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Race Information | ||
Date | 12 April 2025 | |
E-Prix No. | 137 (5 of 2024/25) | |
Official Name | 2025 ABB Formula E Miami E-Prix | |
Location | ![]() Homestead, Florida, USA | |
Format | 90 km / 60 mins | |
Lap length | 3.551 km (2.206 mi) | |
Distance | 26 laps / 92.326 km (57.369 mi) | |
Qualifying Result | ||
Pole Sitter | ![]() | |
Team | ![]() | |
Time | 1:23.037 (153.084 km/h) | |
Fastest Lap | ||
Driver | ![]() | |
Team | ![]() | |
Fastest Lap | 1:25.821 on lap 25 | |
ePrix Result | ||
First | Second | Third |
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Winner Team | ![]() | |
Time | 1:04:19.723 (86.095 km/h) | |
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The 2025 Miami E-Prix, officially the 2025 ABB Formula E Miami E-Prix, was the fifth race of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, staged at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, USA, on 12 April 2025.[1] The race would be the first E-Prix to be held in Miami since the inaugural FE season, albeit at a completely different venue and saw FE use an oval based circuit for the first time.[1]
Qualifying saw Norman Nato claim something of a surprise pole in the #17 Nissan, the Frenchman securing his mainden pole position courtesy of defeating Jake Dennis in the final of the qualifying knockouts by 0.129s.[2] Indeed, having finished third in Group B to be the only Nissan to make it through to the knockouts, Nato would go on to claim victories against Lucas di Grassi and Robin Frijns in the quarter and semi finals, while Dennis' path to the final saw him defeat Stoffel Vandoorne and then António Félix da Costa.[2]
At the start of the race Nato would leap off the line to claim an early lead, while da Costa was the one to watch as he began elbowing his way past Dennis to claim second, although that move would only be completed by turn four.[3] Behind it was a clean getaway with everyone making it through the first few corners without any major issues or significant contact, with Nyck de Vries another to make early progress by firing past Frijns in the first corner.[3]
The race would likewise soon settle, with de Vries moving to the front before Nato returned to the lead, although otherwise there were no drivers who wished to take the lead as a peleton-esque race emerged.[3] After eleven laps the field would begin to divert onto their various strategies, with Vandoorne and de Vries being the first among the lead pack to arm Attack Mode, leading de Vries to move back to the head of the field as the first round of AM use progressed.[3]
Indeed, once everything had shaken out de Vries was left leading Nato, da Costa, Vandoorne, Frijns, Sébastien Buemi, Edoardo Mortara, the two McLarens and Dennis, although the majority of the field were within striking distance of the top ten.[3] However, of note was the energy advantage some of those in the field had, with da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein holding something around 3% more energy than the rest of the leading group as the race headed to its halfway point.[3]
That advantage prompted da Costa and Wehrlein to both arm AM shortly after the mid-point of the race, with the duo duly surging into the lead of the race best Nico Müller, who had himself scrambled to the front from the very back of the grid.[3] Moments later and the Safety Car was scrambled in order to allow de Vries to be removed from the circuit, the #21 Mahindra having stopped on circuit, although just after the SC ventured out of the pits, de Vries would get back running and join the back of the field.[3]
da Costa fired away at the restart in order to get enough of a gap to arm his second AM boost, slotting in back behind his teammate Wehrlein at the head of the pack, before the red flag was flown with five laps to go.[3] That stoppage was caused by a pile-up at the chicane on the back-straight saw Jake Hughes hit the inside wall, before Maximilian Günther ended up on top of the Brit's car while Mitch Evans was wedged into the back of the #7 DS Penske.[3]
A twenty minute untangling followed before the race restarted with a standing start, although with only four full laps to go and over half the field needing to use their second AM boosts, it was going to be a chaotic conclusion.[3] da Costa duly fired off the line to secure an early lead from teammate Wehrlein, who would subsequently lead the AM users to arm their second AM boosts, before quickly firing past da Costa to secure the lead on the road, and safe in the knowledge that he would at least use his boost before the chequered flag would fall.[3]
