Failed title defence: How world champion Jake Dennis dropped out of the Formula E Top 6 in season 10

Last year, Jake Dennis won the title in his home city of London. Just one year later, the Briton experienced the low point of the season in this metropolis and also at the finale. Andretti, along with Dennis and Nato, struggled with many problems throughout the year. Above all, the pace was lacking - more and more from race to race. A solid start to the season ended in a debacle.

With the condition Jake Dennis was in in London, it's hard to remember that the Briton only had to wait two races for his first win of the season in Season 10. However, the American team with the Porsche drivetrain already looked weaker in Saudi Arabia than in the previous year. The biggest problem was and remained the qualifying pace. However, a masterful Dennis was able to compensate for this weakness in Diriyah. There was no sign of this in London.

After three podiums, the pace finally dropped off

The driver with the one on his car did not celebrate another race win. However, the races in Tokyo and Misano were almost better than a single victory. A third place and two second places in succession even briefly put Dennis on course to defend his title. The "Peloton" races in Italy were possibly the highlight of his season. He took the two second places from 9th and 17th on the grid.

Not much followed after that. First two races without points in Monaco and the first Berlin race, then the last noteworthy performance of his season as reigning world champion - pole position in the second Berlin race. In the six remaining championship races, he scored points in only half of them, totalling a disappointing 20 points.

Tragedy in London & collision with Mortara: "A bit strange"

The final race of his season will be remembered, but not in a good way - especially by his fellow drivers. Collisions with literally every driver who got in Dennis' way, penalty after penalty and a premature end to the race in the second London E-Prix. Mortara, who retired along with Dennis in the last race, is not the only driver to criticise the fairness of the now former world champion in London. The Swiss driver described Dennis' overtaking attempt to e-formel.de as follows: "It was a nonsensical manoeuvre that sent me completely into the wall."

Dennis, on the other hand, didn't take the situation too seriously: "It is what it is." He told formulanerds: "It was foreseeable that it would be difficult to score points today. Nevertheless, I had to try to make up places. Edo [Mortara] had damage to the car and could no longer steer and crashed into me. So it was a bit strange."

 

 

 

 

 

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Fighting message for 2025: "Should try to fight for the title"

In total, Dennis scored 122 points in the 2023/24 Formula E season, dropping him out of the top six in the drivers' championship. There is only one thing to do: identify the problems, improve and otherwise quickly tick off the season. "I think we should go into the season trying to fight for the title. We've already won races this year. We have already improved in qualifying to some extent, but we are still not fast enough over the whole time. We have simply lacked consistency this year," Dennis continued at formulanerds.

It currently seems quite possible that Dennis will be joined by another contender for points in the team championship. While rumours of Nico Müller moving to Andretti are intensifying, current regular driver Norman Nato does not yet know what the future holds for him: "I think I'll find out in the next two weeks what the future holds for me," says Nato at formulanerds. "For today, I honestly assume that it was my last race."

Andretti now has just under four months until the test drives to regroup and come back "bigger, better and stronger", as Roger Griffiths emphasises in an Instagram video.