Formula E test in Valencia 2025: Mortara & Ticktum win sessions, Müller wins race simulation

After just one session in the afternoon on Monday, there were two on Tuesday. Edoardo Mortara set the fastest lap time in the morning. With a lap time of 1:21.493 minutes, the Swiss was a tenth of a second faster than his team-mate Nyck de Vries in second place, followed by Jake Dennis and Pascal Wehrlein, who were also strong yesterday. Nico Müller completes the top 5 in the Porsche.

The lap times from yesterday were quickly equalled today. After just 15 minutes, Nyck de Vries was already scratching at a 1:21 time. It would only take another 15 minutes for Mortara to beat yesterday's lap record. A short time later, Müller took the lead. His fastest lap time was 1:21.848 minutes, which stood until the end of the session and was good enough for fifth place.

Mahindra and Porsche lead the way

Pascal Wehrlein managed to lap the Spanish circuit in Valencia a tenth of a second faster than his team-mate and also briefly took the lead. After an hour, Nyck de Vries set another new best time and was able to leave both Porsches two tenths of a second behind. Another hour later, Mortara took the lead with a new best time and the new track record.

Mahindra thus made a strong start to the Valencia tests. Both drivers were already in the top five on Monday. Porsche also impressed: Wehrlein set the fastest time on Monday and finished fourth today, while Müller made up ground on his team-mate and is now on a par with him. Andretti and Dennis also made a competitive impression with two third places in the sessions so far.

This session was another important learning opportunity for the new regular drivers. Pepe Marti was again last, Felipe Durgovich and Joel Eriksson were only 18th and 17th, while their team-mates all managed to finish in the top ten. After problems yesterday, Taylor Barnard finished seventh this morning, followed by his team-mate Maximilian Günther.

Oliver Rowland causes session to finish early

Just five minutes before the end of the session, when the drivers all returned to the track for the final fast laps, Rowland had to park the car. The reason for this was probably a technical defect. The world champion stopped after the last chicane on the start-finish straight. As a result, the morning session ended under a red flag. Rowland was ultimately classified 14th.

Race simulation: Marti crashes, Müller wins due to penalty

The afternoon began with a race simulation. The drivers started in random order. To reduce the risk of accidents, only one row of cars started at a time. All the cars then gathered behind the safety car before a flying restart. Pepe Marti damaged his front wing in the early laps and had to pit for a change.

Shortly afterwards, there was a full-course yellow, which brought the field back together. A few laps after the race was restarted, the first pit boost pit stops began. However, these were abruptly interrupted: red flag! There was no reason for this, it was just part of the simulation.

After about 15 minutes of interruption, the race continued. Drivers who had not yet made a pit boost pit stop now had to do so. Several simulated penalties were imposed, resulting in several drivers serving a five-second time penalty during the pit stop, with Marti even receiving a drive-through penalty. Both Nissan and Penske drivers, as well as Antonio Felix da Costa, drove into the pits and parked their cars. Nato and Rowland had not participated in the racing at all and were far behind the field.

Most drivers activated their attack mode in the final stages, resulting in a few more changes. Mortara crossed the finish line first but was only classified 12th because he received a drive-through penalty afterwards. Nico Müller inherited the race victory ahead of Nyck de Vries and Jake Dennis.

Little driving activity in the afternoon session

The track was then reopened for a normal session lasting 1 hour and 34 minutes. However, most drivers first had to recharge their batteries, meaning that only a few cars were out on the track. Günther in the DS Penske was the first driver to return to the track. His teammate Taylor Barnard and the two Nissan drivers also returned to the track early on.

The two DS Penske cars initially took the lead in the timesheets, but were overtaken by Mitch Evans around 50 minutes before the end of the session. However, he was still half a second off the track record set by Mortara in the morning. Marti moved up to second place behind him – a first ray of hope for the Spaniard – ahead of Zane Maloney in the Lola Yamaha ABT.

In the last half hour, Müller initially took the lead ahead of Evans, with Cassidy moving up to third place. However, this only lasted two minutes: Dan Ticktum beat Müller's best time by more than a tenth of a second. Shortly before the end of the session, Barnard improved to third place ahead of Evans and Wehrlein.

There will be another session on Wednesday morning before the regular drivers take part in two more sessions on Thursday to conclude the test.