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ABB FIA Formula E Season 11: Everything You Need to Know Before Season 11 Pre Season Testing Begins

Formula E returns next week for Pre Season Testing in Valencia so here is everything you need to know before the first session of Season 11 begins! 

Gen 3 Evo Specifications

The ABB FIA Formula E Gen3-Evo car is an evolution from the Gen-3 car, first being raced in Season 9. Many major evolution changes have taken place, presumably to be taken up for Gen-4 as well.

    • All Wheel Drive (AWD): One major change is the use of all wheel drive for these electric cars. This will be useable in qualifying, the duels and the race for active attack mode. This will supply more active overtakes and some tactical strategy. 
    • Faster acceleration: The Gen-3 Evo is estimated to be the fastest FIA single seater car in terms of acceleration, going from 0-60 in 1.82 seconds, 30% faster than the current Formula 1 car.
    • More Grip: The new specified Hancook tyres will supply the drivers will more grip and made from more recycled parts. This will increase to 10% compared to the 9% from Gen-3.
    • New body: The Gen-3 Evo will have a sleeker body in comparison to the Gen-3 car.

 

Visual Car Changes

As shown on the images above, the Gen3 Evo (left) has seen the majority of its bodywork similar to Gen3 (right). The most obvious changes are:

  • More bodywork on the front wing to stop the endplates detaching. 
  • Gen3 Evo has more of a sleek and smooth design in comparison to Gen3 to improve aerodynamics.
  • The mirrors are bigger to allow more of a viewpoint for the drivers.

Season 11 Calendar

The calendar for ABB FIA Formula E Season 11 has some quite big changes, some classics remain, others are gone, venues have been changed and others have been added. Lets have a look!

 

Round Number E-Prix Date Previous Race Winner
Round 0 Pre Season testing at Valencia 4th-7th November N/A
Round 1 Sao Paulo E-Prix 6th December 2024 Sam Bird
Round 2 Mexico City E-Prix 11th January 2025 Pascal Wehrlein
Round 3 Jeddah E-Prix 14th February 2025 N/A
Round 4 Jeddah E-Prix 15th February 2025 N/A
Round 5 Miami E-Prix 12th April 2025 N/A
Round 6 Monaco E-Prix 3rd May 2025 Mitch Evans
Round 7 Monaco E-Prix 4th May 2025 Mitch Evans
Round 8 Tokyo E-Prix 17th May 2025 Maximilian Guenther
Round 9 Tokyo E-Prix 18th May 2025 Maximilian Guenther
Round 10 Shanghai E-Prix 31st May 2025 Mitch Evans
Round 11 Shanghai E-Prix 1st June 2025 Mitch Evans
Round 12 Jakarta E-Prix 21st June 2025 Maximilian Guenther
Round 13 Berlin E-Prix 12th July 2025 Antonio Felix Da Costa
Round 14 Berlin E-Prix 13th July 2025 Antonio Felix Da Costa
Round 15 London E-Prix 26th July 2025 Oliver Rowland
Round 16 London E-Prix 27th July 2025 Oliver Rowland

Overall, the calendar is generally similar to Season 10, however there are some pretty major changes:

  • The first round will happen last THIS year, in comparison to starting in Mexico City in January in previous years. 
  • There are a few more double headers, including the iconic Monaco E-Prix. 
  • Diriyah has been removed with the Jeddah Cornic circuit replacing the street track. It is understood that it will be a shorter version for Formula E in comparison to the layout Formula 1 and Formula 2 races at.
  • There is a “TBC” slot for round 5, rumoured to be related to an E-Prix in Thailand.
  • We are NOT returning to Portland, a first for this era for gen-3 and instead we head to Miami. 
  • The Berlin E-Prix double header has been moved to July but there will still be a clash with the World Endurance Championship. 

Driver Lineup for Season 11

Formula E is no stranger to crazy driver silly seasons, as Season 10 saw champions returning, drivers retained and other drivers let go. However, with Season 11, there are some changes which I did not expect to see. Lets see who is remaining, shall we?

Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team: Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Felix Da Costa.

This one is a half-surprise, half-not a surprise. Throughout the start of Season 10, Season 7 champion Da Costa really struggled to be up to pace with teammate eventual champion Wehrlein. However, he pulled off what can only be described as a comeback of the greats as he managed 4 wins over 3 races in the latter half of the season. This managed to save his seat at the German team despite rumours of a certain Abt Cupra driver being poised to hop in. That plan has, for now, been placed on the backburner. 

Season 10 champion Pascal Wehrlein staying at Porsche is no surprise, however, due to his sheer determination to snatch the title from the 2 Kiwi’s of Cassidy and Evans going into the double header in London. The pairing is a strong one in which Porsche will hope to repeat their success from last year.

Jaguar TCS Racing: Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans

This is not a big shock as both Cassidy and Evans were on par for the vast majority of the season. Luck had its advantages and disadvantages for both drivers throughout the entire season as well as some driver errors, most noteably the error Cassidy made on the penultimate lap in Portland which cost him the championship and Evans wasn’t able to capitalise as much as he potentially should have when Cassidy failed to reach the top step or even the podium. Still, Jaguar are using a tried and tested method of stability within their team which will hopefully pay dividends.

Envision Racing: Sebastian Buemi and Robin Frijns.

This driver lineup is…a bit of a shock. Buemi and Frijns both had decent seasons with podiums for both drivers but due to the clashes with the World Endurance Championship (WEC), changes were expected from the Jaguar customer team. Nevertheless, a strong lineup with a lot of experience but with many younger drivers joining this grid and others in seperate series’ like Paul Aron who raced for Envision last year in Berlin in Formula 2 and even Victor Martins, this duo could be under pressure to deliver.

Mahindra Racing: Nyck De Vries and Edoardo Mortara.

This duo was not too much of a surprise either. De Vries struggled after his stint in Formula One with Alpha Tauri which wasn’t exactly what everyone wanted to see. Nyck did the one thing he could do: get back up! He got a deal to return to Formula E with Mahindra and he found his grove at the end of the season, with a sensational P4 finish in Shanghai! Him and Mortara could be the future of Mahindra. both have the experience to do well.

DS Penske: Jean-Eric Vergne and Maximilian Guenther: 

While one stays at DS-Penske, one shall leave. The one replacing the Season 8 champion is the driver who did an insane job in the CUSTOMER team of Maserati MSG Racing: Maximilian Guenther! Yes, Guenther gets the promotion to the Stallantes main team for the GEN3-Evo debut! Vergne will remain at the gold and black coloured schemed American manufacturer team but he will be hoping new boy Guenther doesn’t overthrow him.

