Drama in the first Formula E Qualifying of 2026 as track limits cost Taylor Barnard pole position in Mexcio City, with Sebastian Buemi inheriting the honours on Saturday morning.

Barnard was more than a tenth up in the duels final until a wide moment in the final corner made it an illegal lap time to the dismay of the DS Penske garage. However, it was jubilation over at Envision Racing as their Swiss sensation had taken three championship points with pole position.

Both Barnard and Buemi had demonstrated fine pace throughout the session, in a Qualifying that saw both of their teammates, Maximilian Gunther and Joel Eriksson, eliminated in the Group Stage.

It is a first Formula E pole position for the 2015/16 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion since Berlin in 2023, in the 2022/23 season.

It was a session filled with drama throughout, as is normal for Formula E qualifying but the first one of the 2026 calendar year definitely lived up to the norm. Four-time pole sitter around Mexico City, Pascal Wehrlein was among many shock eliminations in the group phase.

Reigning Formula E World Champion Oliver Rowland was also eliminated in the group phase as well as Sao Paulo E-Prix victor and championship leader Jake Dennis.

Barnard and Buemi were in different groups with only Barnard making a significant improvement on his final flying lap in the 12-minute group sessions. Buemi however, was top of his respective group with Barnard third in his.

However, when the knockout duels arrived, the two competitors came alive with Buemi comfortably eliminating Jaguar driver Mitch Evans to progress to the final stage. 

As for Barnard, he came close to exceeding track limits on his semi final lap. However, fine margins saw him keep a part of his car on the white lie, which aided his victory over Mahindra Racing's Edoardo Mortara.

However, his luck ran out by the final, with a significant amount of oversteer ruining what had been a brilliant lap. He subsequently had his lap time deleted, which gifted Buemi pole position.

The Envision driver will start from pole position for round two of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with finalist Taylor Barnard alongside.

Brandon Whiteside
​Writer - F1 Journal

A perfect start to the season for 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion Jake Dennis, who converted pole position to race victory in Saturday's season opener in Sao Paulo.

The British driver, who retired from the season opener in Sao Paulo 12 months ago, made amends for his woes in the Brazilian city, in a chaotic E-Prix that saw almost everything including a red flag.

Dennis secured victory on the final lap of the race to take a first win in Formula E since 2023/24, during the second round at Diriyah. Reigning world champion Oliver Rowland secured second, despite starting out of the top 10 due to a grid penalty.

However, there were celebrations over at new team Citroen, who secured a maiden Formula E podium in their debut race. Kiwi Nick Cassidy taking the trophy home for the French outfit at the Sao Paulo E-Prix.

Following victory, Dennis ends 2025 in the championship lead and starts Season 12 in the best possible way. Andretti also lead the Teams' Championship. This follows home hero Felipe Drugovich losing a top five result, which would have had them having a points lead but with a penalty applied he drops to 12.

​However, the team still lead heading into the second round on countback.

Dennis started the race on pole in what was a British front-row lockout alongside the Cupra Kiro of Dan Ticktum. When the lights went out, it was a positive start for the pole sitter and the Andretti driver led the field down to the first corner.

However, for Ticktum it was not a good start to the season but through no fault of his own as Nyck De Vries, who had no control over his braking hit both Ticktum and his Mahindra teammate Edoardo Mortara. Ticktum pitted for a puncture whilst both Mahindra cars carried on but with damage.

WHile Ticktum was in the pit lane he did a burnout, more out of frustration seemingly, but this is against the regulations set out for the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. As punishment, he was handed a five-second time penalty.

De Vries and Mortara rejoined the circuit in a way which the Race Director's instructions was not keen on doing but as De Vries slowed there was a mitigating circumstance in comparison to Mortara, who didn't slow at all. A five-second time penalty was given to De Vries.

By the end of the second lap the lead had changed with Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein taking the lead from Dennis, who dropped out the race lead to conserve energy. Wehrlein also felt necessary to soon drop out of the lead. By the start of lap four, he was overtaken by the Mahindra of Mortara.

The first drivers to take to the mandatory Attack Mode was the Citroen of Jean-Eric Vergne and the Lola Yamaha of Lucas Di Grassi, who took four minutes each. Each driver needs to use all eight minutes of Attack Mode in two separate dosages to avoid a severe penalty.

Soon the Attack Mode was paying dividends for Vergne, who was climbing all the way into the podium places with a minute to spare and before the Attack Mode had run out he was up to the front of the field, passing Wehrlein who had made his way back to the front.

Oliver Rowland was the third driver to take on the Attack Mode and once again he took on board four minutes, which like Vergne saw him rise to the front of the field and first position. He was followed into Attack Mode one lap later, by Jaguar pair Antonio Felix Da Costa and Mitch Evans.

Both Jaguar drivers were making good ground under the Attack Mode with both taking on four minutes. They were soon a 1-2 with Da Costa leading his New Zealand teammate Evans. Rowland dropped to third but had to be wary of his Nissan teammate Norman Nato and the Porsche of Wehrlein.

By the time Nato saw his four minutes run out, he too was up to the race lead. He would lose this when Wehrlein took the lead as he took the Attack Mode a couple of laps later than Nato did. 

When pole sitter Dennis took his first Attack Mode, he too flew up the order and was only able to catch Wehrlein and not be able to overtake him for the lead. However, he was able to pass him on pure pace on lap 17, with a plain-sailing move on the run down to the first turn.

Lap 17 saw chaos between the two Nissan drivers as the pair collided, which caused a puncture for Nato, while the reigning champion Rowland carried on. Rowland had been in the wars in the final race of Season 11, with him carrying forward a grid-penalty into the E-Prix.

Rowland was offset by the contact, which saw him lose a place to the DS Penske of Maximilian Gunther. Meanwhile, the puncture for Nato saw him pit. On release back onto the track, he had an issue. This saw him pulling over on the run-off area of the first corner.

He became one of two retirements at the same time as Ticktum's torrid season opener came to an end with a whole host of trouble throughout the E-Prix.

In terms of second Attack Mode deployments, the first drivers to endure them were Rowland and Di Grassi. Both undertook four minutes at a similar point where the Envision of Joel Eriksson took his first.

It was two in quick succession for Eriksson, as he followed the Citroen of Nick Cassidy through.  The pair were joined in Attack Mode on lap 22 by the other Envision of Sebastian Buemi and the DS Penske of Gunther.

The Attack Mode for Rowland saw him emerge to the front of the field pretty comfortable with Cassidy also leaping into the top two. Dennis dropped to third.

Mortara was in a lot of chaos throughout the race but it was an early end for the Mahindra driver, who hit the wall after being shoved there by the Lola Yamaha of Di Grassi, which brought out the Safety Car. Di Grassi could not continue either and pitted to retire in the garage.

The Safety Car gave a chance for the field to be properly bunched up but drivers who were using their second and final Attack Mode of the E-Prix saw it disappear. This left them vulnerable to namely the Andretti duo who had four minutes remaining each.

