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Formula E Mexico City E-Prix: Cassidy emerges Victorious in Formula E’s 150th race

Round 2 of Formula E’s 12th season concluded last Saturday with the new Citroen driver Nick Cassidy managing to make his way up the grid from P13 with a safety car and an incident prone race. Here are the main takeaways from the race:

13 is lucky for some in the grid:

13 can be seen as an unlucky number for many people. However, for Nick Cassidy and Pepe Marti, 13 was the number of the weekend for both drivers.

For Kiwi and Citroen driver Nick Cassidy, starting P13 was a blessing in disguise as he managed to move up the grid by turn 1 as Buemi went deep into turn 1 on lap 1. He was then able to save energy by being behind drivers then make up paces after

Pepe Marti entered the weekend already on the backfoot with a back of the grid penalty due to his monster crash under the full course yellow in Sao Paulo. On top of this, he also took a new pool of components and received a 60 place grid penalty. Of course, in a grid of 20, its impossible to take all of them so he received a 10 second stop and go penalty for this which he served at the end of lap 1 and dropped way behind the pack.

However, when De Vries’ Mahindra decided to lose power at turn 1, he caught up to the rear of the field with more energy than others ahead of him. With the Spaniard using his skills and benefitting from others’ misfortune (most notably Cassidy, Guenther, Da Costa and Ticktum at turn 5 and 6), he managed to make up 13 places all the way up to P7 and score his maiden points in Formula E and a World Championship.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – JANUARY 10: Maximilian Gunther of Germany driving the (7) DS Penske DS E-Tense FE25 leads Jean-Eric Vergne of France driving the (25) Citroen Racing e-CX during the Mexico City E-Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on January 10, 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Zak Mauger/LAT Images)

The Rise and Fall of Teams

Across both qualifying and the race in Mexico, teams both rose and fell across the course of those two sessions. The most notable were Citroen where both Cassidy and Vergne managed to make up many places up to P1 and P8 from P13 and P18 respectfully. These were the biggest gains from a single team with Rowland and Nato managed to make places up for the Nissan team to P3 and P10 from P8 and P12 respectfully. This helped move Citroen up to the top of the team standings with Nissan being P3 and tied with Porsche on 35 points.

Porsche is in that odd section of being a win and a lose for the team. Wehrlein took attack mode early to make up places early which did work but while many drivers saved their attack mode for later on with the race and then the safety car coming out, it didn’t help the German champions’ chances. Mueller was more towards the loss of the race as he outqualified Wehrlein by qualifying P5 but it wasn’t meant to be as he dropped to P9 in the final classification.

Now, towards the biggest loses of the race, Sebastian Buemi had the biggest loses of the weekend with the Envision Racing driver taking pole, leading towards turn 1 then out-braking himself and going from first to last at the first corner after he out-braked himself. A pitstop didn’t help either and with Eriksson getting a 5 second penalty due to gaining an advantage off track, the customer team of Jaguar didn’t go according to plan.

The factory team of Jaguar TCS Racing didn’t have a great weekend either with Da Costa having to retire due to the multi car collision at turns 6 and 7. The Portugese driver also missed FP2 due to a brake by wire issue so he was always on the backfoot. Evans was one of the victims falling down the pack with the Kiwi qualifying P4 but finishing P11, 0.3s behind P10. It was not what the Jaguar team needed.

Race Result

Position	Driver	Team
1	Nick Cassidy	Citroen Racing
2	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing
3	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team
4	Taylor Barnard	DS Penske
5	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E
6	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche Formula E Team
7	Josep Maria “Pepe” Marti	Cupra Kiro
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Citroen Racing
9	Nico Mueller	Porsche Formula E Team
10	Norman Nato	Nissan Formula E Team
11	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing
12	Maximilian Guenther	DS Penske
13	Lucas Di Grassi	Lola Yamaha Abt Formula E Team
14	Joel Eriksson	Envision Racing
15	Felipe Drugovich	Andretti Formula E
16	Zane Maloney	Lola Yamaha Abt Formula E Team
17	Sebastian Buemi	Envision Racing
DNF	Dan Ticktum	Cupra Kiro
DNF	António Félix Da Costa	Jaguar TCS Racing
DNF	Nyck De Vries	Mahindra Racing

Prediction Verdict:

Prediction Verdict:
A few days before the weekend, I predicted the weekend to see how it would go.

