2025 Monaco E-Prix II

2025 Monaco E-Prix II
The Circuit de Monaco hosted the second of its two E-Prix on 4 May 2025.
Race Information
Date	4 May 2025
E-Prix No.	139 (7 of 2024/25)
Official Name	2025 ABB Formula E Monaco E-Prix II
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
Format	100 km / 60 min
Lap length	3.337 km (2.074 mi)
Distance	29 (+1) laps / 100.110 km (62.205 mi)
Support Race
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Oliver Rowland
Team	Nissan Formula E Team
Time	1:55.897 (103.654 km/h)
Fastest Lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa
Team	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Fastest Lap	1:37.601 on lap 30
ePrix Result
First	Second	Third
Sébastien Buemi	Oliver Rowland	Nick Cassidy
Winner Team	Envision Racing
Time	56:18.398 (106.677 km/h)
ePrix Guide
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Post-Race Test

The 2025 Monaco E-Prix II, otherwise officially known as the 2025 ABB Formula E Monaco E-Prix II, was the seventh race of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, held at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on 4 May 2025. The race, which was the second of the weekend to be held on the legendary circuit, would see Sébastien Buemi secure his first victory since 2019 in an E-Prix that went from wet to dry.

Qualifying had been a tale of deleted laps and heavy rain, which meant that there was technically no final to be had and Oliver Rowland declared the pole sitter as he had no rival to face in the final. Indeed, having claimed victory of António Félix da Costa in the quarters and then survived a huge mistake in the semi final to defeat Nyck de Vries, Rowland was left without an opponent in the final after both Jean-Éric Vergne and Maximilian Günther both had their times deleted in their semi-final after they both cut the Nouvelle Chicane.

The rain had stopped and the track was slightly drying as the field pulled away from the grid at the start, with Rowland decisively sweeping across the nose of de Vries to secure the lead into Sainte Devote, with the rest of the drivers opting for a cautious approach into the first lap. Indeed, so tricky were the conditions that several drivers, including Buemi, Dan Ticktum and Jake Dennis would arm Attack Mode at the earliest opportunity on lap two, giving them the added security of 4WD as well as the extra power.

Vergne was another early adopter of the boost, and would duly elbow his way past de Vries and Rowland to claim the lead with Buemi in tow, by lap six, moments before the Full Course Yellow was thrown to allow Lucas di Grassi to be recovered from the wall. The race resumed after that brief pause with Ticktum being lured into a lunge by Nick Cassidy that would result in the #33 Cupra Kiro slithering down the escape road and down to the back of the field as he pirouetted to rejoin.

Vergne held a three second lead before the second interruption of the day occurred, this one requiring a full Safety Car as Nico Müller put himself into the barriers at Casino Square and came to a stop with smashed suspension. Upon the resumption of the race Buemi darted back up to fourth behind de Vries, while Rowland waited a couple of laps before he armed his first AM boost of the day, briefly dropping behind de Vries before working back up onto Vergne's tail.

Rowland's first attempt at the lead, a lunge at the Nouvelle Chicane, saw him forced to cut the chicane as he emerged with the lead, although in his bid to hand the position back to Vergne would see both mugged by de Vries and almost Buemi, before Rowland resecured the lead into the Swimming Pool. The Brit was quick to start thinking about how he was going to swap back positions with Vergne despite de Vries now being between them.

Indeed, de Vries and Buemi would soon entwine themselves in the fate of the race, with the Dutch pilot arming AM without losing second and duly elbowed his way past Rowland for the lead, while Buemi used the same tactic to force his way past both Vergne and the #23 Nissan. Buemi went one further and duly powered past de Vries to secure the lead before scampering away, while Rowland took the opportunity to hand a position back to Vergne in arming his second AM boost, hence avoiding a potential penalty, before working with the added power to leap back ahead of the Frenchman a lap later.

With the track drying the pace of the race was ramping up, with Rowland able to lunge past de Vries for second before beginning his pursuit of Buemi, who in the space of just two laps had opened out an almost six second lead with five laps to go. Rowland halved the gap but was unable to do much else when his AM boost faded, as behind Vergne slipped back into the pack and was replaced by Cassidy, who had a lot more usable energy than those around him and used it beautifully to pass a defenceless de Vries.

With that the race was effectively over, with Buemi controlling the pace beautifully to claim his first win since the 2019 New York City E-Prix I, four seconds clear of Rowland who had to settle for second, but in the knowledge that he now had firm control of the Championship. Cassidy completed the podium in third ahead of António Félix da Costa, who just ran out of time to catch Cassidy, while de Vries and Vergne had to settle for fifth and sixth ahead of Pascal Wehrlein, who had been a quiet presence once again. Günther chased his compatriot across the line for eigth ahead of Jake Dennis, while Stoffel Vandoorne rounded out the scorers in tenth.

