2025–26 Formula E World Championship

Team changes

After three years of competing in the series, McLaren announced in April 2025 that the McLaren Formula E Team would not return to the championship for the 2025–26 season to focus on its LMDh project in the World Endurance Championship.^[23] The team did not find a buyer and shut down, leaving Nissan without a customer team for the first time since the 2021–22 season.^[24]

Citroën announced they would be joining Formula E in the 2025–26 season, as Stellantis replaced Maserati MSG Racing, which had competed in the series for 3 years, with the Citroën brand.^[25] This marked the marque's debut in top-level single-seater racing.^[26]

TAG Heuer ended their partnership with Porsche after being their title sponsor for six seasons.^[27]

Driver changes

Envision Racing and Robin Frijns parted ways at the end of the 2024–25 season following six seasons together across two spells, with Frijns focusing on his FIA WEC Hypercar program with BMW M Team WRT.^[28][29] To replace Frijns, the team signed Jaguar's reserve driver Joel Eriksson, who entered ten Formula E races in 2021 and 2024, for his full-season debut.^[11]

Taylor Barnard, who finished fourth in his debut season with McLaren, moved to DS Penske, replacing Jean-Éric Vergne, who ended his affiliation with the DS Automobiles brand after eight seasons.^[7] Vergne moved over to newly entered Stellantis sister brand Citroën, where he was joined by season eleven runner-up Nick Cassidy, who departed Jaguar TCS Racing after two seasons with the team.^[30][16] This saw former champion Stoffel Vandoorne leave Maserati MSG to become Jaguar's reserve driver, while Jake Hughes become Mahindra's reserve driver and compete in European Le Mans Series LMP2 Class with Algarve Pro Racing.^[31][32][33]

António Félix da Costa departed the Porsche Formula E Team after three seasons as he moved to Jaguar TCS Racing to replace Citroën-bound Cassidy.^[34][9] The team signed Nico Müller, who departed Andretti after a single season with the American team, where he finished 15th in the standings.^[35][19] To replace Müller, Andretti signed 2022 Formula 2 Champion Felipe Drugovich for his full-season debut after he made a one-round appearance in the 2024–25 season with Mahindra Racing.^[36]

David Beckmann left Cupra Kiro after a season with the team and returned to reserve driver duties at Porsche.^[37][38] He was replaced by former Red Bull junior driver Pepe Martí, who graduated from Formula 2, where he drove for Campos Racing.^[5]

Departing team McLaren saw Taylor Barnard move to DS Penske, while Sam Bird would not return to race in the series after having taken part in every season since the championship's inauguration, instead taking up a reserve driver role at Nissan.^[7][39]

Location changes

• The Miami ePrix once again changed its venue: After just a single year of running on the Homestead-Miami Speedway road course, the race switched to the Miami International Autodrome, the venue which also hosts Formula One's Miami Grand Prix.^[42]
• Formula E will make its racing debut at Circuito del Jarama, with the track holding the inaugural Madrid ePrix after previously hosting season eleven's pre-season test when the Circuit Ricardo Tormo was unavailable due to flooding in the area.^[43]
• The Sanya ePrix will return to the calendar for the first time in seven years, while the Jakarta ePrix was dropped.^[40]

ePrix locations

Jeddah

Mexico City

São Paulo

Tokyo

Miami

Monaco

Berlin

Shanghai

Madrid

London

Sanya

Location of ePrix in season 12
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Sporting regulations

The format used in qualifying has been slightly altered, with the two group stage sessions shortened from twelve to ten minutes each. The requirement for every driver to set a laptime in the first half of group qualifying has also been removed.^[40]

Races including a mandatory pit boost stop now require drivers to only take attack mode once instead of twice.^[40]