When the Safety Car was called in because the race had more than 80% of the race had been completed therefore no additional laps would be added to the original 30 laps that the E-Prix was supposed to run under.

Lap 27 and the race restarted. Immediately it was Dennis, Drugovich, Pepe Marti, Taylor Barnard, Vergne, Zane Maloney, De Vries and Mitch Evans all took Attack Mode immediately on the restart.

However, for Evans he was out of the race after hitting the barriers following a side-by-side battle which saw a Full-Course-Yellow deployed by Race Control, which saw an incident far bigger.

Pepe Marti not expecting the Jaguar of Antonio Felix Da Costa and the Porsche of Nico Mueller to dramatically slow down which saw him run into the back of Da Costa. This then saw a flip and a barrel-roll before he ended back on the circuit. It was a frightening accident and thankfully he was able to walk away.

He was handed four penalty points and will be made to take a severe grid penalty where he will start the E-Prix in Mexico City from the very back of the grid, which is to take place in January 2026.

The race did restart under a rolling start procedure for a one-lap shootout but Dennis controlled it and started the season off in style by converting pole position to victory in a truly brilliant and well-calculated drive.

He took victory ahead of reigning world champion Oliver Rowland in second, who made it a British 1-2. Nick Cassidy completed the podium in Citroen's debut race in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

Wehrlein was fourth ahead of home hero Felipe Drugovich. Two Andretti machines in the top five on Team Principal Roger Griffiths' Birthday - what a present for him. 

However, the day belonged to Jake Dennis. A winner for the first time since Diriyah in 2024, which was the second round of the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. He leads the championship heading into round two in Mexico City.

Written by:
​Brandon Whiteside

For the first time since August, Formula E has the excitement building for another exciting E-Prix but this time it is the season opener to a brand new season with the drivers and teams raring to go in the city of Sao Paulo.

It will be the second year in a row that Formula E has visited the iconic Brazilian city for a season opener with Sao Paulo the capital of Brazilian Motorsport, with the legendary Interlagos circuit a short journey from the city centre.

Following last year's Sao Paulo E-Prix what should be expected of fans is to expect the unexpected as anything can happen at this chaotic race track. Last year's Sao Paulo E-Prix winner Mitch Evans took victory after starting 22nd and last on the grid.

This will be the first time Formula E has gone racing since the Season 11 conclusion back in London, with new reigning world champion Oliver Rowland heading into the season with all the eyes on him. 

Since the paddock packed up following the conclusion back in August, there have been many driver and team changes to the fold. The championship has bid farewell to NEOM McLaren and Maserati to instead welcome Citroen, which reduces the grid size to 20 from 22.

We have two faces joining the grid for their first full seasons in the championship. Following his debut weekend in Berlin, replacing Nyck De Vries at Mahindra, Felipe Drugovich will compete in his first full season alongside former world champion Jake Dennis at Andretti.

Elsewhere, former Red Bull junior team and FIA Formula 2 graduate Pepe Marti joins the grid at Cupra Kiro, where he will partner Dan Ticktum and replace the outgoing David Beckmann. Marti will make his debut in Sao Paulo.

​Here are the full list of the teams and drivers that will start the season:

• Nissan: #1 Oliver Rowland & #23 Norman Nato
• Cupra Kiro: #3 Pepe Marti & #33 Dan Ticktum
• DS Penske: #7 Maksimilian Gunther & #77 Taylor Barnard
• ​Jaguar: #9 Mitch Evans & #13 Antonio Felix Da Costa
• Lola Yamaha ABT: #11 Lucas Di Grassi & #22 Zane Maloney
• Envision Racing: #14 Joel Eriksson & #16 Sebastian Buemi
• Mahindra Racing: #21 Nyck De Vries & #48 Edoardo Mortara
• Citroen Racing: #25 Jean-Eric Vergne & #37 Nick Cassidy
• Andretti: #27 Jake Dennis & #28 Felipe Drugovich
• Porsche: #51 Nico Mueller & #94 Pascal Wehrelin
  

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No matter the outcome, it is sure to be an exciting weekend of Formula E action in Sao Paulo with an unknown entity cast over the weekend's schedule, which begins with Free Practice 1

Formula E returns for season 12 for its biggest ever calendar in the 2025/26 World Championship with 17 rounds spanning from December 2025 to August 2026.

The 17 rounds will visit four different continents and 10 countries with 11 circuits being used across the season, which will begin in Sao Paulo, Brazil and will finish in the English city of London.

Only one venue will be completely new to the Formula E racing calendar, which is Madrid in Formula E's first race weekend trip to Spain. The calendar will also see an appearance from Sanya, which returns for the first time since the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

In this written piece, we will preview each of the 11 venues and their respective rounds:

To begin the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will be the exact same venu that begun the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, which is the Sao Paulo street circuit - home to the Sao Paulo E-Prix.

After first making its debut in the 2022/23 season of Formula E, the Sao Paulo street circuit has held three rounds of racing, on its current five-year contract that was agreed in 2022. Across the three races, only two drivers have emerged as winners with Mitch Evans winning twice.

Evans won the inaugural Sao Paulo E-Prix in 2023 ahead of his, at the time, future teammate Nick Cassidy with Sam Bird on the podium too. Bird is the only other winner of the Sao Paulo E-Prix.

The circuit has 11 turns and a lap distance of 2.933km. This will be the sole round of the season taking place in South America.

Following the Festive period, Formula E returns to action for round two of the 2025/26 championship. Formula E will head to a venue that is well known within the world of open-wheel motorsport, with the world championship heading to the Autodromo Hermonas Rodriguez in Mexico City.

Mexico City has been a large part of Formula E, through the championship's history, and just like Formula One, the world's first all-electric single-seater championship has made a home at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Just like last season, the Mexico City E-Prix will play host to round two and if past E-Prix at this venue are anything to go by, expect drama all the way to the very end with Safety Cars, added laps and the standard Attack Mode chaos.

As usual, there will be no double-round at Mexico City with there just being one race around the 19-cornered lap, which covers a distance of 2.628km.

Up next we go into the United States of America and precisely to the sunny state of Florida, as round three of 17 will take place at the Miami International Autodrome, a brand new venue for Formula E.

A venue that first became a circuit as it hosted the 2022 Formula One World Championship Miami Grand Prix has now become home to Formula E racing, with the all-electric world championship moving to the Miami International Autodrome for the very first time.

It will be the second successive year Formula E will visit Miami and it will be the second venue in successive years following the cameo from the Homstead Miami Speedway in the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

The layout for Formula E will be different compared to Formula One. Just 14 corners and a lap distance of 2.816km as Formula E uses the 'Extended MIA Loop' layout of the circuit.

The first double-round weekend of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship takes place at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia, for rounds four and five of the season.

Saudi Arabia saw a double round in Formula E just one year ago, with the first ever Pit Boost-style race, where drivers had to serve a mandatory pit stop to undertake charge to fuel the cr with more battery life, so the cars can be pushed harder for longer.