Neom McLaren Formula E Team: Sam Bird and Taylor Barnard. 

McLaren will enter Season 11 as a race winner and from the minute the lights go out in Sao Paulo, the pressure will be on for Sam Bird to replicate his win in the Brazilian capital. Beside him will be a Briton, but it won’t be Jake Hughes. Instead will be Sam Bird’s replacement when he had to miss Monaco and Berlin last year: Taylor Barnard. After a debut season in Formula 2 with a debut win at Monaco in the sprint race, McLaren saw enough in the 19 year old to send him up and allow Jake Hughes to set sail. 

Maserati MSG Racing: Jake Hughes and Stoffel Vandoorne:

 The Monaco based team will have an entirely new lineup in Jake Hughes and Stoffel Vandoorne. It looked like both drivers wanted a fresh chapter and a new challenge with them leaving their former teams, both are proven winners and it will be interesting to see if they can finally gift Maserati some success.

Andretti Formula E: Jake Dennis and Nico Mueller:

When 1 stays, 1 goes. After 1 season at Andretti, Norman Nato departs for another team (more on that soon) but in his place is the underdog of Season 10; Nico Mueller. Nico comprehensively beat his experienced teammate of Lucas Di Grassi at Abt Cupra and earned a promotion up to the customer team of Porsche. As the former world champion of Jake Dennis remains at Andretti, Season 11 could be a big test for both drivers.

Nissan Formula E Team: Norman Nato and Oliver Rowland: 

As previously revealed, Norman Nato moved to another team, well that team is the same team that let him go after Season 9. Nato returns and replaces Sacha Fenestraz after the Argentinian driver underdelivered in his 2nd season in Formula E in comparison to his teammate who won many races and podiums. Oliver and Norman will both be wanting to make a mark on each other in Gen3 EVO. 

Lola Yamaha Abt: Lucas Di Grassi and Zane Maloney:

While not unexpected, Di Grassi remains at Abt to help them transition into Lola Yamaha Abt. Besides Di Grassi is a driver who set the 2024 season of Formula 2 alight at the beginning of the new regulations: Zane Maloney. The Boy from Barbados joins the team as a rookie after doing sessions with Andretti. This will be an important season for both Lola and Maloney as they both embark on a new motorsport journey.

Kiro Race Co: TBC and TBC

Don’t worry, TBC aren’t the 2 new driver names but ERT has transitioned into Kiro Race Co. after new investors were brought in. In another massive bombshell, the team is no longer and manufacturer as they now run older Porsche powertrains which have been modified for Gen 3 Evo. Both drivers have not been confirmed yet but rumours suggest Dan Ticktum will remain at the team while the pre season testing at Valencia will be seen as an audition for David Beckmann.  

Season 11 Liveries

As with a new season, cars have been launched! While not every team has announced their Season 11 liveries, here are some which have been announced! Jaguar’s Livery is for pre season testing only.

Nissan Formula E Livery Season 11. Image credit: Nissan Newsroom
Mahindra Racing’s Season 11 Car: M11 Electro. Image Credit: Mahindra Racing’s X account
DS Penske’s new Season 11 livery. Image Credit: Formula E News Article announcing this livery.
Display of the Porsche 99X Electric. Image Credit: Porsche Press Release
Andretti Formula E Season 11 Livery. Image Credit: Andretti’s Press Release
Jaguar TCS Racing’s pre season testing livery. Image Credit: Jaguar TCS Racing’s X account.
Kiro Race Co Season 11 Livery. Image Credit: Formula E’s Gallery Article
 
 
 

Women’s Pre Season Test Details

Announced a few weeks ago, Formula E will be running a fully woman’s test in Valencia. This is a big step forward for equality in the sport as well as gathering more feedback. The test will take place on November 7th in Valencia.

Driver lineups: 

Andretti Formula E: Chloe Chambers and Nerea Marti

Both of these drivers are currently in F1 Academy, with Marti in her second and final year and Chambers confirmed to be continuing in 2025 as well as joining the Red Bull family after being supported by Haas in her rookie season. Both have scored one win with Marti in Le Castelle in 2023 and Chambers in Barcelona. 

Neom McLaren Formula E Team: Bianca Bustamante and Ella Lloyd 

Bustamante is supported by McLaren in her second and final year of the F1 Academy series with multiple podiums and race wins behind her name. Ella Lloyd, however, was a wild card at a previous event and managed to impress a lot of people. She impressed McLaren with her talent so much that she joined their academy and will take over the keys when Bustamante leaves F1 Academy after this year to continue on the papaya colours. 

Envision Racing: Alisha Palmowski and Alice Powell

Palmowski has won many events in the past including being vice champion in GB4 in 2024 with 3 wins and 11 podiums. She has also made it through to the final 10 of the Autosport Young Driver Award. Powell has participated in W-Series prior to its administration in 2022. She won races in the series against a few drivers on this list and is now coaching F1 Academy standings leader Abbi Pulling. 

Maserati MSG Racing: Tatiana Calderon and Carrier Schreiner: 

The 2 ladies participating under the Monegasque team have a lot of experience. Calderon has participated in Formula 2, Super Formula, World Endurance Championship in LMP2 class and Indycar. Schreiner is currently racing in F1 Academy with Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber supporting her. 

Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team: Marta Garcia and Gabriela Jilkova. 

Garcia is the reigning F1 Academy champion after competing in the series’ debut season with Prema Racing. She has raced in FRECA this season. Jilkova is a simulator and development driver for the German team with 43 laps being completed last year. 

Nissan Formula E Team: Abbi Pulling and Sophia Floesch: 

Pulling currently leads the F1 Academy standings as they enter the final 2 rounds at Qatar and Abu Dhabi in November and December. She is racing under the Alpine colours. Floesch is also in the Alpine family with her finishing another Formula 3 season. 

DS Penske: Jess Edgar and Beitski Visser

Edgar made her single seater debut in 2022 with GB4, picking up 1 podium in round 2. She made the jump to F1 Academy last year with her picking up 1 victory last year at Circuit Of The Americas. She is currently racing in F1 Academy again for her final year. Visser has competed in Formula 4, Formula 3.5 and W Series with many points being picked up. 

Lola Yamaha Abt: Miki Koyama

Koyama became the first female to win in a FIA Championship in Formula Regional Japanese Championship in 2022. She is also currently a Toyota Gazoo Racing development driver with competing in W-Series from 2019 to 2021. Lola Yamaha Abt have not yet announced a second female driver for this session.

