Everything you need to know ahead of the 2021 CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Prix Rounds 8 & 9 16.06.2021: The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship turns to Mexico and the vibrancy of Puebla this weekend (June 19 & 20), for Rounds 8 & 9 of Season 7. The championship's poised

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship turns to Mexico and the vibrancy of Puebla this weekend (June 19 & 20), for Rounds 8 & 9 of Season 7. The championship's poised on a knife-edge, waiting to erupt, with any one of 10 drivers in with a real say in the battle for the first Formula E World Drivers' Championship crown. Who'll steal a march at the Autodromo Miguel E. Abed?






Formula E is set for a sixth trip to Mexico this weekend with a maiden visit to Puebla's Autodromo Miguel E. Abed - a circuit twisting in the shadows of the Popocatepetl volcano, and uncharted territory for Formula E's grid of 24 world-class drivers.


As Season 7 heads towards its half-way point, with seven rounds and six different race winners in the books, there's just 16 points - less than is on offer for a single victory - between Drivers' standings leader Robin Frijns (Envision Virgin Racing) and double champion Jean-Eric Vergne (DS TECHEETAH) in seventh spot.



In another septuple, there's only seven points splitting Mercedes-EQ at the top of the Teams' table and reigning champions DS TECHEETAH in third.


Envision Virgin Racing aren't far back in fourth, either, and with Frijns' form, and teammate Cassidy scoring in two of his last three outings, there's time yet for the British squad to stake their claim among the manufacturers.



As it stands

Any one of the top 10 drivers in the standings are in with a realistic shout of taking the Drivers' crown in Formula E's first campaign as an FIA World Championship, and with eight rounds of the season still to come, there's plenty of time for more to join the party as consistency at the top has so far proven hard to come by.




Frijns has been strong enough to grasp the advantage so far - taking the fight to the manufacturer might around him - but even he has three non-scores to his name and is yet to reach the top step of the podium in 2020/21.



Mercedes-EQ’s Nyck de Vries topped the pile heading into Round 7 in Monaco after a measured victory in the DHL Valencia E-Prix Round 5 and that storming opening-round drive in Diriyah. Zero points following a costly qualifying error, as well as a retirement last time out in Monte Carlo for the Dutchman means he now finds himself second, five points shy of his compatriot.



Mitch Evans (Jaguar Racing), is sitting pretty in third a further three points back. The Kiwi will fancy his chances of a repeat of his 2020 Mexico City E-Prix victory, and has all the tools at his disposal to pull it off. Both Evans and teammate Sam Bird sit inside the top six in the Drivers' running with plenty of silverware to show for it.


Reigning champion Antonio Felix da Costa (DS TECHEETAH) heads to Puebla fourth in the standings, fresh off the back of victory in one of the most memorable E-Prix of all time in Monaco - the Portuguese stealing the lead from Evans on the final lap to take to the top step of the podium.


He's been a runner-up in the last two outings in Mexico, and has some tricks of the trade to lean on from his manager Tiago Monteiro, who raced at Puebla back in 2009. It was at this point in the 2019/20 campaign where he really ignited his championship charge, too.




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