Pole Position: Pascal Wehrlein. ❌
I was…kind of right as Wehrlein qualified P11…so 2 P1s? A stretch but wasn’t meant to be for the Porsche driver.

Race Winner: Nick Cassidy ✅
This was a shock to me! I make these for fun but I guess in an unpredictable sport such as Formula E, it can work out!

2nd Place: Mitch Evans ❌
This one was….not so good. Finishing all the way down the order didn’t help my chances of getting this prediction.

3rd Place: Jake Dennis ❌
This one didn’t work out either, with the Andretti driver finishing P3.

Up Next:

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship arrived at the end of January in Miami at the hardrock stadium where the F1 is also hosted. The circuit layout has not been fully disclosed by Formula E yet but stay tuned to our preview and predictions to see what it will look like!

13th January 2026

Formula E Season 12 Round 2: Mexico City E-Prix Preview and Predictions

The first single seater world championship round in 2026 kicks off this weekend with Formula E at the iconic Autodromo Hermanos Rodrigos circuit with a slightly revised layout!

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The Autodromo Hermanos Rodrigues has under seen many refinemenets since the first E-Prix in 2016, with the Season 12 iteration seeing the removal of a section which has seen incidents.

Image of the Formula E Mexico City Circuit Map for Season 12. Source: Formula E’s website.

The removal of the chicane in sector 2 is a major change to this circuit. As this race will now be even more flat out with a breaking zone now gone, this could spice up the race a lot.

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Pole Position

Pascal Wehrlein
The German World Champion will be wanting to get back onto the pole position after his 3 place grid drop in Sao Paulo denied him. Finishing P4 in Sao Paulo will fuel Wehrlein to get pole in Mexico and the first pole of 2026.

Race Podium

1st Place:
Nick Cassidy
Yes, I am predicting the citeron driver will take P1 and continue his podium streak of Season 12. Do I think the Mexico City win to the championship win will happen? Its certainly possible and with Cassidy’s multiple teams and seasons in his bag, he is one of the many who I believe can do it!

2nd Place:

Mitch Evans
Another podium for the Kiwi behind his former teammate who switched teams last summer. While Evans will still outpace and outrace his experienced teammate Da Costa, it won’t be enough.

3rd Place:
Jake Dennis
The Season 9 champion will continue his podium streak in 2026 with a 3rd place but still win over his teammate and at the circuit where a win managed to start the trending of becoming world champion.

7th January 2026
Formula E Season 12 Round 1: Sao Paulo E-Prix Preview and Predictions

Its time for the most exciting moment of 2025: the start of a new Formula E season! I am very excited to see how all teams work across the final season of GEN3 EVO but until then, its time for round 1!

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This track contains 11 corners, all packed with memories and drama across the years. In Season 10, we saw Sam Bird take McLaren’s first Papaya win in Formula E with an incredible last lap overtake! Sadly, both of these important assets to Formula E have departed.

Season 11 saw Sao Paulo as the season opener and oh boy we had a season opener and a half! Between red flags, safety cars and red cars, Mitch Evans grabbed Jaguar’s first win of Season 11 and looked to be the only win for the season. Will the Jaguar driver be able to do the double this year? Lets see!

Predictions:

For Season 12, the predictions will be done in a more structured way. Kieran will predict which driver takes pole position and the podium and which team will be the biggest shock of the round. This can be a good or bad shock depending on the team and the impact.

Pole Position:

Oliver Rowland

Rowland and his team, Nissan, are one of the only 3 teams (apart from Lola Yamaha Abt and Mahindra) to keep their lineup from Season 11. As Rowland is the reigning world champion and has the number one on his car, he will want to show why he has the number one so starting from P1 with number 1 will demonstrate that!

Race Winner:

Pascal Wehrlein

The German driver is not the only German in the team anymore as Nico Mueller has slotted in beside him. Wehrlein will be on a mission to not only beat his new teammate but to reclaim his crown which he achieved in Season 10. Whether this is possible based on the power trains is another thing but he did it once so another reclaim is within his reach.

