São Paulo ePrix Free Practice 2

Season 10 champion Pascal Wehrlein asserted his absolute authority over the tricky streets of Brazil, steering his TAG Heuer Porsche machine to the fastest time in a dramatic, extended Free Practice 2 session at the 2025 São Paulo E-Prix. Clinging to flawless late execution to spoil a dominant performance from rival camps, the German veteran set a blistering benchmark of 1:09.853 to ignite Porsche's Season 12 campaign.

The morning session carried unprecedented structural importance, expanding into an elongated session to compensate for the technical communication failure that wiped out Friday's practice. With all 20 cars pouring onto the Sambódromo layout immediately as the track went green, the Mahindra Racing pairing of Nyck de Vries and Edoardo Mortara showcased immense early pace, trading the top spot and dominating the timing sheets for the opening 15 minutes of the session.

The middle stretch saw reigning world champion Oliver Rowland briefly snatch the leading position, while rookie Pepe Martí found the absolute limits of the concrete circuit, forcing his Lola Yamaha ABT machine into an escape road after a heavy lock-up. In the closing five minutes, Dan Ticktum put together a stellar lap to look set to spoil a potential Mahindra sweep at the top.

However, Wehrlein delivered a clinical, error-free flyer right as time expired, snatching the ultimate benchmark by a razor-thin margin of 0.057 seconds over de Vries, signaling an intensely tight field where four distinct teams locked down the top five positions ahead of qualifying.