2021 Puebla ePrix
The 2021 Puebla ePrix (formally the 2021 CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Prix) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in the town of Amozoc near Puebla, Mexico on 19 and 20 June 2021. With usual Mexico City ePrix venue Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez being used as a temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients, a replacement had to be found, making this the inaugural running of a competitive Formula E event at the track, and the sixth in the country. It marked the eighth and ninth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season.
| 2021 Puebla ePrix | |||||
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Race 8 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 19 June 2021 | ||||
| Official name | 2021 CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Prix | ||||
| Location | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc, Puebla | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 2.982 km (1.853 mi) | ||||
| Distance | 28 laps, 82.040 km (50.977 mi) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Porsche | ||||
| Time | 1:23.780 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
Oliver Rowland René Rast |
e.dams-Nissan Audi | |||
| Time | 1:25.172 (1:25.531) on lap 23 (25) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Audi | ||||
| Second | Audi | ||||
| Third | Venturi-Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
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Race 9 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 20 June 2021 | ||||
| Official name | 2021 CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Prix | ||||
| Location | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Amozoc, Puebla | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 2.982 km (1.853 mi) | ||||
| Distance | 32 laps, 93.760 km (58.260 mi) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |
| e.dams-Nissan | |||
| Time | 1:23.579 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | René Rast | Audi | |||
| Time | 1:25.370 on lap 22 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Venturi-Mercedes | ||||
| Second |
| Virgin-Audi | |||
| Third |
| e.dams-Nissan | |||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The first race was won by Lucas di Grassi ahead of his teammate René Rast and Edoardo Mortara, after pole-sitter and original race winner Pascal Wehrlein was disqualified due to a technical infraction. Edoardo Mortara won the second race to claim the championship lead, with Nick Cassidy and Oliver Rowland rounding out the podium.