Pascal Wehrlein claimed his second ABB FIA Formula E World Championship at the London E-Prix on Sunday. He finished outside the points yet still took the crown as his rivals stumbled behind him. The 31-year-old German becomes only the second driver in series history to win two titles, matching Jean-Éric Vergne’s record.
A finale decided at Turn 16
Wehrlein started the 35-lap decider from third on the grid. He and Porsche teammate Nico Müller were shuffled backwards through the pack early on. The defining moment arrived near lap 31 when an incident at Turn 16 involving Envision’s Joel Eriksson collected Wehrlein’s 99X Electric and the car of his closest title rival, Jake Dennis.
Both drivers were pitched outside the points. With Dennis classified 18th and Jaguar’s Mitch Evans unable to do better than fourth, the mathematics swung decisively. Wehrlein crossed the line 14th, a result that in almost any other race would signal disappointment, but here it was enough.
Two crowns, one rarefied club
The final margin was five points — Wehrlein 169, Dennis 164, Evans 160. Wehrlein recorded the most wins of the season with three, plus joint-most podiums and pole positions. His first title also arrived at a London finale, in 2024, and this second crown confirms him as the benchmark driver of Formula E’s GEN3 era.
His name now sits alongside Vergne’s as the only two-time champions since the championship launched in 2014. The achievement also makes him the first German single-seater world champion since Nico Rosberg’s 2016 Formula 1 title.
“I’m so proud of how we executed this weekend, how we didn’t crack under pressure,” Wehrlein told reporters afterwards. “We set the bar really high in the first 15 races of the season, and today we finished the job.”
Taylor Barnard took a maiden race victory for DS Penske ahead of a double Mahindra podium, but the day belonged to a quiet German who, for the second time, turned a difficult London afternoon into a world championship.