This coming season will be just the second-ever visit by Formula E to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, which first saw open-wheel motorsport at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in 2021, where Lewis Hamilton won an iconic race that saw him battle with eventual champion Max Verstappen.

The Jeddah Corniche Circuit is shortened for Formula E usage so it will not be the typical 27-cornered circuit which Formula One goes racing on. Instead, a 19-cornered circuit with two chicanes on the high speed start/finish straight. The lap distance is 3.001km,

From the Middle East double-header, Formula E travels to the first of three venues in mainland Europe, which in total host five rounds of the 2025/26 World Championship. First up is the Circuito del Jarama in the Spanish capital of Madrid.

Used for pre-season testing in 2024/25 due to horrendous flooding which wrecked the Spanish city of Valencia, the Circuito del Jarama is a heroic race track for the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. To reward the circuit with gratitude, the paddock will head to the circuit for round six.

The Circuito del Jarama is covered in history and had experience of hosting major motorsport events. It has been a host to the Spanish Grand Prix nine times in a period which spanned from 1968 to 1981.

Corners here are named after Formula One world champions including Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari and Nino Farina.

Next up on the Mainland European tour is Berlin, as we move from the Spanish capital to the German capital for the first of two mainland Europe double-round weekends.

What better way for British motorsport enthusiasts to spend their first May bank holiday than with a Formula E weekend taking place at the Berlin Tempelhof Airport, which has held more Formula E races than any other venue around the globe.

Last year, we saw a double weekend round too with it being a weekend to remember for the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E Drivers' Champion, Oliver Rowland, who took the crown in the second race of the weekend. 

The Berlin Tempelhof Airport circuit has changed its layout multiple times across the years since Formula E first visited back in the inaugural season of the championship. The most modern layout has a lap distance of 2.343km and 15 turns.

The third and final stop in the mainland Europe tour is a trip to the principality of Monte Carlo and to the Circuit De Monaco for rounds nine and 10 of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

​ A circuit steeped in history and tradition and associated with the iconic and the legendary Monaco Grand Prix, Formula E first visited the Circuit De Monaco back in the inaugural season of 2014/15.

However, the World Championship only started racing around the Grand Prix circuit layout in 2022 and that will be the circuit layout once again for season 12 of Formula E. Just like last season, it will once again host a double-round.

The iconic Circuit De Monaco is made up of 19 turns with a lap distance of 3.337km with the narrow circuit walls providing a tough challenge for the 22 drivers and with a double-round weekend, there will be high concentration for longer.

The final sole-round weekend of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will take place at a brand new venue for the championship as it will visit Sanya in China.

Sanya will play host to one of three rounds in China, with two rounds to follow at the Shanghai International Circuit.

It has hosted just one Formula E event in the past, which is in 2019, where two-time Formula E World Champion Jean-Eric Vergne took victory on route to championship glory that very season.

The circuit back then had a different start point to its finishing point with a lap distance of 2.236km and 11 turns.

Following the Sanya E-Prix, there will be two weeks until the next Formula E action with the world championship staying in China as Formula E moves from Sanya to Shanghai for a double-round weekend.

The Shanghai International Circuit, which was built over 20 years ago to host the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix, has held Formula E racing since the 2023/24 World Championship, in a year that saw German Pascal Wehrlein take the title.

Whether it is sunshine or wet weather like last season, there is always high levels of drama throughout the weekends and it has been a double-round weekend since it appeared on the calendar. The trend continues at Shanghai with two rounds of three in China taking place at the iconic venue.

Formula E use a different layout to the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix, which is in fact shorter in length and in turns too. Just 12 turns and a lap distance of 3.051km.

The penultimate weekend of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship takes place in Asia, with the paddock travelling from the shenanigans in Shanghai to the tricky Tokyo E-Prix circuit for rounds 14 and 15 of the season.

Formula E has been racing in Tokyo consistently since the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with the first Tokyo E-Prix being won by, at the time, the Maserati of Maximilian Gunther.

Tokyo has seen a lot of action over just two seasons with a double-round weekend taking place in very mixed conditions. Double-round weekend action will return once again to Tokyo.

The Tokyo E-Prix circuit is made of 18 corners and has a lap distance of 2.575km.

Finally, we have reached the final stop of the Formula E calendar tour for the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship and is at one of the most unique circuits in world motorsport, with half of the track indoors and half of it outdoors.

ExCel London will once again play host to the Formula E season finale, which will take place in the middle of August strangely enough with there being almost a month between rounds 14 and 15 and the final weekend.

It is a circuit that always produces high levels of championship drama although last year saw Oliver Rowland visit his home event as the already crowned ABB FIA Formula E World Champion.

The ExCel London venue is made up of 20 turns and has a lap distance of 2.090km. The venue will complete the season and in addition this completes the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E calendar guide.

Domination from lights to flag for Jaguar's Nick Cassidy, who wins in his final race for Jaguar TCS Racing, at the season finale in the London E-Prix, on Sunday afternoon.

Cassidy started on pole following a grid penalty for Dan Ticktum, who initially came out on top in the morning qualifying session but since then never looked back and shone once again, just like he did in the two E-Prix prior to the season finale.

The New Zealander in his final race, but also Jaguar TCS Racing Team Principal James Barclay, who is departing the team after a fantastic period. Cassidy took victory ahead of Nyck De Vries, after teammate Mitch Evans had a five-second time penalty for a Full Course Yellow infraction.

Evans finished in fifth, which promoted De Vries to second and Sebastian Buemi to the final podium position of third, after a great drive from 19th. Jake Dennis of Andretti was fourth for Andretti, the other driver in the top five.

A frustrating final race for Oliver Rowland, saw the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion retire after hitting the barrier following multiple incidents of contact. Subsequently, Nissan lost the Teams' and Manufacturers' Championship battle to Porsche, who had both drivers in the points.

Sunday afternoon in the capital of the United Kingdom, London, witnessed the final round of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The 16th and final round of Season 11, which had been a fantastic season.

Despite the World Drivers' Championship being decided in the Round 14 Berlin E-Prix, the Teams' and Manufacturers' Championship still had to be decided in the final race of the season. Porsche and Nissan were going head-to-head for glory.

Starting from pole position was neither a Nissan or Porsche driver. Instead it was the Jaguar of Nick Cassidy, a driver who had won the two previous E-Prix, that was to start from the front of the field. This was following a five-place grid penalty for Dan Ticktum, who won the qualifying duels.

Cassidy was joined on the front row of the grid by German Maximilian Gunther of DS Penske, could he be looking at victory? On the second row, just behind Cassidy, was Mitch Evans of Jaguar and Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein.

34 laps of racing got underway as the lights went out and it was a good start from Cassidy, who took the lead of the E-Prix into the first turn, ahead of Gunther, Evans and Nyck De Vries up into fourth. Wehrlein dropped down to fifth.