Second Place:

Mitch Evans

The Kiwi is one of the only drivers to remain at their team and will also have a new teammate in Season 6 champion Antonio Felix Da Costa. Similar to Wehrlein, getting one instantly on your new teammate will help the confidence aspect so Evans will want to return to the podium of a track he has won at before.

Third Place:

Taylor Barnard

The young Brit switched teams to DS Penske and he will be passionate to restart his sophomore season within the electric motorsport strong so a return to a podium will boost his confidence, similar to his competitors in P2 and P1 while also beating his experienced teammate Maximilian Guenther.

Biggest Team Shock:

Andretti

While Andretti will be hoping to hit the ground running with the final year of GEN3 EVO and new rookie Felipe Drugovich’s home race, my gut is telling me that this track will be an anomaly for the American team as Dennis suffered a red car last year.

What do you think will happen during the Sao Paulo E-Prix?

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3rd December 2025

Formula E Season 12: Preview and Predictions

After ending Season 11 in London, Formula E is back for pre-season testing in Valencia next week with the final era of Gen3 Evo. With this, we have MANY driver changes, team changes and livery changes!

Team changes:
Over the off-season between Season 11 and Season 12, there have been some BIG changes in the driver market.

To start off, the biggest move over the season was Antonio Felix Da Costa leaving Porsche and moving over to Jaguar TCS Racing. This seat was freed up after Nick Cassidy moved to Citroën Racing, which took over from Maserati MSG Racing. Filling in Da Costa’s seat at Porsche is Nico Mueller. After a disappointing season at Andretti last year, the German lines up alongside Pascal Wehrlein at the German team. For Andretti, they have recruited the F2 2022 Champion Felipe Drugovich after his sensational debut at Berlin in Season 11.

Joining Cassidy at Citroën will be the only 2 time champion of Formula E, Jean-Eric Vergne. This of course, left a seat open at DS Penske, which is filled by the Formula E Rookie of the Year of 2025: Taylor Barnard!

The other teams remain mostly the same with Mahindra Racing, Lola Yamaha Abt and Nissan. Although we have lost a few drivers from the series, including Season 8 champion Stoffel Vandoorne, multiple race winner Sam Bird and Robin Frijns. Frijns’ seat will be overtaken by Joel Eriksson, who will partner Sebastian Buemi.

Team	Drivers	Changes
Porsche Formula E Team	Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Mueller	Mueller in, Antonio Felix Da Costa out
Andretti Formula E	Jake Dennis and Felipe Drugovich	Drugovich in, Nico Mueller out
Jaguar TCS Racing	Mitch Evans and Antonio Felix Da Costa	Da Costa in, Nick Cassidy out
Envision Racing	Sebastian Buemi and Joel Eriksson	Eriksson in, Robin Frijns out
Nissan Formula E	Oliver Rowland and Norman Nato	No changes
DS Penske	Maximilian Guenther and Taylor Barnard	Barnard in, Jean-Eric Vergne out
Citroën Racing	Nick Cassidy and Jean-Eric Vergne	Cassidy and Vergne in, Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Hughes out
Lola Yamaha Abt Racing	Lucas Di Grassi and Zane Maloney	No changes
Mahindra Racing	Nyck Cassidy and Edoardo Mortara	No Changes
Cupra Kiro	Dan Ticktum and Josep Maria “Pepe” Marti	Marti in, David Beckmann out

Calendar:
The Season 12 calendar has had some quite big changes compared to the predecessor. To start off with: We go to Sao Paulo first at the start of December before going to Mexico City in January, with the first race at the Miami Autodrome at the end of January.

February begins and concludes with the first doubleheader in Jeddah before the first trip to Madrid in March. We then have a big gap before the start of May for a double header in Berlin, then go to a double header in Monaco to finish Formula E’s month of May.

June and July have an Asian collection with a return to Sanya, Changhai and Tokyo. Formula E concludes the final rounds in London.

Round number	Race	Dates
1	Sao Paulo E-Prix	6th-8th December 2025
2	Mexico City E-Prix	10th January 2026
3	Miami E-Prix	31st January 2026
4 and 5	Jeddah E-Prix	13th-14th February 2026
6	Madrid E-Prix	21st March 2026
7 and 8	Berlin E-Prix	2nd-3rd May 2026
9 and 10	Monaco E-Prix	16th-17th May 2026
11	Sanya E-Prix	20th June 2026
12 and 13	Shanghai E-Prix	4th-5th July 2026
14 and 15	Tokyo E-Prix	25th-26th July 2026
16 and 17	London E-Prix	15th-16th August 2026

Regulation Changes:
One of the biggest regulation changes in Season 12 is that paternity and maternity leave does NOT count towards the Formula E cost cap, which is big for inclusivity within the championship.

