Last year’s champion Pascal Wehrlein held off his TAG Heuer Porsche teammate in the Qualifying Final to secure an all-Porsche front row for Round 2 of the 2025 Formula E World Championship.
Both drivers of the German team have been competitive right from the off in their Porsche 99X Electric machines at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in the Mexican capital, but this second pole position in a row – and a fourth overall in Mexico City – was an especially good result for the MIM-contracted driver, whose title defence got off to a difficult start in the opening round in Brazil with a DNF and no points following a nasty-looking race accident.

Fourth in FP1 and third in FP2 placed Pascal in Group A for the Quarter-Final duels, where he quickly saw off Edoardo Mortara (Mahindra) and then Oliver Rowland (Nissan) in the Semi-Final. The final between the two Porsche teammates was a hard-fought battle with very little between them, but Pascal came out on top with a lap of 1m10.984s, which earned him the trophy for pole position and three more points in the championship standings.

“First of all, I must thank my team for building up a completely new car, as the car from Sao Paulo was not usable anymore,” declared Pascal on receiving his second Julius Baer trophy of the year. “And they only had one and a half days’ time here on Wednesday and Thursday. The car was perfect, so this pole position is especially for my mechanics, and it’s also Porsche’s first ever front row lock-out in Formula E. Pole here is obviously a good position to be in. We should expect a bit less peloton-style racing here and a bit less of a chaotic race. But we will need to have a good pace, good efficiency and then I’m pretty sure we will do well.”

Pascal’s Manager, MIM CEO Salvatore Gandolfo, who is present in Mexico City for this second race of the season, also expressed particular satisfaction to see his driver fit and well and back on top form after the setback in Brazil.

Round 2 of the Formula E World Championship gets underway in a couple of hours’ time at 21:05 CET.