Pascal Wehrlein says his victory in Round 3 of the Formula E championship in Mexico City was "payback" for past races

TAG Heuer Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein said it was “payback” in Mexico City as he exercised some demons to win an exhilarating race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit in Round 3 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The country has been a cursed ground for Wehrlein. In Season 5, the German secured pole position and led for much of the race only for an energy miscalculation to deny him victory literally metres before the finish line, before a post-race time penalty pushed him back to sixth place.

Ad/> This was followed up by an even more agonising result in Puebla last year, when his first race victory in Formula E was taken away due to a technical infraction, causing Wehrlein to be disqualified from the race altogether. Mexico City ePrixLotterer says Formula E’s new qualifying format has brought ‘less randomness’10/02/2022 AT 14:09 But the 27-year-old left all that behind him with a stunning performance to deliver a first victory for himself and his team on Saturday. /> “That was really satisfying,” he said.

“With all the history I have here in Mexico it feels amazing to have the first victory for me and the team. “I am so grateful for this team, I really love them, the car was amazing, and Andre did an amazing job. Today was our day, so let’s celebrate this evening.

“It was very important for me [to win here], I have raced here a couple of times in the Championship and been close so many times. Here in Mexico last year was heart-breaking to finish in P1 but then get disqualified. It was payback this weekend and it feels amazing!” Lotterer says Formula E's new qualifying format has brought 'less randomness' Porsche executed the perfect race, with Wehrlein leading from Julius Baer Pole Position and fending