So Mitch Evans and the Panasonic Team jumps to top of the standings for Panasonic Jaguar Racing with strong showing at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. DS TECHEETAH’s Antonio Felix da Costa drives through field from ninth on the grid to pick-up second successive runner-up place. Also Sebastien Buemi back on the podium for Nissan e.dams to kick-start championship challenge with first points finish so far this season
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MITCH EVANS said: “It is very nice leaving here knowing that you managed to sort the issues from past races. We had a very good pace and it was a tight battle with Andre. It felt like deja vu from Rome! After overtaking him, I put my head down and tried to gain distance as everybody was quite aggressive in my mirrors. I had to keep them away and the car was working well. I only had to keep hitting the targets. I cannot wait to watch the replay back, as I have heard it was crazy behind me. It feels great to achieve a second victory in Formula E and doing so in Mexico surrounded by such a passionate crowd… it is the cherry on the cake.”
ANTONIO FELIX DA COSTA”Going into the race we knew we had a great car. Today was more about energy management than temperatures and we handled it better than others. The car is extremely fast, but I need to work on my qualifying. Being able to get familiar with the car over one lap would make my life much easier during the race. Both me and JEV planned the race really well and we both came through the field.
We played a bit of a team game out there, but our engineers knew what they were doing. I was quicker than him and he made it easy for me to overtake and chase Seb. So fair play to him! The team in Paris deserves a massive shout out for all the work they have done so far this season. We have a great team and they never stop working.”
