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Wehrlein Wins Second Formula E Title After Turbulent London Finale

Porsche’s coordinated tactics and a chaotic final race decided the 2025–26 championship and raise fresh questions about on-track gamesmanship.

Overview

  • Pascal Wehrlein sealed the 2025–26 drivers’ title after a two-race London weekend in which he won Race 1 and then held his five-point lead through a troubled Race 2.
  • Saturday’s Race 1 gave Wehrlein the edge when Porsche team-mates slowed the pack in qualifying and the opening stint, and a Full Course Yellow neutralisation allowed him to complete a timely pit boost and take victory.
  • Sunday’s season finale produced a shock pole for Mahindra’s Nyck de Vries, a maiden win for Taylor Barnard, and late on-track contact between title rivals that left both Wehrlein and Jake Dennis out of the points.
  • Stewards applied multiple post-race penalties — including a five-second penalty to Edoardo Mortara after Race 1 and a penalty to Wehrlein after Race 2 incidents — but those rulings did not change the championship result.
  • The weekend closed the Gen3 cycle for Formula E, brought farewells for long-serving drivers, tightened the Porsche–Jaguar teams’ fight, and left lingering debate about the role of legal but controversial team orders in deciding titles.