It was Buemi's third consecutive victory of the season, the ninth of his career, and he became the first driver in Formula E history to win three successive races.

e.Dams-Renault extended their Teams' Championship advantage over Audi Sport ABT to 51 points and were a further 23 ahead of Mahindra with nine races left in the season.

The Buenos Aires ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2016–17 schedule in September 2016 by the FIA World Motor Sport Council.

[7] Buemi had yet to win in Buenos Aires after losing the 2015 victory due to a crash late on and qualified at the back in the 2016 race where he recovered to finish second.

[11] Oliver Turvey of NextEV felt in 2016, he quickly gained confidence driving the track and was optimistic about continuing his team's development and expected to challenge for a podium or race victory.

Mitch Evans of Jaguar, Buemi, Bird, Rosenqvist, Prost, di Grassi, Turvey and Nelson Piquet Jr. (NextEV) rounded out the session's top ten drivers.

[15] The session was twice stopped when Félix da Costa lost control of his car's rear and hit the turn six barrier.

Shortly after practice restarted, Engel stopped at the turn one exit with car problems but a second stoppage was not required because he was off the track.

[19] Di Grassi pushed hard and hit the turn four wall, damaging his car's front-right corner and rear; yellow flags were waved to warn drivers about the crash.

The fastest five overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first.

[23] Félix da Costa stopped his car on the racing line at the turn one exit and the yellow flag was shown until he performed a restart, allowing him to keep driving.

Race control granted Félix da Costa permission to complete his timed lap but damaged his front-right suspension in an collision with the chicane's inside barrier.

[23] Piquet was the first driver to attempt his lap in super pole, losing half a second because he locked his front tyres and struggled with the rear balance of his car and was fifth.

[21] Despite going slower than Turvey in the track's first third, di Grassi drove cleanly through turn seven to record a provisional pole position lap time of 1 minute, 9.404 seconds.

[24] Buemi started his lap cleanly but lost half a second in the track's first third by locking his tyres which placed him off the racing line and took third.

[23][24] Hence, di Grassi secured his first pole position in Formula E.[25] The rest of the grid lined up as Prost, Evans, Rosenqvist, d'Ambrosio, Bird, Sarrazin, Heidfeld, Frijns, Duval, Carroll, Abt, Félix da Costa, López, Ma and Engel.

[32] At the end of the first lap, di Grassi led from Vergne, Buemi, Turvey, Piquet, Rosenqvist, Prost, d'Ambrosio, Bird and Evans.

Bird made a pit stop with the damage to his car and switched into his second vehicle, intending to recording the fastest lap but he would not be able to finish the race.

[32] Engel stopped on the track with powertrain issues; after he restarted, he was shown a black flag with an orange circle, requiring him to enter the pit lane to repair car damage.

[13][1][31] Evans was imposed a five-second time penalty after he was observed to have exceeded the speed limit under full course yellow conditions.

[31] Rosenqvist's car failed to start because of a battery management system problem that left him stationary in his garage for one minute longer than usual,[36] and rejoined the circuit in 17th place.

[26] Both Dragon drivers were informed over their radios that they had to ensure that they finished the race while Duval was told d'Ambrosio had more electrical energy.

Duval reduced the time deficit to teammate d'Ambrosio and attempted an overtake for sixth place, causing light contact between the duo and passed him.

Buemi was delighted with the race victory, praising his team for their work and said he was hopeful his recent form would continue into the season's next rounds.

He revealed his first car had excess oversteer and stated the smallest of change would make a large difference in terms of the championship.

[28] Di Grassi was imposed a formal reprimand and a €1,500 fine by the stewards for the pit stop release that caused Piquet to brake to avoid hitting him.

[37] Duval insisted the battle was firm but fair, saying he gave d'Ambrosio room but would make it difficult for anyone to overtake him: "As you have seen in the past though we have had fights and most of the time I was really gentle, and this weekend I was in this position where I was competitive and I had less energy available so I fought.

[41] Evans said his improved performance encouraged Jaguar's staff and made the team more confident: "If you look at the bigger picture, I’ve got to be satisfied with today.

[43] Jaguar team principal James Barclay said the improvement was "a little bit of a positive surprise" but was unsure if Carroll's problem at the start was caused by driver error or an electrical issue.

[44] The result extended Buemi's lead at the top of the Drivers' Championship to 29 points in front of second-placed di Grassi, who in turn, was a further ten ahead of Prost in third.