In another stellar season for the Porsche Formula E Team, Pascal Wehrlein clinched the drivers’ title. Here are the key moments which led to victory in Season 12.
Porsche did the double again in 2026, adding both another Drivers’ Championship and a second manufacturers’ title to the trophy cabinet.
Porsche secured the manufacturers’ prize at the Tokyo E-Prix in July, with valuable contributions from the factory team and both the Andretti and Cupra Kiro customer teams.
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He also took his maiden Formula E win at the first Berlin E-Prix, securing victory on home soil while sporting a very special historic livery.
Speaking after a triumphant London finale, Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President Porsche Motorsport, said: “We end the season with two FIA World Championship titles as Porsche Motorsport celebrates 75 years of motorsport, which is a huge achievement.
“Congratulations to Pascal for claiming the drivers’ title in a very tough race, and well done to everybody involved in securing the manufacturers’ title in Tokyo, including our customer teams, who contributed to that success over the course of the season.
“With this, Porsche remains at the top of electric motorsport. Despite missing out on the teams’ title, this has been a major success for us, and the Porsche 99X Electric ends the GEN3 era as Formula E’s most successful car. We can all be very proud of that.”
As the season has now come to a close, along with the end of GEN3, we look back on the key moments which won Wehrlein the title.
1. A strong start: Securing the points
Wehrlein got the season off to a promising start, kicking it off with a fourth-place finish at the season opener in São Paulo.
He secured pole for Round 1, but was handed a three-place grid drop for wheel spinning in the pit lane during the session.
Despite this setback, Wehrlein was immediately back in contention, and fought throughout the Anhembi Sambadrome fixture.
Though a late safety car scuppered his chances of victory, a fourth-place finish was a good start for what was to come.
A tricky race next time out in Mexico City was interrupted by a safety car and another brief yellow flag, but Wehrlein held on to finish sixth.
His podium in Miami at Round 3, finishing third behind Müller, rounded off three top-six finishes in the opening three rounds, as other title contenders faltered.
This meant Wehrlein headed into Round 4 second in the standings, just two points behind Jake Dennis.
The Miami round was also a strong one for the team, with Müller scoring his first ever Formula E pole position. He converted it to a second-place finish.
2. First win of the season: Jeddah victory in 100th race
Round 4 proved to be an early turning point in the championship campaign, with Wehrlein scoring his first win of Season 12 in his 100th Formula E race.
The supreme victory propelled Wehrlein into the lead of the drivers’ standings as the prowess of the Porsche 99X Electric came to the fore on the high-speed streets of the Jeddah Corniche circuit.
He backed that up with a great recovery drive in race two, moving from 11th to eighth.
It proved a decisive moment in the early stages of the title fight, with closest rival Nick Cassidy scoring eight points to Wehrlein’s 26, and giving Wehrlein a 16-point lead after round 4 of 17.
Jeddah was a strong weekend all-round for the team, with Müller fourth in Race One, narrowly missing out on the podium.
3. Continuing consistency: Podiums in Madrid and Berlin
Heading into the middle of the season, consistency is always key - and Wehrlein backed up his successful early start with two podiums in three races.
Kicking things off with a third-place finish in Madrid, a new addition to the calendar, Wehrlein was able to retain his championship lead amid a fiercely competitive field.
It was a great weekend for Porsche power in the championship’s first visit to Jarama for Round 6, as five Porsche-powered machines finished inside the top 10.
Despite a tough first race in Berlin, briefly slipping off the top spot in the standings, he then backed that up with a third-place finish in the second Berlin E-Prix to reclaim the top spot.
This meant he left Berlin in the lead with 101 points, three clear of closest challenger Mitch Evans.
4. Bouncing back in Shanghai: A second victory
After challenging outings in Monaco and Sanya saw Wehrlein drop to fourth in the standings, he returned to form in Shanghai with his second win of the season in Round 12.
Wehrlein retook the championship lead going into the final stages of the season as Porsche handled challenging conditions at Shanghai superbly.
Rain affected both races and led to last-minute schedule changes to avoid the worst of the weather, but the team coped masterfully with all the weather twists.
Wehrlein won Race One, controlling the pack from pole to move within three points of Evans.
He then lead the group of drivers on the wet-leaning strategy as he took fourth in race two.
The strong results propelled the Season 10 champion back into the lead in the drivers’ standings, holding a nine-point advantage with just two rounds to go - the double-headers in Tokyo and London.
5. The final showdown: Crowning a champion in London
It all came down to the final showdown: The final two races at London’s ExCel Centre.
Rounds 16 and 17 proved as thrilling as ever, as the championship bid farewell to the circuit ahead of Season 13.