Jaguar, Mahindra and Kiro Race Co have not announced either drivers yet. 

 

Costcap Breaches

Recently, it was announced that 2 teams broke the cost cap for the first year of Gen3: Jaguar and Nissan. Both teams were fined €100,000 and €300,000 respectfully. As a result of this, both teams will miss the first half day of testing. 

These have been described as a “Minor Breach” according to Formula E and the FIA with the breaches being in the region of “procedural and minor overspending”. 

Both teams have issued statements. 

Nissan describing the outcome and the result  as “…exclusively related to the process of interpretation and adaptation of the new financial regulations at a time when the team was also facing specific challenges…”

Jaguar said that “we believe that had we filed correctly we would have been fully compliant with the teams’ cost cap and the minor overspend breach would not have occurred”. 

Both statements are from the Formula E article announcing these breaches. 

Make sure to follow us on X here in order to stay up to date with all Formula E news! Let’s make this new season a good one! 

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Formula E Season 10 Finale: Wehrlein snatches the Drivers Championship from Jaguar’s Kiwis at nail biting finale

 

Formula E Season 10 concluded this past weekend and it is fair to say that it went down to the wire. Ultimately, Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein claimed his maiden FE title of the series, beating both Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans.

Race 1

  • Mitch Evans led the field away from Sebastian Buemi in P2 and Pascal Wehrlein in P3.
  • Robin Frijns and Jake Dennis had a lap 1 accident and the safety car was deployed.
  • By the time the safety car came in on lap 4, Cassidy made up two  places after a terrible qualifying and Nico Mueller had a puncture so he went into the pits.
  • Two incidents occurred at once as former champion Dennis and Jean-Eric Vergne came together, whilst Oliver Rowland took Antonio Felix Da Costa out of title contention.
  • Evans and Buemi battle for the lead on lap 14.
  • Cassidy and Stoffel Vandoorne had a coming together but the Kiwi ended up
  • Wehrlein took the lead on lap 22 and he managed to take both attack modes and stay P1 while Max Guenther was battling Evans for P2.
  • Norman Nato and Sacha Fenestraz ended up colliding bringing out another safety car.
  • After we went green, Wehrlein went for the lead as did Guenther but he had a gearbox failure and had to stop on track from P2, bringing out a full course yellow.
  • Wehrlein managed to hold on and take the win from Evans in P2, Buemi claimed P3, with Nyck De Vries P4 and Edo Mortara in P5. Mueller took P6 ahead of Cassidy P7.  Bird finished P8 ahead of Vandoorne and Nato snatched the final point.

  • Race 2:

    • Championship hopeful Cassidy claimed pole position after missing FP3 with a BBW failure.
    • Evans made it a Jaguar 1-2 on lap 2, until Mortara and Dennis made contact bringing the safety car. However, he was soon disposed.
    •  Bird, Nato, Dan Ticktum and Jehan Daruvala are all involved in an incident, which brings out the safety car. Daruvala and Bird collided and collected both Nato and Ticktum.
    • Cassidy stays in lead after taking his attack mode, but Evans is not going to give up the championship without a fight and he soon retakes the lead.
    • Wehrlein begins to pile the pressure on the Jaguars ahead, nipping past Cassidy in his quest for the title.
    • Dennis got a 5 second time penalty for that collision with Mortara, however it could turn into a grid drop for Brazil.
    • Evans and Wehrlein made contact but attack mode still had to be taken.
    • Da Costa and Guenther had a battle which allowed the German up to P6.
    • Disaster struck for Cassidy as he got a puncture from Da Costa, ending his title hopes and bringing out the safety car.
    • Rowland snatched the lead from Evans and Wehrlein, as Evans missed attack mode.
    • Three added laps due to the safety car, however, Evans was in a position that he could not attack the leaders as he had to ensure his attack mode was used up before the end of the race.
    • As Rowland took the win, it was Pascal Wehrlein, snatching P2, who became the ABB FIA Formula E World Champion!
    • Evans finished in P3 which sealed Jaguar the manufacturer’s championship.

    Final Formula E Season 10 Championship

    Position Driver Team Points
    1st Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team 198
    2nd Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 192
    3rd Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 176
    4th Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 156
    5th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 139
    6th Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team 134
    7th Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E 122
    8th Maximilian Guenther Maserarti MSG Racing 73
    9th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 66
    10th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Pesnske 61
    11th Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 53
    12th Nico Muller Abt Cupra 52
    13th Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 48
    14th Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 48
    15th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 47
    16th Edoardo Mortara Mahindra Racing 29
    17th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 26
    18th Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 18
    19th Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 12
    20th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 11
    21st Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 8
    22nd Taylor Banard Neom McLaren Formula E Team 5
    23rd Lucas Di Grassi Abt Cupra Formula E Team 4
    24th Joel Eriksson Envision Racing 2
    25th Sheldon Van Der Linde Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
    26th Jordan King Mahindra Racing 0
    27th Paul Aron Envision Racing 0
    28th Caio Collet Nissan Formula E Team 0
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Formula E Season 11 Portland EPrix: Championship Battle Horrors for Cassidy as Da Costa Bounces Back in America

Round 13 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship introduced some hope for Nick Cassidy and Jaguar at Portland until a  penultimate lap error caused Cassidy to fall down the grid, leading to his teammate Mitch Evans taking the win on the road but falling down to P8 due to a 5 second time penalty.

As for round 14,  chaos ensued as there was more contact, more penalties but another Da Costa win!

Roundup of Round 13:

  • Hughes led into turn 1 after starting P2.
  • Sebasitan Buemi pitted very early on due to a penalty for taking extra components.
  • The start of the race saw something common to Formula E in the gen 3 era: no one wanting to lead!
  • Many drivers took attack mode on lap 5.
  • Hughes and Evans collided which led Evans to receive a 5 second time penalty and Hughes dropped down the grid.
  • Cassidy went up to the lead on lap 12.
  • Collet missed the chicane on lap 17 and dropped down the grid.
  • Da Costa went for the lead but Cassidy retook it!
  • Daruvala spun later on in the race but got going again.
  • 3 laps to go and Evans made it a Jaguar 1-2.
  • Guenther retired from the race later on.
  • Nick Cassidy then lost his car on the penultimate lap and lost the race win!
  • Evans took the win but his 5 second time penalty dropped him down to P8!
  • Da Costa took the win!