Edoardo Mortara had trouble though further back. After a brake issue during qualifying, he dropped down the order immediately at the start, and the Swiss driver of Mahindra Racing looked to be out of the race.

At the end of the first lap, it was Cassidy leading Gunther and Evans. Meanwhile, a positive start to the E-Prix from the Nissan of 2024/25 champion Oliver Rowland, who from 10th on the grid, was up into seventh and ahead of teammate Norman Nato.

Evans was pressuring the DS Penske of Gunther and was up into second to make it a Jaguar 1-2, while Ticktum was bullied out the way by the Nissan duo, who elevated their positions to sixth and seventh in the order.

Gunther was struggling for pace in the early stages, in London, as he soon lost places to De Vries and Wehrlein. De Vries was up into third, while Wehrlein moved up into fourth. On lap five, Gunther dropped to sixth as he was passed by Rowland.

The first driver into Attack Mode on lap four was Nico Mueller but no other drivers would venture for Attack Mode throughout lap five. Instead battles were kicking off throughout the field, with De Vries and Rowland overtaking Evans.

Mueller took four minutes of Attack Mode and in doing so was looking to elevate himself into the top five but he was soon joined in taking a first Attack Mode by Wehrlein and Taylor Barnard on lap six of 34.

Battles were ongoing up and down the field and it included another change of position between Evans and Rowland, with Rowland getting back up into third and ahead of the Jaguar TCS Racing driver.

On lap seven, Nato was the latest to venture into Attack Mode while his teammate Nissan Oliver Rowland was powering his way back through the positions lost and was up into fourth, and then soon was up into third by the start of lap nine.

DS Penske duo took their Attack Mode while Dan Ticktum had picked up damage and pitted to get it fixed.

Oliver Rowland and De Vries locked in battle with De Vries moving into Rowland and damaging part of the Nissan front wing, which annoyed Rowland somewhat. Luckily for Rowland he did not need to pit.

De Vries picked up a black and white flag for this, for dangerous driving, so the Dutchman had to be careful moving onto the rest of the E-Prix.

Following a collision with Norman Nato and Taylor Barnard, the Full Course Yellow was then deployed but just before this, race leader Cassidy picked up his first Attack Mode deployment, which lost the New Zealander a bit of ground on the rest of the field.

Eventually, De Vries took his first Attack mode of four minutes on lap 11 and at a similar time, Sebastian Buemi and Zane Maloney took their first Attack Mode deployments too. The first driver to take his second Attack Mode deployment was Mueller, one lap later than De Vries' first.

Drama for a Jaguar but it was not race leader Cassidy who was in bother. Evans was being looked at for a Full Course Yellow infringement. Once the Stewards looked at it, they determined that a five-second time penalty was a sufficient punishment.

Soon, Jake Dennis and Robin Frijns were the latest to visit their first Attack Mode deployments and in doing so were looking to move up into the top 10. Soon, Gunther and Wehrlein went into their second Attack Modes.

Rowland after the contact with De Vries was very aggressive in defending and none more so than the Andretti of Mueller. Into the first turn on lap 16, battling got too aggressive and the pair collided.

The 2024/25 Formula E World Champion made contact with Mueller in turn two and hit the techpro barrier and was out of the London E-Prix as well as Mueller. The Safety Car was inevitably deployed and just 18 drivers were left in the race.

End of lap 19 and the Safety Car was withdrawn, which meant lap 20 was the first lap of green flag racing in London. Following the Safety Car, there was two additional laps of racing, bringing the total to 36.

Cassidy nailed the restart and did well to maintain the lead from De Vries and led throughout the restart lap. There was change on the restart lap in the top three and that was for second as Evans, with that penalty, had got ahead of De Vries.

In terms of Attack Mode deployment, Jake Hughes and Lucas Di Grassi were the latest to visit the deployment of Attack Mode and for both it was for the first time. On lap 21, one lap later, it was Da Costa, who took his first Attack Mode of the race.

Sam Bird was one of the first into his last Attack Mode as the NEOM McLaren took on six minutes, which was all his Attack Mode had remaining, as David Beckmann took his first. The final drivers to take their first Attack Mode was Ticktum and Stoffel Vandoorne.

They were the last ones as Evans had done it a couple of laps prior but it was good strategy for Jaguar, as Evans had remained in second and crucially ahead of De Vries in the Mahindra.

Ticktum took four minutes in the first deployment, while Vandoorne ended up taking six minutes. Speaking of Ticktum, his race got bad to worse when he was handed a five-second time penalty for a Safety Car infraction with Di Grassi also picking up one.

Di Grassi was involved in an incident with Sam Bird, with Di Grassi of Lola Yamaha ABT losing a bit of front wing after running into the back of the NEOM McLaren of Bird. Bird picked up severe damage in the rear of the car and came into pit lane to retire, in what was likely to be his final Formula E race.

Out in front by lap 28, the Jaguar duo along with De Vries and Jake Dennis, who moved up into fourth, had all served the final parts of their Attack Mode and this was going to be entertaining as the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship boiled down into the latter stages of the season.

Sebastian Buemi was having a quiet but impressive race. After starting 19th on the grid, he was up into fourth after his second and final Attack Mode. A great drive from the Swiss.

After the final Attack Mode deployment from Evans, the Round 13 Berlin E-Prix winner was getting frustrated due to him feeling he was not getting the fair support from the team and teammate Cassidy, compared to what he gave earlier in the race.

The race laps kept ticking down and nothing was happening in the favour of Evans and out in front, Cassidy had been brilliant in the second half of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

Jaguar TCS Racing had won the last three E-Prix in consecutive fashion with two wins in Berlin, one from Mitch Evans and one from Nick Cassidy. To start the weekend in London, Cassidy won the first race and on Sunday he won the second!

Cassidy took the chequered flag to win the season finale of Season 11 in the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Nyck De Vries secured second place, following a Evans penalty, which dropped the other Jaguar to fifth. Sebastian Buemi completed the podium in third.

Jake Dennis was fourth for Andretti with Antonio Felix Da Costa in sixth. Maximilian Gunther was seventh ahead of Pascal Wehrlein in eighth. Lucas Di Grassi and David Beckmann rounded off the top 10 positions in the provisional classification.

In terms of prizes, Porsche secured the Teams' and Manufacturers' Championships. Brilliant work from the team and the German manufacturer and a memorable year even if they did not secure the World Drivers' Championship like Season 10.

However, in terms of the World Drivers' Championship in Season 11, there was no one better than British driver Oliver Rowland. Even though he will look back on the season finale with regret about his decision-making, it has been an outstanding season from the Nissan driver.

Rowland the man of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. He is the champion.

Formula E racing action will return for Season 12, when the start of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, with the season opener in Sao Paulo between 5-6 December 2025.

"From the writer of every single Formula E report across the season, Brandon Whiteside, I want to say a massive thank you to every one that has read these articles. It has been a big but brilliant addition, adding this championship to our content. I have thoroughly enjoyed it and cannot wait for more history in 2025/26.

