Pascal Wehrlein Is Your New Formula E Champion

• Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans were out to an early lead before chaos came for both Jaguar drivers.

• Jaguar still secured the manufacturer champion after Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy finished 2nd and 3rd in the points.

• Pascal Wehrlein secured his first championship with a first and second-place finish after entering the weekend tied with Evans.

Pascal Wehrlein and Porsche secured the 2024 Formula E championship with a second-place finish in the season finale in London on Sunday evening.

Wehrlein and Mitch Evans entered the final weekend tied at the top of the leaderboard with 155 points; Wehrlein's win on Saturday gave him a three-point buffer ahead of Evans, who finished second after starting on the pole and claimed the fastest lap of the e-prix.

Crossing the line second behind Oliver Rowland, who won at his home race, Wehrlein secured his first championship and the first for a German-born driver.

At the start of the final round, only Wehrelein, Evans, and Nick Cassidy had a chance at the championship. Cassidy DNF'd after contact with Antonio Felix da Costa, Wehrelein's teammate, which led to a tire puncture on Cassidy's Jaguar.

With Cassidy out of the race, Evans could focus on Wehrelein, but a missed attack mode would be the difference in a championship and second place for the Jaguar driver.

Both Evans and Wehrlein were going to activate attack mode when a safety car was deployed for Cassidy's retirement. With little of the race left, the two leaders still needed to use their attack mode or face a penalty.

When the race resumed, Wehrlein hit his attack mode, and Evans missed the activation zone.

Evans and Wehrlein headed for attack mode when the safety car was deployed for an incident in the wake of Cassidy's dramas, canceling their ability to take it despite the fact both were in the activation zone.

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