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on 19 and 20 June 2021. With usual Mexico City ePrix venue

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being used as a temporary hospital for

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patients, a replacement had to be found, making this the inaugural running of a competitive Formula E event at the track, and the sixth in the country. It marked the eighth and ninth rounds of the

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. The first race was won by

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ahead of his teammate

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and

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, after pole-sitter and original race winner

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was disqualified due to a technical infraction.

won the second race to claim the championship lead, with

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and

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rounding out the podium.

Classification

Race one

Qualifying

Notes: * – Joel Eriksson and

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received a 20-place grid penalty each for changing the inverters in their Dragon / Penske Autosport cars. As they didn't qualify high enough to drop all 20 positions, they had to serve a drive-through penalty at the start of the race.

Race

Notes: * – Fastest lap. * – Pole position; fastest in group stage. * – Both

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and both Nissan e.dams cars were disqualified due to a technical infraction. Wehrlein, Lotterer and Buemi originally finished 1st, 16th and 18th, while Rowland had retired in the pits. Wehrlein retained points earned for pole position and for fastest in the group stage.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Race two

Qualifying

Race

Notes: * – Pole position. * – Fastest in group stage. * – Fastest lap. * –

received a post-race 5-second time penalty for an improper use of the Fanboost. * –

received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

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