2025–26 Formula E World Championship

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The 2025–26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will be 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 is set to be 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 will use the Formula E Gen3 Evo car on Hankook tyres. [2]

TeamPowertrainNo.DriversRounds
Flag of the United States.svg DS Penske DS TBA7 Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Günther [3] TBC
TBA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard [3] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar TBC9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans [4] TBC
TBCFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Envision Racing Jaguar TBC16 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi [5] TBC
TBA Flag of Sweden.svg Joel Eriksson [6] TBC
Flag of Japan.svg Nissan Formula E Team Nissan TBC17 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato [7] TBC
TBC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland [7] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team Lola-Yamaha TBC22 Flag of Barbados.svg Zane Maloney [4] TBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Formula E Porsche TBC27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Dennis [8] TBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Germany.svg TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Porsche TBC94 Flag of Germany.svg Pascal Wehrlein [4] TBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of France.svg Citroën Racing Formula E Team [9] Citroën TBCTBA Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne [10] TBC
TBA Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy [10] TBC
Flag of the United States.svg Cupra Kiro [11] Porsche TBCTBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of India.svg   Mahindra Racing Mahindra TBCTBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC

Team changes

After three years of competing in the series, the McLaren Formula E Team confirmed it would not return to the championship for the 2025–26 season to focus on its LMDh project in the World Endurance Championship. [12] The team did not find a buyer and is expected to shut down. [13]

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. [14] This marks the marque's debut in top-level single-seater racing. [15]

Driver changes

Envision Racing and Robin Frijns parted ways at the end of the 2024-25 season, following six seasons together across two spells. [16] 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. [6]

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. [3] 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. [17] [10] This left former Maserati MSG drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Hughes without a seat.

António Félix da Costa ended his three seasons association with Porsche Formula E Team. [18]

List of planned races

The following ePrix are contracted to form the 2025–26 Formula E World Championship:

RoundE-PrixCountryCircuitDate
1 São Paulo ePrix Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil São Paulo Street Circuit 6 December 2025
2 Mexico City ePrix Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 10 January 2026
3 Miami ePrix Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Miami International Autodrome 31 January 2026
4 Jeddah ePrix Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit 13 February 2026
514 February 2026
6 Madrid ePrix Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Circuito del Jarama 21 March 2026
7 Berlin ePrix Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit 2 May 2026
83 May 2026
9 Monaco ePrix Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Circuit de Monaco 16 May 2026
1017 May 2026
11TBCTBCTBC30 May 2026
12TBCTBCTBC20 June 2026
13 Shanghai ePrix Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shanghai International Circuit 4 July 2026
145 July 2026
15 Tokyo ePrix Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo Street Circuit 25 July 2026
1626 July 2026
17 London ePrix Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ExCeL London Circuit 15 August 2026
1816 August 2026
Source: [19]

Location changes

References

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