In terms of the sporting regulations, the qualifying format has been revised in order to increase the speed and make it easier for viewers to watch.

The rule to set a lap time in the first 10 minutes in the group sessions has been removed. As well as this, the overall timing for each group session has been reduced to 10 minutes, with the overall qualifying session aimed to be concluded in around one hour.

As well as this, the attack mode regulations have been adjusted to work with the pit boost races even more. Within pit boost races, only ONE attack mode activation is allowed, while 2 remain for non-attack mode races.

In addition to these changes, if a driver fails to complete their full attack mode before the race ends, the driver will NOT be penalised. This is likely in response to Miami in Season 11 due to so many post-race penalties as a result of a red flag.

Pre-Season Testing:
The electric pinnacle returns to Valencia after missing the circuit due to the horrific scenes of disaster last year. Kicks off on 27th October 2025 with the ability to gain information and track times and familiarity with the final year of Gen3EVO.

Women’s Test
Formula E also brings back the all-women’s test for pre-season testing, which is due to take place on 31st October 2025. Many drivers have already been confirmed, including the F1 Academy reigning champion Abbi Pulling, Rodin Motorsport driver in F1 Academy Ella Lloyd, Super Formula star Juju Noda and ELMS winner Jamie Chadwick.

Team	Driver	Driver
Porsche Formula E Team	Gabriela Jilkova	Janina Schall
Andretti Formula E	Nerea Marti	N/A
Jaguar TCS Racing	Jamie Chadwick	Juju Noda
Envision Racing	Alice Powell	N/A
Nissan Formula E	Abbi Pulling	N/A
DS Penske	Jessica Edgar	Lindsay Marie Brewer
Citroën Racing	Tatiana Calderon	N/A
Mahindra Racing	Chloe Chambers	N/A
Cupra Kiro	Bianca Bustamante	N/A

Kieran’s Predictions for Season 12:

Season 12 will be one which I am really looking forward to. As teams focus on Gen4 and beyond (with the car reveal confirmed to be in April next year), this year is still important for the rookies in particular.

I’ll be doing 3 season predictions as well as predictions at each weekend!

Prediction 1: At least 2 new race winners

With the amount of driver changes happening in Season 12, I expect some drivers to take to their new teams easier than others. With drivers to top teams like Mueller and Drugovich, I think these drivers are most likely to take maiden victories, although drivers like Eriksson and Marti could take surprising wins.

Prediction 2: Mexico City Victory does NOT translate to the world champion.

Ever since Gen3 began, there has been a trend that whoever won Mexico City that season won the title.

Season 9 was Jake Dennis, Season 10 was Pascal Wehrlein and Season 11 was Oliver Rowland. I think with the amount of driver changes and the notice of this link, the possibility of the translation happening is unlikely.

Prediction 3: Every driver scores at least 10 points

Throughout Season 11, we had many drivers storm away with points such as Oliver Rowland and Nick Cassidy (although Cassidy was towards the end of the season.) Some drivers didn’t even score one point (sorry Zane Maloney!). However, with the amount of experience, young blood and talent on the grid for Season 12, scoring 10 points across all 22 drivers is something which could happen and keep the championship going until London!

What are you most excited for in Formula E Season 12?

24th October 2025

BREAKING: Felipe Drugovich joins Andretti Formula E

The Formula 2 2022 champion has been off many grids full-time in the hope of landing a Formula 1 seat. However, this was not meant to be as many drivers managed to get their way into a seat, including Drugovich’s fellow Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto.

Instead, Drugovich has opted to join the Andretti Formula E Team, joining Season 9 world champion Jake Dennis and continuing the trend of the Andretti having a new driver beside the British driver throughout each season of the Gen3/Gen3 EVO era. It is speculated that Nico Mueller will make the move to Porsche.

