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This season also remained thrilling until the last race: The season finale saw three contenders for the drivers' world championship title: Wehrlein, Evans, and Cassidy – who went into the last round with only a seven-point difference. This set the stage for one of the most exciting races in Formula E history and marked a spectacular end to the GEN3 era and Season 10.
Cassidy came back with force
Nick Cassidy showed remarkable resilience, recovering from a disappointing performance in Portland and a difficult qualifying session on Saturday in London. He started 15th in the first race and finished it in seventh place, before securing the pole position for the second race on Sunday morning. Cassidy led the field as his teammate Evans overtook Maserati driver Maximillian Günther right at the first corner. An early Safety Car phase also allowed Wehrlein to pass Günther, placing all three title contenders in the top-3 positions by lap six!
The Jaguar drivers fought each other too - fortunately for Wehrlein
Jaguar seemed to want to dominate as their drivers fought for the championship. However, internal tensions arose during Cassidy's Attack Mode activations, during which Evans and Cassidy battled for positions, allowing Wehrlein to capitalize on their discord.
The crash with Günther cost Cassidy his title ambitions
Oliver Rowland, who had started from ninth position, advanced to fourth place by lap 29 and overtook Cassidy for third, which triggered a collision with Günther, ending Cassidy's race with a tire damage. This left the championship battle between Wehrlein and Evans as the Safety Car appeared again.
With less than eight laps remaining, both Evans and Wehrlein had to activate their remaining Attack Mode boosts. An invalid attempt during the caution period handed Rowland the lead, but a violation under the Safety Car forced him to relinquish it to Evans. The next activation attempt by the New Zealander failed, allowing Rowland to regain the lead.
On lap 34, Evans successfully activated his boost, but Wehrlein's strategic Attack Mode activation allowed him to overtake, giving him a clear run to the finish behind Rowland and securing the drivers' title. Evans couldn't maintain his pace and became the championship runner-up once again. Evans was quite frustrated in the end and stated:
"I'm happy for the team that we won the team championship, but I feel like we weren’t at our best this weekend, and yes, I'm also a bit surprised by some of the decisions that were made against me today. There are many discussions that still need to be had."
He added:
"I feel like my own team was working against me at some point, which is not nice."
One man's misfortune is another man's joy, because in the end, someone else benefited from the Jaguar feud and the Porsche power that wasn't quite as overwhelming this time.
Strong finish for Nissan and Rowland: The first win in the last race
Rowland comfortably secured the last race win of Season 10, while Wehrlein's second place clinched him his first drivers' title with a seven-point lead over Evans. Cassidy finished the season in third. Despite the setback in the drivers' standings, Jaguar celebrated their first motorsport title since 1991 by winning the team world championship. Oliver Rowland was still quite surprised:
"Incredible, starting as ninth in such a race. We never expected to win. But it was a crazy race. I picked my moments in the early stages of the race, and then, honestly, when I was in fourth place, I didn’t want to interfere in the title fight. I waited. I kind of hoped that something would happen, which it did in the end, and I was able to take advantage of the situation and win the race."
TAG Heuer Porsche also secured their first manufacturers' trophy, narrowly beating Jaguar by seven points in a hard-fought season. Pascal Wehrlein later explained in detail:
"I don’t even know where to start. The race was tough. Obviously, I knew I had to attack, and I had to get ahead of the Jaguars. I think Mitch defended pretty hard, but I still tried to overtake. I don’t know what happened at the end, whether it was due to the safety car coming close to the attack mode or if he missed it. But nonetheless, I think what we did this weekend was special. We knew that yesterday and today were the days we had to be super focused and probably perform better than the car can and what we can do here in London, because this has never been a track that suited our car well. I think we did that. We clearly showed a lot of speed. I’m very happy for myself but even more for the team."
The final standings are as follows:
Drivers' Standings
1. Pascal Wehrlein (GER), 198 points
2. Mitch Evans (NZL), 192 points
3. Nick Cassidy (NZL), 176 points
Teams' Standings
1. Jaguar TCS Racing, 368 points
2. TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, 332 points
3. DS Penske, 200 points
Manufacturers' Trophy (with customer teams)
1. Jaguar, 455 points
2. Porsche, 451 points
3. Nissan, 273 points
What does it mean?
It remained exciting until the end, but the result this season was predictable: Jaguar and Porsche, with their drivers and customer teams, dominated most of the races, although Nissan, Abt, and eventually even Mahindra showed an upward trend. The Stellantis teams DS and Maserati were mostly pale - sometimes in the front, sometimes in the back midfield. At least DS Penske secured third place in the team standings. Stellantis found themselves in fourth place with Maserati - behind Nissan with McLaren. We can look forward to the next season, where new teams and vehicles could completely reshuffle the field. What is clear: Jaguar, Nissan, and Porsche are still highly motivated and will fight again in the 2024/2025 season!
Translated automatically from German.
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