Barnard wins in London as Wehrlein claims second Formula E title, Jaguar seals teams’ crown

A late Attack Mode gamble delivers a maiden victory, while a title fight decided by a spin and a hold-up closes out Formula E’s GEN3 era.

Taylor Barnard won Formula E’s London season finale Sunday, and Pascal Wehrlein claimed his second World Championship in the same race despite finishing outside the points.

Jaguar TCS Racing secured the Teams’ World Championship in the same race, sealing the title at its home event and in the final season of the GEN3 car.

Barnard, 22, crossed the line just under a second ahead of Nyck de Vries, with Edoardo Mortara third to complete a Mahindra double podium. It was the first Formula E win of Barnard’s career and made him the youngest race winner in the championship’s history.

Wehrlein arrived in London third in the standings, five points behind leader Jake Dennis, and three behind Mitch Evans. Saturday changed that. Porsche used team orders to help Wehrlein win the opening race from pole, and he took the championship lead from Dennis by five points, with Evans 21 points back.

Sunday’s qualifying produced a shock. De Vries and Mortara locked out the front row for Mahindra, eliminating both Porsches, Wehrlein and Müller, in the knockout duels. Wehrlein still qualified third.

Team orders shaped the race, too. Müller held up Evans early, while Jaguar’s António Félix da Costa did the same to Wehrlein. Da Costa’s block worked well enough to drop Wehrlein out of the points, a result that left the Porsche driver furious with his former teammate.

That hold-up opened the door for Dennis, who had qualified poorly and started deep in the field. Evans finally passed Müller on Lap 17, then got by both Wehrlein and da Costa by Lap 27.

On Lap 32, Wehrlein spun both Dennis and Joel Eriksson. Eriksson retired on the spot, and Dennis rejoined near the back of the field, ending his title challenge.

Barnard spent the race managing his energy and held his Attack Mode activation until late. The move gave him the pace to pull clear of de Vries for the win.

Evans finished fourth in his final race for Jaguar after a decade with the team. That result secured the Teams’ World Championship for Jaguar over Porsche, the team’s second teams’ title in three seasons. Sebastien Buemi finished fifth in his own last Formula E race, and Nick Cassidy took sixth.

Wehrlein finished 14th, one place ahead of da Costa and five ahead of Dennis. It was enough to win the title. He is now Formula E’s second two-time champion, joining Jean-Eric Vergne, and claimed his first crown at the same venue during the 2023-24 finale.

The race closed out Formula E’s GEN3 era. The series moves to GEN4 cars next season.