Congratulations to Oliver Rowland you have been mega but also to Porsche, who have been formidable as a team but a manufacturer too. What a moment in pre-season for female participation. All of it has been fantastic.

Thank you once again for all your F1 Journal support covering the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in 2024/25."

Keep updated with all off-season news right here on F1 Journal.

Brandon Whiteside
Writer - F1 Journal

A fantastic knockout duel performance from Dan Ticktum, who for the first time in his Formula E career, he is king of the qualifying session, but due to a grid penalty he will not start Sunday from pole.

Following an incident in Saturday's London E-Prix, Ticktum will take a five-place grid penalty in Sunday's race but will still keep his three World Drivers' Championship points after coming out on top in the qualifying duels.

Instead of Ticktum starting on pole, it will be the Jaguar of Nick Cassidy, who was the last two successive E-Prix races - with one in London on Saturday, and the other in Berlin two weeks prior.

Oliver Rowland, already crowned champion, just missed out on the duels after missing out on fourth by 0.034. It is a big day for his team Nissan, who are fighting with Porsche for the Teams' and Manufacturers' Championship titles.

Group A got underway with the green light on at the end of the pit lane and the first 11 drivers headed out for their first 12-minute sessions, with all wanting a place in the final knockout duels of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

Immediately, all 11 drivers were out on track preparing for their push laps, as the session began to reach near the halfway point.

Nick Cassidy was a driver, who came into round 16 with fantastic form and the New Zealand driver laid down a first flying lap to go quickest, with his Jaguar TCS Racing teammate Mitch Evans slotting into second. 

Antonio Felix Da Costa has had a mixed set of results across the season, when it comes to qualifying and unfortunately his final qualifying of the season was done after a significant brake issue. He came to a stop at the first turn and was out of qualifying.

For causing a red flag, his lap was to be deleted, as per the sporting regulations ruling. Soon though the session was back underway, with the clock having been paused with four minutes and 45 seconds left on the clock.

Drivers were having to push as they had no time to do anything different. Edoardo Mortara was the driver to beat for Mahindra. The Mahindra team were first and third, with the Jaguars second and fourth.

A 1:08.583 was the time to beat from Mortara and his lap was impressive enough that his next lap was not good enough to beat his previous time. Nyck De Vries' next lap was good enough to make it a 1-2 for the team though.

Soon enough, the chequered flag was out and drivers had their current laps to improve their positions in an attempt to get through to the knockout duels. By the end of the session, Oliver Rowland was the big shock elimination after missing out by just 0.034.

Edoardo Mortara finished top of the session, ahead of teammate De Vries. Both Mahindra cars were through to the knockout duels, as were the two Jaguar machines with Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy through in third and fourth.

Following Group A, attention turned to the other 11 drivers in Group B.

Following Group A's conclusion in London, attention turned to the other group of drivers, who headed out of the pit lane and onto the track, for 12 minutes to try and secure a place in the top four.

​Half of the session had progressed and eventually, fast laps began to be set and it was a strong lap from Stoffel Vandoorne in the first laps set. He led the way from the two DS Penske machines of Jean-Eric Vergne and Maximilian Gunther.

Time was beginning to tick down and the drivers needed to find some lap times. Pascal Wehrlein was a driver in need of a lap, as he was in the provisional elimination zone but with four minutes to go, he went fastest.

A 1:08.640 for the Season 10 Formula E World Champion and he went to the top of the times. That was until one minute later, when Gunther went to the top for the DS Penske team with a 1:08.573 - 0.067 faster than his fellow German.

The track was ramping up a lot in very quick session and with a 1:08.447 went to the top of the time sheets for the Cupra Kiro team and with 90 seconds remaining he, Gunther, Wehrlein and Vandoorne were provisionally through but all had one more flying lap.

Soon enough time was up and on the final laps, no one improved good enough to disturb the top four. Ticktum, Gunther, Wehrlein and Vandoorne completed the top four and would join Nick Cassidy, Mitch Evans, Nyck De Vries and Edoardo Mortara in the knockouts.

Following a pause in the action after two enthralling action-packed group stages, it was time to see who will start the 2024/25 round 15 London E-Prix from pole position with the knockout 1v1 duels.

In this stage, eight drivers are paired up to form the quarter final stage, with one lap for each driver in each quarter final and they have to set a better timed lap than their opponent to progress through to the semi final stage.

First up was the quarter finals which would be arranged into the following fixtures:

• Quarter Final 1: Mitch Evans vs Nyck De Vries
• Quarter Final 2: Nick Cassidy vs Edoardo Mortara
• Quarter Final 3: Pascal Wehrlein vs Maximilian Gunther
• Quarter Final 4: Stoffel Vandoorne vs Dan Ticktum

Time for the quarter finals after a pause following the two groups. Up first was the Jaguar of Round 15 London E-Prix pole sitter Mitch Evans against the Mahindra of Nyck De Vries. The duo who competed in the duels final on Saturday.

It was Evans who progressed through to the semi finals after beating De Vries by a narrow margin of 0.038. The New Zealander, just like the final yesterday, was able to beat De Vries and he awaited one of either his teammate Nick Cassidy or Edoardo Mortara to join him in semi final 1.

Edoardo Mortara had a brake mechanical issue and the Mahindra's lap was over before it even really got going. He was defeated comprehensively by Cassidy, who was able to complete his lap. He made it an all-Jaguar Semi Final 1.

The third quarter final was between the DS Penske of Maximilian Gunther and the Porsche of Pascal Wehrlein. The all-German affair was a battle for the first position in Semi Final 2. Porsche could do with a couple of extra points in their battle between Nissan for the Teams' and the Manufacturers' championship.

Great lap from Gunther and he was able to beat Wehrlein by over a tenth of a second and had to wait for one of Stoffel Vandoorne and Dan Ticktum to progress through Quarter Final 4.

Joining Gunther in Semi Final 2 was Dan Ticktum of Cupra Kiro. The driver on home soil and just like Saturday, the highest British driver in qualifying, set a 1:07.021 to progress through to the semi finals. His lap was almost a second faster than that from Vandoorne.

With the four drivers of the semi finals confirmed, the semi-final fixtures were as follows:

• Semi Final 1: Mitch Evans vs Nick Cassidy
• Semi FInal 2: Maximilian Gunther vs Dan Ticktum

Time for the semi finals and a bizarre sequence of events in Semi Final 1, when Nick Cassidy looked to have made a mistake so it seemed like he was not going to progress. Therefore, Evans backed off in the final corner but did so, way too much. Evans was eliminated and Cassidy progressed to the final.

It was later revealed that it was a tactical thing and that for Cassidy to try and catch Wehrlein, he needed a shot at the most points possible and to pick them up from where he could. Three points for pole position would have been a good start.

In the second semi-final, Dan Ticktum got through to the final with a great lap and dominated the semi-final duel against the DS Penske of Maximilian Gunther. Therefore, he progressed to the duels final and was to compete against the Jaguar of Nick Cassidy.

