2025-26 Formula E World Championship: Wehrlein's Second Crown

Formula E's twelfth season ran from December 2025 to August 2026 and was the longest in the championship's history. Pascal Wehrlein became only the second two-time champion, a feat that Jean-Eric Vergne had managed alone until then, while Jaguar TCS Racing took the teams' crown.

What was the 2025-26 season?

The 2025-26 season was the twelfth of the championship and the fourth and final year of the Gen3 car. It began in December 2025, ended in August 2026 and held a record 17 races, which made it the longest campaign in the series' history.

A record 17-race season, decided by a final round in London that crowned Wehrlein for a second time.

How did Wehrlein win a second title?

Wehrlein had won the 2023-24 drivers' championship, and in 2025-26 he became the second driver to win two titles, a feat only Vergne had achieved before him. He ended the final race well down the order, yet the title was his because Evans, who needed a win, could not secure one.

Wehrlein's year had clear peaks and troughs. He won at Jeddah, Shanghai and London, and he took the lead at Jeddah with a seven-second gap that carried him to his 100th Formula E race. Against that, a puncture at Berlin ended his race, a Monaco collision with his teammate Muller left him at the back, and a clash with da Costa in Tokyo took him out of contention.

Which teams and drivers changed for 2025-26?

McLaren left the series after three years, and Citroen joined as Stellantis replaced Maserati MSG Racing with its own brand. Envision lost Robin Frijns, Vergne and Cassidy moved to Citroen, and da Costa joined Jaguar from Porsche.

McLaren announced in April 2025 that it would not return, to concentrate on its LMDh project in the World Endurance Championship. The team found no buyer and shut down, which left Nissan without a customer team for the first time since 2021-22. Citroen made its debut in top-level single-seater racing, and TAG Heuer ended its six-season title partnership with Porsche.

Driver moves were extensive. Frijns left Envision after six seasons across two spells to focus on his WEC Hypercar programme with BMW M Team WRT, and Jaguar's reserve Joel Eriksson took the seat for his full-season debut. Sam Bird stepped back from racing and took a reserve role at Nissan, while Taylor Barnard moved to DS Penske to replace Vergne. Stoffel Vandoorne left Maserati MSG to become Jaguar's reserve driver, and Jake Hughes took a Mahindra reserve role while racing in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series.

Da Costa left Porsche after three seasons and replaced Cassidy at Jaguar. Nico Muller joined Porsche after one season at Andretti, where he finished 15th in the standings. Felipe Drugovich, the 2022 Formula 2 champion, made his full-season debut at Andretti after a single round with Mahindra in 2024-25. Pepe Marti replaced David Beckmann at Cupra Kiro, after Beckmann returned to his reserve duties at Porsche.

How did the calendar and rules change?

The official calendar was released on 16 October 2025 and contained a record 17 races, the longest season in the championship's history. The Miami ePrix moved to the Miami International Autodrome, Jarama hosted the debut Madrid ePrix, and Sanya returned while Jakarta was dropped.

The rules were tweaked too. The two group qualifying sessions were cut from twelve minutes to ten, and drivers no longer had to set a lap in the first half of group qualifying. Races with a mandatory pit boost stop allowed attack mode only once rather than twice.

How did pre-season testing go?

The pre-season test returned to Circuit Ricardo Tormo, with six sessions held on 27-30 October. Mortara set the fastest time in the penultimate session, and the top four were separated by less than a hundredth of a second, with the whole field within 0.9 seconds.

Oliver Rowland, Taylor Barnard and the second Nissan of Norman Nato followed Mortara on the timesheets. A mock race was won by Porsche's Nico Muller. The all-female test that followed had Chloe Chambers fastest for Mahindra, ahead of Abbi Pulling's Nissan.

How did the opening rounds unfold?

Sao Paulo opened the season with Dennis winning after a red flag, and Mexico City saw Cassidy come from outside the top ten to win Formula E's 150th race. Wehrlein's penalty in Sao Paulo had dropped him to fourth on the grid, and Cassidy then led the championship.

In Sao Paulo, Dennis started from the front and led an opening group that included Mortara, Nato and da Costa, with Rowland and Vergne joining the battle. Nato and Rowland collided on lap 17, and Nato suffered a puncture. A clash between Mortara and di Grassi on lap 22 brought out a safety car, and Marti then misjudged a full course yellow for Evans, collided with two cars and caused a red flag. Dennis led the one-lap resumption and won ahead of Rowland and Cassidy.

