Welcome all to my review! In the week break between between this ePix and the last, we learned 2 things: 1; Andretti Formula E have officially announced they are to part ways with current powertrain supplier Porsche, although we do not not their replacement is yet (rumour is that it is Nissan). 2; Citroen Racing have announced 2025 F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin as their Gen 4 development driver, joining their Stellantis-powered brethren Opel, in hiring a woman to test their new car. Also this a PitBoost race
The next Formula E race will be the 2026 Sanya ePrix, the last single race venue this season, with the race on 20th June 2026 at 07:00 UTC. You can find out where to watch it here.

Qualifying

Only 2 things of note during Free Practice 1 and 2, as the 2 DS Penske drivers would speed in the pit lane during FP1 and Zane Maloney would suffer a brake issue going into Massenet (turn 3) and crash, preventing him from going out to qualify.
Now to Qualifying. Group A consisted of: Pascal Wehrlein, Edoardo Mortara, Nico Mueller, Jake Dennis, Sebastien Buemi, Dan Ticktum, Taylor Barnard, Jean-Eric Vergne, Max Guenther, and Zane Maloney. Zane wasn't the only one who failed to set time in qualifying, as Edoardo would suffer a technical issue that prevented him leaving the pit-lane and Sebastien would be caught impeding Max after the former's car suddenly and briefly lost power between Casino (turn 4) and Mirabeau Haute (turn 5) and they were trying remedy that rather than concentrating on what their fellow competitors were doing. The top 4 in group A and thus made it to the Duel stage were: Pascal, Max, Nico and Dan.
Group B went next and consisted of Mitch Evans, Oliver Rowland, Nick Cassidy, Antonio Felix da Costa, Josep Maria 'Pepe' Marti, Joel Eriksson, Nyck de Vries, Norman Nato, Felipe Drugovich, and Lucas Di Grassi. Everyone in this group set a lap time, with Oliver and Pepe providing any sort of jeopardy as they both make mistakes during their initial push laps. The 4 that made it into Duel stage from group B were: Mitch, Nyck, Antonio, and Joel.
The 1st Quarter-Final was between Nico and Max, with the latter winning by 0.188 seconds while the 2nd Quarter-Final was between Dan and Pascal with the former winning by 0.255 seconds and these 2 duels contained no major errors committed by any driver. Quarter-Final 3 was between Antonio and Nyck, which saw the latter advance by a huge 1.023 seconds after Antonio's rear stepped out when braking for turn 3, but this only costs him about 0.5 seconds in lap time, while the final Quarter-Final was between Joel and Mitch which saw the latter moving on by 0.207 seconds. Semi-Final 1 was between Max and Dan, which the latter won by 0.154 seconds, despite both drivers tapping the wall (Tabac or turn 12 for Max, Piscine or turn 16 for Dan) and Semi-Final 2 was between Mitch and Nyck, with the latter winning by 0.258 seconds. The Final saw Dan winning by 0.131 seconds to claim his 2nd ever pole position. Excluding the already mentioned mistakes, lap time was lost via small mistakes such as not attacking the kerb at Saint Devote (turn 1) or taking too much kerb through turns 15 and 16.

Race

Overall Drivers' Championship

Nyck De Vries wins the ePrix from Mitch Evans in 2nd and Pepe Marti in 3rd, taking Mahindra's first win in the Gen 3 era, meaning only Nio/ERT and Lola-Yamaha are the only Formula E manufacturers so far during this era not to win an ePrix. There are a lot of incidents this race, with the first happening on lap 4 where Jake Dennis and Nick Cassidy collide into the brake zone of the Nouvelle Chicane (turns 10 and 11), causing the former to retire. This happens because Nick decides to move in the brake zone (something no racing driver should ever do) in an effort to not hit the back of Norman Nato, not realising how close Jake Dennis was and putting him the wall, so the stewards hand Nick a 10-second time penalty. We get close to another incident on lap 6 as Joel Eriksson defends against Nico Mueller by moving under braking going into the Fairmont Hairpin (turn 6) but only gets a warning. The next incident happens on lap 8 through Anthony Noghes (turn 19) as Jean-Eric Vergne tries to get to the inside of Nico in attempt to pass, but can only get his front wing level with Nico's rear right wheel and pushes Swiss driver wide (relatively) allowing him to get a run onto the main straight and overtake. This goes against the championship's driving standard guidelines, so Jean-Eric picks a 5-second penalty. He is not the only Stellantis driver who tries something like this as on lap 26 through turn 6, Max would try a similar optimistic overtaking manoeuvre (I'm presuming as we don't see a replay of this, but the penalty decision describes it the same way as Jean-Eric/Nico incident) on Nico and would also pick up a 5-second penalty. Nico is not entirely blameless this race, as on 2 separate occasions he makes serious enough contact with another driver to give them punctures. The first incident for Nico is with his teammate Pascal Wehrlein through turn 17 on lap 12, as he runs into the back of Pascal, who slowed down faster than Nico did, so he loses his front wing and gains a 5-second time penalty from the stewards. The 2nd incident for Nico is with Edoardo Mortara (is Nico secretly a Jaguar sleeper agent this race?) on lap 22, where he makes contact with Edoardo's left rear wheel and his damaged nose punctures his fellow Swiss driver and picks a 5-second time penalty. The most dangerous incident, based on the punishment handed out, occurs on lap 27, when Dan moves under braking into turn 10, having initially moved left to take the conventional line through the corner. Antonio bounces off of Dan's rear right wheel and clatters into the barrier, losing his rear left wheel in the process. Russel O'Hagan, team boss at Cupra Kiro, defended his driver, saying the penalty wasn't right, although this is not surprising for the team with professionalism issues this weekend. Cupra Kiro is the team who failed to declare Bianca Bustamante (a development driver for the team) as a member of their operation staff to FIA, but had to Formula E and then someone with Bianca accessed restricted areas they didn't have the proper accreditation for but she did.