Pre-season

After the pre-season test for the 2024–25 season had to be relocated to Circuito del Jarama due to flooding in Valencia, Formula E returned to Circuit Ricardo Tormo ahead of the 2025–26 season, with six sessions held on 27–30 October. Mahindra's Edoardo Mortara posted the fastest time of the test in the penultimate session, leading Nissan's defending champion Oliver Rowland, DS Penske's new signing Taylor Barnard and the second Nissan of Norman Nato, with the top four separated by less than a hundreth of a second and the whole field less than 0.9 seconds apart.^[44] The test once again featured a mock race which was also used to test yellow flag and red flag procedures during pit boost stops and was won by Porsche's Nico Müller.^[45] Like in the season before, the official pre-season test was followed by an all-female test, this time consisting of two separate sessions. F1 Academy driver Chloe Chambers posted the fastest time for Mahindra, ahead of Abbi Pulling's Nissan.^[46]

Opening rounds

Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein was fastest in qualifying for the season-opening São Paulo ePrix, but a penalty demoted him to fourth on the grid and allowed Andretti's Jake Dennis to start the race first. Dennis, Mortara, Wehrlein, Nato and Jaguar's António Félix da Costa formed the top group in the opening stages, with Rowland and Citroën's Jean-Éric Vergne joining the lead battle through the first round of attack mode activations. The two Nissan drivers collided on lap 17, with Nato suffering a puncture. Citroën's Nick Cassidy rose through the field after taking his second attack mode. A clash between Mortara and Lola's Lucas di Grassi on lap 22 caused a safety car, with all leaders bar Dennis already into their second attack mode. That allowed him to take attack mode and the lead once racing resumed, but Cupra Kiro's Pepe Martí then misjudged a full course yellow thrown for Jaguar's Mitch Evans. He heavily collided with two other cars, flew into the air and caused a red flag. Dennis led the one-lap resumption, winning ahead of Rowland and Cassidy.^[47]

Pole position for the Mexico City ePrix went to Envision's Sébastien Buemi ahead of Barnard after the latter's final lap was judged to be outside track limits and deleted. Buemi went straight on at the opening corner and dropped to the back, handing the lead to Barnard before Wehrlein took over at the front after being the first to activate attack mode. That saw him fall back down the order later on, however, before a retirement for Mahindra's Nyck de Vries caused an interruption on lap 17. That favored the drivers who had not yet taken their attack mode, among them Cassidy, who took a six-minute activation to rise from outside the top ten into the lead. He led a queue of cars that all had four minutes of attack mode left, while he had only two. Still, he was able to fend off Mortara and Dennis over the final laps, with Rowland using the battle at the front to get past Barnard into fourth. That turned into third when Dennis ran out of energy at the end of the race, while Cassidy held on to win Formula E's 150th race and claim the championship lead.^[48][49]

Müller secured his maiden Formula E pole position in the series' inaugural qualifying session around the Miami International Autodrome.^[50] Rain ahead of the race saw the field start behind the safety car, with a standing start afterwards. Andretti's Felipe Drugovich was the first to take attack mode, using it to claim the lead as the top seven broke away from the rest of the field. Müller and Drugovich traded first place, each trying to conserve energy, before Da Costa and Evans also joined the fight. The latter had taken his first attack mode on lap nineteen to rise up the field and end up third. The Jaguar drivers ran side by side entering lap 24, with Evans moving into second behind Müller. Da Costa was then removed from contention when Drugovich outbraked himself and ran into his back on lap 26. Evans took the lead from Müller with a great move on lap 27, holding on throughout the final round of attack modes to secure a record-breaking fifteenth Formula E win. Wehrlein took third to close up to two points behind Cassidy in the standings.^[51]