 

Roundup of Round 14:

  • Vergne started on pole ahead of Da Costa.
  • Da Costa took the lead from Vergne with both McLarens going up to the top 5.
  • Hughes made his way from P5 to P1 on 1 lap!
  • Both Vergne and Vandoorne had issues which led them to falling down the field.
  • Early on in the race, the 2 Andretti cars, Collet and Guenther had issues as they were all at the back of the field.
  • Later on, Wehrlein got his front wing stuck under his car! It eventually became dislodged but it when it did, Sam Bird was caught it and that ruined the Brit’s race.
  • Mueller led on lap 9 with the 10th lap having Wehrlein with no front wing.
  • Cassidy was still P16 by lap 11 with Wehrlein making up places.
  • MULTIPLE drivers made pitstops including Cassidy, Dennis, De Vries, Collet and Hughes.
  • Mortara ended up onto the grass on lap 15 and had to pit while Hughes and Fenestraz were under investigation.
  • Fenestraz received a 5 second penalty for pushing a driver off the track.
  • The Safety car was then deployed for debris on the track and brought many drivers back into the race.
  • The safety car came in on lap 21.
  • We received 1 added lap due to the safety car.
  • It was all quiet despite Cassidy not making up enough ground, Frijns managing to get P2 from Evans and multiple notes inclduing Da Costa on Mortara and Dennis on Mortara.
  • On the last lap, Di Grassi received a 5 second time penalty for pushing a driver off the track.
  • Da Costa make it 3 wins in a row ahead of Frijns and Evans!

     

    Antonio Felix da Costa, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3
    Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

    Formula E Season 10 Championship Standings after Round 14

    Position Driver Team Points
    1st Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 167
    2nd Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 155
    3rd Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 155
    4th Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 134
    5th Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 131
    6th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 129
    7th Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E 122
    8th Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 73
    9th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 60
    10th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 55
    11th Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 46
    12th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 46
    13th Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 44
    14th Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 36
    15th Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 26
    16th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Fortmula E Team 26
    17th Edoardo Mortara Mahindra Formula E Team 19
    18th Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 12
    19th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 11
    20th Jehan Daruvala Maserti MSG Racing 8
    21st Nyck De Vries Mahindra Formula E Team 6
    22nd Taylor Barnard Neom McLaren Formula E Team 5
    23rd Joel Eriksson Envision Racing 2
    24th Lucas Di Grassi Abt Cupra Formula E Team 2
    25th Kelvin Van Der Linde Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
    26th Jordan King Mahindra Formula E Team 0
    27th Paul Aron Envision Racing 0
    28th Caio Collet Nissan Formula E 0
           
           

    Driver of the Weekend:

    The driver of the weekend has to be Da Costa. After so many rumours of him leaving Porsche after a hard start to the season and losing that win in Misano to win 3 races in a row and have an outside chance of the championship is very impressive.

    Driver who needs to improve the most:

    I think this has to go to Nick Cassidy. While he still has a 12 point lead over Evans and Wehrlein, he could have tied up the entire championship in Portland but a few mistakes could cost him and Jaguar BIG TIME! 

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Formula E Season 11 Driver Line Up Predictions: Staff and Community

As the 10th Season of Formula E draws to a close, I thought it would be fun to go through the grid and see what driver changes could happen based on my (Kieran) opinion and the Formula E Community!

Andretti Formula E: Jake Dennis and Zane Maloney

With the American team of Andretti, I believe a big change will be made in terms of the seat beside the world champion of Jake Dennis with Norman Nato not fullfilling up the expectations, in my opinion, that FIA Formula 2 current championship contender Zane Maloney will be unable to find a seat in F1 and move to Formula E. As Maloney has been with the Andretti for some time, taking part in rookie FPO sessions.

Jaguar TCS Racing: Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy. 

With the strongest lineup in Season 10, there is no reason for Jaguar to change its New Zealand lineup. They are both doing as they want and even though Evans is significantly down in comparison to Cassidy, changing the line up with arguable the strongest lineup would be insane.

DS Penske: Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne

After a somewhat optimistic season with podiums for DS Penske, I suspect they will be maintaining consistency throughout the first season of Gen3Evo.

Maserati MSG Racing: Maximilian Guenther and Jehan Daruvala

Over at Maserati, I don’t anticipate a change for the Maserati team as Guenther is a proven team leader and Jehan Daruvala is picking up speed and pace with multiple points scoring finishes in his rookie season. 

Nissan Formula E Team: Oliver Rowland and Caio Collet

Over at the Japanese manufacturer team of Nissan, I am anticipating a BIG change with Rowland being a top team leader over there with Sacha Fenestraz being let go from the team after a…less than optiminal season sophmore season and then Caoi Collet joins the team after taking part in Indy NXT over in America. 

Abt Cupra Formula E Team: Antonio Felix Da Costa and Lucas Di Grassi

Over at AbtCupra / Lola, I am fully expecting Da Costa to replace Mueller who will leave the team but remain on the grid. I’m sure you can see where I am going with this…

Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team: Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Mueller

Yes, I am saying Mueller will join the Porsche manufacturer team. I think Porsche will want to prepare for the future if Wehrlein wants to leave the team due to his expectations not being met or various reasons.

NEOM McLaren Formula E Team: Sam Bird and Jake Hughes

McLaren is a really interesting one due to Taylor Barnard taking over from Sam Bird when Bird had that accident in Monaco. It is a very similar scenario to Visa CashApp RB where 3 into 2 will not go. However, I expect Barnard to take part in a second season in F2 in order to get more experience while also 

ERT Formula E Team: Dan Ticktum and Sergio Sette Camara

For ERT, it is difficult to see if they can get anyone apart from their current lineup of Ticktum and Sette Camara. I cannot see them moving or ERT getting anyone new or experiences in.

Mahindra Racing: Nyck De Vries and Edoardo Mortara

When Mahindra announced Nyck DeVries and Edoardo Mortara, they were signed on a multi year deal and there is no reason why they would replace them as they are performing as much as they can. 

Envision Racing: Paul Aron and Robin Frijns

Envision is a very tricky one as both of their drivers left during the double header in Berlin to race in the World Endurance Championship which, while Joel Erikkson scored during that weekend, the result wasn’t maximised. So I can see Paul Aron, a FIA Formula 2 championship contender like Maloney, move to Formula E with Envision with Robin Frijns next to the young Estonian. 

Paul Aron, Envision Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6 Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

Fan Predictions

Here are a few fan predictions!

https://twitter.com/theniki94/status/1792642944026988594
This prediction doesn’t seem to be very different to season 10 with Dan I am presuming is Dan Ticktum.

