The Swiss driver will not race in the 2026/27 season and will stay with Paysafe Envision as an advisor, after 160 starts and one drivers' title.
Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi, 37, ran his last GEN3 race for Paysafe Envision and finished fifth in the London finale's Sunday race. He will not race in the 2026/27 season and will stay with the team as an advisor. His Formula E record shows 160 starts, 14 victories and one drivers' title.
Sebastien Buemi finished fifth in the Sunday race of the 2026 London E-Prix, the final time he will drive a GEN3 car for Paysafe Envision. The 37-year-old Swiss driver said he is not racing next season and will remain with the team in an advisory role. The London finale closed the 2025/26 campaign, the last of the GEN3 era.
A career with one title
Buemi has raced in every Formula E season since the series began in 2014, one of only four drivers to do so, alongside Felix da Costa, Vergne and Lucas di Grassi. He finishes with 160 starts, 14 victories and 36 podiums, plus a drivers' title that came in the 2015/16 season. He has won the Monaco E-Prix three times, in 2015, 2017 and 2025, which is one more than Oliver Rowland, the only other two-time winner there.
Buemi joined Paysafe Envision for the 2022/23 season and finished sixth in the standings that year. His third place in the London season finale helped the team win its first and, so far, only Teams' Championship. He finished 15th in the standings in 2023/24 but ended that year with a podium in London. In 2024/25 he won at Monaco for a third time, his 14th Formula E victory.
London double-header
In the Saturday race, Buemi started 10th and used a Full Course Yellow period to his advantage. He pitted under it while keeping his attack mode, and finished fourth, while teammate Joel Eriksson finished 14th. The Sunday race was chaotic. Buemi used attack mode on lap 13 to climb to sixth, then held on to finish fifth. On the same lap, Eriksson made contact with the reigning champion and forced him out of the race.
Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein came out on top, with Jake Dennis of Andretti and Mitch Evans of Jaguar TCS Racing behind him, to win his second drivers' world championship. Buemi scored 22 points over the weekend and said he was happy with fifth place, adding that it meant he had done his job.
Buemi said he needed time to take in that he would not race next season. He said he would talk with the team about how he could contribute, and that he hoped to test from time to time and see the car on track. His wider record includes four World Endurance Championship drivers' titles and four overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
