DRIVER MARKET: Meet the Formula E Season 11 Grid

Lots of driver market moves have happened since the Season 10 finale in London earlier this year, with some significant changes and new faces making their debut as Formula E welcomes its GEN3 Evo era. The new racing cars, which are capable of 0-60mph in 1.82 seconds, are a huge leap in electric racing technology as well as performance, sustainability, and efficiency. 

Season 11’s incredible calendar brings with 16 races over 10 global locations, and these are the 22 drivers across 11 world-class teams that will be competing across the 2024/25 campaign:

There have been several seat swaps, a new rookie and many teams deciding to keep the consistency with an unchanged driver pairing ahead of the new season. This is the story of all the changes, team by team. 

Jaguar TCS Racing

In an unsurprising turn of events, the reigning Teams’ and Manufacturers’ Trophy champions have stuck with the same super successful line-up of Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans. The duo, both from New Zealand, brought home four victories last season, as well as a heap of podiums and pole positions to end the year top of the standings to give the team their first-ever Formula E titles. Both Evans and Cassidy fought for the Drivers’ World Championship too, but things didn’t work out for them over the London finale. There’s no doubt they’ll both be favourites for the championship crown this season, too. 

TAG Heuer Porsche 

Reigning World Champion Pascal Wehrlein will stay at Porsche for another season, once again being joined by Season 6 title-winner Antonio Felix da Costa. Last season was a memorable one for the German giants, as Wehrlein steered the team to a maiden Formula E title in the London finale and Da Costa fought off mid-season speculation to have an outrageous run of four wins in five races including at the team’s home event in Berlin. 

DS PENSKE 

With the departure of Stoffel Vandoorne announced after Season 10 concluded, it was confirmed that Maximilian Guenther would be making the jump to join Jean-Eric Vergne at DS PENSKE for the new era. Two-time champion JEV will stay given his relationship with the team and his performances over last season - two podiums, three poles and fifth in the standings.

Guenther originally joined the team in Season 4 when team owner Jay Penske offered him a debut seat in the championship. From there, the 27-year-old has gone on to secure five wins and 10 podiums across 83 races since, representing the likes of BMW Andretti and Maserati along the way.

Nissan 

The Japanese manufacturer has retained Oliver Rowland for another season, after a brilliant Season 10 with two wins and further five podiums to his name. He’ll have a new teammate this season though, with Norman Nato returning to the team after a year at Andretti. The Frenchman raced for Nissan in Season 9, and replaced Sacha Fenestraz at the team for the new campaign.  

Andretti 

Jake Dennis is committed to a long-term future with Andretti, after agreeing to a contract extension at the end of his title-winning year in 2023. However, this season he’ll have another new teammate on the other side of the garage. Nico Mueller had an incredible last season with ABT, and has made the move up to Andretti alongside becoming a Porsche Works Driver in the summer break. The Swiss driver will pilot the Andretti Porsche 99X Electric machine in his fifth season of Formula E, and will be trying to hunt down his first Formula E win. 

Envision Racing 

After a campaign of highs and lows, both Sebastien Buemi and Robin Frijns ended Season 10 in good spirits - bringing home three podiums across the final four races. As a result, team boss Sylvain Filippi secured the pair, who are among the most experienced drivers in the championship, for another season. Having completed 229 races between them, 99 of those being with Envision, they also remain at the team who have accumulated more podium finishes (53) and points (1723) through all 10 seasons than any other competitor.

NEOM McLaren 

It was certainly a surprise to many when Jake Hughes announced he would be leaving the NEOM McLaren team during the off-season. Now at Maserati MSG Racing, who we’ll get to shortly, it left a space at the papaya team that it seemed fair only one person took. 

Taylor Barnard had been Reserve and Development driver at NEOM McLaren, but stepped in last-minute for the injured Sam Bird in Monaco - becoming the youngest driver in Formula E history at the age of 19. He returned for the double-header in Berlin, scoring points in both races, and has now been promoted to a full-time drive with Sam Bird in Season 11. The 37-year-old has competed in Formula E since Season 1 and is among the most successful drivers on the grid with 12 wins, 26 podiums and six Julius Baer Pole Positions to his name over the course of those 10 seasons.

Maserati MSG Racing 

Potentially the only team on the grid with an all-new driver pairing is the Maserati MSG Racing squad. It’s going to be a completely fresh line-up after the departure of Guenther and Jehan Daruvala, and one we’re excited to see play out over the course of GEN3 Evo. Although completely new to Maserati, both Jake Hughes and Stoffel Vandoorne have had experience with the team in some capacity in past seasons. Hughes was a Reserve Driver for the team when they were known as Venturi, and Season 8 World Champion Vandoorne has experience with the Stellantis powertrain from his time at DS PENSKE and at Mercedes when they shared a powertrain with Venturi.

Lola Yamaha ABT

With the departure of Nico Mueller to Andretti, the team had a big task to fill the void he left behind as he was responsible for 52 of their 56 points across Season 10. Now ABT have joined forces with Lola Cars, the globally renowned motorsport brand, and have brought in Yamaha for a multi-year technical partnership. 

The team confirmed Lucas di Grassi would stay for Season 11, and that he would be partnered with Zane Maloney - the only rookie on the Season 11 grid. At 21-years-old, Maloney currently third in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and is a reserve driver for Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber. He has also been a Reserve and Development driver for the Andretti, and has completed several Formula E tests in the past two years. 

Mahindra Racing

Anglo-Indian Mahindra Racing have an unchanged driver duo, after signing Season 7 World Champion Nyck de Vries and Edo Mortara for Season 10 on multi-year deals. The outfit have undertaken some big changes to the car for the GEN3 Evo era, and will hope to work their way back into regularly scoring points and possibly even podiums for the 2024/25 campaign. 

Kiro Race Co

There’s currently no confirmation on a driver line-up from the freshly American-owned Kiro Race Co outfit, that was previously ERT and NIO. Season 10 had the pairing of Dan Ticktum and Sergio Sette Camara, with it being suggested that they could make a return for a third consecutive campaign together.

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