Pascal Wehrlein became just the second driver in Formula E history to win multiple world titles, clinching the 2026 crown in a chaotic and controversial season finale at the ExCeL London circuit. The Porsche driver failed to score a single point in the decisive race, yet his five-point buffer from the start of the day proved just enough to hold off championship rival Jake Dennis and late challenger Mitch Evans.
The 35-lap race was a tense affair from the outset, with Wehrlein running comfortably inside the top five for much of the distance. However, the complexion changed dramatically in the final ten laps when outside title contender Mitch Evans, driving for Jaguar, finally fought his way onto Wehrlein’s gearbox. What followed was a masterclass in team tactics from Jaguar, as Evans’s teammate Antonio Felix da Costa deliberately held up Wehrlein to allow Evans to sweep past both cars into fourth place.
Da Costa’s defensive driving continued to frustrate Wehrlein, and the pressure told a lap later when the Portuguese driver’s tactics allowed four cars to pass them both, including the customer Porsche of Jake Dennis. Dennis, who had started a lowly 16th and conserved energy throughout, suddenly came alive in the closing stages. For a brief moment, with Dennis running seventh and Wehrlein stuck behind da Costa, Dennis was ahead on points in the live standings.
The need for most drivers to take a second attack mode brought the two title contenders back together, running ninth and tenth. Dennis was briefly delayed behind Joel Eriksson, giving Wehrlein just enough room to attempt a lunge around the outside at Turn 16. The pair ran side-by-side into Turn 17, where Wehrlein clipped Eriksson’s rear, sending the Envision-Jaguar into a spin and Dennis into the wall.
Dennis emerged from the incident ahead but now well outside the points, and pitted the following lap for a tyre change. Wehrlein, meanwhile, nursed his damaged Porsche home, enduring another tussle with da Costa that saw the pair exchange heated words over team radio. Wehrlein called da Costa a “sore loser” and added “f***ing beat him three years in a row”, while a post-race five-second penalty for the collision with Eriksson further tarnished the victory. Still, he was classified 14th, and the five-point cushion he had carried into the day was enough to seal the title.
Evans’s late charge came up just short. He finished his final race for Jaguar in fourth place, ending the season nine points adrift of Wehrlein in third overall. The Mahindra cars had dominated much of the race, locking out the front row in qualifying, but it was Taylor Barnard who cycled into the lead unseen and then held off Nyck de Vries on the final lap to give DS Penske victory in DS’s final race as a Formula E brand. De Vries was backed up by teammate Edoardo Mortara in third, allowing Mahindra to leapfrog Andretti for third in the teams’ championship, while Jaguar took the teams’ title by 17 points over Porsche.
Wehrlein’s achievement places him alongside Jean-Eric Vergne as the only multi-time champions in the all-electric series, cementing his status as one of the greats of the modern era. The dramatic finale was a fitting end to a season that had been decided by fine margins, with Wehrlein’s consistency and racecraft ultimately proving decisive in a year where the title battle went down to the wire.