The final took place with Nick Cassidy going first on his lap and Dan Ticktum being delayed and then following behind. Ticktum would complete his lap last. 

It was a fantastic battle between the pair but it was a maiden Formula E pole position for Dan Ticktum. A brilliant effort and a simply perfect knockout duels for the British driver and on home soil, he took his first ever pole position in Formula E.

However, he will not start on pole due to a five-place grid penalty for a collision on Saturday so Nick Cassidy will start from pole position.

Brandon Whiteside
​Writer - F1 Journal

Jaguar's Mitch Evans set the fastest time on Sunday morning, at the London E-Prix, in the final Free Practice session of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

In the final round of he 16-round season, Evans' final flying lap in Free Practice 3 was good enough to secure the session's fastest time, in what has been a brilliant period for the Jaguar TCS Racing, after winning the last three E-Prix consecutively.

Evans was fastest in the session with a 1:06.984, which was just 0.061 faster than second place Pascal Wehrlein of the Tag Heur Porsche team. Former Formula E World Champion Stoffel Vandoorne was third for the Maserati team.

Oliver Rowland, the already crowned 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion was 19th out of the 21 drivers who set a lap time. It is a big day for his team Nissan as well as Porsche as both will have optimism of clinching either or both of the Teams' and Manufacturers' championships.

In the early stages of the session, drivers began to set their first amount of flying laps in the session with drivers such as Nico Mueller and Lucas Di Grassi having small stints at the top of the times.

By the end of the first 10 minutes of the session it was Mitch Evans by 0.001, who was top of the times, as he went ahead of the Porsche of Pascal Wehrlein, for Jaguar TCS Racing. A 1:09.394 for Evans.

​The first 10 minutes was concluded by the top three being separated by five thousandths of a second as Mueller moved back up to third place. This was until moments later when improvements from the Mahindra of Edoardo Mortara, who went to the top.

Mortara was up to the top of the times with a lap of 1:09.059, which was an impressive lap in the early stages of proceedings in London. Maximilian Gunther came close as his personal best, at that point in the session, saw him go second quickest.

​ Soon though, he was bumped to third by Nick Cassidy, as the winner of the last two E-Prix went to second position and closed the gap to Mortara's lap to 0.166.

Mortara's time was beaten though, by his Mahindra teammate Nyck De Vries, who secured a second place finish in Saturday's E-Prix, by just 0.019 with a time of 1:08.970. However, as the track continued to improve, the order continued to change, with Jean-Eric Vergne the latest to go top.

By the halfway point, laps had improved significantly and once again Mortara found himself at the top of the time sheets with a 1:07.392 - 0.121 of then second place Antonio Felix Da Costa.

A mechanical problem for Maserati's Jake Hughes saw his session massively disrupted and did not appear in the first half of the Free Practice 3 session giving him a disadvantage potentially, ahead of the later on qualifying session.

Eventually, after a long stint at the top for Mortara his time was beaten and it was by the Cupra Kiro of Dan Ticktum who went fastest in the session by a tenth with less than 12 minutes to go. A 1:07.270 for Ticktum, which was 0.122 faster than Mortara's lap.

Ticktum's lap was beaten too in the final 10 minutes. FIrst by Mitch Evans but with a 1:07.045, the Porsche of Pascal Wehrlein rocketed to the top of the times - 0.178 faster than Evans' lap.

However, at the end of the session, Evans returned to the top of the time sheet and finished the session fastest with a 1:06.984 - 0.061 ahead of Pascal Wehrlein, who ended the session in second. Stoffel Vandoorne was third for the Maserati team.

Following Free Practice 3, qualifying is to come which will set the grid for the final race of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

A fantastic drive from New Zealander Nick Cassidy, who on his final weekend with Jaguar TCS Racing, took victory in the round 15 London E-Prix, on Saturday evening in the England capital.

Cassidy was victorious for Jaguar TCS Racing in a stunning drive from fourth on the grid after maximising the strategy of Pit Boost and Attack Modes to take a second victory in a row and for his team Jaguar TCS Racing - it is their third race win in a row!

The New Zealander won ahead of Mahindra Racing driver Nyck De Vries, who was second ahead of German Pascal Wehrlein who completed the podium positions.

​Pole sitter Mitch Evans was not as successful as his teammate. After a poor strategy he finished in 10th place. Current Formula E World Champion, Oliver Rowland, finished 11th in the provisional result

Saturday afternoon in the UK capital meant E-Prix time for round 15 of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the penultimate race of the 16-round season, in what has been a brilliant and memorable season.

The starting grid was determined by the day's earlier qualifying session in a dramatic knockout duels process. Following his knockout duels final, Mitch Evans started from the front of the field. 

Evans started on the front row alongside Nyck De Vries of Mahindra, who he beat in the duels final. Pascal Wehrlein and Dan Ticktum started third and fourth on the second row behind.

This was also the final race of the season where the Pit Boost was to come into effect in the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. This is where each driver had to serve a mandatory pit stop in the race as well as the two mandatory Attack Mode zones.

37 laps of racing got underway at the London Excel and it was a good start from Evans, who led into the first turns and the top three stayed as they were with De Vries in second and Wehrlein. Meanwhile, Nick Cassidy had moved up into fourth and ahead of Ticktum.

There was drama though on the first lap with Maximilian Gunther and Edoardo Mortara colliding on the run down the hill - damaging the fronr right suspension of the DS Penske of Gunther.

He came to a stop in a tight turn which caused the two NEOM McLaren cars to nearly run into him as well as the Lola Yamaha ABT of Zane Maloney. Thankfully the three drivers that were innocent bystanders ended up being able to continue in the race.

In an unrelated issue, Jake Hughes had picked up damage to his suspension too in another incident but it was only a minor issue and he made it back to the pits without causing additional hazard. Once he came into the pit lane he became the second race retirement.

The Safety Car was deployed while the DS Penske of Gunther was cleared off the circuit and this allowed the field to bunch up. The Safety Car was withdrawn at the end of lap three, with lap four being the first lap where the race was back to green flag conditions.

At the restart, Evans got away well and maintained a good gap to De Vries, with Wehrlein, Cassidy and Ticktum following behind him in the top five. 

10 laps passed and there was no drivers that had visited Attack Mode in the race, out of the 20 that still remained. Drivers had to use up eight minutes of Attack Mode, in two separate portions, as well as their mandatory Pit Boost.

Eventually, the first driver to take their Pit Boost ventured into the pit lane. That was Bird, who dropped from 18th to 20th while others began to activate their pit window. This began a chain reaction of events at the end of lap 16 with Stoffel Vandoorne, Jean-Eric Vergne, Norman Nato and Sebastian Buemi all taking their Pit Boost stops.

Lap 16 also saw the first two drivers into Attack Mode, which were David Beckmann of Cupra Kiro and Maloney of Lola Yamaha ABT. The following lap saw many take their first Attack Modes. This included: Nyck De Vries, Pascal Wehrlien, Oliver Rowland and Lucas Di Grassi.

