The experienced British driver recovered from thirteenth position on the grid to give the debuting French team the first ever Formula E victory. Also on the podium are Mortara and Rowland
Nick Cassidy on Citroën e-CX won theMexico City E-prixsecond round of the 2025-2026 Formula E World Championship and race number 150 overall in the history of the top championship for electric single-seaters. The thirty-one-year-old New Zealand driver, at his 12th career success, thus signed the first ever victory in this championship for the newly formed Citroën Racing team, also ensuring first place in the drivers’ standings. Second place was secured by the Swiss Edoardo Mortara (Mahindra Racing), protagonist of the race from the start, while the world champion climbed to the last step of the podium Oliver Rowland (Nissan), second podium of the season and Cassidy’s first pursuer in the standings.
Buemi error on startup
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At the start there is immediately the serious mistake of pole man Sebastien Buemi (Envision Jaguar), long at the first corner to try to contain a rampant Taylor Barnard (Penske), who sprinted alongside him from the front row. The thirty-seven year old Swiss thus found himself in last position and Barnard took the lead ahead of Mortara and the German Nico Müller (Porsche). His color partner Pascal Wehrlein he was the first to activate the Attack Mode, going on to conquer the first, but Müller himself did little to resort to activation to replace him in command. The two Porsche drivers tried to work as a team to contain their opponents, but on the 12th of the 36 scheduled laps it was Mortara who put himself in front of everyone, followed by the two official Porsches and the British driver’s Cupra. Dan Ticktum. In any case, the group remained fundamentally united.
Rowland’s ascent
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Rowland started to show himself starting from lap 18, climbing with great force thanks to his first Attack Mode and also ending up in the grass. However, his attempt to climb back up was partially thwarted by the Dutchman going off track Nyck De Vries whose Mahindra, perhaps the victim of a brake problem, remained stuck on the side of the track. This episode convinced the race management to “freeze” the race: first with the entry into force of the Full Course Yellow regime, then with the entry of the safety cars followed, in order, by Müller, Mortara, Werhrlein, Barnard and the winner of the first São Paulo E-prix, the British Jake Dennis (Andretti). In the meantime, Buemi, who had fought his way up to sixth position, was forced to retire due to a technical problem.
sharp from Cassidy in the final
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Upon the return of safety carswith 14 laps still to go, the battle for the top positions has begun. The New Zealander immediately stood out thanks to the activation Mitch Evans (Jaguar), good at putting himself in front of everyone with 8 laps to go, also taking advantage of a forehand from Müller. In the final stages of the race, which were as usual very exciting, many riders still had Attack Mode available. However, it was Nick Cassidy who made the most of the situation, taking the lead four laps from the end, followed closely by Mortara, but with more time than extra boost available compared to the Swiss. Mortara, however, was good at containing Dennis’ final attack attempt by closing every gap. On lap 34 the Race Direction added 2 extra rounds to the distance of the ride due to the previous entry of the safety carsthus bringing the total to 38 laps with all the lead riders therefore asked to pay more attention to the energy consumption. Cassidy was thus able to control Mortara’s final assault more easily, forced in turn to watch his back by the return attempt of Rowland and Barnard, who ended up third and fourth under the checkered flag in Mexico City.
E-PRIX San Paolo: RACE RANKING
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Here is the finishing order of the second race of Formula E season 12 in Mexico City:
- Nick Cassidy – Citroën Racing 0:49:25:393
- Edoardo Mortara – Mahindra +0.651
- Oliver Rowland – Nissan +0.945
- Taylor Barnard – DS Penske + 1,436
- Jake Dennis – Andretti + 1,647
- Pascal Wehrlein – Porsche + 1,963
- Josep Maria Martí – Cupra + 3,894
- Jean-Éric Vergne – Citroën Racing + 4,943
- Nico Mueller (Porsche) +5,143
- Norman Born (Nissan) +5,843
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