London E-Prix: Vendettas and collusion in Formula E's explosive decider

Another multi-contentious season of Formula E action is analysed after the final Gen3 campaign of the world’s only all-electric world series – the ABB FIA Formula E world championship.11 winners from 17 races told only a small part of the story in a season where Pascal Wehrlein took his second title and Jaguar claimed the team’s silverware in Mitch Evans’ last season with the Big Cat and Antonio Felix da Costa’s first.Five big questions on the pattern and narrative of the season are discussed by Val and Sam Smith, while subjects such as Jaguar’s inability to get a driver’s title are also ruminated upon.The performance of rookies Felipe Drugovich and Pepe Marti are also looked in to, as is the soap opera that was Dan Ticktum and his fractious relationship with his own team, competitors and stewards over the course of a season in which he often went from genius to eccentric and back again across any given weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2025-26 Formula E World Championship was settled in explosive fashion in London as old feuds, suspicions of team collusion and some outright examples of 'playing the spoiler' all erupted before Pascal Wehrlein became a double champion.Sam Smith and Matt Beer relive it all on The Race Formula E Podcast, discussing not just all the wild twists of the final two races of this epic title fight, but also the many 'goodbyes' of the Excel weekend, and how barely anyone noticed the new youngest-ever FE race winner amid the championship chaos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Formula E title fight took another curious twist at the Tokyo E-Prix in late July when Jake Dennis took the championship initiative with a pole, a second and a third place for Andretti.Yet, it could have been oh so much more for the 2023 champion who led the first Tokyo encounter before a last lap powercut derailed what would have been his third win of the season. 24 hours later Dennis had a strong claim for another win written off via a late race red flag when he was in his attack mode and gaining hugely on the leading pair of Nick Cassidy and eventual winner Nyck de Vries.Two entertaining races are picked apart by Sam Smith and Matt Beer, including a controversial incident between former teammates Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Felix da Costa, as well as a disappointing weekend for Jaguar, who had just a fourth for Mitch Evans and a delayed ninth for da Cost to show for their efforts.All this and some intriguing driver market news in the latest episode of The Race Formula E podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Varying conditions in China brought varied results as Pascal Wehrlein, and incredibly Lucas di Grassi took a win apiece as Formula E hit new heights in random results and formbooks being torn up at Shanghai.While timetables were amended and the obligatory contentious incidents played out, Wehrlein and Porsche took over at the top of the points standings with a sublime Saturday performance.24 hours later it was a tale of two races as wet and dry set-up cars turned the race on its own head with Lucas di Grassi and Jean-Eric Vergne proving that experience counts with calculated dry-weather set-ups that came good at the very end of the race.Dan Ticktum of course features with a bizarre penalty that involved The Race’s very own Sam Smith, who discusses the incident with host Matt Beer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The hot, humid and heady atmosphere of Sanya, on the Chinese island of Hainan was mirrored by some lairy action on the track as Jake Dennis claimed his second win of the season for Andretti.While Dennis celebrated, the title chasing quartet of Mitch Evans, Oliver Rowland, Pascal Wehrlein and Edoardo Mortara came away with not a point between them as shunts and bizarre fire extinguisher activations accounted for the top four in the points table.Pepe Marti took an FE career best second place but his CUPRA Kiro teammate blotted his copybook again when he smashed in to the back of Evans’ Jaguar just before a bizarre red flag incident that those two combatants were also involved in.As well as the red flag query, some of the penalties that were dished out are also unpacked, as is the new 2026-27 calendar that will include new tracks at Zandvoort, Brands Hatch and COTA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ten races down and seven to go. The 2025-26 ABB FIA Formula E world championship  has so far seen eight different winners from 10 races. Sam Smith and Matt Beer unpack a ferociously competitive campaign so far as the final season of the rules set proves to be the notoriously competitive series’ closest yet.Mitch Evans leads title race by 19 points from Oliver Rowland but Edo Mortara and Pascal Wehrlein are in strong contention too as one each from the final season of Gen3’s quickest manufacturer cars – Jaguar, Nissan, Mahindra and Porsche.A winners and losers themed structure to the podcast attempts to unravel the action which has seen thrill and spills aplenty in the first half of the season.The seemingly never ending soap opera of Dan Ticktum’s career is revisited, along with how rookie talents Pepe Marti and Felipe Drugovich’s efforts so far.Some driver and teams attain both winners and losers this season as Formula E’s typically fraught multi-textured races have delivered on their regular promises of making heroes become zeros and vice versa sometimes even over the course of a single weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An eventful, controversial and penalty laden Monaco double-header played out as the 2026 ABB FIA Formula E world championship reached the halfway mark.Jaguar opened up a buffer over a fractious and self-sabotaging Porsche in the championship standings, although neither took a win as both Mahindra and Nissan claimed two clinical wins via Nyck de Vries and Oliver Rowland.The undoubted king of the qualifying lap though was Dan Ticktum who took a brace of thrilling pole positions for CUPRA Kiro. But a combination of poor strategy execution, a contentious shunt with Antonio Felix da Costa and overheating tyres scuppered any chance adding to his six ‘pole points.’Sam Smith and Matt Beer take you through a maze of cut and thrust racing as the world’s only all-electric world championship proved once again that overtaking, at pretty much anywhere on the legendary streets of the Principality, is not only possible but now expected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two very different Berlin E-Prixs are mulled over by Sam Smith and Val Khorounzhiy as the 2026 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship approached the halfway point at the unique Tempelhof circuit.Nico Mueller finally broke through in to the winner’s circle after 68 attempts, while Mitch Evans re-affirmed his title threat with a second win of the season for Jaguar, via an audacious tyre and early energy save strategy. But Pascal Wehrlein’s pole and third place in the second of the double-headers ensured that Porsche were the big winners and continue to hold the lead in all three of the title chases.A bumper segment of The Stat Pack powered by Infosys sees a deep dive in to how Mitch Evans maximised his and Jaguar’s strategy and also the key traits of Mueller’s victory. Also picked over are some classic Formula E staples such as Dan Ticktum’s latest rants, Oliver Rowland’s ascent up the order to grab two podiums and the increasing poor form of DS Penske who continue their uncharacteristic points slump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special deep dive podcast in to the recently unleashed Gen4 Formula E car is explored by lead Formula E writer Sam Smith as he is joined by official development driver James Rossiter.The pair discuss the insane acceleration of the new car and how its efficiency and emphasis on performance is set to re-define perceptions on electric racing cars as Formula E gets set for its fourth era later this year.A discussion between The Race and Rossiter also unfolds on the growing comparisons between the world’s only all-electric world championship and the much more electric new F1 rules.Additionally, Rossiter explains how the active differential on the car, its permanent four wheel drive and two-tiered aerodynamic set-up will be tackled by the teams and drivers in private testing and then in the run up to the season starting and a new way of racing is expected to flourish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Andrew van de Burgt is joined by Formula E paddock dweller Sam Smith to dissect the Madrid E-Prix held at Jarama, an event that proved extremely exciting on-track and very popular with fans off it. Has Formula E stumbled upon a new model for its race events? That's one of the key topics discussed in the latest episode of The Race Formula E Podcast.All of the race's big talking points are also discussed, including the team orders row that overshadowed Jaguar's 1-2, and the late drama that saw championship leader Pascal Wehrlein mug Dan Ticktum for third at the last corner.Plus, Sam brings us the latest on the Formula E drivers' bombshell letter to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and Opel's Gen4 entry.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.