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2024–25 Formula E World Championship

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The 2024–25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is the eleventh season of the FIA Formula E championship, a motor racing championship for electrically powered vehicles recognised by motorsport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for electric open-wheel racing cars.

Teams and drivers

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All teams use the Formula E Gen3 Evo car on Hankook tyres.[1]

Team Powertrain No. Drivers Rounds
Germany TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Porsche 99X Electric[a] 1 Germany Pascal Wehrlein[2] 1
13 Portugal António Félix da Costa[2] 1
Monaco Maserati MSG Racing Maserati Tipo Folgore[3][b] 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne[4] 1
55 United Kingdom Jake Hughes[4] 1
United States Cupra Kiro[5][6] Porsche 99X Electric WCG3[c] 3 Germany David Beckmann[7] 1
33 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum[7] 1
United Kingdom Envision Racing Jaguar I-Type 7[3] 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns[8] 1
16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[8] 1
United Kingdom NEOM McLaren Formula E Team Nissan e-4ORCE 05[3] 5 United Kingdom Taylor Barnard[9] 1
8 United Kingdom Sam Bird[9] 1
United States DS Penske DS E-Tense FE25 7 Germany Maximilian Günther[10] 1
25 France Jean-Éric Vergne[10] 1
United Kingdom Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-Type 7 9 New Zealand Mitch Evans[11] 1
37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy[12] 1
United Kingdom Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team[13] Lola-Yamaha T001[14] 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi[15] 1
22 Barbados Zane Maloney[16] 1
Japan Nissan Formula E Team Nissan e-4ORCE 05 17 France Norman Nato[17] 1
23 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland[17] 1
India Mahindra Racing Mahindra M11Electro 21 Netherlands Nyck de Vries[18] 1
48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara[18] 1
United States Andretti Formula E Porsche 99X Electric[3][a] 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis[19] 1
51 Switzerland Nico Müller[20] 1

Team changes

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British motorsport brand Lola announced its return to top-level motorsport for the first time since the 1997 Formula One World Championship. Lola entered Formula E developing its own powertrain in cooperation with Yamaha.[21] This partnership supplies powertrains to ABT, who had previously used Mahindra powertrains but ended that affiliation,[14] and the team entered the season as Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team.[22]

After just a single year running, ERT Formula E Team was acquired by investment firm The Forest Road Company. The team rebranded as Kiro Race Co and raced under an American license. The team also ceased to be its own manufacturer, forming an agreement with Porsche to use its 2023–24 powertrain instead.[5][23] Ahead of the São Paulo ePrix weekend, Cupra entered into a partnership with Kiro Race Co to enter the season as Cupra Kiro.[6] Cupra previously partnered with Abt in the last two seasons of the championship.

Driver changes

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Season 8 champion Stoffel Vandoorne ended his contract with DS Penske after two seasons and joined Maserati MSG Racing in place of Maximilian Günther, who signed with DS Penske, thereby completing a driver swap between the two Stellantis-owned outfits.[24][10][4] Jehan Daruvala's contract at Maserati was also not renewed, with the team instead signing McLaren driver Jake Hughes.[25][26][4] To replace Hughes, McLaren promoted reserve and developmental driver Taylor Barnard to a full-time drive.[27]

Andretti driver Norman Nato left the team after a single season to return to the Nissan Formula E Team, with whom he last raced in 2023, replacing Sacha Fenestraz, who left the team after two seasons.[17][28] Nico Müller left ABT after two seasons with the team to replace Nato at Andretti.[29][20] Müller's replacement at ABT was announced to be Barbadian Formula 2 driver and former Andretti reserve driver Zane Maloney, who made his Formula E debut, thereby becoming the first Barbadian driver to compete in the series.[16]

New team Cupra Kiro signed Porsche reserve driver David Beckmann for his full-time debut alongside Dan Ticktum.[7] He replaced Sérgio Sette Câmara, who was hired by Nissan Formula E Team as reserve driver.[30]

List of planned races

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The following ePrix are contracted to form the 2024–25 Formula E World Championship:

Round E-Prix Country Circuit Date
1 São Paulo ePrix  Brazil São Paulo Street Circuit 7 December 2024
2 Mexico City ePrix  Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 11 January 2025
3 Jeddah ePrix  Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit 14 February 2025
4 15 February 2025
5 Miami ePrix  United States Homestead–Miami Speedway 12 April 2025
6 Monaco ePrix  Monaco Circuit de Monaco 3 May 2025
7 4 May 2025
8 Tokyo ePrix  Japan Tokyo Street Circuit 17 May 2025
9 18 May 2025
10 Shanghai ePrix  China Shanghai International Circuit 31 May 2025
11 1 June 2025
12 Jakarta ePrix  Indonesia Jakarta International e-Prix Circuit 21 June 2025
13 Berlin ePrix  Germany Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit 12 July 2025
14 13 July 2025
15 London ePrix  United Kingdom ExCeL London Circuit 26 July 2025
16 27 July 2025
Source:[31]

Location changes

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Regulation changes

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Technical regulations

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The championship introduced an upgrade to its Gen3 ruleset, called Gen3 Evo.[37] The updated ruleset features a new chassis package featuring a more robust front wing and new Hankook tyres aimed at providing increased grip. The new car also contains an active front power train to be used in qualifying, the race start and during attack mode, increasing acceleration and power output.[38]