24th September 2025
ABB FIA Formula E Season 11 Rounds 10 and 11: Shanghai E-Prix Preview and Predictions

As the iconic month of May draws to a close, so does this section of Formula E, as we have rounds 11 and 12 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Season 11. We enter the scene of the Chinese Grand Prix at a modified version of the Shanghai International Circuit.

Track Preview:
After debuting last year as a doubleheader, the Shanghai E-Prix was a goldmine for Jaguar drivers, with Mitch Evans and Antonio Felix Da Costa picking up a win each around this circuit in Season 10.

Formula E Season 10 Shanghai Circuit. Image Credit: Formula E Media Centre

The 3.051-mile circuit allows 12 corners to challenge drivers, with round 1 being a pit boost round. The main overtaking opportunities are into turn 1, turn 6, and through to turn 9, with turns 10 and 12 also being the best opportunities to overtake rivals.

Round 10 Predictions:
Pole Position: Pascal Wehrlein
As Rowland starts to put one hand on the championship trophy, the reigning world champion will want to put as much performance in as possible in order to maintain his reigning world champion status. Getting pole at Shanghai would be the best way to start.

Winner: António Félix Da Costa
The Season 6 champion is currently P2 in the standings with over 50 points separating him and the Briton Rowland. Da Costa will want to minimise the gap as much as possible, and the pit boost opportunities will allow him to get a jump on Rowland.

Podium: Cassidy and Evans
The Jaguar duo was strong here last year, with a victory and podiums from both. I think they will obtain more podiums; Evans’ first points since his win in Sao Paulo back in 2024.

Antonio Felix da Costa, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, 1st position, stands on his car in Parc Ferme
Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

Round 11 Predictions:
Pole Position: Oliver Rowland
Rowland will NEED to maximise as many points as possible this weekend, and not finishing on the podium on Saturday will hurt him.

Winner: Oliver Rowland
In order to maximise, Rowland will go from pole to win on the latter part of the weekend as he manages to claw back the deficit from Saturday.

Podium: Andretti
Yes, that is correct. I am predicting a double Andretti podium on Sunday to end the most recent run of Formula E races before entering the final 3 weekends of Season 11.

26th May 2025
Formula E Season 11 Rounds 6 and 7 Preview-Pit Boost Returns in Monaco

It is May 1st, which means we have officially entered the month of May for motorsport! Indy500, Formula One in Miami! For Formula E, however, we are starting at a landmark in the motorsport’s history: Monaco! The famous landmark where a single race event has been held…until now.

Formula E is making history this weekend as we have our first ever DOUBLE HEADER in Monaco! As it is a double header, PIT BOOST RETURNS! Since its debut in Jeddah, Saturday’s race around the close streets will have a mandatory pitstop for all 22 drivers to make to gain an extra 10% of energy.

Weekend Schedule

Round 6 Schedule:
All times are in local time.
Free Practice 1: 7:30am
Free Practice 2: 9:10am
Qualifying: 10:40am
Monaco E-Prix: 3:05pm

Round 7 Schedule:
All times are in local time.
Free Practice 3: 8:30am
Qualifying: 10:40am
Monaco E-Prix: 3pm

Weekend Preview

Formula E Monaco’s Track Map for Season 11, Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

This 3.337km circuit has been iconic throughout motorsport. However, Formula E has only started racing at the same configuration as Formula 1 for a few years. The tight walls, sharp corners, and difficulty overtaking for certain series make this a very difficult challenge for all 22 drivers, and now the teams have an extra strategy with pit boost.

Round 6 Predictions

Pole Position: Pascal Wehrlein
The reigning world champion took victory last time out in Miami after a chaotic final few minutes of that race. I think Wehrlein will take that motivation and confidence that he has in the car and use it to his and his team’s advantage in order to snatch pole position on Saturday!
Race Winner: António Félix da Costa
Is this a bold choice? Possibly. However, Da Costa has been very strong recently and was on for the win in Miami until the late safety car and red flag ruined his chances. He will be carrying a lot of self-motivation in order to show that he still has what it takes to be at the front and to fight for this title, even after all of the rumors last year of his seat being under threat.

Round 7 Predictions

Pole Position: Taylor Barnard
After McLaren announced their departure from the series last week, both McLaren drivers will be ready to make their case for their seat to be theirs; at least Taylor will. Getting a pole at the circuit he made his debut at in Formula E and a debut win in Formula 2 would be a great statement!
Race Winner: Taylor Barnard
What’s better than getting laid? Winning from pole! Which is what I think will happen on Sunday!