The same could not be said for Nato, who along with everyone else with six minutes left to use, and only around five minutes of racing left, decided to burn as much energy as he could, and would duly blast past da Costa to claim second, and then catch Wehrlein on the run to the line and claim the win on track, but knowing a penalty was in-coming.[3] Wehrlein was in second ahead of Frijns, Oliver Rowland and Sam Bird, all of whom were still in AM, followed by di Grassi and da Costa, the next drivers not in AM at the end of the race.[3]
After a short delay the final results were published, and Wehrlein was unsurprisingly declared the victor, while second was a shocked di Grassi, who earned the first podium for Lola Cars and Yamaha since they joined the series at the start of the season.[3] da Costa completed the podium ahead of Müller and Mortara, while Nato's ten second time penalty left him in sixth ahead of Dan Ticktum.[3] Frijns would end the afternoon in eighth ahead of Dennis, while Rowland inherited tenth after Zane Maloney was dumped out of the top ten by a time penalty of his own.[3]
Background[]
Two months would pass after the 2025 Jeddah E-Prix II before the 2024/25 Formula E field reconvened, returning to a city last visited all the way back in the inaugural 2014/15 season.[1] Indeed, after over a decade of visting various other American venues, the Miami ePrix would return to the Formula E calendar for the first time, albeit at a completely different venue and one which would see FE use an oval based circuit for the first time.[4] For Miami's FE return the field would utilise the Homestead-Miami Speedway in nearby Homestead, Florida, with the series expected to use the road course or potentially a modified version of it for its return to Florida.[5]
EVO Sessions[]
Amid the huge gap between the Jeddah and Miami rounds FE would opt to stage a non-Championship promotional event, held at the Miami International Autodrome on 5 - 6 March 2025, featuring a mix of internet and media personalities partnered by a driver from each of the teams.[6] All eleven guest drivers were given training programmes and simulator sessions before the Miami event, with each talent urged to film and promote the content on their own social media profiles as well as by the series itself.[6] The Sessions would see the guest drivers pilot a car to set a lap time which would be compared against and combined with their driver coaches' time to give a combined time, revealing who was the fastest of the celebrities.[7]
The programme, which was held without public attendance, was filmed for a later documentary to be released by the series, and was aimed at expanding interest in the series through the profiles of the influencers involved.[7] However, it would ultimately be another promotional event filmed at the EVO Sessions that caused the biggest stir, as YouTuber MrBeast crashed the Cupra Kiro car while filming a promotion for his business, a clip that would generate 20 million views in 12 hours after it was posted online.[8] That, combined with the EVO Sessions, was also being used to demonstrate that the FE cars could be driven by normal people, but to do so at the pace of a full-time FE driver took extraordinary skill and talent.[9]
Elkins' Farewell[]
Elsewhere, FE would reveal that long-standing race director Scot Elkins would step down from his role at the end of the Miami E-Prix, ending his ten year stint as the series' race director.[10] His replacement would be long-term deputy Marek Hanaczewski, who had stepped in to cover Elkins at the 2024/25 São Paulo E-Prix at the start of the season, and as part of the hand over Elkins and Hanaczewski had swapped roles in Jeddah.[10] Elkins cited a desire to spend more time with his family as the main motive for stepping down from his role, leaving the series entirely, having originally planned to complete Season 11 in his role.[10]
Hanaczewski, meanwhile, would officially become the series' Race Director from the 2025 Monaco E-Prix I, while Benoit Dupont would move to become the deputy Race Director, a role he also held in São Paulo, having served at the Head of Circuit Operations for FE and the Head of Sporting Matters for the World Endurance Championship.[10]
Jeddah Jiggle[]
Oliver Rowland had made his mark on the title hunt with his second victory of the campaign, the British ace leaving Jeddah with 68 points to his credit and a healthy seventeen point lead over his closest challenger. Taylor Barnard was that challenger, the British youth's impressive start to the season having continued after his record breaking evening, while António Félix da Costa had fallen 29 points off the lead in third. Maximilian Günther was next up ahead of Jake Hughes as they completed the top five, while Nick Cassidy had claimed his first points of the campaign to become the season's seventeenth point scorer.
