Pascal Wehrlein is a two-time Formula E world champion. The Porsche factory driver locked up the 2026 drivers’ crown in Sunday’s London finale, and he did it the hard way: 14th at the flag, out of the points, collected in a late-race clash. Jake Dennis, the only man who could still beat him, fared worse. The Andretti driver, also racing a Porsche 99X Electric, finished 18th after getting caught in the same commotion. Final margin: five points, 169 to 164.
Saturday had already tilted the fight. Wehrlein won the opening race of the weekend, the 11th of his Formula E career and his third of the season, and carried the points lead into the decider. Starting third on Sunday, he slid back through the field over 35 laps before the late incident capped a scrappy afternoon. Mitch Evans needed a strong result to steal the title from both Porsche drivers; fourth place left the Jaguar man on 160 points, nine short.
The season-long numbers support the outcome. Three wins, six podiums and four pole positions, each one either the best tally of 2026 or a shared best. At 31, Wehrlein joins Jean-Éric Vergne as the only drivers with two Formula E titles since the series began in 2014. He also remains the most recent German single-seater world champion in any category, a distinction he has held since Nico Rosberg’s Formula 1 crown in 2016.
Two titles, not three
Porsche had already retained the manufacturers’ world championship in Tokyo in late July, so the drivers’ and manufacturers’ double is secure. The treble got away. Jaguar TCS Racing took the teams’ title with 288 points against 271 for the Porsche Formula E Team. Nico Müller, 12th on Sunday, ended the year ninth overall on 102 points. Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President Porsche Motorsport, framed the weekend in larger terms: two world championship trophies in the year Porsche celebrates 75 years in racing. The competition department has had a productive summer on other fronts too, having wrapped up the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup titles at Road America earlier this month.
The weekend also closed a chapter. London hosted the final races of the 99X Electric before the GEN4 car arrives next season. Its record reads plainly: six of the ten world titles awarded during Formula E’s GEN3 era, 16 race wins for the works team, 23 including customer squads. No single-seater in Porsche history has won more. The company treats the series as a rolling laboratory for its road cars, and the lessons feed directly into an electric line-up that keeps growing.
The depth of the 99X armada rounds out the picture. Seven drivers racing Porsche machinery finished inside the top 15 of the final standings: beyond Wehrlein, Dennis and Müller, the list includes Pepe Martí, Felipe Drugovich and Dan Ticktum, with Martí and Ticktum running previous-generation GEN3 technology at Cupra Kiro. The manufacturers’ table tells its own story: 498 points for Porsche, 400 for Jaguar, 292 for Stellantis, at the end of the brand’s seventh season in the championship.
« We set the bar really high in the first 15 races of the season, and today we finished the job, » Wehrlein said after the race. « Tonight, we will celebrate, but then: bring on GEN4. »
449,200 euros and counting
Racing for Charity completed its final laps in London as well. Porsche donates 400 euros for every race lap covered by its two factory 99X Electrics, with the proceeds going to Kinderherzen retten, Interplast Germany and the Ferry Porsche Foundation, all supporting seriously ill children. Ahead of the final tally, the 2026 total stands at 449,200 euros.
Readers who want the longer view can browse our French-language archive on how racing shaped Porsche’s history and the brand’s shift to electric performance (both in French).
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