Background

For the first time in its history in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship the Circuit de Monaco would host two E-Prix in a single race weekend, a move which was considered somewhat negative with fears that it meant that there would be no "winner" of the Monaco E-Prix, which was becoming FE's star event. Regardless, there were no changes other than the loss of Pit Boost ahead of the second race of the weekend, with the race distance remaining at 29 laps and Attack Mode set at two boosts lasting a total of eight minutes.

Rowland's Realm

A third victory in six races meant that Oliver Rowland ended the first day in Monte Carlo with a huge 34 point lead at the head of the Championship hunt, the Brit only six points shy of the 100 point mark with a third of the season completed. Pascal Wehrlein had moved up to be the Brit's closest challenger, while António Félix da Costa in third had slipped 40 points behind in third, level with Taylor Barnard but deemed ahead of the British pilot due having more second places in 2024/25. Nyck de Vries then completed the top five after his first podium in three years, while it had been another pointless day for Zane Maloney and David Beckmann as they remained at the foot of the table as the only non-scorers.

The Porsche Formula E Team continued to head the Teams' Championship after the first battle of Monte Carlo, although their advantage had been reduced to nine points as their Monegasque curse seemingly continued. The Nissan Formula E Team had delivered the most damage as they sought to claim control of the Teams' Championship, while behind Mahindra Racing had moved up to third ahead of McLaren Formula E Team in what was proving to be one of their best seasons. Elsehwere, Andretti Formula E had smashed their way back into the top five, while at the bottom of the field Envision Racing remained at the bottom of the table behind Cupra Kiro and Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team.

In the Manufacturers' Championship Nissan had retained control at the head of the field, their lead having inched out to 28 points after their third victory of the season. Porsche remained their closest contenders in second, while behind Mahindra had overtaken Stellantis to secure third after their biggest points haul of the season. Behind Jaguar had held fifth but fallen even further from the rest of the field, while Lola had claimed another point but remained in sixth.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2025 Monaco E-Prix II is displayed below:

2025 Monaco E-Prix II Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Car
1	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche	99X Electric
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Maserati MSG Racing	Maserati	Tipo Folgore
3	David Beckmann	Kiro Race Co.	Porsche	99X Electric WCG3
4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	Jaguar	I-Type 7
5	Taylor Barnard	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	Nissan	e-4ORCE 05
7	Maximilian Günther	DS Penske	DS	E-Tense FE25
8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	Nissan	e-4ORCE 05
9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	Jaguar	I-Type 7
11	Lucas di Grassi	Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team	Lola Yamaha	T001
13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche	99X Electric
16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	Jaguar	I-Type 7
17	Norman Nato	Nissan Formula E Team	Nissan	e-4ORCE 05
21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	M11Electro
22	Zane Maloney	Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team	Lola Yamaha	T001
23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	Nissan	e-4ORCE 05
25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	DS	E-Tense FE25
27	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	Porsche	99X Electric
33	Dan Ticktum	Kiro Race Co.	Porsche	99X Electric WCG3
37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	Jaguar	I-Type 7
48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	M11Electro
51	Nico Müller	Andretti Formula E	Porsche	99X Electric
55	Jake Hughes	Maserati MSG Racing	Maserati	Tipo Folgore
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Practice

Free Practice Results

Outlined below are the results from the Free Practice sessions held as part of the 2025 Monaco E-Prix II:

2025 Monaco E-Prix II Free Practice 3 Results
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Gap
1st	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	18	1:26.614	—
2nd	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	17	1:26.650	+0.036s
3rd	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	17	1:26.660	+0.046s
4th	1	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	20	1:26.760	+0.146s
5th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing	17	1:26.762	+0.148s
6th	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	16	1:26.920	+0.306s
7th	7	Maximilian Günther	DS Penske	18	1:27.038	+0.424s
8th	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Maserati MSG Racing	18	1:27.071	+0.457s
9th	17	Norman Nato	Nissan Formula E Team	16	1:27.126	+0.512s
10th	8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	18	1:27.130	+0.516s
11th	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	16	1:27.172	+0.558s
12th	55	Jake Hughes	Maserati MSG Racing	18	1:27.353	+0.739s
13th	3	David Beckmann	Cupra Kiro	16	1:27.382	+0.768s
14th	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	16	1:27.397	+0.783s
15th	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	17	1:27.542	+0.928s
16th	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	16	1:27.614	+1.000s
17th	51	Nico Müller	Andretti Formula E	18	1:27.663	+1.049s
18th	11	Lucas di Grassi	Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team	15	1:28.184	+1.570s
19th	5	Taylor Barnard	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	18	1:28.364	+1.750s
20th	33	Dan Ticktum	Cupra Kiro	11	1:28.854	+2.240s
21st	4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	15	1:28.966	+2.352s
22nd	22	Zane Maloney	Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team	15	1:30.014	+3.400s
Source:

• Magenta indicates that the lap was set in Attack Mode (350 kW).