In contrast the Teams' Championship had seriously hotted up with a quarter of the season completed, with the Nissan Formula E Team leaving Jeddah at the head of the hunt, although their lead, entirely due to Rowland's points haul, was just a solitary point. Indeed, their customers the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team had leapt back up to second, while the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team having lost the lead and dropped to third, but remained just four points behind the Japanese factory squad. DS Penske were also within striking distance, just a point further back, while Maserati MSG Racing had moved into the top five with their first podium of the campaign.
For the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, the success of both their factory and customer teams had meant that Nissan had danced away from the rest of the field, the Japanese manufacturer having moved 47 points clear at the head of the field. Likewise, it was a combination of their two factory-esque brands that left Stellantis in second on 83 points, albeit just three ahead of former leaders Porsche. Jaguar, meanwhile, had lost more ground in fourth ahead of Mahindra, while Lola remained at the foot of the table with just a solitary point.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2025 Miami E-Prix is displayed below:
Practice[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
Free Practice Results[]
Outlined below are the results from the Free Practice sessions held as part of the 2025 Miami E-Prix:
- Magenta indicates that the lap was set in Attack Mode (350 kW).
Qualifying[]
Qualifying for the 2025 Miami E-Prix would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight.[13] The field would be split into two groups of eleven drivers, based on Championship position, with each group then getting ten minutes on track to complete as many laps as they wished at 300 kW.[13] The fastest eight overall would then proceed to the knockout phase, now running at the maximum 350 kW qualifying mode and with AWD active, with the fastest from group A against the fourth fastest from group A and so on, until four drivers were left.[13]
Those four would move on to the Semi-Final, with the winner of A1/A4 taking on the victor of A2/A3, while the triumphant driver of B3/B2 would take on B4/B1's winner.[13] The winners from those duels would then go into the final, with the winner of that duel taking pole ahead of the runner-up, with any grid penalties applied after the conclusion of the final.[13]
Group A[]
Group B[]
Knockouts[]
Quarter Finals[]
Semi Finals[]
Final[]
Post Qualifying[]
The final qualifying result for the 2025 Miami E-Prix are outlined below:
2025 Miami E-Prix Qualifying Results | |||||||
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Final | |||||||
Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
I | Win | 17 | ![]() |
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1:23.037 (153.084 km/h) | — | 1 |
Lose | 27 | ![]() |
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1:23.166 (152.846 km/h) | +0.295s | 2 | |
Semi-Finals | |||||||
Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
I | Win | 27 | ![]() |
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1:23.197 (152.789 km/h) | — | F |
Lose | 13 | ![]() |
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1:23.218 (152.751 km/h) | +0.021s | 3 | |
II | Win | 17 | ![]() |
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1:23.094 (152.979 km/h) | — | F |
Lose | 4 | ![]() |
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1:23.389 (152.437 km/h) | +0.295s | 4 | |
Quarter Finals | |||||||
Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
QF 1 | Win | 27 | ![]() |
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1:23.000 (153.152 km/h) | — | SF |
Lose | 2 | ![]() |
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1:23.566 | +0.566s | 6 | |
QF 2 | Win | 13 | ![]() |
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1:23.229 (152.730 km/h) | — | SF |
Lose | 3 | ![]() |
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1:24.479 (150.471 km/h) | +1.250s | 8 | |
QF 3 | Win | 17 | ![]() |
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1:23.030 (153.096 km/h) | — | SF |
Lose | 11 | ![]() |
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1:23.743 (151.793 km/h) | +0.713s | 7 | |
QF 4 | Win | 4 | ![]() |
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1:23.120 (152.931 km/h) | — | SF |
Lose | 21 | ![]() |
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1:23.252 (152.688 km/h) | +0.132s | 5 |
Group Stage | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
1st | 4 | ![]() |
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1:24.756 | — | QF 4 | GB |
2nd | 13 | ![]() |
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1:24.796 | +0.040s | QF 2 | GA |
3rd | 11 | ![]() |
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1:24.799 | +0.043s | QF 3 | GB |
4th | 17 | ![]() |
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1:24.808 | +0.052s | QF 3 | GB |