This person DMed their prediction so I will respect their privary but it sounds like they are going down a similar route with rumours of Porsche dropping Da Costa. 

 

What are your predictions for Formula E Season 11? Let us know!

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Formula E Season 10 Rounds 11 and 12: Evans and Da Costa Turn P3 to P1 in Both Races in Shanghai

Rounds 11 and 12 of Formula E Season 10 saw a new venue added to an old classic and a return to Formula E’s original debut: China. This time, the electric series travelled to Shanghai, it is safe to say it brought us dramatic moments and high tension!

Round 11 Highlights

  • Jean-Eric Vergne leads the field away from pole position ahead of Oliver Rowland and Mitch Evans
  • Round 11 was a peleton style race again primarily due to the energy saving methods used by drivers
  • Championship leader Nick Cassidy went from P10 to P13 within the early stages of the race
  • There was MANY changes for the lead including Robin Frijns and Nyck De Vries
  • Porsche were playing the team game with Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Felix Da Costa in P1 and P3, with P2 taken by Evans
  • Rowland and Vergne made contact half way through the race which was noted by the stewards
  • Nato fell down the grid down to P16.
  • Conntact between Mortara and a Maserati lead to Mortara having to retire from the race
  • There was a yellow flag on lap 19 due to the debris and it was swiftly removed
  • Replays toward the end of the race showed that Frijns had a spin which explains his fall down the grid
  • On lap 24, that was the “go” moment for the drivers. Cassidy had more energy than the others
  • With 2 laps remaining, Cassidy was asking his team if he could attack or defend.
  • Last lap battles saw Evans defending from Wehrlein and Cassidy attacking Wehrlein all of the way to the final corner

Round 11 Classification

Position Driver Team Points
1st Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 25
2nd Jake Hughes (Pole) NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 21
3rd Norman Nato (Fastest Lap) Andretti Formula E 16
4th Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 12
5th Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 10
6th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 8
7th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 6
8th Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 7
9th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 2
10th Oliver Rowland

Nissan Formula E Team

 1
11th Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E  0
12th Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 0
13th Edoardo Mortara  Mahindra Racing 0
14th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 0
15th Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
16th Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
17th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 0
18th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 0
19th Lucas Di Grassi  Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
20th Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 0
21st Dan Ticktum ERT Racing 0
DNF Sam Bird NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 0
Mitch Evans, Jaguar TCS Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6, leads Pascal Wehrlein, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, Antonio Felix da Costa, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, and the rest of the field Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

Round 12 Highlights

  • Jake Hughes took pole ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne and got pole position by 0.001s! 
  • Once we went racing, it was 3 wide with Vandoorne making his way up to P1 with Nato up to P4 and the 2 Jaguars of Cassidy and Evans P6 and P7 respectfully
  • Similar to Round 11, no one wanted to lead and took a very conservative approach
  • Da Costa climbed the order early on
  • Cassidy was annoyed to find out that his car was different compared to Round 11 on lap 5
  • Lap 9 saw the energy of every driver at or below 70%
  • Cassidy attempted to overtake Vandoorne on lap 10 but it didn’t work out
  • Disaster struck for Pascal Wehrlein as he got a puncture for a collision with Sam Bird
  • Ticktum pitted on lap 16
  • Lap 17 saw an interesting development where Da Costa was told only the Jaguars had more energy than he did
  • Bird pitted just before lap 20 due to a collision with De Vries which resulted in the Dutchman falling out of the points and Bird ended up retiring
  • Towards the end, the DS Penskes began to battle
  • Da Costa won the Shanghai EPrix! Jake Hughes got his first Formula E podium and Norman Nato finished in P3! 

 

Round 12 Race Classification

Position Driver Team Points
1st Antonio Felix Da Costa  Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team 25
2nd Pascal Wehrlein (Pole) Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 21
3rd Nick Cassidy (FL) Jaguar TCS Racing 16
4th Oliver Rowland

Nissan Formula E Team

 12
5th Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E  10
6th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 8
7th Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 6
8th Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 7
9th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 2
10th Lucas Di Grassi  Abt Cupra Formula E Team 1
11th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 0
12th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 0
13th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 0
14th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 0
15th Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
16th Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 0
17th Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 0
18th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 0
19th Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 0
20th Dan Ticktum ERT Racing 0
21st Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 0
DNF Edoardo Mortara  Mahindra Racing 0
Antonio Felix da Costa, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, leads Norman Nato, Andretti Global, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

Championship Standings After the Shanghai EPrix

 

Position Driver Team Points
1st Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 25
2nd Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 21
3rd Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 16
4th Oliver Rowland

Nissan Formula E Team

 12
5th Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E  10
6th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske  8
7th Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 6
8th Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 7
9th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 2
10th Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 1
11th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 0
12th Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 0
13th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 0
14th Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 0
15th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 0
16th Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
17th Dan Ticktum ERT Racing 0
18th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 0
19th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 0
20th Edoardo Mortara  Mahindra Racing 0
21st Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
DNF Taylor Barnard Neom McLaren Formula E Team 0
23rd Joel Erikkson Envision Racing  
24th Lucas Di Grassi Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
25th Kelvin Van Der Linde Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
26th Jordan King Mahindra Racing 0
27th Paul Aron Envision Racing 0

Driver of the Weekend

The driver of the weekend for me is Nyck De Vries. After taking the last 2 rounds off for WEC, scoring his maiden Gen3 points was critical for him. 

Driver with the most improvement needed

I think Sacha Fenestraz is the driver who needs the most improvement. Going into Portland, Fenestraz will need to do a lot to prove to Nissan that he should say at the team for Gen3 EVO.

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Formula E Season 10 Round 9 and 10: Cassidy and Da Costa Both take Victory in Berlin as Title Battle Heats Up

Berlin is an all time classic on the Formula E calendar. Round 9 and 10 were no different with dramatic races happening on both Saturday and Sunday!

Key Moments from Race 9

  • Edoardo Mortara started on pole ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne.
  • Sette Camara tried to take P3 away from Vergne
  • There were big battles for the final points paying positions from Ticktum,Evans, Cassidy, Rowland and Van Der Linde
  • Vandoorne, Vergne, Da Costa and Mortara were all battling for the lead into the tight double right turns of 6 and 7. 
  • Racing was brought to a halt when a full course yellow was brought out due to a stopped Envision on track of Joel Eriksson. This was an eventual safety car. 
  • The safety car came in on lap 17 and Vergne tried to hold the lead while Wehrlein went for the overtake in the double right turns before the hairpin and made it stick. 
  • Di Grassi spun due to contact with Sette Camara after the restart.
  • Guenther ended up in the wall after the restart and on lap 30, the safety car came out again.
  • The safety car came back in on lap 34 and at the restart, there was 4 wide for the lead.
  • Da Costa came out in the lead.
  • Lap 41 saw Wehrlein take the lead before more overtakes occuring to see Vergne lead and Cassidy holding his nerve.
  • Once Cassidy was in the lead, there was no looking back as he took victory!

