British motorsport brand Lola announced its return to top-level motorsport for the first time since the 1997 Formula One World Championship. Lola entered Formula E developing its own powertrain in cooperation with Yamaha.[31] This partnership supplies powertrains to ABT, who had previously used Mahindra powertrains but ended that affiliation,[18] and the team entered the season as Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team.[32]
After just a single year running, ERT Formula E Team was acquired by investment firm The Forest Road Company. The team rebranded as Kiro Race Co and raced under an American license. The team also ceased to be its own manufacturer, forming an agreement with Porsche to use its 2023–24 powertrain instead.[6][33] Ahead of the São Paulo ePrix weekend, Cupra entered into a partnership with Kiro Race Co to enter the season as CupraKiro.[7] Cupra previously partnered with Abt in the last two seasons of the championship.
Andretti driver Norman Nato left the team after a single season to return to the Nissan Formula E Team, with whom he last raced in 2023, replacing Sacha Fenestraz, who left the team after two seasons.[22][38]Nico Müller left ABT after two seasons with the team to replace Nato at Andretti.[39][26] Müller's replacement at ABT was announced to be Barbadian Formula 2 driver and former Andretti reserve driver Zane Maloney, who made his Formula E debut, thereby becoming the first Barbadian driver to compete in the series.[20]
The Miami ePrix was reintroduced to the calendar, the first race in Florida since 2015, replacing the Portland ePrix. The event will move from the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit to the Homestead–Miami Speedway, which previously hosted IMSA GT Championship, the one-off Ferrari Winter Series for developmental single-seater drivers, and currently hosts numerous club races. It is unknown which version of the circuit will be used (with or without the banking). Regardless, at 2.18 miles (3.51 km) (without banking) or 2.27 miles (3.65 km) (with banking), it will be the longest Formula E circuit in history. [44]
The Monaco ePrix will become a double header for the first time in the race's history.[45] The Tokyo ePrix will also be a double-header race.[46]
Location of ePrix in season 11 (: ePrix - Single Race) (: ePrix - Double Header)
Regulation changes
Technical regulations
The championship introduced an upgrade to its Gen3 ruleset, called Gen3 Evo.[47] The updated ruleset features a new chassis package featuring a more robust front wing and new Hankook tyres aimed at providing increased grip. The new car also contains an active front power train to be used in qualifying, the race start and during attack mode, increasing acceleration and power output.[48]
Sporting regulations
The Manufacturers' Trophy introduced in season ten became a World Championship title alongside the Teams' and Drivers' titles. Points are awarded in a similar manner to the Teams' title and are based on the performance of each manufacturer's two highest-scoring cars in every race.[4]
The highest-placed two cars per powertrain manufacturer per race score points towards that manufacturer's position in the standings. The cars that do not score any points will not appear in the standings and the points will be allocated to the following Manufacturer’s car eligible to score points. Points allocated for the driver obtaining the Pole Position and the Fastest Lap will not be counted.[52]
^ abThe 99X Electric branding has been used for every Formula E powertrain developed by Porsche ever since their debut season. This is the fourth powertrain.
^The Maserati powertrain is a rebadged DS, contributing points towards Stellantis' total in the Manufacturers' Standings.
^Kiro are using the previous (third) generation of the Porsche 99X Electric powertrain, updated to meet current regulations.[6]
^David Beckmann set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. António Félix da Costa was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^Sébastien Buemi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Jake Dennis was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
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