The festive season has been and gone, which can only mean one thing: Formula E is back with the Mexico City E-Prix.
Picking up from where we left off, we can finally dive into the 2024/25 season proper with a return to the Mexican capital for Round 2 of the 16-race calendar.
What happened last race?

You’ll be excused if you draw a blank on the events of the season opener — after all, it was way back in early December.
Jaguar’s Mitch Evans put in the performance of a lifetime, working his way up from the very back of the grid to clinch victory under the São Paulo sun. He was flanked by Porsche driver Antonio Felix da Costa, who hopes to start this year in a stronger standing than in the early stages of Season 10.
Rookie Taylor Barnard made headlines after clinching a podium with a third-place finish in his first race as a full-time McLaren driver. Barnard’s racing alongside Sam Bird at McLaren this year, having stood in as a reserve driver for three rounds after Bird sustained an injury in Monaco.
Bienvenido a Mexico
Formula E makes its return to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez this weekend for 36 laps of all-electric racing. The circuit’s been a mainstay on the Formula E racing calendar since the championship’s second season, and has seen six different winners across that time.
Defending champion Pascal Wehrlein and Lola’s Lucas di Grassi are the only drivers to win in Mexico twice, with Wehrlein staking his claim on the top step last time round.
The Porsche powertrain has a favourable record around the track. The three most recent races all went the way of a Porsche-powered driver, with Wehrlein taking two of those three victories.

Where Wehrlein didn’t win (2023, where Andretti’s Jake Dennis crossed the line first), he came second — meaning the German driver will be one to watch this weekend. He’ll certainly be hoping for a successful run in Mexico after his dramatic crash during last month’s São Paulo E-Prix, which left his Porsche upturned in scary scenes.
But Werhelin favours his chances. “I think it’s fair [to say I’m the driver to beat in Mexico],” he said. “Every time we have been in Mexico so far, it was competitive or penalised but still being competitive. Very good memories and very good experiences.”
That’s not to say the defending champ has a handle on what makes Mexico such a lucky charm for him. “I wish we knew why Mexico has always been a good weekend for us, which also doesn’t mean this weekend will be the same!” said Wehrlein. “We still need to do a good job.”
The circuit
At 2.63km, the Mexico City E-Prix takes place around a track that differs from the layout used during the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix, which some racing fans might be familiar with.
The track features 19 turns, including a nifty chicane on the back straight of the circuit, just before the Foro Sol stadium run-through — a readdition in 2023 following its brief absence between 2020 and 2022.
We are so ready for Mexico City!
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— Formula E (@FIAFormulaE) January 6, 2025
Drivers will fire up Attack Mode just after Turn 15, giving them an extra 50kW of power to navigate the final few turns of the circuit, where they’ll go onto tackle the banked Mansell corner, named for the move 1992 World Champion Nigel Mansell pulled on Gerhard Berger, passing the Austrian around the outside.
While the Mexico circuit is a regular stop in the Formula E season, it’ll be the first time the Gen3 EVO has taken to the high-altitude track. With all-wheel drive and an acceleration speed of 0-60mph in 1.82 seconds, the stakes have been raised.
Putting their tyres to the test
The Mexico City E-Prix could be a real moment of truth for title sponsors Hankook, whose new iON tyres will be put through their paces this weekend.
While teams and drivers alike continue to grapple with the particularities of the grippier Hankook tyres, they anticipate the compound to take quite the beating around the Mexico circuit, per The Race.
But Hankook Motorsports Senior Director Manfred Sandbichler has faith in the tyres’ ability to cope with the fast-paced circuit. “The tires will once again be tested to their limits,” said Sanbichler. “But… I am confident that [they] will meet the challenge and conquer the demands of the Mexico circuit.”
DS Penske’s Maximilian Gunther vouched a sense of “confidence in the tyres”, citing their performance during the Sao Paulo E-Prix. “The tyres demonstrated remarkable resilience to extreme temperature swings ad harsh surface confidtions,” said Gunther. “As we head into Mexico, I expect an even fiercer and more intense level of racing.”
In other news…

Cupra Kiro will be sporting a fresh new look for the Mexico City E-Prix, combining the Cupra marque with Kiro’s fluorescent yellow. The team has “high aims for this weekend”, says team principal Alex Hui. Kiro will hope to maintain the momentum from its points-on-debut finish at the Sao Paulo E-Prix, with Dan Ticktum banking four points in P8.
When to watch
Free Practice 1: Friday, 10 January, 13:00 GMT
Free Practice 2: Saturday 11 January, 01:30 GMT
Qualifying: Saturday 11 January, 03:40 GMT
Race: Saturday 11 January, 07:00 GMT