5th | 21 | ![]() |
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1:24.832 | +0.076s | QF 4 | GB |
6th | 2 | ![]() |
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1:24.836 | +0.080s | QF 1 | GA |
7th | 1 | ![]() |
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1:24.859 | +0.103s | 9 | GB |
8th | 5 | ![]() |
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1:24.879 | +0.123s | 11 | GB |
9th | 27 | ![]() |
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1:24.901 | +0.145s | QF 1 | GA |
10th | 3 | ![]() |
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1:24.935 | +0.179s | QF 2 | GA |
11th | 48 | ![]() |
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1:24.959 | +0.203s | 10 | GA |
12th | 16 | ![]() |
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1:24.989 | +0.233s | 12 | GA |
13th | 9 | ![]() |
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1:25.047 | +0.291s | 14 | GA |
14th | 23 | ![]() |
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1:25.061 | +0.305s | 16 | GA |
15th | 37 | ![]() |
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1:25.073 | +0.317s | 13 | GB |
16th | 33 | ![]() |
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1:25.075 | +0.319s | 15 | GB |
17th | 25 | ![]() |
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1:25.136 | +0.380s | 17 | GB |
18th | 51 | ![]() |
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1:25.203 | +0.447s | 18 | GA |
19th | 22 | ![]() |
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1:25.250 | +0.494s | 20 | GA |
20th | 8 | ![]() |
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1:25.328 | +0.572s | 19 | GB |
21st | 55 | ![]() |
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1:25.359 | +0.603s | 21 | GA |
22nd* | 7 | ![]() |
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1:25.552 | +0.796s | 22* | GB |
Group A 110% Time: 1:33.275[12] | |||||||
Group B 110% Time: 1:33.231[12] | |||||||
Source:[12] |
- * Günther served a five place grid penalty for causing a collision with da Costa at the 2025 Jeddah E-Prix II.[14]
Race[]
Report[]
Result[]
The final classification of the 2025 Miami E-Prix is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.
2025 Miami E-Prix Race Result | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
1st | 1 | ![]() |
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26 | 1:04:19.732 | 1:25.821 | 26 |
2nd | 11 | ![]() |
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26 | +5.619s | 1:26.942 | 18 |
3rd | 13 | ![]() |
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26 | +6.084s | 1:28.770 | 15 |
4th | 51 | ![]() |
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26 | +8.447s | 1:27.979 | 12 |
5th | 48 | ![]() |
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26 | +9.070s | 1:29.423 | 10 |
6th* | 17 | ![]() |
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26 | +9.881s | 1:25.981 | 11 |
7th | 33 | ![]() |
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26 | +10.033s | 1:27.387 | 6 |
8th* | 4 | ![]() |
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26 | +10.142s | 1:26.291 | 4 |
9th | 27 | ![]() |
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26 | +10.329s | 1:27.445 | 2 |
10th* | 23 | ![]() |
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26 | +10.925s | 1:26.444 | 1 |
11th | 21 | ![]() |
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26 | +11.324s | 1:27.337 | |
12th | 25 | ![]() |
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26 | +11.496s | 1:28.396 | |
13th | 16 | ![]() |
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26 | +11.868s | 1:28.194 | |
14th | 2 | ![]() |
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26 | +12.159s | 1:28.183 | |
15th† | 37 | ![]() |
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26 | +12.326s | 1:28.282 | |
16th | 9 | ![]() |
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26 | +12.704s | 1:28.415 | |
17th | 7 | ![]() |
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26 | +13.592s | 1:28.497 | |
18th* | 8 | ![]() |
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26 | +13.780s | 1:26.536 | |
19th‡ | 22 | ![]() |
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26 | +15.799s | 1:27.321 | |
20th* | 5 | ![]() |
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26 | +17.729s | 1:27.043 | |
Ret | 3 | ![]() |
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21 | Collision | 1:25.914 | |
Ret | 55 | ![]() |
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19 | Retired | 1:30.367 | |
Source:[12] |
- Magenta indicates that the lap was set in Attack Mode (350 kW).
- * Nato, Frijns, Rowland, Bird and Barnard all served ten second time penalties for failing to use their full Attack Mode allocation.[15][16][17][18][19]
- † Cassidy earned a five second time penalty for .[20][19]
- ‡ Maloney served a five second time penalty for .[21][19]
Milestones[]
- First E-Prix to be held at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Also the second Miami ePrix to be held and first since the 2015 Miami ePrix.
