Porsche's Wehrlein clinches second Formula E title in chaotic London finale
Pascal Wehrlein secured his second Formula E world championship despite finishing 14th in Sunday's London E-Prix, as rivals Jake Dennis and Mitch Evans also failed to score enough points to overtake him.
Saturday's decisive win
Wehrlein entered the London double-header weekend third in the standings but seized control of the title race by winning Saturday's opening race from pole position. It was his 11th career Formula E victory and third of the season, moving him from third in the standings into the championship lead. The 31-year-old German, who claimed his first Formula E title with Porsche in the 2023-24 season, joined France's Jean-Éric Vergne as the only two drivers to win the all-electric championship twice. Wehrlein is the only German driver to have won the Formula E title since the series began in 2014.
Sunday's chaotic finale
Starting from the second row in Sunday's season-ending race, Wehrlein needed only to avoid a large swing in fortunes. His main rival Jake Dennis of Andretti started 16th, while the third title contender, Mitch Evans of Jaguar Racing, also started behind the Porsche driver. The race turned turbulent at roughly half distance when Antonio Felix da Costa, Evans's Jaguar teammate, engaged Wehrlein in a prolonged on-track battle that pushed the German down the order and forced him to let several cars past, including both Evans and Dennis.
He tried for 20 laps to ruin my race and my championship. That was one of the most unsporting and unfair performances I have experienced. I will not forget that.
A larger crash on lap 31 then involved both Wehrlein and Dennis. Both continued but sat outside the points. Dennis finished 18th, while Evans managed only fourth, a result insufficient to deny Wehrlein the crown. Britain's Taylor Barnard won the race, with Nyck De Vries second and Switzerland's Edoardo Mortara third.
Final standings
Wehrlein ended the season on 169 points, five clear of Dennis on 164, with Evans third on 160. Jaguar secured the Formula E Teams' World Championship title. Mortara's podium brought him to 5th in the championship, tied with Briton Oliver Rowland. Sébastien Buemi, in his final Formula E race, finished 5th on Sunday and 10th in the standings, just behind his Swiss compatriot Nico Müller, who was 12th in the race and 9th overall.
- Pascal Wehrlein (Porsche)
- 169 points
- Jake Dennis (Andretti)
- 164 points
- Mitch Evans (Jaguar)
- 160 points
- Wehrlein wins Saturday race from pole, his 11th career FE victory, taking the championship lead
- Wehrlein starts 3rd on grid; Dennis 16th, Evans behind
- da Costa battles Wehrlein for roughly 20 laps, pushing him down the order
- Crash involves Wehrlein and Dennis; both continue outside the points
- Wehrlein 14th, Dennis 18th, Evans 4th; Barnard wins race; Wehrlein champion
Champion's reaction and what comes next
Despite drawing a blank in the finale, Wehrlein praised his team's composure under pressure and looked ahead to the series' next technical era.
A big thank you to my whole team. What we did this weekend was outstanding again. We delivered when we had to deliver.
We don't crack under pressure. We love the pressure. We embrace it. We get even better under pressure. That is fantastic.
The London race marked the end of Formula E's GEN3 era, closing a four-season chapter of the FIA championship. The series prepares to enter a new phase next season with the GEN4 car. Wehrlein's career path to the title began with Mercedes backing, a DTM championship in 2015 as the series' youngest champion, and a two-year stint in Formula 1 with Manor and Sauber before joining Formula E in 2019. His promotion to the Mercedes works team never materialised, and he has raced in Formula E since 2019.
I'm really looking forward to spending time with my family and then resetting, working on the new car, on the GEN4 car, and making it even harder for them next year.
