Mexico City E-Prix: Wehrlein beats sliding Mortara to pole

Mortara began the final duel with a slight advantage over Wehrlein, and managed to stay ahead in the sectors despite getting a little loose in the Foro Sol stadium section.

But as he powered through the Peraltada to cross the line, Mortara lost control of his car and drifted across the line, losing a quarter of a second to Wehrlein - who kept it clean to secure his third Formula E pole.

Mortara had cemented his place in the qualifying final despite a late onslaught from Andre Lotterer, who was down by two tenths following the first two timing points - but the Porsche driver was able to fight back and nose just ahead - but couldn't keep the momentum across the line to beat Mortara.

Wehrlein was then embroiled with a close battle with Jean-Eric Vergne but, having been almost level at the close of the Foro Sol with the session in the French driver's favour, Wehrlein posted a mighty final sector to put three tenths over Vergne.

Mortara had earlier beaten Robin Frijns into the semis, although the Envision driver began the lap faster despite a slight touch with the grass at Turn 2 and a lock-up at Turn 3. But Mortara maintained a cleaner lap, charging into the semi-finals as Frijns continued to get loose throughout the Foro Sol section.

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Porsche secured a two-nil over Mercedes in the quarter-finals, as Stoffel Vandoorne went perilously close to the wall at Turn 1 and ran onto the grass, ensuring Wehrlein had little resistance in reaching the semis. Vandoorne managed to recover slightly, bringing a six-tenth deficit down after the first sector to sit 0.420s behind Wehrlein.

Lotterer had earlier dispatched Nyck de Vries despite