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A breathless, bizarre and incident-packed Mexico City ePrix saw Lucas di Grassi pick up his first win of the season in the most unlikely of circumstances. An unusual-looking grid, further affected by penalties for Jérôme d'Ambrosio and super-pole winner Daniel Abt (both for incorrect tyre pressures) had NextEV's Oliver Turvey starting from the front, and DS Virgin's José María López alongside. Championship leader Sébastien Buemi could only reach 7th, and di Grassi back in 15th. Turvey made a clean getaway from the line, but there was immediately plenty of action taking place behind him. Nick Heidfeld overtook Jean-Éric Vergne in the run to the first corner to take third. Da Costa lost several places when he locked up while attempting to overtake Sam Bird, but managed to rejoin the race quickly. A concertina effect on a busy turn three saw several cars make contact. The most significant incident being Stephane Sarrazin rear-ending a near-stationary Lucas di Grassi. T...

Changing conditions gave all teams a challenging qualifying session in Mexico City. It was a session notable not only for the surprising names that made up the top five slots, but also for those who found themselves at the back of the grid. Times across the board were seconds off the pace of the morning's practice sessions, mainly because of the dust which had built up on the track in the intervening hours. Nick Heidfeld set the fastest time of the first qualifying group, ahead of Sam Bird and Sébastien Buemi. Mitch Evans put in another excellent qualifying performance, beating an unhappy Lucas di Grassi into provisional fourth place. He couldn't hold the position for long, with three drivers from the second group taking the top-three spots. Oliver Turvey, Daniel Abt and José María López all took advantage of the cleaner racing surface, pushing current championship leader Buemi out of contention for super pole. Da Costa and Sarrazin also failed to make the grade. The thir...