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Why Porsche's Formula E car owns Mexico City—and what that tells you about real engineering
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by Sam Smith· via The Race · Jan 9, 2026

Why Porsche's Formula E car owns Mexico City—and what that tells you about real engineering

"Formula E stopped being about racing in 2014 and became an energy-management simulator. Porsche's winning because they treat it like engineering, not like a spec series."

— Revvly Take

Porsche isn't just fast at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The high-altitude circuit exposes which teams actually understand their powertrains versus which ones are running software patches. Here's where the 99X Electric's efficiency advantage isn't marketing—it's physics.

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Sam Smith

The Race · Jan 9

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