Mexico City ePrix: Buemi quickest again in FP2

Sebastien Buemi led the way in the second practice session of the 2017 Mexico City ePrix, trimming just under a tenth of a second from his benchmark in FP1.

Robin Frijns, Amlin Andretti Formula E Team

The reigning champion's time of 1m02.164s eclipsed closest rival Lucas di Grassi’s fastest lap by 0.111s.

Jean-Eric Vergne posted a best of 1m02.286s in his Renault-powered Techeetah entry in what transpired to be a three-way battle for the quickest time.

Nick Heidfeld was best of the rest, taking his Mahindra to fourth and narrowly edging out his fellow German Daniel Abt, but was almost 0.4s in arrears to Buemi.

The NextEV duo of Nelson Piquet and Oliver Turvey took sixth and ninth respectively, sandwiching Maro Engel (Venturi) and Antonio Felix da Costa (Andretti).

The temperature climbed between the two practice sessions to 80 degrees, as teams spent some of the session evaluating the thermal management of the cars ahead of the race.

The top 13 cars were covered by under a second, indicating a tight midfield battle for the second-ever Mexico City ePrix.

Several drivers suffered spins, including Robin Frijns (Andretti), Adam Carroll (Jaguar) and Loic Duval (Dragon).

There was a more lurid incident for Jose Maria Lopez, who glanced the wall in the final stages of the session.

Formula E debutant Esteban Gutierrez made a late session improvement to 13th position, after having initially languished at the tail end of the times.

FP2 results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Sebastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	1'02.164
2	Lucas Di Grassi	Audi Sport Team Abt	1'02.275	0.111
3	Jean-Eric Vergne	Techeetah	1'02.286	0.122
4	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing	1'02.562	0.398
5	Daniel Abt	Audi Sport Team Abt	1'02.588	0.424
6	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NextEV NIO	1'02.813	0.649
7	Maro Engel	Venturi	1'02.839	0.675
8	Antonio Felix da Costa	Andretti Autosport	1'02.855	0.691
9	Oliver Turvey	NextEV NIO	1'02.877	0.713
10	Loic Duval	Dragon Racing	1'02.882	0.718
11	Stephane Sarrazin	Venturi	1'02.915	0.751
12	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	1'02.997	0.833
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Techeetah	1'03.055	0.891
14	Robin Frijns	Andretti Autosport	1'03.187	1.023
15	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing	1'03.194	1.030
16	Jose Maria Lopez	DS Virgin Racing	1'03.297	1.133
17	Mitch Evans	Jaguar Racing	1'03.700	1.536
18	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	1'03.747	1.583
19	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing	1'03.760	1.596
20	Adam Carroll	Jaguar Racing	1'04.176	2.012