 

The cars pull away at the start of the race Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

Race 9 Results

Position Driver Team Points
1st Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 26
2nd Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 18
3rd Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 15
4th Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 12
5th Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team 10
6th Antonio Felix Da Costa  Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team 8
7th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 6
8th Edordo Mortara Mahindra Racing 7
9th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 2
10th Taylor Barnard NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 1
11th Kelvin Van Der Linde Abt Cupra 0
12th Jordan King Mahindra Racing 0
13th Paul Aron Envision Racing 0
14th Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 0
15th Jake Hughes NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 0
16th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 0
17th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 0
18th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 0
DNF Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E 0
DNF Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 0
DNF Lucas Di Grassi Abt Cupra 0
DNF Joel Eriksson Envision Racing 0

 

Key Moments from Race 10

  • Dennis started on pole but Cassidy lead the grid down to turn 1
  • Further on into the race it was a Porsche 1-2.
  • Guenther crashed early on in the race and brought out a safety car. He got going again but it was to retire the car.
  • On lap 18, Rowland had a damaged front wing and Mortara had not taken either attack mode.
  • Vandoorne went for a dive between lap 20 and 21 but got damage with his front wing going under his car.
  • He ended up losing control and put Fenestraz onto 2 wheels.
  • Da Costa had a large advantage by the beginning of the end of the race.
  • Nato and Fenestraz ended up in the wall with the Andretti driver managing to get away but the safety car was brought out.
  • By lap 27, we had Da Costa P1, Rowland P2 abd Evans P3.
  • When the safety car came in, there was big battles between Dennis and Wehrlein and Evans and Da Costa.
  • Nato ended up with a 10 second time penalty for his collision with Fenestraz.
  • We had 3 added laps while Barnard overtook his teammate and Dennis.
  • Cassidy overtook Rowland when we headed into added laps while Evans lost 2 places in 2 corners.
  • Da Costa took victory in Berlin with Cassidy P2 and Rowland P3.

Race 10 Results

Position Driver Team Points
1st Antonio Felix Da Costa  Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team 25
2nd Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 19
3rd Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 15
4th Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team 12
5th Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E 13
6th Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 8
7th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 6
8th Taylor Barnard NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 4
9th Joel Eriksson Envision Racing 2
10th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 1
11th Lucas Di Grassi Abt Cupra 0
12th Jake Hughes NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 0
13th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 0
14th Paul Aron Envision Racing 0
15th Kelvin Van Der Linde Abt Cupra 0
16th Edo Mortara Mahindra Racing 0
17th Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 0
18th Jordan King Mahindra Racing 0
19th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 0
20th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 0
DNF Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 0
DNF Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 0
Antonio Felix da Costa, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, leads Oliver Rowland, Nissan Formula E Team, Nissan e-4ORCE 04 Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

Championship Standings After Round 10

Position Driver Team Points
1st Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 140
2nd Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team 124
3rd Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 118
4th Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E 102
5th Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 97
6th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 84
7th Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 65
8th Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team 59
9th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 43
10th Sam Bird NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 38
11th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 26
12th Jake Hughes NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 25
13th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 24
14th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 21
15th Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 20
16th Nico Mueller Abt Cupra 18
17th Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 12
18th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 11
19th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 8
20th Edoardo Mortara Mahindra Racing 7
21st Taylor Barnard NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 5
22nd Joel Eriksson Envision Racing 2
23rd Lucas Di Grassi Abt Cupra 1
24th Kelvin Van Der Linde Abt Cupra 0
25th Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
26th Jordan King Mahindra Racing 0
27th Paul Aron Envision Racing 0

Driver of the Weekend

For me, the driver of the weekend is a very tough one. However, I think I will give it to Joel Eriksson. The rookies this weekend have been VERY surprising (and in a good way) which will probably give a lot of team principals headaches as after FULL 1 race weekend, 2 have  already stored in Taylor Barnard and Joel Eriksson. Even though I have have chosen a mix of about 5 drivers, Joel gets my pick. 

Driver with the most improvement needed

I think Norman Nato needs to pick up his pace in terms of racing after this weekend. While he can have some good moments like in qualifying and some bad luck, ultimately, his collision with Fenestraz was not a good light for the French driver, especially as there are only 6 races left and Andretti will more than likely be starting to think about the seat next to Jake Dennis for 2025 and beyond as we head into Gen3 EVO. With the rookie test happening tomorrow with Zane Maloney and Jak Crawford at the team too, the pressure is building on Nato. 

Prediction for Shanghai

The next 2 rounds of Formula E are at the Shanghai International Circuit. While a lot of the circuit is similar to the Formula 1 model, there are only 12 corners and cuts out the long right hander and long straight from the Formula 1 model. I have a feeling this could be a Jake Dennis win on either day. 

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Formula E Monaco E-Prix: Jaguar make it a 1-2 finish as Barnard replaces Bird due to injury

Formula E kicked off again this weekend at Monaco, the motorsport city of the world. It was  a race in which Pascal Wehrlein took the bragging rights and pole position, there was also two safety cars and a 1-2 for Jaguar!

  • Wehrlein held the lead at the start.
  • Mueller got a bad start and fell behind Barnard.
  • Nato lost his front wing and it went under his car.
  • Buemi and Da Costa crashed at the hotel hairpin.
  • Mortara went into the barrier on lap four and brought out the safety car.
  • Sette Camara hit Buemi and Da Costa got caught between them.
  • Vandoorne held the lead from Evans in P2 at the restart.
  • Dennis had to pit due to front wing damage.
  • Evans and Jaguar played the team game as both Evans and Cassidy held up the pack behind them so their teammates could take attack mode.
  • Frijns’ front wing then went under his car.
  • Nico Mueller went into the wall near the end of the race. 
  • Once the safety car came in again, Rowland got ahead of Da Costa.
  • Mitch Evans managed to win the Monaco E-Prix. Nick Cassidy made it a Jaguar1-2 with Vandoorne P3.