Buemi took pole in Mexico City ahead of Barnard, whose final lap was deleted for track limits. Buemi ran wide at the first corner and fell to the rear, and a retirement for de Vries on lap 17 caused an interruption. That favoured Cassidy, who took a six-minute attack mode from outside the top ten. He then led a pack holding four minutes of attack mode in reserve, while his own reserve was just two. He held off Mortara and Dennis to win the 150th race and take the championship lead, while Rowland finished third after Dennis ran out of energy.

Muller secured a maiden pole at the inaugural qualifying session in Miami. Rain forced a safety car start followed by a standing restart, and Drugovich led the early running. Evans took his first attack mode on lap nineteen and moved into second behind Muller, then took the lead on lap 27 and held on for a record fifteenth Formula E win. Da Costa was removed from contention when Drugovich ran into him on lap 26, and Wehrlein took third to close to two points behind Cassidy.

What happened at Jeddah and Jarama?

Wehrlein won the first Jeddah race after a late attack mode and took the championship lead. Da Costa then won the second Jeddah race, his first win for Jaguar, and followed up at Jarama, where a Jaguar 1-2 pushed Wehrlein's lead to eleven points.

Mortara took Mahindra's first pole since 2024 for the first Jeddah race, but he bogged down at the start and fell to fifth. Gunther led through an early safety car phase before Nato took first place after the restart. Wehrlein moved into second on lap 14, and a third of the field stopped on lap 15 for pit boost. Wehrlein took his attack mode on lap 20, took the lead and drew out a seven-second gap. Mortara and Evans completed the podium behind him.

Mortara took back-to-back poles for the second Jeddah race, beating Dennis in the final. Rowland, Buemi and da Costa held the lead during the opening phase. Rowland activated his higher power mode on lap 16, and da Costa followed a lap later to claim the lead on lap 20 and hold it through his second attack mode. Buemi took second and Rowland third, while Wehrlein finished eighth and his lead was reduced to six points.

Formula E's competitive debut at Jarama began with Cassidy taking pole after beating De Vries in the qualifying final. De Vries lost places and crashed into Wehrlein, which ended his race. Cassidy dropped outside the top ten, and da Costa won, leading a Jaguar 1-2 with Evans second. Wehrlein took third, which extended his lead to eleven points.

How did Berlin and Monaco play out?

Muller took his maiden win in Berlin race one after a six-minute attack mode, and Evans took the second Berlin win. At Monaco, De Vries won race one for Mahindra and Rowland won race two from eighth on the grid.

Mortara took pole for the first Berlin race, but Rowland got past Wehrlein for second straight away and went by Mortara into the lead on lap two. The lead then swapped hands often as drivers backed off to save energy. Wehrlein suffered a puncture that forced an early stop, and Mortara took over the championship lead. On lap 28 Muller activated his six-minute attack mode after building a 4% energy advantage, and he moved from sixth to first by lap 29. Muller won ahead of Cassidy and Rowland.

Wehrlein bounced back with pole for the second Berlin race, ahead of Barnard, as several frontrunners compromised their qualifying to save tyres. De Vries and Cassidy both retired after collisions. Rowland and Nato rose to the front, and Nato built a two-second gap by lap 21. Evans followed them up and took the lead on lap 27 with a six-minute attack mode. A late full course yellow could not shake him, and his win moved him up to second in the standings. Rowland finished third, and Wehrlein regained the top spot, just three points clear of Evans.

Ticktum took pole for the first Monaco race with De Vries alongside him. A collision between Muller and his teammate Wehrlein on lap 12 punctured Wehrlein and sent him to the back. De Vries pitted on lap 16, undercut Ticktum and then passed Da Costa for the lead, which he held to the finish. Da Costa retired after a late collision with Ticktum, who was demoted to 12th after a penalty. De Vries took his first win for Mahindra, and the first of his Formula E career since 2022. Evans came second and took the championship lead by 15 points, while Marti claimed his maiden career podium.

Ticktum took pole again for the second Monaco race, with a 0.676-second advantage that was the widest of the year. Da Costa dropped to the back after a first-lap collision with Mortara at the Nouvelle Chicane, and Mortara received a ten-second penalty. Ticktum was eliminated by a speeding penalty under a full course yellow. Rowland, starting from eighth, saved energy, took the lead with five laps remaining and won his first race of the season. Drugovich finished second for a career-best result and his first podium, and Da Costa recovered to third. Evans finished fourth and extended his championship lead to 19 points.

