Daniel Abt has raced to his first ever Formula E race win at the Mexico City ePrix.
The German eased to victory after early leader Felix Rosenqvist was forced out when his car lost drive out of the final chicane.
He was joined on the sidelines by Mahinda team-mate Nick Heidfeld, who suffered similar issues.
Following Rosenqvist’s retirement, Oliver Turvey led the race prior to the pit stops, but lost out in the mid-race car change.
The Swedish driver’s stop proved five seconds longer than Abt, who took over at the head of the race.
Turvey hung on to second at the finish after seeing off a challenge from Sebastien Buemi who was forced to settle for the final podium place.
Jean-Eric Vergne, who ended the race fifth, now leads the championship over Rosenqvist by 12 points, with Sam Bird in third.
In the team’s standings Teccheetah has taken over at the top with 99 points following Mahindra’s double retirement, now nine points in arrears.
Race results: Race 5, Mexico City
| Pos | Num | Driver | Team | Race time/Split |
| 1 | 66 | Daniel Abt | Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler | 50:45.164 (47 laps) |
| 2 | 16 | Oliver Turvey | NIO Formula E Team | +6.398 |
| 3 | 9 | Sébastien Buemi | Renault e.dams | +6.615 |
| 4 | 3 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Panasonic Jaguar Racing | +7.015 |
| 5 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah | +7.546 |
| 6 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Panasonic Jaguar Racing | +9.050 |
| 7 | 28 | António Félix da Costa | MS&AD Andretti Formula E | +17.157 |
| 8 | 4 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi Formula E Team | +26.511 |
| 9 | 1 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler | +29.208 |
| 10 | 36 | Alex Lynn | DS Virgin Racing | +29.515 |
| 11 | 7 | Jérôme d’Ambrosio | Dragon Racing | +30.418 |
| 12 | 6 | José María López | Dragon Racing | +31.859 |
| 13 | 18 | André Lotterer | Techeetah | +36.206 |
| 14 | 68 | Luca Filippi | NIO Formula E Team | +38.336 |
| 15 | 27 | Tom Blomqvist | MS&AD Andretti Formula E | +38.592 |
| 16 | 5 | Maro Engel | Venturi Formula E Team | +44.689 |
| 17 | 2 | Sam Bird | DS Virgin Racing | +44.982 |
| DNF | 8 | Nico Prost | Renault e.dams | |
| DNF | 19 | Felix Rosenqvist | Mahindra Racing | |
| DNF | 23 | Nick Heidfeld | Mahindra Racing |
Championship points: After Race 5
| Pos | Driver | Pts |
| 1 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 81 |
| 2 | Felix Rosenqvist | 69 |
| 3 | Sam Bird | 61 |
| 4 | Sébastien Buemi | 52 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 45 |
| 6 | Daniel Abt | 37 |
| 7 | Mitch Evans | 29 |
| 8 | Edoardo Mortara | 28 |
| 9 | Oliver Turvey | 26 |
| 10 | Nick Heidfeld | 21 |
| 11 | André Lotterer | 18 |
| 12 | António Félix da Costa | 16 |
| 13 | Alex Lynn | 9 |
| 14 | José María López | 8 |
| 15 | Nico Prost | 7 |
| 16 | Maro Engel | 6 |
| 17 | Jérôme d’Ambrosio | 4 |
| 18 | Tom Blomqvist | 4 |
| 19 | Lucas di Grassi | 3 |
| 20 | Luca Filippi | 1 |
| 21 | Kamui Kobayashi | 0 |
| 22 | Neel Jani | 0 |
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