Porsche on the verge of double title win after 3rd place in London, Wehrlein: "Will continue to give everything!"

Porsche took a big step towards winning the teams' title with Pascal Wehrlein's third place in Saturday's London E-Prix. As Nissan only scored two points at the same time - Norman Nato finished ninth and Oliver Rowland only eleventh - the lead ahead of the final race of the season is now 37 points. Porsche also extended its lead in the manufacturers' standings, even though a subsequent time penalty for Jake Dennis hurt.

This means that the team from Weissach is on the verge of winning the championship title for the first time in its Formula E history: as Nissan can score a maximum of 47 points with a race win, second place, pole position and fastest race lap, Porsche can win the championship with 11 points. A fourth place for Antonio Felix da Costa or Pascal Wehrlein would be enough.

"We achieved all our goals, had a strong race and a strong qualifying. We were able to extend our lead in the teams' and in the manufacturers' championship," said Pascal Wehrlein after the race on Saturday when asked by e-Formula.news. "It was also a very important message to the team, that I will continue to fight hard and that I am not demotivated because we lost the drivers' championship in Berlin. Rather, that I will simply continue to approach everything in exactly the same way and give everything so that we can achieve the team goals."

Nissan needs to win - or needs two drivers on the podium & bonus points

In contrast to Porsche, Nissan needs an extremely strong result on Sunday: Tommaso Volpe's team must score at least 37 points to even reach the 244 points that Porsche already has before the final race.

Even in the event of a Porsche double retirement, a Nissan driver would have to win the race and his team-mate would have to finish at least sixth. Only if Nissan scored the bonus points for pole position and the fastest race lap would second and third place also be enough to be equal on points with Porsche - due to the higher number of wins this season, Nissan would be champion in this case.

How likely this is, however, is shown by the points statistics this season: Nissan has not scored more than 28 points in a single race so far this season.

Manufacturers' standings: 3rd and 7th place sufficient for Porsche

Porsche was also able to increase its lead in the manufacturers' standings: the German manufacturer scored 19 points, while Nissan only managed to get three points. Porsche therefore goes into the final round of the season with a points cushion of 23 points.

However, it could have been significantly more: Jake Dennis was subsequently handed a five-second time penalty, which dropped him from fifth to eighth place. Instead of ten points, the 2023 champion therefore only contributed four points to Porsche's World Championship result.

As no bonus points are included in the manufacturers' standings, only the direct race result is decisive here. Even in the event of a double victory for Nissan-powered cars, Porsche could secure the world championship title with 3rd and 7th place or 4th and 6th place. In the event of a victory or second place for a Porsche-powered car, this world championship title would also definitely go to Porsche.

If neither a McLaren nor a Nissan driver finishes on the podium, the manufacturers' championship is also decided in favour of Porsche. The only exception: three drivers from the same manufacturer - Jaguar or Stellantis - are on the podium, Nissan drivers take 4th and 5th place and Porsche scores no points at all.