- 100th race for Edoardo Mortara.
- Maiden pole position for Norman Nato.
- Eighth victory for Pascal Wehrlein.
- Porsche Formula E Team secured their thirteenth victory as an entrant.
- Sixteenth win for Porsche as a powertrain supplier.
- Lola Cars and Yamaha earned their maiden podium finish as a powertrain supplier.
- This was also the first points finish for ABT Sportsline as the Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team.
Standings[]
Oliver Rowland would leave the United States still with the lead in the Drivers' Championship, although his advantage had been cut to fifteen points as the Brit endured his worst race of the season in terms of outright pace. António Félix da Costa had moved back up to be the closest challenger in second, while defending Champion Pascal Wehrlein felt as though his title defence was truly underway with his first victory of the season which catipulted him up to third. Taylor Barnard was next up ahead of Maximilian Günther, while first points for Lucas di Grassi, Norman Nato and Robin Frijns meant it was just rookie Zane Maloney and David Beckmann who had yet to claim points in Season Eleven.
In the Teams' Championship the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team had returned to the head of the field after their first victory of the campaign, and the haul of 41 points for their double podium meant they smashed through the 100 point mark and opened a 25 point lead. Nissan had made way for them after their ultimately disappointing haul from Miami, while their customers NEOM McLaren Formula E Team had slipped thirteen further back in third. DS Penske were next up in fourth after a non-score, leaving them twelve ahead of Mahindra Racing in fifth, while Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team had claimed their first points of the season to move into ninth.
The Manufacturers' Championship would be left with Nissan at the head of the field as they had arrived in Miami, although their advantage was cut to just 26 points after Porsche slashed the gap with their strong points haul. The Stellantis group had held third ahead of Mahindra, Jaguar had held fifth, while Lola Yamaha had claimed solid points for the first time to move onto 19 for the season, albeit still some 48 away from Jaguar in fifth in their debut campaign.
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References[]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'SEASON 11 CALENDAR: The Formula E races in 2024/2025', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/06/2024), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/500875, (Accessed 26/08/2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'QUALIFYING: Nissan's Nato storms to maiden pole in Miami', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/04/2025), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/523948, (Accessed 19/04/2025)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 'Wehrlein takes the win in 2025 Miami E-Prix', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/04/2025), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/523987, (Accessed 19/04/2025)
- ↑ Maury Brown, 'Formula E Returning To Miami In 2025; Will Race At Homestead', forbes.com, (Forbes, 11/06/2024), https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2024/06/11/formula-e-returning-to-miami-in-2025-will-race-at-homestead/, (Accessed 08/03/2025)
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sam Smith, ' Formula E's Evo Sessions influencer race gamble explained', the-race.com, (The Race, 30/01/2025), https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/formula-es-evo-sessions-influencer-race-gamble-explained/, (Accessed 08/03/2025)
- ↑ 'YouTuber MrBeast crashes world's fastest electric race car in Miami', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 06/03/2025), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/521183, (Accessed 08/03/2025)
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 'Scot Elkins to step back from Formula E Race Director role', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 06/02/2025), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/518033, (Accessed 08/03/2025)
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- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 'Round 05 - Miami E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship: Results Booklet', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/04/2025), https://fe-results.s3.amazonaws.com/10_2024-25/05_R05%20Miami/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/202504121730_Event%20Booklet/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship_Miami_United%20States_BOOKLET.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 19/04/2025)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 'Updated calendar, faster racing and knockout qualifying for Season 8', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/10/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/october/season-8-sporting-update, (Accessed 16/10/2021)
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- ↑ 'Decision No. 15', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/04/2025), , (Accessed 19/04/2025)
- ↑ 'Decision No. 15', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/04/2025), , (Accessed 19/04/2025)
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- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 'Decision No. 15', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/04/2025), , (Accessed 19/04/2025)
- ↑ 'Decision No. 14', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/04/2025), , (Accessed 19/04/2025)
- ↑ 'Decision No. 20', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/04/2025), , (Accessed 19/04/2025)