After Vandoorne's group pitted, Nick Cassidy, Dan Ticktum, Jake Dennis, Edoardo Mortara and Antonio Felix Da Costa all took their first Pit Boost mandatory stops. Following this they all took their first Attack Modes of the race. This was the lap after that Vandoorne, Buemi, Nato and Vergne took their first Attack Modes.

Soon enough, Mitch Evans, Nico Mueller and Taylor Barnard all took their first Attack Modes of the race on lap 20, while Maloney took his mandatory Pit Boost stop.

The pit lane had a couple of laps break from cars entering to serve their Pit Boost but on lap 23, Beckmann was the latest to pit for his mandatory stop. He had rejoined in 18th and third last out of those who had pitted,

Next up on the following lap was the turn of Lucas Di Grassi and Nico Mueller to come into the pit lane with both of those heading out behind Beckmann in 18th and 19th respectively.

Pit Boost once again was popular on lap 25 and it was the main group of leaders in the race with De Vries, Evans, Wehrlein, Rowland and Barnard included in that list and pitted. The last driver to serve a mandatory pit stop was Robin Frijns on lap 26.

In terms of how the lead group rejoined, it was De Vries in the lead from Nick Cassidy and Pascal Wehrlein with Stoffel Vandoorne and Sam Bird in the top five provisionally. Sam Bird had pulled a brilliant undercut strategy to get himself from 18th when he pitted and up to fifth.

The last driver to take his final Attack Mode was Nick Cassidy, who was running in second place and he took on four minutes of Attack Mode in an attempt to get past the New Zealander of De Vries.

This was the same lap as Antonio Felix Da Costa took his second and final Attack Mode.

Using his first Attack Mode effectively, Nick Cassidy breezed by and into the race lead with over two minutes remaining and he was then able to try and pull a gap on the Mahindra driver. It was looking positive for Cassidy and the New Zealander had a great chance at victory.

Soon enough, more drivers began to take their second Attack Modes of the race with the likes of Jake Dennis, his Andretti teammate Nico Mueller and the Envision of Robin Frijns.

Frijns' Envision teammate Sebastian Buemi was in trouble from the Stewards and the Swiss driver was penalised following a Safety Car infraction earlier on in the race. He was not the only one as Taylor Barnard was also handed a penalty. Both were handed a five-second time penalty.

In terms of racing action, many were getting involved in race battles with Antonio Felix Da Costa emerging with front wing damage and he lasted two laps without coming into the pit lane but eventually he came into the pit lane.

Mitch Evans had trouble too as he was spun around near the Attack Mode area compiling an afternoon of misery after starting on pole position for the Jaguar driver. It was an incident with Jake Dennis and Dan Ticktum, where Ticktum clipped the rear of Evans and sent the New Zealander into a spin.

Ticktum was continuing to be involved in battles and the Cupra Kiro driver soon had his race ended after he found the wall while trying to make a pass on the NEOM McLaren of Sam Bird but was unsuccessful in that attempt.

Elsewhere on the race track, so many drivers had taken up their second Attack Modes when the Safety Car was called out following Ticktum's collision with the barriers and his immediate retirement.

The Safety Car was withdrawn at the end of lap 34 and it was time to go racing once again and just Robin Frijns, Sebastian Buemi, Oliver Rowland, David Beckmann and Lucas Di Grassi all having an Attack Mode remaining. Di Grassi was almost out of contention with a five-second time penalty for crossing the white line at pit exit.

There was just one added lap taking the total of laps from 37 to 38. At the restart, Cassidy got away well ahead of De Vries and Wehrlein with Stoffel Vandoorne holding position ahead of Jake Dennis in fifth.

Immediately on the restart lap, those who needed to take on their second Attack Modes, did just that and only Lucas Di Grassi had more than two minutes of deployment remaining. The Brazilian had six minutes in total.

Drama continued all the way to the end of the race with Nico Mueller losing his front wing after making contact with the wall. Thankfully, for those who did not want the drama to end, no Safety Car or Full Course Yellow was required by Race Control.

Cassidy had dominated the restart though and was able to extend the lead to over a second ahead of the Mahindra of De Vries. He had taken victory in Berlin almost two weeks prior to the Saturday round 15 E-Prix.

They took two victories in Berlin and in the first race in London they were to make it three in a row. Crossing the line first, Nick Cassidy won for Jaguar TCS Racing in London in a great drive from fourth on the grid. A win on his final weekend with the team. A truly memorable moment.

Cassidy was victorious with Nyck De Vries and Pascal Wehrlein, two former champions, completing the podium positions. Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Dennis rounded off the top five for Maserati and Andretti respectively.

Jean-Eric Vergne, Edoardo Mortara and Robin Frijns were sixth, seventh and eighth. Norman Nato and Mitch Evans rounded off the top 10 and points scoring positions.

Race weekend in London returns on Sunday morning to start the final race day of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Free Practice 3 gets things started.

Brandon Whiteside
​Writer - F1 Journal

In a close final fight for pole position, Mitch Evans has secured a second pole position in three rounds and will start the round 15 London E-Prix from pole position, on Saturday evening.

The Jaguar TCS Racing driver, who was fighting for Formula E World Championship glory in London 12 months ago, beat Mahindra Racing's Nyck De Vries to secure three world championship points.

Evans had to beat Season 10 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion Pascal Wehrlein in the semi final, while De Vries had to defeat Dan Ticktum without the Brit losing his time to a track limits infraction.

Already crowned Formula E World Champion of 2024/25, Oliver Rowland, will go from 12th on the grid following his elimination in Group A. Big blow suffered for Nissan in their fight for Teams' and Manufcaturers' Championship glory.

Group A began the session with their 12-minute outing on the London E-Prix circuit. The 11 was to become four after the 12 minutes, with the top four progressing to the knockout duels and continuing in their fight for pole.

The green light came on at the end of the pit lane and the session began with the cars exiting the pit lane immediately, except Oliver Rowland as his engineer  instructed him to wait so he was not going to be swarmed around traffic.

In the first half of the session, there was no true representative lap times, as the drivers were building up to push laps with a lot of preparation laps before they started pushing on tours around the Excel London venue.

The first benchmark lap times were being laid down with a 1:08.955 by Nick Cassidy seeing him at the top. His lap was three tenths ahead of Maximilian Gunther in second with just one third of the session remaining. It was fairly close out on the circuit between second downwards. 

Soon enough the time in the session was up and Nick Cassidy only needed to make one improvement lap on his previous personal best, which was also the session best. He finished the session fastest for Jaguar. 

Maximilian Gunther progressed too along with Nyck De Vries and Dan Ticktum. Four different power-trains made it through to the knockout duels.

Surprise eliminations included Taylor Barnard but not quite as a big of a surprise as Oliver Rowland who could only manage sixth and the 2024/25 Formula E World Champion was out of the running.

Following Group A, attention turned to Group B.

