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All-electric racing series Formula E heads back to Mexico City today for the second time ever. The 20-car showdown will take place at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on a 2.1-kilometer course that weaves the drivers in and out of the famous Mexican race track. It’s the fourth race in the young series’s third season, one that has been dominated in the early going by Renault driver Sebastien Buemi.

Last year’s race in Mexico City was pretty exciting — you can see a short recap here — but the big story was how Audi driver Lucas di Grassi was stripped of his win because he was found to be 1.8 kilograms (just under 4 pounds) under the minimum weight limit during post-race inspection. It was a costly mistake, too — di Grassi wound up losing the...

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