Formula E Season 10 Monaco E-Prix Results

Position Driver Team Points
1st Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 25
2nd Nick Cassidy(FL) Jaguar TCS Racing 19
3rd  Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 15
4th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske  12
5th Pascal Wehrlein (Pole) Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 13
6th Oliver Rowland

Nissan Formula E Team

 8
7th Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 6
8th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 4
9th Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 2
10th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 1
11th Lucas Di Grassi  Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
12th Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
13th Dan Ticktum ERT Racing 0
14th Taylor Barnard Mahindra Racing 0
15th Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 0
16th Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 0
17th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 0
18th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 0
19th Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E  0
20th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 0
DNF Edoardo Mortara  Mahindra Racing 0
DNF Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0

Formula E Season 10 Standings after Round 8

Position Driver Team Points
1st Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 102
2nd Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 95
3rd  Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E  89
4th Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 88
5th Mitch Evans(Pole) Jaguar TCS Racing 77
6th Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 65
7th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 65
8th Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 28
9th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 27
10th Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 26
11th Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 25
12th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 24
13th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 24
14th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 21
15th Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 20
16th Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 18
17th Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 12
18th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 11
19th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 2
20th Lucas Di Grassi Abt Cupra Formula E Team 1
21st Edoardo Mortara  Mahindra Racing 0
22nd Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
Norman Nato, Andretti Global, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, leaves a trail of smoke as his damaged front wing rubs on his wheel

Most Impressive Race

The most impressive race has to be from Taylor Barnard. Now the youngest driver to start in Formula E, he jumped into Sam Bird’s car after Bird broke a bone in his hand during FP1. ,To go from P22 to P14 in his debut Formula E race is incredible.

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Formula E Season 10 Round 7 Misano E-Prix: Wehrlein becomes the First Double Winner of Season 10

It is safe to say that Round 7 of the Formula E Season 10 had everything: drama, overtakes, last lap chaos and so much more! Here is the highlights:

 

Key Moments from Formula E Season 10 Round 7:

  • Hughes lead the pack away.
  • Frijns went into the gravel and called out the safety car on lap 7. At this point, Mueller was leading ahead of Wehrlein and Cassidy.
  • Da Costa started to fall down the grid on lap 11 due to a tyre smoking and his front wing going under the wheel.
  • Nato lost his front wing as well.
  • Hughes fell down a few places.
  • Bird had a little spin.
  • Rowland was leading on the final lap but he ran out of energy.
  • Wehrlein wins ahead of Dennis and Cassidy gets the final place of the podium by 0.05s!
  • Guenther finished P9 but he received a 5 second time penalty so dropped down to P12.

 

Formula E Season 10 Round 7 Misano E-Prix Results

Position Driver Team Points
1 Pascal Wehrlein(Fastest Lap) Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 26
2nd Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E  18
3rd Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 15
4th Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 12
5th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 10
6th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 8
7th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 6
8th Jake Hughes(Pole) Neom McLaren Formula E Team 7
9th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 2
10th Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 1
11th Lucas Di Grassi  Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
12th Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 0
13th Edoardo Mortara Mahindra Racing 0
14th Dan Ticktum ERT Racing 0
15th Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
16th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 0
17th Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 0
DNF Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 0
DNF Robin Frijns Envision Racing 0
DNF Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 0
DNF Sebastian Buemi DS Penske 0
DNF Robin Frijns Envision Racing 0

Formula E Season 10 Championship After Round 7

 

Position Driver Team Points
1. Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 89
2. Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E 89
3. Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 80
4. Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 76
5. Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 63
6. Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 53
7. Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 52
8. Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 38
9. Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 25
10. Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 23
11. Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 22
12. Robin Frijns Envision Racing 21
13.  Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 20
14. Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 20
15. Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 20
16. Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 18
17. Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 12
18. Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 11
19. Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 2
20. Lucas Di Grassi Abt Cupra Formula E Team 1
21. Edoardo Mortara Mahindra Racing 0
22. Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
Jehan Daruvala, Maserati MSG Racing, Maserati Tipo Folgore, locks up ahead of Dan Ticktum, ERT Formula E Team, ERT X24

Most Impressive Race

The most impressive drive for me is Jehn Daruvala. Coming into this race, he was P21 in the standings and started P21 on the grid, just ahead of Da Costa. To make his way up to P10 on the road (P9 after a few penalties) is impressive. Yes, he has been beaten by his race winning teammate this year so far but getting your first points in a new championship and new series is always a high.

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Formula E Season 10 Milano E-Prix: Da Costa Loses Victory After Technical Infraction at Misano

Antonio Felix Da Costa managed to to make up positions in Milano after a disappointing qualifying to take the victory for Formula E’s first visit to Milano! However, disaster struck for the 2020 champion when he was disqualified  just to add to the chaos of this race. Rowland inherited the win BUT Porsche have announced an intention to appeal.

Key Moments Of The Race

 

  • Mitch Evans lead the field away from pole ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne in P2 and Pascal Wehrlein in P3.
  • This was a peneton style race from the early stages with Mitch Evans, Nick Cassidy, Jean-Eric Vergne and Oliver Rowland.
  • Dan Ticktum and Sergio Sette Camara were both near the back of the grid at the start.
  • Edoardo Mortara had to stop the car very early..
  • 6.5 seconds seperated the entire field at one point.
  • Multiple collisions, including Wehrlein receiving front wing damage.
  • Cassidy and Vergne collided, Cassidy pitted with Vergne receiving a 5 second time penalty.
  • Guenther went over the sausage kerbs and did a wheelie at one point.
  • Nato went over the Gravel
  • Multiple DNFs
  • Da Costa crossed the line first and was the provisional winner before being disqualified so Rowland wins, Dennis P2, Guenther P3.

Formula E Season 10 Round 6 Misano E-Prix Results

Position Driver Team Points
1st Oliver Rowland(FL)

Nissan Formula E Team

 26
2nd Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E  18
3rd  Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 15
4th Dan Ticktum ERT Racing 12
5th Mitch Evans(Pole) Jaguar TCS Racing 13
6th Jean-Eric Verge Pole DS Penske  18
7th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 6
8th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 4
9th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 2
10th Lucas Di Grassi  Abt Cupra Formula E Team 1
11th Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
12th Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 0
13th Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 0
14th Nyck De Veries Mahindra Racing 0
15th Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 0
16th Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 0
17th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 0
DNF Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 0
DNF Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 0
DNF Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 0
DNF Edoardo Mortara  Mahindra Racing 0
DSQ Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 0

Formula E Season 10 Championship After Round 6

Position Driver Team Points
1. Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 80
2. Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E 71
3. Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 63
4. Pascal Wehrlein Andretti Formula E 63
5. Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 61
6. Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 52
7. Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 47
8. Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 37
9. Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 23
10. Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 22
11. Robin Frijns Envision Racing 21
12. Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 20
13. Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 20
14. Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 18
15. Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 12
16. Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 10
17. Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 6
18. Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 3
19. Lucas DiGrassi Abt Cupra Formula E Team 1
20. Edoardo Mortara Mahindra Racing 0
21. Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
22. Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 0
Dan Ticktum, ERT Formula E Team, ERT X24, Jake Hughes, NEOM McLaren Formula E Team, e-4ORCE 04, Nyck de Vries, Mahindra Racing, Mahindra M9Electro, and Sergio Sette Camara, ERT Formula E Team, ERT X24, chase the pack at the start Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

Most Impressive Race

My driver of the race has to be Antonio Felix Da Costa. Despite him losing his win due to outside circumstances, he still made incredible progress and took the victory for 5 hours.  He also managed to handle the energy perfectly.