Overall Weekend Predictions

Biggest Surprise of the weekend: Jaguar
Jaguar’s season has been horrid. DNFs in multiple races, not many points scored in comparison to their rivals, the reigning team champions have entered a slump. However, with both Cassidy and Evans coming back to a track where they have both won at, I think they’ll take the confidence to score extremely strong points for their team.

Biggest disappointment of the weekend: Nissan.
After an optimistic weekend, despite Rowland and Nato scoring fewer points than they should have in Miami, their season hasn’t been bad, as Rowland currently leads the drivers championship. Something in my gut tells me, however, that this will not last forever and this weekend will result in them scoring very few points

Do you have any bold predictions for this weekend? Let us know!

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1st May 2025
Formula E Season 11 Round 5: Wehrlein Takes The Top Step in Miami

Formula E returned to Miami and this race was a slow burner before we went from zero to ultimate hero due to 1 collision.

The race begun with Norman Nato claiming a debut pole position for Nissan and his first points of Season 11 with Jake Dennis beside him on the front row. Unfortunately, this race was a pack racing style race so no one was in favour of leading due to the energy loss obtained. Da Costa managed to sneak his way up to P2 ahead of Dennis before De Vries led the way from the Nissan of Nato and the Porsche of Da Costa on lap 2. Oliver Rowland suffered a horrific qualifying and was down to P14 after several laps with the Cupra Kiro of David Beckmann falling down from P8 to P11. As this race went on, it became clear that drivers at the rear of the field had much more energy than those at the front due to the overtaking nature. We were nearly a third of the way through the race before the Envision Racing car of Buemi pulled the plug and went for attack mode, a move which ultimately helped him to get up the field. The DS Penske of Jean-Eric Vergne decided to take a little detour across the grass.Vandoorne followed Buemi’s line into the attack mode which ultimately helped him. Beckmann had to pit due to a puncture and that was the end of his race.

We had a very odd situation as some drivers took attack mode, the Mahindra of De Vries stopped on track and that brought out the safety car. However, the Season 7 champ managed to get going again which was probably the shortest safety car in Formula E history! Wehrlein was leading from the restart but was 4% DOWN on Da Costa. As the race began again, a big crash happened at the chicane in sector 3. Hughes, Guenther and Evans were all caught up as Hughes went deep into the barrier, Guenther couldn’t stop in time and Evans then collided with Guenther. The Jaguar of Evans and DS Penske of Guenther managed to get going but Hughes had to retire. This, however, brought out the red flag. As drivers were in the pitlane, Cassidy received a 5 second time penalty for track limits. However, it became clear that due to the amount of time it would take to finish the laps, drivers with 6 minutes of attack mode remaining would end up receiving a penalty for not using all of their attack mode.

HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA – APRIL 12: Nico Muller of Switzerland driving the (51) Andretti Formula E Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 during the Miami E-Prix, Round 5 of the 2025 FIA Formula E World Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway on April 12, 2025 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Andrew Ferraro/LAT Images) Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

As drivers took their positions for a sprint weekend in Formula E, everyone knew this was going to be a mad dash to the end. Da Costa led the race from Mortara and Wehrlein before Wehrlein took it away from his teammate. Da Costa had no attack mode remaining so he fell down the grid like a stone in water. However, due to the attack mode penalties, hope was not lost. Norman Nato took the chequered flag first but Nato, Rowland, Barnard, Bird and Frijns all later received 10 second penalties post race due to their attack mode incompletion. This meant that Pascal Wehrlein took the win ahead of Lucas Di Grassi in P2 who scored Lola Yamaha Abt’s first podium in Formula E with Da Costa finishing P3! Nico Mueller finished P4 in Andretti’s home race, Edoardo Mortara P5, Norman Nato P6, Dan Ticktum P7, Robin Frijns P8, Jake Dennis P9 and Zane Maloney P10. However, the boy from Barbados later received a 5 second time penalty for not following the race directors instructions so he did not score his maiden points. Oliver Rowland took the final points paying position.

Writers Predictions:

Before the weekend, I made some predictions! Lets see how they went:

Pole Position: Pascal Wehrlein

This one didn’t entirely come true considering he didn’t even make the duels.

