Lucas Di Grassi victorious in Puebla after shock penalty for Wehrlein and Porsche 20.06.2021: Lucas di Grassi took victory number three in Mexico, leading Rene Rast for a dramatic Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler one-two after a shock penalty sees Pascal Wehrlein and TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team denied a maiden victory in the CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Pr

Lucas di Grassi took victory number three in Mexico, leading Rene Rast for a dramatic Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler one-two after a shock penalty sees Pascal Wehrlein and TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team denied a maiden victory in the CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Prix Round 8.



In an almost dramatic repeat of the 2019 Mexico City E-Prix, it was Lucas di Grassi again taking the victory from Pascal Wehrlein. Despite controlling the whole of the race the German and Porsche were denied their maiden victory following a shock penalty in Puebla.



There was drama on the grid before the race with second-placed man on the grid, Oliver Rowland, experiencing an issue with his radio antennae forcing the Nissan e.dams driver to start the race without any communication back to his engineer in pits. The Brit immediately struggled off the line after a stunted start dropped him down the field.



It was a clean start however for Wehrlein who dominated the entire race, whilst the action was non-stop behind the German with the battles throughout the field. But at the end it wasn't to be after a technical infringement resulted in both Wehrlein and Andre Lotterer from Porsche and also the Nissan e.dams pair of Oliver Rowland and Sebastien Buemi being disqualified from the race.



That penalty promoted Di Grassi to the victory with team-mate Rene Rast following the Brazilian across the line for a one-two finish for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler. Edoardo Mortara rounded out the podium for ROKiT Venturi Racing.






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