Qualifying

Qualifying for the 2025 Monaco E-Prix II would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight. 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. 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.

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. 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.

Post Qualifying

The final qualifying result for the 2025 Monaco E-Prix II are outlined below:

2025 Monaco E-Prix II Qualifying Results
Final
Heat	Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
I	Win	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	—		1
	Lose	0	No Driver*
Semi-Finals
Heat	Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
I	Win	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	1:55.897 (103.654 km/h)	—	F
	Lose	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	1:58.459 (101.412 km/h)	+2.562s	2
II	Win	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	1:51.547 (107.696 km/h)		3
	Lose	7	Maximilian Günther	DS Penske	1:53.590 (105.759 km/h)		4
Quarter Finals
Heat	Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
QF 1	Win	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	1:48.032 (111.200 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:49.455 (109.755 km/h)	+1.423s	6
QF 2	Win	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	1:48.167 (111.062 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	33	Dan Ticktum	Cupra Kiro	1:53.120 (106.199 km/h)		7
QF 3	Win	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	1:48.481 (110.740 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Maserati MSG Racing	1:49.238 (109.973 km/h)	+0.757s	5
QF 4	Win	7	Maximilian Günther	DS Penske	1:48.689 (110.528 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	1:49.371 (109.839 km/h)		8

Group Stage
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid	Group
1st	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	1:52.480	—	QF 4	GB
2nd	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	1:53.163	0.683s	QF 3	GB
3rd	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Maserati MSG Racing	1:53.441	+0.981s	QF 3	GB
4th	7	Maximilian Günther	DS Penske	1:53.690	+1.210s	QF 4	GB
5th	1	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:53.794	+1.314s	10	GB
6th	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	1:53.842	+1.362s	12	GB
7th	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	1:53.899	+1.419s	14	GB
8th	5	Taylor Barnard	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:54.073	+1.593s	16	GB
9th	3	David Beckmann	Cupra Kiro	1:54.567	+2.087s	18	GB
10th	51	Nico Müller	Andretti Formula E	1:54.751	+2.271s	20	GB
11th	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	1:55.385	+2.905s	QF 2	GA
12th	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:56.100	+3.620s	QF 1	GA
13th	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	1:56.529	+4.049s	QF 1	GA
14th	33	Dan Ticktum	Cupra Kiro	1:56.779	+4.299s	QF 2	GA
15th	22	Zane Maloney	Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team	1:56.818	+4.338s	9	GA
16th	11	Lucas di Grassi	Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team	1:56.827	+4.347s	11	GA
17th	55	Jake Hughes	Maserati MSG Racing	1:57.181	+4.701s	13	GA
18th	17	Norman Nato	Nissan Formula E Team	1:57.202	+4.722s	15	GA
19th	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	1:57.296	+4.816s	17	GA
20th	4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	1:57.403	+4.923s	19	GA
21st	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing	1:58.238	+5.758s	21	GA
22nd	8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:59.064	+6.584s	22	GB
Group A 110% Time: 2:06.923
Group B 110% Time: 2:03.728
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• Strike Indicates the lap time was deleted for track limits.
• * As no driver made it through from the second Semi-Final there was no Final staged.

Race

Result

The final classification of the 2025 Monaco E-Prix II is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.

2025 Monaco E-Prix II Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	30	56:18.398	1:38.410	25
2nd	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	30	+4.169s	1:38.251	21
3rd	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	30	+6.342s	1:38.145	15
4th	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	30	+6.561s	1:37.601	13
5th	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	30	+10.978s	1:38.600	10
6th	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	30	+16.537s	1:39.044	8
7th	1	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	30	+16.764s	1:38.723	6
8th	7	Maximilian Günther	DS Penske	30	+17.545s	1:38.728	4
9th	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	30	+17.882s	1:38.844	2
10th	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Maserati MSG Racing	30	+18.780s	1:38.526	1
11th	4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	30	+20.337s	1:38.752
12th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing	30	+21.811s	1:38.223
13th	17	Norman Nato	Nissan Formula E Team	30	+23.592s	1:38.193
14th*	22	Zane Maloney	Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team	30	+26.190s	1:38.544
15th†	33	Dan Ticktum	Cupra Kiro	30	+37.787s	1:37.560♠
16th‡	5	Taylor Barnard	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	30	+49.001s	1:39.921
17thƒ	55	Jake Hughes	Maserati MSG Racing	30	+50.783s	1:37.906
18th	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	30	+1:13.103	1:41.901
19th	3	David Beckmann	Cupra Kiro	30	+1:23.354	1:40.452
20th§	8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	30	+1:39.021	1:44.379
Ret	51	Nico Müller	Andretti Formula E	12	Accident	1:50.961
Ret	11	Lucas di Grassi	Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team	6	Accident	1:50.603
Source:

