Race Report: 2026 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix
On-Track Notes
- The Andretti Formula E team began 2026 with yesterday’s Free Practice 1, which saw track action for the first time at the iconic Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. Opening race winner Jake Dennis quickly got up to speed with the newly updated 16-turn layout, finishing the session in first, as teammate Felipe Drugovich took the checkered in 17th.
- Saturday’s race day started with an early Free Practice 2 session as drivers struggled to find grip with low track temperatures, making running difficult. Dennis was classified fifth with Drugovich in 18th.
- Dennis converted his Free Practice pace to top Group A in Qualifying and was able to advance to the Duels, where he would narrowly miss out on progressing into the Semi Finals. Drugovich qualified eighth in Group B, missing out on progressing by very tight margins.
- Take today’s E-Prix start from seventh on the grid, Dennis ran a highly efficient strategy, using a late Attack Mode strategy and strong energy management to fight into the top five and claim the fastest lap.
- On the other side of the garage, Drugovich made steady progress from the back of the field, but a disrupted Attack Mode sequence in the closing stages of the race limited the opportunity for him to convert early gains into a points finish.
- The 2026 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix was interrupted at the halfway mark on Lap 18, when a Full Course Yellow was initiated after Mahindra’s Nyck de Vries stopped at Turn 1. The caution transitioned into a Safety Car on Lap 20, with racing resuming on Lap 21. As a result, two additional laps were added to the scheduled race distance.
- With Dennis’ fifth-place finish today, Andretti Formula E secured its 69th top-five finish and 132nd top-10. Dennis’ Fastest Lap of the race also brings the team’s Fastest Lap tally to 18.
- With the final classification of the 2026 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix, Andretti relinquished the lead of the Teams’ Championship standings to Citroën Racing, dropping to second place with 36 points, eight points behind the French manufacturer.
- A total of 17 cars ran the full race distance, with the field covering 712 racing laps overall and completing 93.7% of the maximum possible race laps.
Race Results
Jake Dennis
No. 27 Andretti Porsche 99X Electric
P5
| Started | P7 |
| Standings | P2 (36 points) |
Qualifying
- Dennis was able to convert his Free Practice speed in the group stages of Qualifying, topping Group A and progressing into his 31st Formula E Duel appearance.
- Making his 31st Duels start, Dennis moves into a tie for fourth on the all-time list of Duel appearances, alongside Citroën Racing’s Jean-Éric Vergne.
- In his Quarter Final Duel, Dennis lost out on advancing to Mahindra Racing’s Edoardo Mortara by 0.089 hundredths of a second.
Race
- Starting from seventh, Dennis had a strong opening phase of the E-Prix, gaining two positions on the opening lap and progressing to fourth by Lap 8. By Lap 9, the British driver held the highest energy level among the top 10, allowing him to remain competitive while efficiently running inside the leading group.
- Contact from DS Penske’s Taylor Barnard on Lap 10 forced the Brit wide and dropped him back to seventh, though he was able to quickly rejoin the leading pack and maintain a clear energy advantage over the cars around him. By the time the Full Course Yellow was deployed on Lap 18, Dennis had recovered to fifth.
- Running a late Attack Mode strategy, the No. 27 activated his first Attack Mode during the closing stages of the race while holding the highest remaining energy in the top 10. After taking his final Attack Mode with four laps to go, the Season 9 World Champion climbed as high as third position. However, heavy energy deployment during his charge forward left him vulnerable on the final lap, where he ultimately dropped to fifth at the line.
- Dennis’ fifth-place result today marks his 38th career top-five finish. The Brit also claimed an additional Championship point by setting the Fastest Lap of the race on Lap 32 with a time of 1:07.474, setting a new race lap record for the Formula E layout at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and securing the 11th fastest lap of his Formula E career.
- The result sees Dennis lose the Drivers’ Championship lead to race winner Nick Cassidy, dropping to second in the standings just four points adrift.
“Overall, it’s been a positive weekend. We were quick in the Free Practice sessions and topped the Qualifying group stage, so we had high hopes for the race. We were able to run a clean race and our strategy was good. I just felt like we weren’t quite quick enough towards the end of the race when Nick was leading, which meant we had to spend a lot of energy which was quite inefficient. As a result, I ran out of energy on that final lap and lost fourth on the line. Still, lots of positives to take from the weekend, but also some work to do for Miami.”
Felipe Drugovich
No. 28 Andretti Porsche 99X Electric
P15
| Started | P17 |
| Standings | P18 (0 points) |
Qualifying
- Drugovich took part in Group B of Qualifying, though was unable to progress to the Duels, taking the checkered in eighth.
- In São Paulo, the Brazilian driver received a five-second time penalty for overtaking under Full Course Yellow conditions, which converted into a drop of three grid positions for today’s race.
Race
- Drugovich made steady progress during the opening phases of the race, gaining a position on the first lap and advancing to 14th by Lap 8. Continuing to manage energy effectively, the Brazilian moved up to 13th by Lap 17 and benefitted from the Full Course Yellow to maintain that position while others around him were in Attack Mode.
- Activating his first Attack Mode on Lap 25, the Brazilian climbed to ninth with the additional 50kWh of power. However, missing one of the loops during his final Attack Mode activation forced him to take the wide racing line a third time, dropping him to the rear of the field in the closing laps.
- Drugovich took the checkered in 15th after a challenging end to the race.
“A fairly poor weekend from us, struggling to find a good balance and not being able to capitalize on certain performance aspects. We knew we were going to struggle a little bit in the race from where we started, so we opted for an aggressive strategy, which worked out in our favor. We made it into the top 10, but an incident at Turn 5 made me lose almost all the positions that I was able to make up until then. After that, we struggled to gain positions and our race was effectively done. Still lots to learn for Miami, but we’ll arrive determined to hit the ground running.”
Roger Griffiths
Team Principal
“I think everyone’s slightly disappointed, in how today went. Sometimes you can be happy with a fifth, but it’s clear we’re disappointed as we believed we could’ve achieved more. It just shows the level of competitiveness within the team and our desire to be on the podium and to be on that top step. Although we leave Round 2 second place in both the Drivers’ and Teams’ Championship, we have our own high standards and ideally we’d be one position higher. Jake is disappointed and Felipe is looking for answers as to why his race didn’t go to plan. But, there’s positive we can take from today, such as the fact we were the highest classified Porsche car.
We’re going to dig deep to find out what didn’t go our way and keep pushing so that we’re fully prepared for Miami. We also want to thank all of the fans here in Mexico. We’ve certainly got an awful lot of Andretti fans and the reception we’ve had here is incredible. We love racing in Mexico and it’s a privilege to be able to see their passion on full display.”
