The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship makes the first European stop of its 2024/25 campaign this weekend (3-4 May), as the GEN3 Evo car returns to the scene of its public debut – Monaco.

THREADING THE NEEDLE

The oldest track visited by the all-electric series, the historic Circuit de Monaco is glamorous and gruelling in equal measure. Its sinuous 3.337km, 19-turn harbourside layout winds around the public streets of the famous Principality, with corners such as La Rascasse, Mirabeau and Ste. Dévote indelibly ingrained in motor sport folklore – and poised to punish even the slightest of errors.

Monte-Carlo hosted the official launch of Formula E’s GEN3 Evo model 12 months ago. This weekend – the championship’s first double-header there – 22 of the pioneering single-seaters will head into battle. The event will also mark the second appearance of the innovative Pit Boost feature, requiring all drivers to make a mandatory 30-second pit-stop during Saturday’s E-Prix for a 10% energy boost (3.85kWh) via a 600kW booster. 

FIA Head of Championship for Formula E, Pablo Martino added, "We’re very excited to see how Monaco’s first ABB FIA Formula E World Championship double-header plays out. The FIA has an excellent long-standing relationship with the Automobile Club de Monaco, and as ever, we will be working closely with both the ACM and Formula E Holdings to manage all sporting and technical aspects of the event.

The Circuit de Monaco is such an iconic and historic track, which has generated some unforgettable Formula E moments over the years. I have no doubt that more thrilling racing is in-store with the dynamic new GEN3 Evo car this weekend.”

LEADING LIGHTS

Despite scoring just one point last time out in Miami after getting caught out by a late red flag, Nissan Formula E Team’s Oliver Rowland continues to lead the way arriving in Monaco, where he scooped the runner-up spoils in 2019. The Briton holds a 15-point advantage over closest pursuer António Félix da Costa (TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team), who prevailed from pole position in the Principality four years ago.

The Season 6 champion’s team-mate Pascal Wehrlein sits three points further in arrears, tied for third with impressive NEOM McLaren Formula E Team rookie Taylor Barnard. The German set the pace in qualifying in Monte-Carlo last year but could only finish fifth in the race, while the Brit has reached the rostrum three times from the opening five outings during his maiden full campaign in the championship.

PAST MASTERS

Sébastien Buemi is the series’ lone multiple winner in Monaco – the Swiss star clinching back-to-back victories in the first two editions in 2015 and 2017, followed home on both occasions by fellow former champion Lucas Di Grassi. Envision Racing driver Buemi is chasing a strong result after tallying a solitary seventh place so far in Season 11; Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team’s Di Grassi has also scored just once in 2024/25, but it was a runner-up result in Miami.

Mitch Evans’ São Paulo success aside, Jaguar TCS Racing has endured a difficult start to the campaign, yielding a single top ten finish apiece for the New Zealander and countryman Nick Cassidy. The pair will be hoping Monte-Carlo deigns to smile upon them again, after leading Jaguar one-twos in 2023 (Cassidy) and 2024 (Evans). The latter has not finished off the podium in the Principality since 2019...

The other previous winners in Monaco are DS Penske’s Jean-Éric Vergne and the Frenchman’s former team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne, who in 2022 – the inaugural time that Formula E adopted the full grand prix layout – became the first driver to triumph there without starting from the top spot on the grid. The Belgian’s current Maserati MSG Racing stablemate, Jake Hughes, secured pole position in 2023.

READY TO RACE

Round six of the 2024/25 campaign will begin at 15:05 CEST on Saturday, 3 May, with round seven getting underway at the same time the following day.

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