Driver who needs to improve the most after this round

I think Vandoorne was a bit lackluster throughout the day. From qualifying out of position in comparison to his teammate to finishing P10 on the road (P9 after Da Costa’s DSQ), it was very underwhelming. While his teammate did finish a few places ahead of him due to receiving a 5 second penalty for causing a collision with Cassidy, qualifying was ulitimately Vandoorne’s downfall for this particular race.

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Formula E Sao Paulo E Prix: Sam Bird takes McLaren’s Maiden Win in Formula E

After a 7 WEEK break, Formula E returned to our screens on March 15th and 16th with a lot of storylines heading into this race weekend, it is safe to say that we got our bang for our buck in terms of excitement!

Race Recap

The race started off with Pascal Wehrlein starting from pole after beating Stoffel Vandoorne in the Final Duel by 0.002 of a second! It was absolutely blockbuster content before we even went racing in Sao Paulo. Once we went racing, there was a lot of chaos. Wehrlein lead the field from Vandoorne in P2 and Micth Evans managed to jump up to P3 after overtaking Jean-Eric Vergne who started in P3. Wehrlein managed to stay in the lead throughout the early parts before the attack mode came in with Bird managing to make his way up to P6. Da Costa then managed to make his way up to P3 before Guenther had to take a 10 second stop and go penalty due to exceeding his allocated components. This meant he had a 20 place grid penalty AND the 10 second stop-and-go penalty. Dennis attempted to make his way up the field with Bird then managing to make his way up to P1. Once Bird took his attack modes, he stayed in P1. There was quite a lot od debris due to collisions which happened earlier in the race which then led to a safety car coming out. This spelt disaster in terms of attack mode for drivers including Bird, Buemi and Daruvala whereas Wehrlein, Vergne and Guenther were pleased. 

Mitch Evans, Jaguar TCS Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6, leads Pascal Wehrlein, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3-Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

At the safety car restart, Bird managed to retake the lead from Evans with Da Costa in P3 and his teammate of Wehrlein in P4. Several laps on, Nico Mueller managed to get a black and orange flag due to his front wing going under his car. Before Nico pitted, the entire grid was seperated by under 9 seconds! The Andretti driver of Norman Nato then receieved a 5 second penalty for causing a collision. Dennis managed to get up to P1 after many overtakes and attack modes before we saw a yellow flag for the championship leader of Nick Cassidy crashing out due to his front wing hitting his car. He was okay after the crash but it was a nasty hit against the wall. 

 

By the time we got to lap 17 out of 31, before added laps, Bird was leading ahead of his old teammate Mitch Evans in P2, Wehrlein in P3, Dennis, Da Costa and Vergne rounding out the top 6 with Rosland, Vandoorne, Guenther and Buemi occupying the final places of the field. Once we went green, Bird held onto the lead with everyone in the top 10 apart from Buemi having used both of the attack modes.  Drivers such as De Vries and Hughes had to take their second attack mode and, as a result, fell down the grid. 

Nico Mueller then stopped on track which brought out a yellow flag but he managed to get the car started again. Towards the end of the race, Evans managed to take the lead before it was announced that there would be 3 added laps. Rowland managed to make his way up to P5 ahead of Da Costa before the final lap. On the final lap, Bird was chasing Evans down for the win. Bird managed to make a move stick in the final sector of the track to take McLaren’s first win in Formula E! That was not where the drama ended however, as we had retirements from Hughes, Mueller and Cassidy, Sette Camara was disqualified due to an overuse of power! All of the results are down below!

 

 

Sao Paulo E-Prix Race Results

Position Driver Team Points
1st Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 25
2nd Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 18
3rd  Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 15
4th Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 12
5th Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E 10
6th Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 8
7th Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 6
8th Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 4
9th Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 2
10th SebastianBuemi Envision Racing 1
11th Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E Team 0
12th Edoardo Mortara Mahindra Racing 0
13th Lucas DiGrassi Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
14th Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
15th Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 0
16th Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 0
17th Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 0
18th Robin Frijns Envision Racing 0
DNF Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 0
DNF Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 0
DNF Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
DSQ Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 0

 

 

 

Formula E Season 10 Championship After Round 4

Position Driver Team Points
1. Nick Cassidy Jaguar TCS Racing 57
2. Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 53
3. Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing 39
4. Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske 39
5. Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E 38
6. Sam Bird Neom McLaren Formula E Team 37
7. Oliver Rowland Nissan Formula E Team 33
8. Maximilian Guenther Maserati MSG Racing 22
9. Sebastian Buemi Envision Racing 20
10. Robin Frijns Envision Racing 19
11. Jake Hughes Neom McLaren Formula E Team 18
12. Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske 18
13. Norman Nato Andretti Formula E 9
14. Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Formula E 8
15. Antonio Felix Da Costa Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 8
16. Sergio Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team 2
17. Edoardo Mortara Mahindra Racing 0
18. Nico Mueller Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
19. Lucas DiGrassi Abt Cupra Formula E Team 0
20. Nyck De Vries Mahindra Racing 0
21. Jehan Daruvala Maserati MSG Racing 0
22. Dan Ticktum ERT Formula E Team 0

 

Most Impressive Race

I think there are a lot of candidates for this part of the article but I am going to go with Max Guenther. He started in P22, had a 10 second stop-and-go penalty and STILL managed to get 2 points in a competitive field. While yes, the safety cars caused by debris and Nick Cassidy did definately play to his advantage (apart from him using attack mode before the safety car came out), he still had to go through the field and battle many drivers.

Driver who needs to improve the most after Sao Paulo

After Sao Paulo, I feel like Norman Nato needs to step up a little bit. He had a few collisions which he was penalised for as well as starting further down the grid in comparison to his teammate. While his teammate may be a Formula E World Champion and embedded at that team, Norman needs to show that he can do his part to help the team and manufacturers in the championship, otherwise questions could be raised given the drivers who are not in as competitive machinery as the Frenchman. 

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