Mexico ePrix: Buemi quickest again in practice two

The Swiss driver completed just one maximum 200Kw power lap and set a best time of 1m03.341s, which was enough for him to enjoy a 0.258s advantage over Daniel Abt, who placed second despite a gearbox issue.

Lucas di Grassi recovered from a difficult first session to set the early pace on a 1m03.748s and would eventually have to settle for third place behind team mate Abt.

Nicolas Prost claimed fourth, while British duo Mike Conway and Oliver Turvey impressed with laps good enough for fifth and sixth positions in their Venturi and NEXTEV cars respectively.

Significant incidents came after ten minutes of the session when first Bruno Senna spun and grazed the wall at turn 13, and then Salvador Duran stopped his Team Aguri car at the exit of turn three. Duran’s issue necessitated a brief red flag.

It was another tough session for the Mexican's team mate Antonio Felix da Costa as he again missed the first half of running due to a technical issue.

Among other drivers to hit trouble was Sam Bird, who suffered a spin at the first chicane and backed his Virgin DSV-01 lightly in to the barriers. The Buenos Aires ePrix winner placed a frustrated 15^th.

Bird’s team mate Jean-Eric Vergne was ninth but felt one of his quick laps was compromised by Loic Duval’s Dragon entry. The former Toro Rosso driver gesticulated furiously at his countryman as the two came close to touching at the final corner.

Second practice times:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Sebastien Buemi	DAMS	1:03.341	1:03.341
2	Daniel Abt	Audi Sport Team Abt	1:03.599	+0.258
3	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport Team Abt	1:03.748	+0.407
4	Nicolas Prost	DAMS	1:03.818	+0.477
5	Mike Conway	Venturi	1:03.910	+0.569
6	Oliver Turvey	China Racing	1:03.964	+0.623
7	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	1:04.201	+0.860
8	Stephane Sarrazin	Venturi	1:04.244	+0.903
9	Jean-Eric Vergne	Virgin Racing	1:04.605	+1.264
10	Nelson Piquet Jr.	China Racing	1:04.620	+1.279
11	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing	1:04.648	+1.307
12	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing	1:04.701	+1.360
13	Robin Frijns	Andretti Autosport	1:04.706	+1.365
14	Loic Duval	Dragon Racing	1:04.897	+1.556
15	Sam Bird	Virgin Racing	1:04.900	+1.559
16	Simona de Silvestro	Andretti Autosport	1:05.275	+1.934
17	Antonio Felix da Costa	Team Aguri	1:05.446	+2.105
18	Salvador Duran	Team Aguri	1:05.614	+2.273

Qualifying Groups

Group 1
Stephane Sarrazin, Venturi
Loic Duval, Dragon Racing
Nick Heidfeld, Mahindra Racing
Jean-Eric Vergne, DS Virgin Racing

Group 2
Jerome D’Ambrosio, Dragon Racing
Sebastien Buemi, Renault e.dams
Lucas di Grassi, ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Bruno Senna, Mahindra Racing

Group 3
Nico Prost, Renault e.dams
Antonio Felix da Costa, Team Aguri
Simona de Silvestro, Andretti Formula E
Daniel Abt, ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Oliver Turvey, NEXTEV TCR

Group 4
Salvador Duran, Team Aguri
Nelson Piquet Jr, NEXTEV TCR
Sam Bird, DS Virgin Racing
Mike Conway, Venturi
Robin Frijns, Andretti Formula E