With the pressure on ahead of the weekend, Wehrlein remained cool. He was just five points behind leader Jake Dennis and three points behind second-placed Evans, with it all to play for.
At the crucial point, Wehrlein took victory. His win in the first London E-Prix propelled him into the lead of the standings, with a convincing lights-to-flag victory exactly when it mattered.
His five-point lead meant that come Sunday, he was in a good position. And despite a challenging final race, he had done enough to be crowned champion once more.
“I’m so proud of how we executed this weekend, how we didn’t crack under pressure,” Wehrlein said.
“We set the bar really high in the first 15 races of the season, which was our baseline coming into the final round, and today, we finished the job.
“I want to thank everyone in the team and everyone back at the factory who helped build this car. We are the most successful manufacturer in the GEN3 era and have won so many championships.
“I love my team. I love everyone working with me and believing in me. A very special thanks also to Nico for how much he contributed to this title. Tonight, we will celebrate, but then: bring on GEN4.”
Honourable mentions
While Wehrlein’s title was a high point of the season, there were lots of other things to celebrate in a fantastic year for Porsche.
Back-to-back: A second consecutive manufacturers’ title
Porsche successfully defended its Formula E Manufacturers’ World Championship title this season, marking back-to-back titles.
The championship was clinched in July’s Tokyo E-Prix, as Jake Dennis claimed a podium for Andretti.
Having won six of the ten world championship titles awarded during Formula E’s GEN3 era, the Porsche 99X Electric is the most successful car of this generation.
During this era, the Porsche Formula E Team achieved 16 race wins, while 23 victories have been taken by both the factory and customer teams.
Thomas Laudenbach said: “An FIA World Championship title to mark 75 years of Porsche Motorsport – that is a major success. As a manufacturer, we remain at the top of electric motorsport with this title and continue to shape technical progress.
“And we are working hard to keep it that way when the new Porsche 975 RSE lines up next year for the fourth generation of Formula E cars. On behalf of Porsche Motorsport, I would like to thank all project team members, as well as our customer teams, Andretti Formula E and Cupra Kiro.
“Customer racing is an important pillar of Porsche Motorsport – and defending the title was only possible together.”
Müller’s maiden season
It was a brilliant first year with the Porsche Formula E Team for Nico Müller, bringing a huge haul of 102 points to the Teams’ Championship fight.
With one win, two podiums and a pole position, Müller’s maiden campaign was a success from the off.
His home race win was a particular highlight, taking the Pink Pig to the top step of the podium once more.
Finishing inside the top 10 in 10 of the season’s 17 races, Müller played a valuable role across the championship, helping the team to its second consecutive Manufacturers’ title.
Speaking after the London season finale, Müller said: “It’s been a very good season. There is room for improvement moving forward, and I think we have the potential to do even better.
“I’m very happy that we’ve come away with two titles this season and am looking forward to GEN4 next season.”
Racing for Charity: €500,000 raised
Porsche is donating €500,000 to help seriously ill children worldwide as part of its Racing for Charity initiative.
The Porsche Formula E Team raised €400 euros for each race lap completed, totalling €449,200 after Wehrlein and Müller completed 1,123 laps across the 17 races, and was then rounded up.
The programme was transferred to Formula E for the first time in the 2025-26 racing season. Since its first edition at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023, donations have totalled almost €3 million
The funds go to three non-profit organisations: Kinderherzen retten e.V., Interplast Germany e.V. and the Ferry Porsche Foundation.
Kinderherzen retten enables life-saving heart operations in Germany for children from countries where specialised medical treatment is not available.
Interplast Germany gives children in developing and emerging countries with severe burns, injuries or congenital deformities access to reconstructive operations and medical care.
The Ferry Porsche Foundation promotes social cohesion and equal opportunities for children and young people.
“Racing for Charity was an extra motivation for Pascal and me,” Müller said.
“Whenever we could not score World Championship points, every lap still counted. We are both fathers and can therefore identify even more with the initiative. We wish the organisations every success in their work.”
Celebrating 75 Years of Porsche Motorsport
This year, the Porsche Formula E Team ran a series of special paint schemes to celebrate
The first historic colour way came in
Harking back to the iconic Mexican road race, the all-silver colour scheme ran for the second race of the Formula E season on January 10.
It paid tribute to the legendary 550 Spyder, with which Hans Herrmann won a class victory at the Carrera Panamericana in 1954.
In April, the team brought the historic Pink Pig livery to its
Inspired by the Porsche 917/20 which caused a sensation at the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, the livery returned for a second outing 47 years later to win the legendary race, finishing first in the GTE Pro category after a gruelling 344 laps.
To round off the season, the team
From the Nürburgring to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, from the Paris-Dakar to Silverstone, cars bearing these iconic colours won wherever they went - and now, Formula E can be added to that list.
