Looking back: The 10 biggest topics of the 2025 Formula E year (Part 2/2)

As 2025 draws to a close, we take a look back at what happened this year. From brilliant debuts to sad farewells and dramatic title decisions - the past year provided us with some great stories that will live long in the memory. As we do every year, we at e-Formula.news summarise the most important stories of the year once again - in part 2 on the last day of 2025 with places 5 to 1 (to part 1)!

Place 5: Record calendar for season 12 with 17 races and new locations

It was to be a calendar of superlatives: Formula E initially announced a full 18 races in twelve cities for the final Gen3 season. Even if - as is so often the case - it ended up being one race less, the 2025/26 season will be the most extensive calendar in the history of the electric series with 17 races.

With the relocation of the Miami E-Prix from the desolate Homestead-Miami Speedway to the city centre around the Hard Rock Stadium, the first Madrid E-Prix and the return of the Sanya E-Prix after no less than seven years, there are some changes. However, there are also several constants in the race calendar: Monaco, Berlin and Mexico City have been fixtures since the Gen1 era, while the iconic races in and around the ExCeL in London and in Tokyo's Big Sight will remain as venues - at least for this season.

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4th place: Title decision at the London E-Prix: Porsche wins Team & Manufacturer World Championship

Speaking of London, the British capital was the scene of arguably Porsche's greatest success to date in Formula E. The works team secured the world championship title in the team classification and Porsche also won the inaugural manufacturers' world championship in the electric series.

One year after Pascal Wehrlein's title win in the same place, the brand had arrived at the top of Formula E. It took Porsche a whole six seasons to secure the Formula E crown for the first time.

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3rd place: Oliver Rowland becomes Formula E World Champion in Berlin

At this point, however, the drivers' world championship had long been decided: After an outstanding first half of the season, Nissan driver Oliver Rowland was mathematically uncatchable after his fourth place in the second race of the Berlin E-Prix, making his first Formula E world title perfect.

The Briton, who was already considered a failed driver in the electric series after his premature departure from Mahindra, fought his way to the front of the field after his return to Nissan and dominated the 2024/25 season like hardly any driver before. Four victories, three second places and an 86-point lead after the first ten races of the season spoke for themselves.

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2nd place: Formula E shows Gen4 car

The second biggest news of the year was a glimpse of the future: Formula E presented the vehicle with which the teams will be competing for world championship points from the end of next year for the first time. The Gen4 racer met with positive reactions everywhere and looks much more like other formula cars than its predecessors, the Gen3 and Gen3 Evo.

As the performance data of the new car suggests a massive performance boost, drivers in particular are very much looking forward to the new vehicle: Up to 600 kW of power, 700 kW of energy recovery during braking, greatly increased downforce and new tyres from manufacturer Bridgestone mean that - at least on certain tracks such as Monaco - lap times at Formula 2 level can be expected.

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1st place: McLaren confirms withdrawal from Formula E

The biggest news of 2025, on the other hand, was not positive: McLaren's withdrawal from the electric series clearly takes this place. Shortly beforehand, the British company had announced its entry into the World Endurance Championship in 2027 and pulled the plug on Formula E. As it was not possible to find a buyer for the team in the time available, the Formula E starting field for the 2025/26 season was reduced to just 20 cars.

A withdrawal that had consequences: Nissan lost its only customer team and Sam Bird lost his job as a regular Formula E driver after eleven seasons. However, various employees of the team found work elsewhere in Formula E, while Bird became a replacement driver at Nissan and an expert for the English-language TV programme produced by Formula E itself. McLaren team principal Ian James, who had already led the team under the name Mercedes EQ, also remained in the racing series as the new team principal of Jaguar.

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e-Formula.news would like to take this opportunity to thank you for a thrilling motorsport year in 2025. We wish you a happy new year and all the best for 2026! Have we forgotten any important topics? Let us know in the comments!