2024–25 Formula E World Championship

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

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

Team changes

British motorsport brand Lola announced its return to top-level motorsport for the first time since the 2006 Champ Car World Series. Lola entered Formula E developing its own powertrain in cooperation with Yamaha. This partnership supplies powertrains to ABT, who had previously used Mahindra powertrains but ended that affiliation, and the team entered the season as Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team.

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. Ahead of the São Paulo ePrix weekend, Cupra entered into a partnership with Kiro Race Co to enter the season as Cupra Kiro. Cupra previously partnered with Abt in the last two seasons of the championship.

Driver changes

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. Jehan Daruvala's contract at Maserati was also not renewed, with the team instead signing McLaren driver Jake Hughes. To replace Hughes, McLaren promoted reserve and developmental driver Taylor Barnard to a full-time drive.

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 to return to Super Formula with Team TOM'S. Nico Müller left ABT after two seasons with the team to replace Nato at Andretti. 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.

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

Mid-season

Norman Nato will miss the Berlin E-Prix double-header because of a calendar clash with the FIA World Endurance Championship's 6 Hours of São Paulo. The team's reserve driver Sérgio Sette Câmara will replace him.

List of planned races

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

Location changes

*The Misano ePrix was removed from the calendar, leaving Italy without a race in Season 11.
*The Saudi Arabian rounds were relocated from the Riyadh Street Circuit to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, hosting the first ever Jeddah ePrix.
*The Miami ePrix was reintroduced to the calendar, the first race in Florida since 2015, replacing the Portland ePrix. The event moved from the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit to the Homestead–Miami Speedway, which previously hosted the IMSA GT Championship and numerous club races. At a length of , the track is the longest Formula E circuit in history.
*The Monaco ePrix became a double header for the first time in the race's history. The Tokyo ePrix also became a double-header race.
*The Jakarta ePrix will return to the calendar, after a cancellation in season 10 due to elections in the country.

ePrix locations

Regulation changes

Technical regulations

The championship introduced an upgrade to its Gen3 ruleset, called Gen3 Evo. 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.

Quick-charging pit stops will be introduced from the Jeddah E-Prix onwards, more than two years after the initial announcement of the feature. The new "Pit Boost", planned to be used in all double-header race weekends of the season requires all drivers to make a mandatory pitstop taking around 30 seconds, during which the cars' batteries will be recharged by around 10%. This pitstop will have to be taken in a certain window in the race, chosen by the race officials prior to the event. No other work on the cars is allowed to be carried out during the quick-charging pitstops, and only one car per team will be able to take this stop.

Sporting regulations

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.

Season report

Pre-season

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. António Félix da Costa, driving for Porsche, was fastest in the first session, with Nissan and Jaguar forced to sit out as penalty for exceeding the cost cap in the 2022-23 season. Jaguar and Mitch Evans finished the test with the fastest time overall. An all-female test, the first of its kind in an FIA-sanctioned championship, concluded this test on 8 November. 2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling posted the fastest time, driving for Nissan.

Opening rounds

The season began with the São Paulo ePrix. The reigning champion, Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein took pole position, beating Nissan's Oliver Rowland in the final duel. An update to attack mode and softer tyres meant that drivers were able to gain many positions while in the 350kW power mode, with Nick Cassidy using it to take an early lead. However, the race was plagued with retirements, as well as two red flags, the latter of which was caused by Wehrlein's car flipping upside down after a collision with Cassidy. Having started last on the grid due to a brake issue in qualifying, Mitch Evans stayed out of trouble and overtook the entire field to win the race for Jaguar. António Félix da Costa and Taylor Barnard also finished on the podium, for Porsche and McLaren respectively. Barnard became the youngest driver to podium in a Formula E race.

Next was the Mexico City ePrix. Porsche locked out the front row, with Wehrlein ahead of da Costa. Wehrlein led for the first 15 laps before being overtaken by Jake Dennis, who was using attack mode. He and the two Porsche cars battled for the podium positions for most of the race. There was a late safety car to recover the car of David Beckmann following a collision with Lucas di Grassi. On the restart, Rowland used attack mode to take the lead of the race before another safety car period, this time for Evans, who collided with Nico Müller. Rowland held off an attacking da Costa to win the race for Nissan, with da Costa and Wehrlein rounding out the podium, and Dennis finishing fourth. Back-to-back podiums meant that da Costa took an early lead in the championship. Despite the two safety cars, there were no added laps, resulting in Edoardo Mortara, Sébastien Buemi and di Grassi receiving time penalties for not completing their attack mode activations.

The first double header of the season was the Jeddah ePrix, the first Formula E races to take place on a shortened version of the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. The weekend began with a rookie free practice session, where Formula 2 driver Kush Maini drove the fastest time for Mahindra. Race one was the debut of the new 'pit boost' format. Maximilian Günther started from pole and led until a safety car was called to recover debris from the car of da Costa after a collision with Müller. Günther gave up the lead to Rowland in order to save energy, and Rowland controlled the race after the pitstops. Pit boost's introduction was not flawless, with Dan Ticktum's car requiring a reset, dropping him out of a top-10 position. Towards the end of the race, Rowland began to struggle for energy, allowing Günther to overtake him in the final lap and win the race. A second-place finish for Rowland meant he took the championship lead, ahead of da Costa by four points.

Race 2 followed the regular no-stop format. Barnard became the youngest polesitter in Formula E, starting from the front row alongside mentor Rowland. On the opening lap, championship contenders Günther and da Costa collided, with both drivers retiring from the race. Barnard led the early part of the race before being overtaken by Rowland on lap 9. Robin Frijns took the lead on lap 12, but was lower on energy than the following cars, allowing Rowland to retake the lead two laps later. Barnard and Dennis also briefly took the lead using their attack modes, but Rowland saved his final six minutes of attack mode until late in the race. He won the race with a six-second gap over Barnard and Jake Hughes, extending his championship lead to 17 points.