Group B got underway for the penultimate time in the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, with four drivers already through from Group B, all of the 11 drivers in this group had aspirations of joining Nick Cassidy, Maximilian Gunther, Nyck De Vries and Dan Ticktum.

​The first lap times were set and it was Pascal Wehrlein who initially went quickest before his lap was beaten by Mitch Evans, Jean-Eric Vergne and Edoardo Mortara and it was Mortara who managed to go to the top of the times with a 1:08.968.

There were improvements from Evans and Jake Dennis on the second lap times as they were looking to strengthen their chances of progressing through to the knockout duels but both were falling short of Mortara.

Wehrlein was finding good pace though and in doing just that, the German who won his only Formula E title in London 12 months prior, went to the top of the times for the Tag Heur Porsche team. A 1:08.867 for Wehrlein.

At the end of Group B, it was Wehrlein who was quickest for the Tag Heur Porsche team. and progressed through to the knockout duels top of Group B. He was joined in the knockout duels by Evans and the Maserati duo Jake Hughes and Stoffel Vandoorne.

​Following the conclusion of the Group B session it was time for the knockout duels.

Following a pause in the action after two enthralling action-packed group stages, it was time to see who will start the 2024/25 round 15 London E-Prix from pole position with the knockout 1v1 duels.

In this stage, eight drivers are paired up to form the quarter final stage, with one lap for each driver in each quarter final and they have to set a better timed lap than their opponent to progress through to the semi final stage.

First up was the quarter finals which would be arranged into the following fixtures:

• Quarter Final 1: Nyck De Vries vs Maximilian Gunther
• Quarter Final 2: Dan Ticktum vs Nick Cassidy
• Quarter Final 3: Jake Hughes vs Mitch Evans
• Quarter Final 4: Stoffel Vandoorne vs Pascal Wehrlein

The first quarter final was between two drivers who had both participated in the Group A session, which was Nyck De Vries and Maximilian Gunther. De Vries might have been feeling slightly more confident than Gunther after he topped Free Practice 2 in the earlier session.

De Vries proved the confidence he had in his Mahindra Racing machine and the Dutch driver progressed by beating the German driver. Now De Vries had to wait to see which one of Nick Cassidy or Dan Ticktum he would face in the semi final part of the duels.

Out of the two it was the Cupra Kiro of Ticktum that progressed to complete the first semi final duel fixture.

Then it was to determine the second semi final fixture and therefore trying to book their spot first was the Maserati of Jake Hughes, who was competing against the Jaguar of Mitch Evans. Progressing through to the second semi final was Evans despite a brilliant second sector from the Brit.

The final quarter final was between the other Maserati of Stoffel Vandoorne and the sole Porsche in the knockout duels, which was German Pascal Wehrlein. Out of the duel, it was the German who beat the Belgian and completed the four to feature in the semi final stage.

The two semi-final duels shaped up as follows:

• Semi Final 1: Dan Ticktum vs Nyck De Vries
• Semi Final 2: Mitch Evans vs Pascal Wehrlein
  

The first semi final taking place was between the sole British driver remaining, Dan Ticktum, who was taking on the Mahindra of past Formula E World Champion Nyck De Vries. Booking a place in the final was De Vries, in what was a very close duel. Just 0.009 between the pair after both completed their laps.

Joining De Vries in the duels final was to be one of Mitch Evans and Pascal Wehrlein. Two drivers who battled for the Formula E title 12 months ago were instead fighting over a place in the duels final.

It was Evans who beat Wehrlein to progress through to the final. The important points Porsche need for the Teams' and Manufacturers' Championships will need to come in the day's E-Prix.

This left the final between Mitch Evans and Nyck De Vries. Jaguar TCS Racing vs Mahindra Racing respectively. 

In a very close contest between the pair it was the Jaguar of Evans, who took his second Formula E Pole Position in three rounds, to continue his team's fantastic end to the campaign. He managed to do enough to beat the pacey Mahindra of Nyck De Vries.

He will start the Round 15 London E-Prix from pole position with the Dutchman alongside him on the front row.

Brandon Whiteside
​Writer - F1 Journal

Good lap from Mahindra Racing's Nyck De Vries who was fastest at the start of Round 15 race day at the London E-Prix, in Saturday morning's Free Practice 2.

De Vries was flying for Mahindra throughout the early stages of the session and the Mahindra team looked to have good pace with Edoardo Mortara looking strong throughout the session too. Could either be on for a surprise pole position later on?

The Dutch driver was fastest ahead of the Jaguar of Mitch Evans, who led the time for the latter stages but ended the session in second. Dan Tictum of Cupra Kiro was third fastest ahead of Season 10 Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein and Jake Hughes, who rounded off the top five.

Already crowned 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion Oliver Rowland finished 13th in a big week for Nissan in their hunt for the Teams' and Manufacturers' championship fight with the Porsche team.

The penultimate race day of the 2024/25 season began with Free Practice 2, which got the on-track action underway in the British capital at 10:00 local time. A strong showing for Pascal Wehrlein on Friday saw him top the opening session of the weekend - Free Practice 1.

In the first 10 minutes of Free Practice 2 it was Nick Cassidy of Jaguar, who led the way for Jaguar TCS Racing ahead of Nyck De Vries. A 1:09.471 was the early benchmark lap time in the first quarter of the session

Edoardo Mortara had time at the top of the time sheets and at the exact halfway point he led the field at the top of the times, with a lap faster than that by Wehrlein in FP!. A 1:08.014 for Mortara, which was three tenths clear of Taylor Barnard and Sam Bird, who were second and third.

Mortara's lap was beaten though by Bird, Nico Mueller and Dan Ticktum who went fastest of the session for Cupra Kiro with a 1:07.929. Mueller's lap that had him second was just 0.011 behind Ticktum.

MItch Evans though was next to go to the top of the times with just over 10 minutes remaining. The Jaguar TCS Racing team shone in Berlin with taking two victories and both of their drivers, Evans and Cassidy, had been fastest at times during the session.

A 1:07:564 for Evans was closely challenged by the Cupra Kiro of Ticktum and by 0.008 the Brit missed out on going to the top of the time sheets in Free Practice 2. Jake Hughes elevated himself to third but was three tenths back after one lap.

Hughes on his next lap though was flying but was 0.062 away from the lap of Evans after he was compromised in the final sector of the race track. 

Evans had his lap beaten before the end and by 0.043, Nyck De Vries emerged to the top of the time sheets for Mahindra Racing with a 1:07.521. Two minutes remained at the point of the Dutchman going fastest.

At the end of the session it was De Vries fastest in the final Free Practice 2 session of the 2024/25 season ahead of Evans and Ticktum who completed the top three. Wehrlein was fourth ahead of Maserati duo Jake Hughes and Stoffel Vandoorne, who were fifth and sixth.

​Nico Mueller, Edoardo Mortara, Antonio Felix Da Costa and Sam Bird rounded off the top 10 of Free Practice 2.

Qualifying and the round 15 London E-Prix to come later on through Saturday.

Brandon Whiteside
​Writer - F1 Journal