Nick Cassidy secured Citroen Racing’s inaugural ABB FIA Formula E World Championship victory at the 2026 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix on January 10. The New Zealand driver advanced 12 positions from his starting grid slot to claim the win in only the French automaker’s second race in the all-electric series.
Highlights
- Cassidy claimed his fourth victory in five Formula E races, extending his championship lead to 40 points
- Citroen Racing earned its first Formula E win in just two starts as a manufacturer entry
- Stellantis leads the Manufacturers’ World Championship by seven points over Porsche
- Taylor Barnard narrowly missed becoming the series’ youngest-ever winner, finishing fourth
Race Results and Championship Standings
Edoardo Mortara (Mahindra Racing) finished second under heavy pressure, with reigning champion Oliver Rowland (Nissan) completing the podium. The top five crossed the finish line within one second of each other.
Jake Dennis (Andretti) placed fifth after losing position to Barnard at the line. Pascal Wehrlein rounded out the top six for Porsche.
Josep Maria Martí (CUPRA KIRO) delivered a standout performance, recovering from a 60-place grid penalty and stop-and-go penalty following his São Paulo crash to score his first Formula E points in seventh position.
Jean-Eric Vergne brought the second Citroen home eighth, with Nico Mueller (Porsche) and Norman Nato (Nissan) completing the points-paying positions.
Drivers’ Championship Standings
- Nick Cassidy: 40 points
- Jake Dennis: 36 points
- Oliver Rowland: 34 points
Teams’ Championship Standings
- Citroen Racing: 44 points
- Andretti Formula E: 36 points
Attack Mode Strategy Proves Decisive
Cassidy demonstrated mastery of Formula E’s dual 50kW all-wheel-drive Attack Mode activations. The strategic deployment of these mandatory power boosts separated the frontrunners in the closing laps.
Taylor Barnard seized the early lead when polesitter Sébastien Buemi (Envision Racing) locked up under defensive pressure at Turn 1. Buemi dropped to 18th position following the error.
Porsche initially controlled the middle stages with Mueller and Wehrlein exchanging the lead through coordinated team strategy. The German manufacturer sought to replicate its Season 8 one-two finish at the venue.
Full Course Yellow Disrupts Rowland’s Strategy
A Full Course Yellow period on Lap 17 for Nyck de Vries’ stricken Mahindra significantly impacted Rowland’s race. The reigning champion had just activated Attack Mode, which expired during the caution period.
Racing resumed on Lap 22 with Mueller leading Mortara and Wehrlein. Multiple cars made contact at the hairpin on Lap 26, involving Vergne, António Félix da Costa, and Maximilian Günther.
Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) triggered the decisive Attack Mode sequence on Lap 27, surging to the front. Mortara, Cassidy, and Mueller followed with their activations shortly after.
Former McLaren Formula 1 engineer Albie Lau noted on the broadcast that Cassidy had timed his Attack Mode deployment optimally, carrying an energy advantage and overlapping boost period to take the lead on Lap 30.
Cassidy Defends Under Pressure
Dennis closed to within striking distance on Lap 32 with approximately one lap of energy advantage over the leaders. However, Mortara’s defensive driving prevented Dennis from reaching the race leader.
Cassidy built a 1.3-second gap before Mortara’s final Attack Mode charge. The top five compressed to within half a second through the stadium section on Lap 36.
Mortara’s additional Attack Mode time ultimately proved insufficient to challenge Cassidy, who defended expertly through the final laps to secure Citroen’s historic first victory in the all-electric championship.
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