The tenth season of Formula E starts in Mexico City

Tomorrow, the tenth season of Formula E starts in Mexico City and 22 drivers from 11 teams of the World Electric Car Racing Championship will start the battle for victories.

Mexico’s Rodríguez Autodromo has already hosted Formula E six times, and the racing there is usually quite fun. This is a stationary track, the speeds on it are higher than on the average city ring, where mainly participants in the electric series compete. The circuit consists of 19 corners of different types and configurations, including chicanes, as well as several straights, and the track as a whole is difficult because it is important to use the battery energy correctly.

Jake Dennis, the Andretti driver, starts the season as the reigning Formula E champion and is obviously planning to defend his title. It was he who climbed to the top step of the podium a year ago in Mexico City and opened the season with a victory, after which luck was on his side until the London final.

But of course his opponents will do everything they can to make his life difficult. Porsche driver Pascal Wehrlein, for example, has always performed well at the Mexican circuit, winning the race in 2022 and climbing to the podium there last season, finishing second. By the way, he won qualifications at this circuit twice in different years.

Porsche and Andretti cars are powered by identical engines produced by the Stuttgart company, so Porsche factory drivers Wehrlein and António Felix da Costa should also be counted among the favorites.

However, like Jaguar factory team driver Mitch Evans, he finished third at the end of the season last year, and only because he wasn’t always lucky. With four wins and a total of seven podium finishes throughout the season, there is little doubt that Evans is fully capable of becoming world champion. Maybe now is his time.

But let’s not forget Nick Cassidy, Mitch’s new partner and last year’s vice-champion. The official pre-season testing in Valencia in the autumn was dominated by Jaguar drivers, so we can expect a lot from these two New Zealanders. It will also be interesting to see their struggles within the team.

Dutchman Robin Frijns has replaced Cassidy at Envision Racing, Jaguar’s customer team, and he is also a fast and experienced professional and will give serious competition to any rival behind the wheel of a fast car. Last year it was Envision who won the team championship, so this is also a very formidable force.

However, Formula E is known for its unpredictability, so you can talk about the favorites for a long time, but in reality the pace in qualifying and the race can be set by someone else who is not on the list of the main contenders. poles and victories. The race in Mexico City starts quite late and therefore formally ends on Sunday Moscow time. Let’s hope it will be really interesting.