo Mortara is seeking to proceed his high-quality opening weekend kind and keep on the prime of the drivers’ standings after successful the second of two races in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.
Mortara’s win adopted reigning World Champion Nyck de Vries’ victory in Spherical 1, as Mercedes-EQ instantly obtained to grips with the all-new Duels qualifying format. De Vries and teammate Stoffel Vandoorne threw down the gauntlet with a formidable one-two end within the opening race of the season.
The German producer sits only a level behind its ‘buyer’ outfit within the Groups’ World Championship forward of the journey to Mexico, with Mercedes energy presently the benchmark.
The competitors is as shut because it has ever been within the ABB FIA Formulation E World Championship. Avalanche Andretti’s Jake Dennis and Envision Racing’s Robin Frijns have gotten their arms on silverware already this season and look to have the tempo to combine it within the race for the highest spot.
TAG Heuer Porsche Formulation E Staff and Jaguar TCS Racing additionally confirmed glimpses of tempo, with fourth for Andre Lotterer and Sam Hen the very best they might muster. There’s extra to return from each, with Porsche’s race tempo bettering over the Diriyah weekend, and Jaguar having a robust report in Mexico Metropolis, with Mitch Evans successful the final time the sequence raced there.
The Spherical 1 and Spherical 2 races had been a part of a doubleheader in Diriyah and the one night time races of the Formulation E season. It was the fourth yr of racing on the spectacular circuit which stands on the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Website as Season 8 of the World Championship kicked off underneath the lights of Diriyah, lit up by LEDs, making for a singular racing expertise set in one of many world’s most beautiful sporting places.
With the followers returning to fill Foro Sol for Spherical 3, this season they are going to see new art work that represents the fashionable, progressive, modern values of Formulation E’s race places. The patterns draw on the wealthy cultural historical past of Mexico and mix this with modern-day inventive influences that includes a various tapestry of colours and patterns celebrating conventional strategies comparable to weaving, ceramics, and mosaics, in a contemporary approach.
The ABB FIA Formulation E World Championship returns to Mexico Metropolis on 12 February for Spherical 3 within the biggest-ever 16 race calendar on the Circuit Hermanos Rodriguez with the race beginning at 04.00 pm native time, and 1.00 am on Saturday morning in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Discover out all of the methods to remain tuned and where to watch for all the newest updates and session occasions.
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