Sporting regulations

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The Manufacturers' Trophy introduced in season ten became a World Championship title alongside the Teams’ and Drivers’ titles. Points are awarded in a similar manner to the Teams’ title and are based on the performance of each manufacturer's two highest-scoring cars in every race.[3]

Season report

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Pre-season

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Pre-season testing was set to take place at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia from 4–7 November 2024, before flooding in the area forced the championship to postpone and relocate the test to Circuito del Jarama on 5–8 November 2024.[39] An all-female test, the first of its kind in an FIA-sanctioned championship, concluded this test on 8 November.[40]

Results and standings

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E-Prix

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Round E-Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer Report
1 Brazil São Paulo Germany Pascal Wehrlein Germany David Beckmann[d] New Zealand Mitch Evans United Kingdom Jaguar TCS Racing United Kingdom Jaguar Report
2 Mexico Mexico City Report
3 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Report
4
5 United States Miami Report
6 Monaco Monaco Report
7
8 Japan Tokyo Report
9
10 China Shanghai Report
11
12 Indonesia Jakarta Report
13 Germany Berlin Report
14
15 United Kingdom London Report
16
Source:[41]

Drivers' Championship

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Points were awarded using the following structure:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 3 1
Source:[42]
Pos. Driver SAO
Brazil
MEX
Mexico
JED
Saudi Arabia
MIA
United States
MCO
Monaco
TKO
Japan
SHA
China
JKT
Indonesia
BER
Germany
LDN
United Kingdom
Pts
1 New Zealand Mitch Evans 1 25
2 Portugal António Félix da Costa 2 19
3 United Kingdom Taylor Barnard 3 15
4 United Kingdom Sam Bird 4 12
5 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara 5 10
6 Netherlands Nyck de Vries 6 8
7 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 7 6
8 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum 8 4
9 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Ret 3
10 France Jean-Éric Vergne 9 2
11 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 10 1
12 Germany Maximilian Günther 11 0
13 Barbados Zane Maloney 12 0
14 France Norman Nato 13 0
15 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland 14 0
Germany David Beckmann NC 0
New Zealand Nick Cassidy Ret 0
United Kingdom Jake Dennis Ret 0
Switzerland Nico Müller Ret 0
United Kingdom Jake Hughes Ret 0
Brazil Lucas di Grassi Ret 0
Netherlands Robin Frijns DNS 0
Pos. Driver SAO
Brazil
MEX
Mexico
JED
Saudi Arabia
MIA
United States
MCO
Monaco
TKO
Japan
SHA
China
JKT
Indonesia
BER
Germany
LDN
United Kingdom
Pts
Source:[43]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

Teams' Championship

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Pos. Team No. SAO
Brazil
MEX
Mexico
JED
Saudi Arabia
MIA
United States
MCO
Monaco
TKO
Japan
SHA
China
JKT
Indonesia
BER
Germany
LDN
United Kingdom
Pts
1 United Kingdom NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 5 3 27
8 4
2 United Kingdom Jaguar TCS Racing 9 1 25
37 Ret
3 Germany TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 1 Ret 22
13 2
4 India Mahindra Racing 21 6 18
48 5
5 United Kingdom Envision Racing 4 DNS 6
16 7
6 United States Cupra Kiro 3 NC 4
33 8
7 United States DS Penske 7 11 2
25 9
8 Monaco Maserati MSG Racing 2 10 1
55 Ret
9 United Kingdom Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team 11 Ret 0
22 12
10 Japan Nissan Formula E Team 17 13 0
23 14
11 United States Andretti Formula E 27 Ret 0
51 Ret
Pos. Team No. SAO
Brazil
MEX
Mexico
JED
Saudi Arabia
MIA
United States
MCO
Monaco
TKO
Japan
SHA
China
JKT
Indonesia
BER
Germany
LDN
United Kingdom
Pts
Source:[44]

Manufacturers' Championship

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The highest-placed two cars per powertrain manufacturer per race score points towards that manufacturer's position in the standings.

Pos. Manufacturer SAO
Brazil
MEX
Mexico
JED
Saudi Arabia
MIA
United States
MCO
Monaco
TKO
Japan
SHA
China
JKT
Indonesia
BER
Germany
LDN
United Kingdom
Pts
1 United Kingdom Jaguar 1 31
7
2 Japan Nissan 3 27
4
3 Germany Porsche 2 22
8
4 India Mahindra 5 18
6
5 Netherlands Stellantis 9 3
10
6 United Kingdom Lola-Yamaha 12 0
Ret
Pos. Driver SAO
Brazil
MEX
Mexico
JED
Saudi Arabia
MIA
United States
MCO
Monaco
TKO
Japan
SHA
China
JKT
Indonesia
BER
Germany
LDN
United Kingdom
Pts
Source:[45]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The 99X Electric branding has been used for every Formula E powertrain developed by Porsche ever since their debut season. This is the fourth powertrain.
  2. ^ The Maserati powertrain is a rebadged DS, contributing points towards Stellantis' total in the Manufacturers' Trophy.
  3. ^ Kiro are using the previous (third) generation of the Porsche 99X Electric powertrain, updated to meet current regulations.[5]
  4. ^ David Beckmann set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. António Félix da Costa was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

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