How did Sanya and Shanghai change the title race?

Dennis won at Sanya after a red flag and a late reclaim of the lead, and Evans' points run ended there. Wehrlein then won Shanghai race one, cutting Evans' lead to three points, before di Grassi won race two for Lola Yamaha.

Dennis took pole ahead of Drugovich for the first race at Sanya since 2019. Wehrlein charged from eighth to take the lead on lap 8, and a red flag came on lap 19 after a Ticktum and Evans collision caused a multi-car pile-up. Evans could not resume on the lead lap. When Rowland crashed out and da Costa was penalised, Dennis retook the lead on lap 34 and won. Marti and De Vries were promoted to second and third after a post-race penalty, and Evans kept the championship lead despite his non-score.

Wehrlein took pole for Shanghai race one, two tenths ahead of Evans, and pitted at the end of lap 15 before cycling back into the lead. Rain began on lap 5 and a heavy downpour on lap 19 brought out the safety car, denying several drivers full use of their attack modes. Racing resumed on lap 22 with one lap added, and Wehrlein activated his attack mode at once to pull away. Da Costa finished second, 1.6 seconds behind, and Dennis took third ahead of Drugovich. Evans finished eighth, and his lead over Wehrlein was cut from 19 points to three.

Drugovich took his maiden pole for the second Shanghai race. Wet conditions forced a start behind the safety car, with a standing start on lap four. Wehrlein moved ahead after his first attack mode, but Buemi and Eriksson rose on superior energy and demoted him. A full course yellow on lap 24 neutralised the attack modes, and Di Grassi, with attack mode still unused, got past Eriksson on the second-to-last lap and then went round Vergne on the final lap. It was Lola Yamaha's maiden win and di Grassi's first since 2022. Vergne was second, Eriksson took his first podium and Wehrlein finished fourth. Evans failed to start after a technical issue and lost the championship lead to Wehrlein by nine points.

Who decided the title at Tokyo and London?

Ticktum won the first Tokyo race on the final lap for his second career victory, while De Vries took the second. Dennis then led the standings by two points. In London, Wehrlein won race one and led Dennis by five points, and the season finale decided the title.

Dennis took pole ahead of Mortara at Tokyo, while Evans and Wehrlein both failed to reach the duel stage. Ticktum used an early attack mode and an early pit stop to overcut Dennis, and Dennis retook the lead with six laps to go but had to conserve energy heavily. On the final lap Ticktum reclaimed the lead into the penultimate corner. Evans finished fourth after qualifying 16th and took the championship lead by three points, after Wehrlein collided with Da Costa and retired.

Mortara took pole for the second Tokyo race just ahead of Da Costa, matching a single-season high of four poles. Heavy rain split the grid between wet and dry setups, and the dry setup became favoured as the track dried. Da Costa led on lap 4, but De Vries took the lead on lap 28 as Rowland and Barnard moved forward. A multi-car collision between Mortara and Eriksson brought a late red flag, and De Vries held his advantage through the one-lap restart to beat Cassidy and Dennis. Evans and Wehrlein both scored nothing again, which handed Dennis a two-point lead, and Porsche defended its Manufacturers' Championship.

The London finale began with a Porsche 1-2 in qualifying, Wehrlein ahead of Muller. Muller held up the pack around the tight circuit, which let Wehrlein build a gap early on. Evans pitted on lap 16 and took attack mode straight away, but a full course yellow on lap 21 for di Grassi's stricken car let Wehrlein, Dennis and Da Costa stop at reduced speed. Dennis passed Da Costa for third, and Wehrlein led the rest of the race and moved five points clear of Dennis. Evans finished eighth, dropping to third in the standings and 19 points adrift.

Mahindra locked out the front row, with De Vries ahead of Mortara in the final shootout. Wehrlein lined up third, Evans fifth and Dennis 16th. Da Costa passed Wehrlein early and held him back to help his teammate, which let the two Mahindras and Barnard pull clear. Evans got past both Porsches. Da Costa's defence dropped him and Wehrlein outside the points on lap 27, and Dennis collided with Eriksson on lap 31, leaving himself and Wehrlein at the back. Evans, running fourth, would have needed a win, but Barnard took his maiden victory with one lap to go, ahead of both Mahindra drivers. Wehrlein therefore took the title, and Jaguar won the Teams' Championship.

What were the results of each race?