STUTTGART, Germany — Porsche and Formula E announced the sports car manufacturer has extended its involvement in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship through season 12 in 2025-26.
Porsche entered Formula E in 2019 with an initial five-year commitment until the end of the forthcoming Season 10 which will conclude in July 2024.
Today’s announcement confirms TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team will continue to compete in the premier all-electric motorsport world championship through the GEN3 era racing the Porsche 99X Electric car. The GEN3 is the third generation of Formula E race car which debuted this season and is the fastest, lightest, most powerful and efficient electric race car ever built.
Porsche also confirmed it will continue to play an active role in shaping the successful future of Formula E and is already involved in the design of the fourth generation of race car which will enter the championship from Season 13.
This season has been the most successful for TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team since it entered Formula E. Pascal Wehrlein and António Félix da Costa have won four of the 14 races to date – three and one victory respectively.
For the first time this season, Porsche is supporting a customer team, Avalanche Andretti Formula E, with driver Jake Dennis currently leading the Drivers’ World Championship going into the final two races in London this Saturday and Sunday.
Britain’s Dennis has secured two wins and nine podiums to date in the Porsche 99X Electric and starts as the favorite for the title in his home races.
The 2023 Hankook London E-Prix double-header this Saturday and Sunday is the climax of season nine in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.