2025–26 Formula E World Championship Explained

The 2025–26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is the twelfth 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. It began in December 2025 and will end in August 2026.

It is the fourth and final season of the Formula E Gen3 Evo, with the Gen4 regulations coming into effect the following season.[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams use the Formula E Gen3 Evo car on Hankook tyres.[2]

TeamPowertrainNo.DriversRounds
Nissan Formula E TeamNissan e-4ORCE 051 Oliver Rowland1–5
23nowrap Norman Nato[3] 1–5
Cupra Kiro[4] Porsche 99X Electric WCG33 Pepe Martí[5] 1–5
33 Dan Ticktum[6] 1–5
DS PenskeDS E-Tense FE257 Maximilian Günther[7] 1–5
77 Taylor Barnard1–5
Jaguar TCS RacingJaguar I-Type 79 Mitch Evans[8] 1–5
13nowrap António Félix da Costa[9] 1–5
Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E TeamLola-Yamaha T00111 Lucas di Grassi[10] 1–5
22 Zane Maloney1–5
Envision RacingJaguar I-Type 714 Joel Eriksson[11] 1–5
16 Sébastien Buemi[12] 1–5
Mahindra RacingMahindra M12Electro21 Nyck de Vries[13] 1–5
48 Edoardo Mortara1–5
Citroën Racing[14] [15] Citroën ë-CX25 Jean-Éric Vergne[16] 1–5
37 Nick Cassidy1–5
Andretti Formula EPorsche 99X Electric 27 Jake Dennis[17] 1–5
28 Felipe Drugovich[18] 1–5
Porsche Formula E TeamPorsche 99X Electric51 Nico Müller[19] 1–5
94 Pascal Wehrlein1–5
Sources:[20] [21] [22]

Team changes

After three years of competing in the series, McLaren announced in April 2025 that the McLaren Formula E Team would not return to the championship for the 2025–26 season to focus on its LMDh project in the World Endurance Championship.[23] The team did not find a buyer and shut down, leaving Nissan without a customer team for the first time since the 2021–22 season.[24]

Citroën announced they would be joining Formula E in the 2025–26 season, as Stellantis replaced Maserati MSG Racing, which had competed in the series for 3 years, with the Citroën brand.[25] This marked the marque's debut in top-level single-seater racing.[26]

TAG Heuer ended their partnership with Porsche after being their title sponsor for six seasons.[27]

Driver changes

Envision Racing and Robin Frijns parted ways at the end of the 2024–25 season following six seasons together across two spells, with Frijns focusing on his FIA WEC Hypercar program with BMW M Team WRT.[28] [29] To replace Frijns, the team signed Jaguar's reserve driver Joel Eriksson, who entered ten Formula E races in 2021 and 2024, for his full-season debut.

Taylor Barnard, who finished fourth in his debut season with McLaren, moved to DS Penske, replacing Jean-Éric Vergne, who ended his affiliation with the DS Automobiles brand after eight seasons.[7] Vergne moved over to newly entered Stellantis sister brand Citroën, where he was joined by season eleven runner-up Nick Cassidy, who departed Jaguar TCS Racing after two seasons with the team.[30] This saw former champion Stoffel Vandoorne leave Maserati MSG to become Jaguar's reserve driver, while Jake Hughes become Mahindra's reserve driver.[31] [32]

António Félix da Costa departed the Porsche Formula E Team after three seasons as he moved to Jaguar TCS Racing to replace Citroën-bound Cassidy.[33] [9] The team signed Nico Müller, who departed Andretti after a single season with the American team, where he finished 15th in the standings.[34] To replace Müller, Andretti signed 2022 Formula 2 Champion Felipe Drugovich for his full-season debut after he made a one-round appearance in the 2024–25 season with Mahindra Racing.[35]

David Beckmann left Cupra Kiro after a season with the team and returned to reserve driver duties at Porsche.[36] [37] He was replaced by former Red Bull junior driver Pepe Martí, who graduated from Formula 2, where he drove for Campos Racing.[5]

Departing team McLaren saw Taylor Barnard move to DS Penske, while Sam Bird would not return to race in the series after having taken part in every season since the championship's inauguration, instead taking up a reserve driver role at Nissan.[7] [38]

Calendar

The official calendar was released on 16 October 2025.[39] The following ePrix are contracted to form the 2025–26 Formula E World Championship, which will be the longest season in championship history, consisting of a record 17 races.

