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Jake Hughes was fastest in the opening Formula E practice of 2024 in Mexico City, despite bringing the session to an early end with a crash at Turn 1. The NEOM McLaren driver understeered through t…
Jake Hughes set the fastest time in the first Formula E practice session of 2024 in Mexico City, despite crashing at Turn 1 and ending the session early. His time of 1m14.364s was 0.381s quicker than Pascal Wehrlein of Porsche, who finished second. Nico Muller of Abt Cupra took third place. Robin Frijns from Envision was fourth, and Jake Dennis from Andretti Global completed the top five. Sebastien Buemi and Jean-Eric Vergne, previous series champions, finished just outside the top ten. Sam Bird, Hughes’ teammate at NEOM McLaren, could only manage 16th place. Maximilian Guenther from Maserati MSG also had a red flag incident, finishing in 21st place. Jahan Daruvala, the only rookie in the field, finished 22nd, while Nyck de Vries returned to Formula E in 20th place driving for Mahindra.