Mortara took Mahindra’s first pole position since 2024 in qualifying for the first of the two Jeddah ePrix races.^[52] However, his start to the race was disastrous as he bogged down and fell to fifth. Günther took the lead and held it through an early safety car phase, with Nato, Barnard and Wehrlein behind him. Nato took first place after the restart, while Wehrlein made his way into second on lap 14. By that point, the pitstop window for the first use of pit boost of the season began to open. A third of the field stopped on lap 15, with others electing to first take their sole attack mode in hopes of overcutting other cars. Günther was among those who first activated the 350kw power mode, and it saw him reclaim the lead after the stops had played out. However, Wehrlein was right behind him and had yet to take his attack mode. He did so on lap 20, took the lead right away and drew out a seven-second gap to win his 100th Formula E race and take the championship lead. Günther dropped down further as Mortara and Evans completed the podium.^[53][54]

The second race in Jeddah saw Mortara go back-to-back in qualifying as he claimed another pole position by beating Dennis in the final.^[55] This time, he was able to defend his lead at the start, before the field started working to conserve energy and the lead changed hands multiple times. Rowland, Buemi and Da Costa all held first place during the opening part, before the first round of attack mode activations began on lap eleven. Rowland activated his higher power mode on lap 16 and hit the front shortly after. Da Costa followed a lap later and claimed the lead on lap 20. Rowland fell to third behind Cupra Kiro's Dan Ticktum, before he activated his second attack mode. Da Costa crucially managed to hold on to the lead when taking his second attack mode, and with Ticktum defending from Rowland, the Portuguese was able to build a gap. That allowed him to claim his first race win for Jaguar, with Buemi taking second and Rowland having to settle for third. Points leader Wehrlein came eighth, his lead gap reduced to six points.^[56][57]

Mid-season rounds

Formula E's competitive debut around the Circuito del Jarama began with Cassidy besting De Vries in the qualifying final to take pole position.^[58] De Vries lost positions shortly after the start and crashed into Wehrlein when he attempted to get back to the front, removing him from competition. Cassidy held the lead until both Kiro cars passed him after activating their attack modes. Da Costa was among the first drivers to take their pit boost stop, which would prove crucial as the front group waited until lap 14 until they came in. By that point, they were undercut by the earlier stoppers, with Cassidy dropping outside the top ten. Günther assumed the lead after fighting off Da Costa, before the Portuguese came back past on lap 17. The top group then all activated their attack mode, with Evans utilizing it best to climb up to second place. Team orders kept him from fighting Da Costa, who secured back-to-back wins and led a Jaguar 1-2 as Wehrlein beat Ticktum to third exiting the final corner of the race, thereby extending his lead to eleven points.^[59][60]

E-Prix

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Round	E-Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	Report
1	São Paulo	Pascal Wehrlein[b]	Norman Nato[c]	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	Porsche	Report
2	Mexico City	Sébastien Buemi	Jake Dennis	Nick Cassidy	Citroën Racing	Stellantis	Report
3	Miami	Nico Müller	Oliver Rowland[d]	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	Jaguar	Report
4	Jeddah	Edoardo Mortara	Dan Ticktum[e]	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche	Report
5		Edoardo Mortara	Jake Dennis[f]	António Félix da Costa	Jaguar TCS Racing	Jaguar
6	Madrid	Nick Cassidy	Nyck de Vries[g]	António Félix da Costa	Jaguar TCS Racing	Jaguar	Report
7	Berlin	Edoardo Mortara	Pascal Wehrlein[h]	Nico Müller	Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche	Report
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9	Monaco						Report
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11	Sanya						Report
12	Shanghai						Report
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14	Tokyo						Report
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16	London						Report
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Drivers' Championship

Points are awarded using the following structure:

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Pos. Driver SAO MEX MIA JED MAD BER MCO SAN SHA TKO LDN Pts 1 Edoardo Mortara Ret 2 6 2 4 5 4 87 2 Pascal Wehrlein 4 6 3 1 8 3 19 83 3 Nico Müller 5 9 2 4 16 8 1 75 4 Mitch Evans Ret 11 1 3 7 2 6 73 5 Nick Cassidy 3 1 16 6 14 17 2 69 6 António Félix da Costa 11 Ret 8 5 1 1 10 65 7 Oliver Rowland 2 3 12 17 3 16 3 64 8 Jake Dennis 1 5 10 9 19 6 5 58 9 Sébastien Buemi 8 17 7 7 2 7 12 43 10 Pepe Martí Ret 7 9 14 6 9 7 25 11 Dan Ticktum Ret Ret Ret 12 5 4 20† 22 12 Joel Eriksson 7 14 4 18 13 10 16 19 13 Taylor Barnard 13 4 14 10 10 19 8 18 14 Nyck de Vries 9 Ret 5 DNS 20 18 9 14 15 Jean-Éric Vergne Ret 8 15 8 9 14 14 10 16 Maximilian Günther 6 12 19 11 11 13 11 8 17 Norman Nato Ret 10 17 13 17 11 18 1 18 Zane Maloney 10 16 11 Ret 18 20 15 1 19 Felipe Drugovich 12 15 18 15 12 15 13 0 20 Lucas di Grassi Ret 13 13 16 15 12 17 0 Pos. Driver SAO MEX MIA JED MAD BER MCO SAN SHA TKO LDN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap

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Teams' Championship

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Pos.	Team	No.	SAO	MEX	MIA	JED		MAD	BER		MCO		SAN	SHA		TKO		LDN		Pts
1	Porsche Formula E Team	51	5	9	2	4	16	8	1											158
		94	4	6	3	1	8	3	19
2	Jaguar TCS Racing	9	Ret	11	1	3	7	2	6											138
		13	11	Ret	8	5	1	1	10
3	Mahindra Racing	21	9	Ret	5	DNS	20	18	9											101
	48	Ret	2	6	2	4	5	4
4	Citroën Racing	25	Ret	8	15	8	9	14	14											79
		37	3	1	16	6	14	17	2
5	Nissan Formula E Team	1	2	3	12	17	3	16	3											65
		23	Ret	10	17	13	17	11	18
6	Envision Racing	14	7	14	4	18	13	10	16											62
		16	8	17	7	7	2	7	12
7	Andretti Formula E	27	1	5	10	9	19	6	5											58
		28	12	15	18	15	12	15	13
8	Cupra Kiro	3	Ret	7	9	14	6	9	7											47
		33	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	5	4	20†
9	DS Penske	7	6	12	19	11	11	13	11											26
		77	13	4	14	10	10	19	8
10	Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team	11	Ret	13	13	16	15	12	17											1
		22	10	16	11	Ret	18	20	15
Pos.	Team	No.	SAO	MEX	MIA	JED		MAD	BER		MCO		SAN	SHA		TKO		LDN		Pts

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Manufacturers' Championship

The highest-placed two cars per powertrain manufacturer per race score points towards that manufacturer's position in the standings. The cars that do not score any points do not appear in the standings and the points are allocated to the following Manufacturer's car eligible to score points. Points allocated for the driver obtaining the Pole Position and the Fastest Lap are not counted.^[62]

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Pos.	Manufacturer	SAO	MEX	MIA	JED		MAD	BER		MCO		SAN	SHA		TKO		LDN		Pts
1	Porsche	1	5	2	1	5	3	1											205
		4	6	3	4	6	4	5
2	Jaguar	6	8	1	3	1	1	6											177
		7	10	4	5	2	2	9
3	Stellantis	3	1	10	6	7	8	2											117
		5	4	11	7	8	9	7
4	Mahindra	8	2	5	2	4	5	4											96
		Ret	Ret	6	DNS	12	11	8
5	Nissan	2	3	8	8	3	6	3											88
		Ret	7	12	10	10	10	12
6	Lola-Yamaha	9	9	7	9	9	7	10											23
		Ret	11	9	Ret	11	12	11
Pos.	Manufacturer	SAO	MEX	MIA	JED		MAD	BER		MCO		SAN	SHA		TKO		LDN		Pts

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