Race Winner: Taylor Barnard

I was hoping Taylor would pull something out of the bag but after his non existant duels appearance, I knew from then it was all over for the young Briton.

Biggest Surprise: Andretti

I could try and argue that I was correct as they scored a P4 and a P9. Of course, at their home race they were hoping for more than this and I think Lola Yamaha Abt deserved this one more.

Biggest Surprise: Mahindra

This one did not go too well either. Even Mortara scoring 5 points was a driver surprise but not a whole team surprise.

See you all for Monaco’s double header WITH Pit Boost in a few weeks!

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15th April 2025
Formula E Season 11 Round 5 Miami E-Prix: Preview and Predictions

After such a long and extended break following the cancellation of an E-Prix scheduled for March, Formula E is BACK this weekend at a new venue but returning city of Miami! Many sessions and improvements have happened over the spring break for all 11 teams so it will be interesting to see how this electric weekend goes.

Schedule:

Free Practice 1: 4:30-5:25pm Local Time
Free Practice 2: 07:30-08:25am Local Time
Qualifying: 09:40-11:03am Local Time
Race: 2:05-3pm Local Time

Circuit Preview:

The Miami E-Prix will be held at the Homestead-Miami International Speedway which will consist of 15 turns at 3.551km. Energy management could be critical around here as there is no pit boost as this is a single round event. The start/finish straight for the pitlanes as well as the long straights between turns 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 could be vital for victory.

Predictions for Round 5

Pole position: Pascal Wehrlein

The reigning champion of Formula E did not have the best of weekends in Jeddah with no podiums to his male and the Porsche power train competitors of Stellantis and Nissan both picked up 1 win each at the double header. However, with a new circuit comes new opportunities and chances for drivers and teams to excel which I believe Wehrlein will manage to do to keep his championship bid alive.

Race Winner: Taylor Barnard

Prior to this season, I think putting any of the trio of rookies onto a prediction sheet for race winner would have been seen as insane given the performances of the teams last season. However, neom McLaren and Barnard have easily been the ones to exceed expectations given how young the F2 Monaco Sprint race winner in 2024 is and his inexperienced compared to Sam Bird. Miami will be a somewhat equal playing field as it is a new venue and I am expecting Barnard to capitalise.

Biggest surprise: Andretti

This is Andretti’s home E-Prix so the team will be wanting to make a very strong performance here which I think they can do. Maybe a double podium is on the cards, Mueller’s first since joining the American outfit team.

Biggest disappointment: Mahindra

This one is purely a guy feeling. I was choosing between this team and Cupra Kiro but I think Beckmann and Ticktum will do well at Miami…unlike the Mahindra team. This one is purely vibes as well but I have a feeling they may fall down and struggle to get back up.

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9th April 2025
Formula E Season 11 Round 3 & 4: Jeddah Produces New and Repeat Winners of Season 11

It is safe to say that rounds 3 & 4 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship was one of a kind with records broken and the debut of attack mode.

Round 3

Round 3 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship got underwear at the track of Jeddah with Maximilian Guenther leading the pack away from pole with a chaotic lap 1 esculating ehind the German. Nico Mueller and Antonio Felix Da Costa collided with the German being shot up and ultimately having to DNF. Mitch Evans also collided with champion Pascal Wehrlein and ended up causing a puncture for Wehrlein and his own front wing getting stuck on his tyre and having to pit to fix it.

The piece of Da Costa’s rear wing which came off emerged near the activation zone of attack mode and, with the addition to other carbon fibre scattered across the track, brought out a very brief safety car.

We went racing again on lap 9 which saw Guenther lead from Rowland and De Vries. As laps counted down, overtakes went up including Da Costa on Ticktum nd De Vries passing Barnard for P3.

Pit Boost then opened up for many drivers with Hughes, Barnard and Da Costa all being the first drivers to take pit boost. Ticktum and Mortara followed in their wheel marks, however Ticktum suffered an issue which ultimately compromised his race. Guenther dropped 2 places due to the pit boost and staying out longer while Barnard stayed ahead and actually jumped up by 2 places.

After everyone took their pit boost, Rowland had a big lead over Hughes and Barnard with De Vries managing to make his way up to P2. In the background, however, Guenther was flying his way through the field with the DS Penske German driver managing to pass De Vries for P2 and setting his sights on the race win.