RoundE-PrixCountryCircuitDate
1São Paulo ePrixSão Paulo Street Circuit6 December 2025
2Mexico City ePrixAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez10 January 2026
3Miami ePrixMiami International Autodrome31 January 2026
4Jeddah ePrixJeddah Corniche Circuit13 February 2026
514 February 2026
6Madrid ePrixCircuito del Jarama21 March 2026
7Berlin ePrixTempelhof Airport Street Circuit2 May 2026
83 May 2026
9Monaco ePrixCircuit de Monaco16 May 2026
1017 May 2026
11Sanya ePrixHaitang Bay Circuit20 June 2026
12Shanghai ePrixShanghai International Circuit4 July 2026
135 July 2026
14Tokyo ePrixTokyo Street Circuit25 July 2026
1526 July 2026
16London ePrixExCeL London Circuit15 August 2026
1716 August 2026
Source: [40]

Location changes

ePrix locations

Regulation changes

Sporting regulations

The format used in qualifying has been slightly altered, with the two group stage sessions shortened from twelve to ten minutes each. The requirement for every driver to set a laptime in the first half of group qualifying has also been removed.

Races including a mandatory pit boost stop now require drivers to only take attack mode once instead of twice.

Season report

Pre-season

After the pre-season test for the 2024–25 season had to be relocated to Circuito del Jarama due to flooding in Valencia, Formula E returned to Circuit Ricardo Tormo ahead of the 2025–26 season, with six sessions held on 27–30 October. Mahindra's Edoardo Mortara posted the fastest time of the test in the penultimate session, leading Nissan's defending champion Oliver Rowland, DS Penske's new signing Taylor Barnard and the second Nissan of Norman Nato, with the top four separated by less than a hundreth of a second and the whole field less than 0.9 seconds apart.[43] The test once again featured a mock race which was also used to test yellow flag and red flag procedures during pit boost stops and was won by Porsche's Nico Müller.[44] Like in the season before, the official pre-season test was followed by an all-female test, this time consisting of two separate sessions. F1 Academy driver Chloe Chambers posted the fastest time for Mahindra, ahead of Abbi Pulling's Nissan.[45]

Opening rounds

Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein was fastest in qualifying for the season-opening São Paulo ePrix, but a penalty demoted him to fourth on the grid and allowed Andretti's Jake Dennis to start the race first. Dennis, Mortara, Wehrlein, Nato and Jaguar's António Félix da Costa formed the top group in the opening stages, with Rowland and Citroën's Jean-Éric Vergne joining the lead battle through the first round of attack mode activations. The two Nissan drivers collided on lap 17, with Nato suffering a puncture. Citroën's Nick Cassidy rose through the field after taking his second attack mode. A clash between Mortara and Lola's Lucas di Grassi on lap 22 caused a safety car, with all leaders bar Dennis already into their second attack mode. That allowed him to take attack mode and the lead once racing resumed, but Cupra Kiro's Pepe Martí then misjudged a full course yellow thrown for Jaguar's Mitch Evans. He heavily collided with two other cars, flew into the air and caused a red flag. Dennis led the one-lap resumption, winning ahead of Rowland and Cassidy.[46]

Pole position for the Mexico City ePrix went to Envision's Sébastien Buemi ahead of Barnard after the latter's final lap was judged to be outside track limits and deleted. Buemi went straight on at the opening corner and dropped to the back, handing the lead to Barnard before Wehrlein took over at the front after being the first to activate attack mode. That saw him fall back down the order later on, however, before a retirement for Mahindra's Nyck de Vries caused an interruption on lap 17. That favored the drivers who had not yet taken their attack mode, among them Cassidy, who took a six-minute activation to rise from outside the top ten into the lead. He led a queue of cars that all had four minutes of attack mode left, while he had only two. Still, he was able to fend off Mortara and Dennis over the final laps, with Rowland using the battle at the front to get past Barnard into fourth. That turned into third when Dennis ran out of energy at the end of the race, while Cassidy held on to win Formula E's 150th race and claim the championship lead.[47] [48]

Müller secured his maiden Formula E pole position in the series' inaugural qualifying session around the Miami International Autodrome.[49] Rain ahead of the race saw the field start behind the safety car, with a standing start afterwards. Andretti's Felipe Drugovich was the first to take attack mode, using it to claim the lead as the top seven broke away from the rest of the field. Müller and Drugovich traded first place, each trying to conserve energy, before Da Costa and Evans also joined the fight. The latter had taken his first attack mode on lap nineteen to rise up the field and end up third. The Jaguar drivers ran side by side entering lap 24, with Evans moving into second behind Müller. Da Costa was then removed from contention when Drugovich outbraked himself and ran into his back on lap 26. Evans took the lead from Müller with a great move on lap 27, holding on throughout the final round of attack modes to secure a record-breaking fifteenth Formula E win. Wehrlein took third to close up to two points behind Cassidy in the standings.[50]

