Formula E Season 10 Preview Pt.1
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January 8th, 2024
Formula E returns for its tenth installment in 2024 with the championship set to be close as ever. After Jake Dennis claimed his maiden with the Andretti team, the likes of Nick Cassidy, Jean-Eric Verne and many others are chasing the reigning Formula E World Champion with 16 races ahead across three continents. 22 Drivers and 11 Teams will line up for the opening round in Mexico City this upcoming weekend to start the championship in the best way possible.
Here’s the first preview of teams and drivers for the season ahead:
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Envision Racing Formula E Team
2023 Standings: 1st (304 Points)
After Claiming their first Team’s Championship in Season Nine, Envision has retained Formula E Champion Sebastian Buemi for Season 10 after a strong debut season with the team, contributing to the team’s success. Buemi will drive alongside returnee Robin Frijns after the Dutch driver moved to ABT Cupra last season after four seasons with the Envision squad between Seasons five and eight. Envision faces the tough task of defending their title in Season 10, but Buemi and Frijns have vast experience in the championship, with the ability to succeed at both new and returning tracks to the calendar.
2024 Prediction (Teams): 1st
Sebastian Buemi #37
2023 Season: 6th (105 Points)
After his first season with Envision, Sebastian Buemi finished inside the points 12 times including a podium at the penultimate round in London. With another new team-mate in Frijns, Buemi must lead Envision’s charge in Season 10 to defend their crown and consistently finish inside the points, similar to Season Nine. The Frenchman returns for his tenth Formula E season, aiming to break his 58-race winless streak since Season 5 in New York City.
2024 Prediction: 6th
Robin Frijns #4
2023 Season: 22nd (6 Points)
After a season to forget with ABT Cupra that saw only six points collected and a broken wrist in the opening round of Mexico City, Robin Frijns returns to his former home of Envision Racing and saw the success of two race wins and 11 podium finishes over four seasons. Frijns provides himself with the best chance to return to the top in Season 10 with Envision, but It’ll be his first season in GEN3 top-tier machinery.
2024 Prediction: 12th
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Mahindra Racing
2023 Standings: 10th (41 Points)
Mahrindra dropped to a new low in Season Nine but can be a strong contender to jump up the grid with the experienced line-up of Mortara and De Vries. Both have challenged for championships on several occasions, but Mahindra must provide a better in Season 10 to determine its success, despite the efforts of Mortara and De Vries could help in the team’s low days, the team must improve in Season 10!
2024 Prediction (Teams): 9th
Eduardo Mortara #48
2023 Season: 6th (105 Points)
Eduardo Mortara failed to replicate his Season Eight championship charge in the 2022-2023 season as he stayed with the transformed Maserati team after the Venturi team left the Formula E landscape. The Swiss driver moves to the Mahindra Team for Season 10 after his hard-fought Season Nine which saw him either retire or finish inside the top 11. Similar to Team-mate De Vries, Mortara’s season will depend on Mahrindra’s development after a disappointing Season nine, but the 36-year-old’s experience must lead the Indian squad for the season to come.
2024 Prediction: 13th
Nyck De Vries #21
2023 Season: 22nd (6 Points)
Nyck De Vries returns to the Formula E Championship after his failed bid in Formula One with the Alpha Tauri team saw him dropped mid-season. The 28-year-old returns to the series with Mahindra Racing which dropped to 10th in the championship last season. Although Nyck is a previous Formula E Champion, the Gen3 Machine will be an all-new experience for the Dutchman as he aims to recover from his public shaming in F1. Although we project De Vries to have some good performances, the Mahindra machinery will be the deciding factor in the success of De Vries in Season 10.
2024 Prediction: 17th
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Nissan Formula E Team
2023 Standings: 7th (95 Points)
Nissan ran an all-French line-up in Season Nine, as Norman Nato acted as the silent achiever finishing just inside the top 10 in the standings, As Nato leaves for Andretti Global, Fenestraz must replace Nato as the Team’s top performer in Season 10 for Nissan, or the Japanese team could face returning to their lows of the Gen2 era in the championship.