As the race drew to a close, there were 2 major battle going on: De Vries vs Barnard for P3 and Rowland vs Guenther for P1. The latter of those 2 battles emerging victorious with Guenther making a 3rd last corner overtake on Rowland for the win.

Maximilian Guenther led Oliver Rowland from Taylor Barnard for the top 3. Season 7 Champion Nyck De Vries finished P4 with Maserati MSG Racing driver Jake Hughes in P5, Two Time champion Jean-Eric Vergne in P6, Edoardo Mortara in P8, Barnard’s teammate Sam Bird in P8, Antonio Felix Da Costa in P9 with Season 8 champion Stoffell Vandoorne in P10.

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – FEBRUARY 14: Race winner Maximilian Gunther of Germany and DS Penske Second placed Oliver Rowland of Great Britain and Nissan Formula E Team Third placed Taylor Barnard of Great Britain and NEOM McLaren Formula E Team on the podium during the Jeddah E-Prix, Round 3 of the 2025 FIA Formula E World Championship at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on February 14, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Joe Portlock/LAT Images) Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

Round 4

Round 4 begun with a record sitter: the younger ever Formula E pole sitter of Taylor Barnard. He set the record as 20 years and 259 days old. Before we went racing, we had a delayed start due to the Lola Yamaha Abt of Zane Maloney being out of position. After that was dealt with, we went racing with Barnard managing to stay P1 with Hughes moving up to P2 ahead of Rowland. Da Costa got a HUGE hit from the previous round’s winner of Maximilian Guenther and resulted in both of them retiring from the race.

Battles commenced up and down the grid with Hughes very near the rear wing of Barnard and Ticktum going against De Vries while Di Grassi went for an EXTREMELY early attack mode which saw him overtaking driver after driver and ending up leading the race after Rowland took over the lead from the McLaren of Barnard. Buemi ended up pitting which ultimately ruined his race too. Maloney ended up having 5% more energy than everyone but was over 50 seconds behind the leader. Soon, the leader was Frijns due to his attack mode and Bird later received a 5 time penalty for not following the race director’s instructions. A few brief yellow flags appeared during the race due to pieces of debris. The Jaguar of Mitch Evans had to pit during the race which was a disaster for the debut winner of Season 11.

Barnard managed to go for an overtake for P2 on Hughes and make it stick, however, Hughes was putting a battle on Barnard who had a slide. Hughes then goes for an overtake on Barnard for P2 but gets pushed wide and has to go over the turn 1 run off. Positions remained as they were as Rowland won the E-Prix after being denied win the previous day.

Oliver Rowland led Taylor Barnard with Jake Hughes making a jump up to the podium, his first with the Monaco based team. Season 9 champion Jake Dennis finished P4 to make it al all brit 1-2-3-4. Nick Cassidy scored his first points of the season in P5, Stoffel Vandoorne finished P6, Jean-Eric Vergne in P7, reigning champion Pascal Wehrlein in P8, Cupra Kiro’s Dan Ticktum finished in P9 with Edoardo Mortara finishing the points positions of this double header.

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – FEBRUARY 15: Sebastien Buemi of Switzerland driving the (16) Envision Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 7 leads Pascal Wehrlein of Germany driving the (1) TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 during the Jeddah E-Prix, Round 4 of the 2025 FIA Formula E World Championship at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on February 15, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Mark Sutton/LAT Images) Image Credit: Formula E Media Bank

Writer’s Predictions

Before the weekend began, I (Kieran) attempted to predict the weekend’s results and….they didn’t exactly go to plan. My pole position predictions were Wehrlein and Evans which…wasn’t ideal. I was close for Wehrlein but I wasn’t so for Evans.

My winner predictions, however, turned out to be a jinx. I predicted an Andretti driver to win round 3 and they both retired from that race. For round 4, I went with Antonio Felix Da Costa and he retired too.

For the podium in round 3, I went with a Cupra Kiro and a Nissan powered car. There were 2 nissan powered cars on the podium but not a singular one. As for Cupra Kiro….I’m sorry Cupra Kiro fans. Round 4 then went worse as there was only stellantis and nissan powered cars on the podium all weekend.

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17th February 2025