Mortara took Mahindra’s first pole position since 2024 in qualifying for the first of the two Jeddah ePrix races.[51] However, his start to the race was disastrous as he bogged down and fell to fifth. Günther took the lead and held it through an early safety car phase, with Nato, Barnard and Wehrlein behind him. Nato took first place after the restart, while Wehrlein made his way into second on lap 14. By that point, the pitstop window for the first use of pit boost of the season began to open. A third of the field stopped on lap 15, with others electing to first take their sole attack mode in hopes of overcutting other cars. Günther was among those who first activated the 350kw power mode, and it saw him reclaim the lead after the stops had played out. However, Wehrlein was right behind him and had yet to take his attack mode. He did so on lap 20, took the lead right away and drew out a seven-second gap to win his 100th Formula E race and take the championship lead. Günther dropped down further as Mortara and Evans completed the podium.[52] [53]

The second race in Jeddah saw Mortara go back-to-back in qualifying as he claimed another pole position by beating Dennis in the final.[54] This time, he was able to defend his lead at the start, before the field started working to conserve energy and the lead changed hands multiple times. Rowland, Buemi and Da Costa all held first place during the opening part, before the first round of attack mode activations began on lap eleven. Rowland activated his higher power mode on lap 16 and hit the front shortly after. Da Costa followed a lap later and claimed the lead on lap 20. Rowland fell to third behind Cupra Kiro's Dan Ticktum, before he activated his second attack mode. Da Costa crucially managed to hold on to the lead when taking his second attack mode, and with Ticktum defending from Rowland, the Portuguese was able to build a gap. That allowed him to claim his first race win for Jaguar, with Buemi taking second and Rowland having to settle for third. Points leader Wehrlein came eighth, his lead gap reduced to six points.[55] [56]

Results and standings

E-Prix

RoundE-PrixPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamWinning manufacturer
1 São Paulo Pascal Wehrlein Jake Dennis Andretti Formula E PorscheReport
2 Mexico City Sébastien Buemi Jake Dennis Nick Cassidy Citroën Racing StellantisReport
3 Miami Nico Müller Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing JaguarReport
4 Jeddah Edoardo Mortara Pascal Wehrlein Porsche Formula E Team PorscheReport
5 Edoardo Mortara António Félix da Costa Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar
6 MadridReport
7 BerlinReport
8
9 MonacoReport
10
11 SanyaReport
12 ShanghaiReport
13
14 TokyoReport
15
16 LondonReport
17

Drivers' Championship

Points are awarded using the following structure:

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  Pole   
Points25181512108642131
Source:[57]
DriverSAO
MEX
MIA
JED
MAD
BER
MCO
SAN
SHA
TKO
LDN
1 Pascal Wehrlein4631868
2 Edoardo MortaraRet262462
3 Oliver Rowland231217349
4 Nick Cassidy311661448
5 Mitch EvansRet1113747
6 Nico Müller59241645
7 António Félix da Costa11Ret85139
8 Jake Dennis151091939
9 Sébastien Buemi81777237
10 Joel Eriksson7144181318
11 Pepe MartíRet7914617
12 Taylor Barnard13414101014
13 Nyck de Vries9Ret5DNS2012
14 Dan TicktumRetRetRet12510
15 Jean-Éric VergneRet8158910
16 Maximilian Günther6121911118
17 Zane Maloney101611Ret181
18 Norman NatoRet101713171
19 Felipe Drugovich12151815120
20 Lucas di GrassiRet131316150
DriverSAO
MEX
MIA
JED
MAD
BER
MCO
SAN
SHA
TKO
LDN
Bold – Pole

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Teams' Championship

TeamSAO
MEX
MIA
JED
MAD
BER
MCO
SAN
SHA
TKO
LDN
1 Porsche Formula E Team51592416113
9446318
2 Jaguar TCS Racing9Ret1113786
1311Ret851
3 Mahindra Racing219Ret5DNS2074
48Ret2624
4 Citroën Racing25Ret8158958
373116614
5 Envision Racing147144181355
16817772
6 Nissan Formula E Team1231217350
23Ret10171317
7 Andretti Formula E27151091939
281215181512
8 Cupra Kiro3Ret7914627
33RetRetRet125
9 DS Penske761219111122
77134141010
10 Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team11Ret131316151
22101611Ret18
TeamSAO
MEX
MIA
JED
MAD
BER
MCO
SAN
SHA
TKO
LDN

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 do not appear in the standings and the points are allocated to the following Manufacturer's car eligible to score points. Points allocated for the driver obtaining the Pole Position and the Fastest Lap are not counted.[58]