Next was the return of the Miami ePrix, this time at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Norman Nato beat former teammate Dennis to take his maiden pole position. The majority of the race saw energy management and pelaton-style racing, with Wehrlein and da Costa looking in a strong position at the front of the pack. However, with six laps remaining, a red flag was called after an incident involving Hughes, Günther and Evans. When the race restarted, many drivers immediately took their final attack mode, although it seemed unlikely that some would be able to finish using it. Nato crossed the line in first position, ahead of Wehrlein and Frijns. Soon after the race, however, Nato and Frijns were each given a ten-second time penalty as they did not finish using their attack modes before crossing the line. Wehrlein inherited the win, ahead of di Grassi and da Costa. Rowland also received a ten-second penalty, but retained his lead in the championship, fifteen points ahead of da Costa.

Mid-season rounds

Monaco held a double-header for the first time, with Saturday's race featuring pit boost. Barnard claimed his second pole position after championship leader Rowland crashed in their final duel. Rowland took the lead on lap 12 and was challenged by the Andretti and Mahindra drivers, who used attack mode and pit boost to move through the field. Nyck de Vries took the lead on lap 24 ahead of Müller, who had recovered from a lap one puncture, and Dennis. Rowland was the last of the front-runners to take the final attack mode, and he used it to reclaim the lead a lap later. He won the race two seconds ahead of de Vries. Dennis was given a five-second penalty for speeding under full course yellow, but teammate Müller held the field up so Dennis would not lose his place on the podium. Müller, however, lost fourth place on the finish line to Mortara. Rowland extended his championship lead, 34 points ahead of reigning champion Wehrlein.

Sunday's race began with a chaotic qualifying session held in wet conditions. In semi-final one, both Rowland and de Vries ran off the road at Sainte-Devote, but Rowland recovered faster to win the duel. Günther and Jean-Éric Vergne then had their lap times deleted in semi-final two, and Rowland was given pole position without a final duel taking place. He held the lead at the start of the race, but once again chose to take attack mode later than those behind, giving Vergne the lead on lap 6. A safety car to recover Müller's car came out on lap 13, and Vergne controlled the restart well. Rowland took his first attack mode on lap 18, but a squabble at the Nouvelle chicane let de Vries into the lead. Buemi, who had moved up the field to fourth, used his second attack mode to take the lead of the race. He built a gap of over three seconds that Rowland was unable to overcome. Further back, Cassidy's strategy had worked well too, and he was able to force his way past de Vries into third. Buemi took a record-breaking fourteenth win, his first since 2019 and his third in Monaco. Rowland finished second, while Cassidy finally claimed his first podium of the season. Rowland's lead in the championship grew to 48 points, now ahead of da Costa.

Tokyo also became a double header for 2025. Qualifying for Saturday's race was cancelled due to poor weather, and Rowland was given pole position based on FP2 times. The race began behind the safety car as the track was still wet, before a standing start on lap five. Rowland held the lead as others behind took an early attack mode, but due to the conditions, there were few position changes. Stoffel Vandoorne ran a unique strategy, choosing to use more energy at the start and take pit boost early. Shortly after, the race was red flagged when Günther stopped on track in 'red' status, giving Vandoorne a huge advantage. Rowland maintained the lead on the standing restart, but as the rest of the field took their pit boost, Vandoorne cycled through to the front with a 25-second lead. Despite a spin, he won his first race in three years ahead of Rowland and Barnard. Rowland's championship lead increased to 60 points.

Sunday was dry, but began with disappointment for Ticktum, who had looked on course for pole position before crashing in his final duel against Rowland. Evans, who had not scored a point since his win in the opening race, was unable to start. With his usual strategy of taking attack mode late, Rowland was shuffled from first to sixth in the opening part of the race, with Wehrlein leading from Ticktum and Barnard. All drivers in the top 10 took their second attack mode around lap 23, but Rowland had six minutes remaining compared to four minutes for most others, and he fought back to the lead. On lap 29, Mortara collided with Barnard, sending the latter into the wall and triggering a late safety car. With one lap remaining on the restart, everyone was able to drive flat out, with Rowland taking the win at Nissan's home race ahead of Wehrlein, while Ticktum came third to take his maiden podium in Formula E. Rowland left Tokyo still in the championship lead, with a monumental gap of 77 points to Wehrlein.

Next was Shanghai, where race one featured pit boost's first appearance in a peloton-style race. Günther claimed pole position from Barnard in the final duel. The lead switched hands a number of times at the start of the race, but Günther remained near the front. He saved his second attack mode until late in the race, allowing him to win with a gap of seven seconds. The rest of the podium changed in the final corner: Ticktum had moved from 21st on the grid to second, but was overtaken by Vergne and Barnard, with Rowland finishing behind him in fifth. It was DS Penske's first 1-2 result. With the two Porsche drivers failing to score, Barnard improved to second in the standings, 86 points behind Rowland.

Race two was the third race of the season to be affected by rain. Practice was red flagged for the majority of the session, and only the group stages were held in qualifying. Cassidy set the fastest time overall to claim pole position. The race began behind the safety car after a series of rain delays. Cassidy held the lead throughout the race, building a gap of seven seconds to the Porsche duo of Wehrlein and da Costa to take his first win since Berlin in 2024. Rowland finished outside of the points for the first time since São Paulo, his championship lead reducing to 68 points ahead of Wehrlein.

Results and standings

E-Prix

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded using the following structure:

Teams' Championship

Manufacturers' Championship

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

Notes

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