Having completed first and second in Sao Paulo, the Method E season opener, world champions Jake Dennis and Oliver Rowland have set their stalls out for an additional title tilt
Britain’s Jake Dennis insists it is going to be enterprise as normal in Mexico Metropolis after his opening day victory. The Andretti driver, 30, is the Method E championship chief having received the Sao Paulo E-Prix from pole final month. And the 2023 world champion plans to alter nothing in his seek for back-to-back victories on Saturday evening.
He stated: “Heading into spherical two with the championship lead would not actually change our method. Over the low season, we targeted on our weaknesses and labored arduous to enhance the efficiency of the automotive, which clearly paid off in Sao Paulo.
“Since then, we have stored our focus and composure while working arduous over the Christmas interval. We observe a constant means of post-race evaluation and evaluation of earlier E-Prix occasions on the subsequent race location, so we’ll proceed progressing by our customary pre-race guidelines to make sure we’re able to hit the bottom operating.”
Dennis is aware of what it takes to win on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, having taken victory on this face again in 2023. However amongst his chief rivals can be defending champion Oliver Rowland, who received each this occasion and the title final yr.
The 33-year-old Nissan racer, from Barnsley, started his title defence with an outstanding drive from thirteenth on the grid to complete second in Brazil. He goals to go one higher this time round, realizing a Mexico win is usually an excellent omen for these chasing the title.
Rowland stated: “I can not wait to be again racing in Mexico Metropolis this weekend because it’s all the time such a superb environment across the occasion. My victory right here in 2025 was probably the greatest of my profession, the vitality from the group was unimaginable.”
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“We all know we have to work arduous, taking 18 factors from Sao Paulo was a optimistic however there are elements to enhance on, which would be the goal for Mexico. The development within the final three Method E seasons has been the winner of this E-Prix goes on to say the drivers’ title, so I will be aiming to repeat the success of Season 11.”
The Mexico Metropolis E-Prix is a milestone second for Method E because the all-electric sequence celebrates its one hundred and fiftieth race. The primary was held in Beijing, China, again in 2014.
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New Zealander Nick Cassidy stopped a trio of world champions finishing the rostrum in Sao Paulo by beating former Method 1 racer Pascal Wehrlein to 3rd place. Representing new entrant Citroen, who’ve changed Maserati within the championship, the two-time runner-up within the title race is delighted with how his newest title push has begun.
Cassidy stated: “We had an amazing begin to the season in Sao Paulo. It was extremely rewarding to present everybody a podium as a thank-you for all of the arduous work that went in over the low season. That consequence gave the entire staff an actual increase and I am actually eager to hold that momentum into spherical two.”
