Di Grassi wins controversial Puebla E-Prix

Lucas di Grassi wins a very controversial Puebla E-Prix, though Pascal Wehrlein has led from green to checkered flag but was disqualified.

Wehrlein took pole this weekend on Mexican soil, like in 2019, and led from start to finish in the race not looking in any danger until he was under investigation for a technical infraction. He was disqualified for ‘not declaring the tires’.

The race went green with a good start for the pole man Wehrlein, while Oliver Rowland had an issue which eventually ended his race.

Nick Cassidy crashed on lap 1 at turn 8 – late braking meant a lock up and going through the marbles. He had very little grip and went sliding into the wall.

Alexander Sims pitted early to change his tires after a puncture. Once it went green again, they all managed to escape unscathed. Later we saw Jean-Eric Vergne activate his Attack Mode, upon returning to the track he found himself squeezed into the wall unintentionally by Sims.

It was not long after until Alex Lynn put Sam Bird into the wall in an almost identical race-ending incident. Audi took a 1-2 with di Grassi overly delighted with his first victory since Bern in 2019.

The Formula E Puebla E-Prix round 1 results:

Position	Driver	Team	Gaps
1	L. di Grassi	Audi	28 laps
2	R. Rast	Audi	+0.497
3	E. Mortara	Venturi	+2.774
4	A. Sims	Mahindra	+10.443
5	J. Dennis	BMW	+11.473
6	A. Felix da Costa	DS Techeetah	+11.624
7	S. Vandoorne	Mercedes	+12.022
8	M. Evans	Jaguar	+12.351
9	N. de Vries	Mercedes	+12.936
10	A. Lynn	Mahindra	+13.154
11	O. Turvey	NIO 333	+14.548
12	M. Guenther	BMW	+15.257
13	T. Blomqvist	NIO 333	+15.442
14	N. Nato	Venturi	+15.756
15	S. Sette Camara	Dragon Penske	+16.971
16	R. Frijns	Envision Virgin	+17.942
17	J. Eriksson	Dragon Penske	+18.285
18	S. Buemi	Nissan e.dams	DSQ
19	P. Wehrlein	Porsche	DSQ
20	A. Lotterer	Porsche	DSQ
21	O. Rowland	Nissan e.dams	DSQ
22	S. Bird	Jaguar	DNF
23	J.E. Vergne	DS Techeetah	DNF
24	N. Cassidy	Envision Virgin	DNF