Season 12 opened in Brazil, where Jake Dennis converted his Julius Baer Pole Position into victory for Andretti. It was the kind of commanding win that made the series sit up and take note. Then came Mexico City — and in one of the greatest recovery drives of the season, Nick Cassidy fought his way from 13th to first, delivering Citroën Racing their first single-seater win in just their second race as a manufacturer.

The Miami International Autodrome came next, and it delivered the season’s defining individual moment: Mitch Evans secured his 15th career Formula E victory — placing himself at the top of the all-time wins list in the series’ history. Furthermore, the Miami win on a brand-new circuit underlined exactly why Evans is the man everyone is chasing right now. He adapts faster than almost anyone on the current grid.

The season has featured numerous significant incidents and storylines. Nico Müller made his maiden Formula E pole position in Miami — in the series’ inaugural session at the circuit — before team-mate Wehrlein was involved in a collision at Monaco qualifying that cost both Porsche drivers points. Meanwhile, Nyck de Vries took a perfectly judged Pit Boost victory in Monaco’s first race, demonstrating Mahindra’s growing competitiveness. Therefore, heading into Sanya, six different drivers had won races across eleven rounds — a measure of just how open Season 12 has been.

Mitch Evans leads the Drivers’ Championship by 19 points over Oliver Rowland after Sanya. Edoardo Mortara sits third on 103 points, Wehrlein fourth on 101, and Nico Müller completes the top five on 83. Dennis’s Sanya win has pushed him to fifth on 66 points — only 34 behind Evans — making him, statistically, the most dangerous driver in the final six rounds if his Sanya form holds.

Source: FIA Formula E Official Standings — fiaformulae.com · Updated after Round 11 Sanya, June 20, 2026.

Teams’ Championship — Jaguar Leads

Season 12 is the fourth and final year of the Formula E Gen3 Evo platform. All teams use the identical Gen3 Evo car on Hankook tyres, with powertrain differentiation being the primary performance variable. However, that era ends when the chequered flag falls on the final 2026 race. Consequently, every driver and team is chasing these final Gen3 trophies while simultaneously preparing for the technical revolution that follows.

The Gen3 Evo introduced two mandatory Attack Mode activations per race, a Pit Boost system allowing a brief all-wheel-drive power surge via a pit stop, and significant aerodynamic improvements over the original Gen3 car. Moreover, the car produces up to 350 kW in race mode and 500 kW in qualifying — figures that have consistently surprised newcomers to the series who expect electric racing to feel slower than combustion alternatives. How fast Formula E cars actually go — full speed analysis here.

One major change for 2026 in the sport’s broader regulatory landscape: McLaren withdrew from the championship entirely after Season 11 to focus on its LMDh endurance racing project. Read the full McLaren Formula E withdrawal analysis here. Their departure opened a place for Lola Yamaha ABT — a new powertrain combination bringing Yamaha into Formula E competition for the first time. Furthermore, their exit reshuffled several driver contracts, with Taylor Barnard moving to Citroën and Sam Bird departing the racing grid entirely after making a start in every season since the championship’s inaugural year. For context on whether Formula E is a respected motorsport series, that analysis covers the championship’s standing in depth.

Six rounds remain in Season 12, with the next stop being the Shanghai International Circuit for Rounds 12 and 13 — a double-header that the official FIA Formula E preview describes as a circuit that “will heavily shape the final world championship standings as Season 12 heads towards its home stretch.” The sweeping Shanghai layout offers genuine overtaking opportunities. Furthermore, the energy management demands of the long back straight create strategic windows that suit Evans’s race-reading ability but also reward aggressive Attack Mode timing from drivers further back.

The Asian Triple-Header — Where the Championship Could Move

Sanya began an Asian sequence that continues through Shanghai and into the calendar beyond. The return to Asian venues — where Formula E has historically attracted its largest and most passionate live audiences — coincides with a critical phase of the championship. Therefore, any driver who dominates the Asian rounds will arrive at the European closing stages with significant psychological momentum as well as a points lead.

Evans is the favourite. He leads by 19 points, his team is delivering the most consistently competitive package, and he has broken the all-time wins record already this season. However, nineteen points is not a commanding lead in Formula E — it’s one bad race. One incident, one penalty, one late safety car that reshuffles a pit-boost window, and the lead can evaporate overnight. That’s not speculation; it’s the mathematical reality of a series where Attack Mode timing can swing ten places in five laps.

The Scenarios That Decide Everything

Evans wins — if Rowland, Mortara and Wehrlein continue to be close but inconsistent, Evans’s superior ability to score points even in difficult races becomes the decisive factor. His 17th in Sanya with zero points still left him 19 ahead. That tells you everything about how good his first ten rounds were.

Rowland wins — if the defending champion finds the form that won him the Season 11 title while Evans hits a run of hard luck. Rowland at his best — the Monaco Race 2 win from eighth on the grid is the perfect example — is as complete a Formula E driver as Evans. The question is consistency rather than ceiling.

Wehrlein wins — this is the dark horse scenario, but it’s plausible. If Porsche’s package continues to deliver pole positions and race wins across both Müller and Wehrlein, and if their combined attack mode strategy proves as effective on permanent circuits like Shanghai as it has on street circuits, Wehrlein could grind out the points to overhaul Evans by London.

Dennis wins — this is the least probable but most dramatic outcome. It requires two or three more Sanya-level weekends from Dennis, plus multiple zero-scores from Evans and Rowland. However, Formula E history is littered with championships decided in the last three rounds by exactly this kind of swing. As Dennis said himself: “I only need one more race like this.” He’s not wrong.