Three moves past three World Champions saw Oliver Rowland take his maiden silverware in Mexico, who has now won two of the last three races, breaking Porsche powertrains’ four-season winning streak in Mexico in the process, whilst also handing Nissan their first victory at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Qualifying

Group A

With clouds and possible rain threatening the session, all 11 drivers from the first group made quick work of taking to the track in order to set a lap time early. Stoffel Vandoorne set the fastest lap time at the beginning of the session, however as the damp track began to dry the times began to fall as the conditions improved.

As the chequered flag fell, reigning World Champion Pascal Wehrlein topped the session, closely followed by Oliver Rowland in second place and Sebastian Buemi in third. This order was short-lived however as the Swiss driver was noted as under investigation for a technical infringement and his lap times were later deleted. This meant Mitch Evans, who finished in fourth place at the line, was promoted to third place and Edoardo Mortara was subsequently promoted into the duel stages.

David Beckmann had a moment going into Turn 1, after the Cupra Kiro needed a rebuild of the car overnight thanks to his brief contact with the wall in FP1.

Group B

Maximilian Guenther solidified his place in the Duels, going quickest of the second group in his DS Penske, alongside Jake Dennis who took the chequered flag in second place. Nick Cassidy crossed the line in third, however the New Zealander saw his lap time deleted for a technical infringement and was dropped from the duel stages. Antonio Felix da Costa was promoted to third place, with Jean-Eric Vergne completing the quartet progressing to the next qualifying stage, thanks to Cassidy’s lap time deletion.

Quarter-Finals

The first quarter-final duel was between Rowland and Evans, with the British Nissan driver progressing through to the next round due to Evans making a mistake and going wide into Turn 5, whilst in the second duel, Wehrlein took on Mortara and breezed through to the semi-finals after completing his flying lap almost a second quicker than the Mahindra driver – who also suffered from a wide moment of his own going into Turn 1.

In a battle between two Porsche-powered cars, Antonio Felix da Costa beat Jake Dennis to progress through to the next round of qualifying, whilst Jean-Eric Vergne went three-tenths quicker than his teammate Maximilian Guenther in the second DS Penske to also progress through to the semi-finals.

Semi-Finals

The first of the semi-final qualifying duels saw a repeat of Sao Paulo’s final duel, with Wehrlein being pitted against Rowland. The Briton made a few mistakes in the final sector, allowing the reigning World Champion to breeze through to the final duel of the day.

The second semi-final duel quickly got underway with Da Costa and Vergne taking to the track for their one lap shootout. The timings between the two remained close throughout the lap, however, Da Costa eventually crossed the line the fastest – despite taking a wide line going into Turn 5 – ensuring an all-Porsche front-row as he looked to battle his teammate in the Final.

Final

All eyes were on the final duel as Porsche battled Porsche, with Da Costa initially running quickest in the first and third sector, however a mistake for the Portuguese driver through the chicane meant he lost a lot of time, allowing teammate Wehrlein to claim pole position for the race on the Saturday. Wehrlein’s pole position this weekend meant he has claimed both poles this season, boosting his Championship points tally by an extra three points.

Race

With the lights out and the grid going green for the first time in 2025, Wehrlein got a good start from pole position to lead the train of drivers through the tight Turn 1. The top-six remained unchanged except for Jaguar’s Mitch Evans who dropped several places down into seventh, whilst Rowland made a move at Turn 1 on Lap 2 to claim third place from Vergne.

NEOM McLaren’s Taylor Barnard was the first to take his Attack Mode on Lap 3 – Attack Mode being two mandatory 50kW, four-wheel drive boosts that drivers must take in the race, totalling eight minutes.

On Lap 7, the Porsche pair of Wehrlein and da Costa continued to lead the race followed closely by Rowland, Vergne, Dennis, Guenther, Evans, Mueller, Mortara and de Vries who rounded out the top-10. The McLaren’s of Barnard and Bird switched places to allow the latter to use his first Attack Mode stint to his advantage as he moved into P10 after a move on de Vries.

By Lap 9, none of the top-nine had made a move through the activation zone, whilst the rear half of the field had all taken at least one of theirs Attacks in a strategy seeming like they were expecting a safety car to hamper the proceedings.

Mueller was the first to make a move through the activation zone on Lap 10 from P8, dropping down to 10th place when he rejoined the pack. By Lap 13, he had used the additional 50 kW to his advantage, making his way as high as sixth just behind his teammate Dennis. Andretti’s tactics to make Mueller use his Attack Mode first, allowed him to hold the pack up once it came to an end, allowing Dennis to take his initial activation and remain in fifth place.

The Briton made quick work of passing Vergne, before setting his sights on Rowland for third place on Lap 14, whilst race leader Wehrlein took his first Attack Mode and remained at the front. Porsche teammate da Costa attempted to keep Rowland and Dennis behind, however he slipped down to fifth, after Nissan’s Rowland made an overtake stick at Peraltada for P2, whilst Dennis also slipped by for third. 

Onto Lap 15, Wehrlein still led from Dennis but the Briton had some seconds remaining on his first Attack Mode boost, making a bold move going into the Foro Sol and taking P1.

Da Costa was the next to take his 50kW boost, bypassing Rowland and his teammate to set his sights on the race leader – the Andretti driver defending for the opening couple of turns on Lap 19 before handing the lead over to the Portuguese.

Dennis took his next Attack mode, retaking P1 from teammate Mueller after he moved aside, on Lap 23, although this lead wouldn’t last long as da Costa retook the lead with a move into the stadium whilst also on his second Attack Mode activation.

The DS Penske’s of Vergne and Guenther were the last of the top-10 along with Rowland to take their second Attack Mode boosts, with each having six minutes to use with eight laps to run. Their plan was foiled as a result of a late Safety Car due to Cupra Kiro’s David Beckmann coming to a stop on the way into the Foro Sol.

Racing resumed on Lap 31, with Rowland still having just over a minute of Attack Mode to use, the Nissan driver made quick work of passing Dennis for third into Turn 1, and Wehrlein for P2 going into the chicane. He completed his hattrick of moves with a pass on race leader da Costa into the Foro Sol.

No sooner had Rowland made it to the front, Evans made contact with a slowing Mueller, bringing out the second Safety Car of the race. A lap later, and with the stricken Jaguar removed from the track, racing resumed with Rowland leading da Costa, Werhelin, Dennis, Vergne, Guenther, Vandoorne, de Vries, Mueller and Hughes.

Onto the final lap, Rowland managed to hold the Porsches at bay, despite da Costa and Wehrlein having more energy in-hand, to take the chequered flag and his first win at Mexico City.

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Oliver Rowland	25
2	Antonio Felix da Costa	18
3	Pascal Wehrlein	15+3 (P)
4	Jake Dennis	12+1 (FL)
5	Jean-Eric Vergne	10
6	Maximilian Guenther	8
7	Stoffel Vandoorne	6
8	Nyck de Vries	4
9	Nico Mueller	2
10	Jake Hughes	1

Post-Race Penalties

• Taylor Barnard was given a 5-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
• Sebastien Buemi was given a 10-second time penalty for not using the total amount of time of his attack mode during the race.
• Sam Bird was given a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Mortara.
• Edoardo Mortara was given a 10-second time penalty for not using the total amount of time of his attack mode during the race.
• Lucas di Grassi was given a 27-second time penalty for activating attack mode only once during the race.