With the end of the 2024 season, Formula E silly season is very much on as they get ready for 2025 and beyond – some are set and some awaited.
Formula E silly season always delivers, with all but three teams having entirely new driver line-ups as we came into Season 10. Fast forward 16 rounds, eight different winners and one new World Champion and 2023/24 is now over. With contracts expiring, and the GEN3 Evo era on the horizon, several drivers are making the switch. Here are all the moves from Season 11’s driver market discussions.
DS PENSKE
The team confirmed the departure of Stoffel Vandoorne after the London finale, leaving at least one seat going spare at the team that finished third in the Teams’ standings this season. It’s looks likely that two-time champion Jean-Eric Vergne will stay for Season 11 given his relationship with the team and his performances over the campaign – two podiums, three poles and fifth in the standings – but there’s still no confirmation there, nor who’ll fill the void left by outgoing Season 8 title winner Vandoorne.
Andretti
We do know that Jake Dennis will be back with Andretti for Season 11, after agreeing to a long-term contract extension at the end of 2023 – his title-winning year. The 2022/23 champion had a strong first half of the season with a win in Diriyah and three other podiums, and will be back to try and make it two drivers’ titles with Andretti. His teammate remains to be known after Norman Nato’s departure.
Maserati MSG Racing
Maserati MSG Racing will have a new pairing of Hughes and Stoffel Vandoorne for Season 11. It’s going to be a completely fresh line-up after the departure of Guenther and Jehan Daruvala, and one we’re excited to see play out over the course of GEN3 Evo. For Daruvala, this leaves him with many questions over his future. The Indian completed his rookie season with Maserati MSG Racing in Season 10, and managed a best result of seventh in Berlin.
It’s not yet known where he’ll end up in all the silly season drama, or if he’ll leave Formula E entirely. The departure of Maximilian Guenther from the team has raised a few eyebrows, with the young German being hot property in the paddock. Guenther, a five-time race winner, has experience with the STELLANTIS powertrain having raced for Maserati for the past two seasons, and would certainly be a sensible hire for DS PENSKE.
ABT CUPRA
With the departure of Nico Mueller, the team will have a big task filling the void he’s left behind; he was responsible for 52 of the team’s 56 points across Season 10. It had been rumoured that the German-based squad are keen to keep on Season 3 champion Lucas di Grassi. The Brazilian is one of the most successful drivers in the history of Formula E, with 13 wins and 40 podiums to his name across 10 seasons. He’s also a title-winner with ABT, under its prior Audi guise. Sure enough, the team confirmed di Grassi would stay for Season 11, as the team switches to ABT Lola for GEN3 Evo.
Apart from these, the ones who are mostly set are Mahindra Racing (Nyck de Vries and Edoardo Mortara), Porsche (Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Felix da Costa), Jaguar (Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans). As for the rest of the teams like Envision Racing, ERT, McLaren and Nissan, their line-ups are awaited with names already linked to them.
[Note: The story is as per press release]