ManufacturerSAO
MEX
MIA
JED
MAD
BER
MCO
SAN
SHA
TKO
LDN
1 Porsche15215143
46346
2 Jaguar68131124
710452
3 Stellantis31106787
541178
4 Mahindra8252470
RetRet6DNS12
5 Nissan2388364
Ret7121010
6 Lola-Yamaha9979916
Ret119Ret11
ManufacturerSAO
MEX
MIA
JED
MAD
BER
MCO
SAN
SHA
TKO
LDN

Notes and References

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  27. Web site: 8 October 2025 . New name, new partner for Porsche in Formula E . 8 October 2025 . Porsche Newsroom. en.
  28. Web site: 2025-08-14 . Frijns out of Envision - what went wrong?. 2025-08-14 . The Race . en.
  29. Web site: Hypercar line-up 2026: BMW M Motorsport relies on consistency in the cockpits of the four BMW M Hybrid V8s.. BMW. BMW Group. 1 December 2025. 1 December 2025.
  30. Web site: 2025-05-28 . Cassidy's Formula E options as sensational Jaguar exit revealed . 2025-06-10 . The Race . en.
  31. Web site: 24 October 2025. Stoffel Vandoorne finds surprise new Formula E home after Maserati exit . Golding. Nick . 24 October 2025. RacingNews365 . en.
  32. Web site: 6 January 2026. Jake Hughes joins Mahindra Racing as Reserve and Simulator Driver. 6 January 2026. Formula E World Championship. en.
  33. Web site: 19 September 2025. Porsche bids farewell to António Félix da Costa. 19 September 2025. Porsche. en.
  34. Web site: Wirtz . Tobias . 23 September 2025 . Auf dem Weg zu Porsche? Nico Müller verlässt Andretti nach nur einer Formel-E-Saison - e-Formel.de . 23 September 2025 . e-formel.de . de.
  35. Web site: 24 September 2025. Felipe Drugovich lands Andretti Formula E seat as F1 dream fades . Golding. Nick . 24 September 2025. RacingNews365 . en.
  36. Web site: 17 October 2025. Thank You, David. 17 October 2025. Kiro Race Co. en.
  37. Web site: Back to the roots: Porsche Formula E team presents David Beckmann as reserve driver - e-formula.news. e-formula.news. 2025-11-27.
  38. Web site: 20 November 2025. Bird makes surprise Formula E return with Nissan role. Smith. Sam. 20 November 2025. The Race. en.
  39. Web site: 2025-10-16 . Sanya returns while Formula E updates Sporting and Financial Regulations . 2025-10-16 . The Official Home of Formula E . en.
  40. Web site: 2025-10-16 . SEASON 12 CALENDAR: All the important dates for the 2025/2026 Formula E season . 2025-10-16 . The Official Home of Formula E . en.
  41. Web site: 2025-06-10 . Formula E announces record calendar for 2025-26 campaign . 2025-06-10 . www.autosport.com . en.
  42. Web site: 2025-06-10 . Formula E calendar adds a current F1 venue - and a past one . 2025-06-10 . The Race . en.
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  46. Web site: Beer . Matt . 2025-12-06 . Formula E opener: Rookie's huge aerial crash precedes Dennis win . 2025-12-11 . The Race . en.
  47. Web site: Beer . Matt . 2026-01-10 . Citroen gets first Formula E win via Cassidy brilliance . 2026-01-12 . The Race . en.
  48. Web site: Hardy . Ed . 2025-01-11 . Formula E Mexico: Nick Cassidy masterclass gives Citroen its first win . 2025-01-12 . motorsport.com.
  49. Web site: Golding . Nick . 2026-01-31 . Nico Müller storms to first Formula E pole as title favourites suffer Miami slip . 2026-02-03 . RacingNews365 . en.
  50. Web site: Rogerson . Fleur . 2026-01-31 . Mitch Evans claims Formula E record with Miami E-Prix victory . 2026-02-03 . Motorsport Week . en-GB.
  51. Web site: Smith . Jack Oliver . 2026-02-13 . Edo Mortara storms to Formula E Jeddah E-Prix Race 1 pole . 2026-02-24 . Motorsport Week . en-GB.
  52. Web site: 2026-02-13 . REPORT: Pascal Wehrlein marks his 100th Formula E race with 2026 Jeddah E-Prix Round 4 win . 2026-02-24 . . en.
  53. Web site: Rogerson . Fleur . 2026-02-13 . Pascal Wehrlein takes Formula E title lead with Jeddah E-Prix masterclass . 2026-02-24 . Motorsport Week . en-GB.
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  57. Web site: Rules and Regulations . 2024-12-10 . The Official Home of Formula E . en.
  58. Web site: 12 Dec 2024 . 2024-2025 FIA FORMULA E WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPORTING REGULATIONS . 13 Jan 2025 . Federation Internationale de l'Automobile.