1. Mitch Evans (+1)
2. Pascal Wehrlein (-1)
3. Edoardo Mortara (=0)
4. Oliver Rowland (=0)
5. Nico Mueller (=0)
6. Sebastien Buemi (+2)

All drivers have more points under the alternative format compared to their real life totals, with the one who has the most points compared to real life is Max Guenther, who has 34 more points under the alternative format (44) compared to real life (10). There are differences between the standings and the driver who gains the most position's under the alternative format is Max who gains 4 places to be 14th under alternative format compared to 18th in real life, while the drivers who loses the most positions are Nick Cassidy, Nyck De Vries, and Felipe Drugovich who all drop 2 places to be 8th, 13th, and 17th respectively under the alternative format, but are 6th, 11th, and 15th respectively in real life. Also, last week's post is now slightly out of date as Mitch Evans leads the standings in real life, marking the 3rd time in his career he has done that and the first time he has led the standings without the help of winning the previous ePrix.
Below are the overall Drivers' Championship standings:

Customer Trophy for Drivers

The class is won by Pepe Marti with 2nd in class going to Felipe Drugovich, and 3rd to Sebastien Buemi. Dan Ticktum leads from the opening set of corners until he pits at the end of lap 18, handing the lead to Sebastien. Sebastien pits on lap 18 and hands the lead back to Dan who holds the lead until the end, but the post-race penalty awarded to him for his incident with Antonio, hands the win to his teammate. With Jake Dennis becoming the first non-Cupra Kiro driver to retire from an ePrix, this championship is now Sebastien's to lose, providing he doesn't DNF himself.
Below are the Customer Trophy for Drivers standings:

Nelson Piquet Jr Trophy

The winner of the class is Pepe Marti, with 2nd going to Felipe Drugovich and 3rd to Joel Eriksson. Nico Mueller leads after the first corner until lap 4, where Joel passes him through turn 8. Joel leads until lap 11 where Nico repasses him through turn 6 and leads, despite his later incident with his teammate until he pits at the end of lap 15 and hands the lead to Felipe as Joel pits at the same time as Nico. Felipe pits on lap 18, handing the lead to Pepe, who pits a lap later and hands the lead back to Felipe. Felipe holds onto the lead until lap 27 where Pepe passes him (I'm assuming though turn 1 as when we see the change on the timing stand, the lead drivers are through turn 6 and are about a sector ahead of those 2) and keeps the lead until the end. With a 2nd poor class result in a row for Nico, Pepe is now only 15 points off the lead and Nico needs to keep the car on the track or he risks throwing an easy championship away.
Below are the Nelson Piquet Jr Trophy standings:

Overall Teams' Championship

With their 2nd place and Porsche Formula E Team's implosion this race, Jaguar TCS Racing now lead the standings under both formats with the aforementioned Porsche and Mahindra Racing 2nd and 3rd respectively under both formats. All teams have more points under the alternative format compared to real life and There are 2 changes between the 2 formats in terms of the standings as that Envision Racing are ahead of Nissan Formula E Team under the alternative format but are behind in real life and the same applies for Andretti Formula E and Citroen Racing Formula E Team respectively. The biggest gainer in terms of points is DS Penske who have 44 more points under the alternative format (70) compared to real life (26).
Below are the overall Teams' Championship standings:

Customer Teams' Championship

Despite winning the class, Cupra Kiro are still over a race win's worth of points from 2nd (22), Andretti Formula E, who have closed the gap to 1st, Envision Racing, down to 3 points.
Below are the Customer Teams' Championship standings:

Manufacturers' Cup

Porsche continues to lead the standings in Manufacturers' Cup under both formats with points total of 212 (alternative) and 255 (real life), with Jaguar 2nd in the standings under both formats and Stellantis are also still 3rd under both formats. There is no difference in the standings between the 2 formats except for the points totals as Porsche and Jaguar are the only manufacturers to have less points under the alternative format, with Porsche having the biggest discrepancy at 43 points. The biggest gainer in terms of points is still Lola-Yamaha, whose 100 points under the alternative format is 68 points greater than their real life total of 32.
Below are the Manufacturers' Cup standings: