Drugovich loses P5, Marti starts from the back in Mexico! All Formula E penalties at the Sao Paulo E-Prix at a glance

As at every race weekend, the race stewards of the FIA will once again have the task of checking compliance with the Technical and Sporting Regulations at the Sao Paulo E-Prix. If they find an offence at the season finale, they must also determine the penalty. As usual, you will find a list of all the decisions of the weekend in this article.

At the Sao Paulo E-Prix 2025, the presiding commissioner Achim Loth, the international commissioner Filippo Lura and the national commissioner Felipe Maluhy will take on this task. They will be supported by driver steward Pedro Couceiro. The Portuguese driver can look back on a 20-year career as a professional racing driver and was active as a safety car driver in the WEC World Endurance Championship after his career ended.

Penalties ahead of the Sao Paulo E-Prix

• Oliver Rowland was handed a three-place grid penalty for the race in Sao Paulo for causing a collision with Nico Müller at the season finale in London. Rowland had left the track and returned to the circuit in an unsafe manner, causing the collision.

#LondonEPrix 🇬🇧: #FormulaE World Champion @OliverRowland1 gets a drop of 3 grid positions for the #SaoPauloEPrix 🇧🇷 for causing a collision with @nico_mueller.#ABBFormulaE pic.twitter.com/b0ocJOHOgC

— Tobias Wirtz (@tobiw_apex) July 27, 2025

Penalties in shakedown and free practice

• Jaguar was fined 1,000 euros for Mitch Evans using too much power from the battery during shakedown.
• Citroen also had to pay a fine of 1,000 euros because a mechanic worked on Jean-Eric Vergne's car when it was in ready-to-move status.
• Antonio Felix da Costa received a reprimand for wheelspinning in the pit lane during the second free practice session.

Penalties in qualifying

• The fastest lap time of Felipe Drugovich in the group phase of Qualifyings was deleted, because he caused a red flag.
• Pascal Wehrlein was given a 3-places grid penalty for wheelspinning in the pit lane. He had to start from P4 instead of P1 because of this.
• Lucas di Grassi was given a 3-places grid penalty, too. He didn't slow down to 50 km/h during the red flags. He will start from P20 because of this. In addition, di Grassi received two penalty points.

Penalties during and after the race

• Edoardo Mortara received a five-second time penalty for skipping the chicane at Turn 1/2 after the start without stopping in the run-off area.
• Dan Ticktum received a drive-through penalty because mechanics were working on the car while it was in ready-to-move status.
• Dan Ticktum received another drive-through penalty for spinning the wheels of his car in the pit lane.
• Oliver Rowland received a reprimand for causing a collision with Mitch Evans.
• Nyck de Vries also received a drive-through penalty because mechanics were working on the car while it was in ready-to-move status.
• Felipe Drugovich was subsequently given a five-second time penalty for driving too fast during the full course yellow. This penalty knocked him out of the points. In addition, Drugovich got a penalty point.
• Jean-Eric Vergne also received a five-second time penalty after the fact for driving too fast during the full-course yellow. As he did not finish the race, this penalty was converted into a three-place grid penalty for the Mexico City E-Prix. Vergne got a penalty point, too.
• Felipe Drugovich received an additional five-second time penalty after the race for overtaking Pascal Wehrlein and Nick Cassidy during the full-course yellow. As he did not finish in the top 10 after the first penalty, this penalty was converted into a three-place grid penalty for the Mexico City E-Prix. In addition, Drugovich got two more penalty points.
• Pepe Marti was relegated to the back of the grid at the Mexico City E-Prix for causing a collision under full-course yellow conditions. He also received four penalty points on his racing licence.