• Magenta indicates that the lap was set in Attack Mode (350 kW).
• * Maloney served a five second time penalty for .
• ^† Ticktum served a five second time penalty for .
• ^‡ Barnard was handed a five second time penalty for .
• ^ƒ Hughes was awarded a five second time penalty for .
• ^§ Bird served a five second time penalty for .
• ^† Ticktum set the fastest lap of the race (1:37.560) but was ineligible to claim the bonus point as he failed to finish inside the top ten.

Milestones

• 50th duel appearance for Jean-Éric Vergne.
• Fourteenth win for Sébastien Buemi.
  • Buemi set a new record for race victories (14).
  • Also Buemi's first win since the 2019 New York City E-Prix I.
  • Buemi also became the third driver to surpass 1,000 career points in FIA Formula E (1,022).
• Envision Racing earned their seventeenth victory as an entrant.
  • Also Envision's first win since the 2023 London E-Prix II.
  • Jaguar secured their 21st victory as a powertrain supplier.

Standings

It had been an incredibly productive weekend for Oliver Rowland in Monte Carlo, with the Britsh racer leaving the Monegasque city-state with 115 points and more importantly a commanding 48 point lead at the head of the Championship. António Félix da Costa was the man closest to the Brit in-spite of that lead, a single point ahead of teammate Pascal Wehrlein, with those two then fourteen clear of Taylor Barnard in fourth. Nyck de Vries, meanwhile, had retained his top five status ahead of Jake Dennis, while victory for Sébastien Buemi had catapulted the Swiss ace into the top ten having started the weekend in nineteenth.

Porsche Formula E Team had the lead in the Teams' Championship leaving Monaco, although their advantage had once again been reduced, and would be just seven points as the weekend came to a conclusion. Nissan Formula E Team had done the damage once again courtesy of Rowland, with a fair 35 point gap to Mahindra Racing in third, whom had enjoyed one of their best weekends since Gen 3 began. DS Penske, meanwhile, had jumped back into fourth ahead of McLaren Formula E Team and Andretti Formula E, while Envision Racing were off the foot of the table after their first win of the campaign and had lept into ninth.

In the Manufacturers' Championship it was Nissan who retained control as the series headed to Tokyo, the Japanese firm holding a 29 point advantage as they headed to their home race. Porsche had retained second having been narrowly outscored by Nissan across the weekend in Monte Carlo, while Jaguar had fired back into third with their biggest haul of the season, five ahead of Mahindra. Stellantis, meanwhile, had slipped to fifth, but were just three off of the Indian manufacturer, while Lola had remained at the bottom of the chart.

 

2024/25 Drivers Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Oliver Rowland 115 ◄0 2nd António Félix da Costa 67 ▲1 3rd Pascal Wehrlein 66 ▼1 4th Taylor Barnard 54 ◄0 5th Nyck de Vries 52 ◄0 6th Jake Dennis 44 ◄0 7th Maximilian Günther 42 ▲1 8th Edoardo Mortara 39 ▼1 9th Jean-Éric Vergne 34 ▲1 10th Sébastien Buemi 31 ▲10 11th Jake Hughes 27 ▼2 12th Mitch Evans 25 ▼1 13th Nick Cassidy 25 ▲5 14th Nico Müller 24 ▼2 15th Stoffel Vandoorne 19 ▼1 16th Lucas di Grassi 18 ▼3 17th Dan Ticktum 18 ▼2 18th Sam Bird 16 ▼2 19th Norman Nato 11 ▼2 20th Robin Frijns 8 ▼1 21st Zane Maloney 0 ◄0 22nd David Beckmann 0 ◄0

2024/25 Teams Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 133 ◄0 2nd Nissan Formula E Team 126 ◄0 3rd Mahindra Racing 91 ◄0 4th DS Penske 76 ▲2 5th NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 70 ▼1 6th Andretti Formula E 68 ▼1 7th Jaguar TCS Racing 50 ▲1 8th Maserati MSG Racing 46 ▼1 9th Envision Racing 39 ▲1 10th Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team 18 ▼1 11th Cupra Kiro 18 ▼1 2024/25 Manufacturers' Trophy Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Nissan 192 ◄0 2nd Porsche 163 ◄0 3rd Jaguar 115 ▲2 4th Mahindra 110 ▼1 5th Stellantis 107 ▼1 6th Lola 20 ◄0

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