2024 Prediction (Teams): 8th
Sacha Fenestraz #23
2023 Season: 16th (32 Points)
Sacha Fenestraz became a shining light in Season Nine making his Formula E debut with the Nissan Team, with a pole position in Cape Town and two top-four finishes in Monaco and Jakata. Fenestraz should enter his second full-time season with high confidence in leading the team in the Championship and provide consistency in the points with great qualifying speed.
2024 Prediction: 10th
Oliver Rowland #22
2023 Season: 22nd (6 Points)
A Disappointing Season Nine for Oliver Rowland, saw him finish 22nd in the drivers Standings after splitting with the Mahindra Squad mid-season after only two points finishes. Rowland returns to Nissan for Season 10 after three seasons with the Japanese team between Season five and seven at the beginning of the Gen2 era. We hope to see a fairytale return for the Brit, but has lacked pace in the last couple of seasons and predict Rowland to finish the Season last in Season 10.
2024 Prediction: 22nd
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Jaguar TCS Racing:
2023 Standings: 2nd (292 Points)
Jaguar TCS Racing enters Season 10 of the ABB Formula E championship with arguably the strongest driver line-up on the grid with Kiwi’s Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy. Evans after his four wins and three pole positions during Season Nine, returns with the British team in the hopes of clinching his maiden FIA Formula E Championship. Jaguar’s acquisition of Nick Cassidy over the off-season could be both a Teams and Drivers championship deciding move after the 29-year-old's phenomenal season in the new Gen3 Chassis that saw Cassidy grab eight podiums with Envision Racing and will aim to bring his speed and admired consistency to the Jaguar TCS Squad as they chase their first Formula E Drivers and Teams Championships.
2024 Prediction (Teams): 1st
Mitch Evans #9
2023 Season: 3rd (197 Points)
After a difficult start to his 2023 campaign with the Jaguar outfit, Evans will aim to improve after his mid and end-of-season consistency that provided him with a late chance of the championship, but ultimately fell flat after his collision with his new Season 10 team-mate Nick Cassidy in Rome. The Kiwi is embarking on his eighth season with the Jaguar TCS Racing Team with the hopes of fighting for the title again after the previous two seasons have seen the combo finish inside the Top Three at Championship end, but lack of pace in opening rounds of Mexico City and Diriyah have left major points on the table that his rivals have secured. Evans will lose one of his strongest tracks on the calendar in Season 10 as the Rome E-Prix has been replaced by the permanent circuit Marco Simoncelli (Misano)
2024 Prediction: 2nd
Nick Cassidy #37
2023 Season: 2nd (199 Points)
Nick Cassidy stunned in Season Nine, being the Championship favourite before collisions out of his control lost him valuable points, inevitably falling 30 points short of Jake Dennis. Cassidy was able to build on his victory at the end of Season Eight into Season Nine to take four wins, eight podiums and pole position as one of the dominant forces of the season. With a move to Jaguar over the off-season, and a new team to work with, We project the Kiwi to challenge up the front again in Season 10 to win Jaguar’s first championship in Formula E.
2024 Prediction: 1st
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ERT Formula E Team
2023 Standings: 9th (42 Points)
After the withdrawal of NIO 333 Racing ahead of Season 10, ERT Formula E Team have formed as the replacement squad into the 2024 season. ERT will use their own powertrains along with the same driver line-up of Dan Ticktum and Sergio Sette Camara for the upcoming season. After nine-points finishes between the pair last season, ERT in Season 10 are strong contenders to fight at the bottom of the constructor's championship after ABT Cupra and Mahrindra’s driver investments for the upcoming season.
2024 Prediction (Teams): 11th
Sergio Sette Camara #3
2023 Season: 20th (14 Points)
Sergio Sette Camara is embarking on his fourth full-time season in the ABB Formula E World Championship and will be a make-or-break for the young Brazilian with only five points finishes during his career. After Season Nine saw team-mate Ticktum easily beat Sette Camara with three times as many points finishes, Camara must convert his qualifying speed into race results that have plagued his career thus far, but we see him able to finish off the bottom of the driver’s standings with ERT.
2024 Prediction: 21th
Dan Ticktum #33
2023 Season: 22nd (6 Points)
Dan Ticktum will aim to add more to his highlights package in Season 10 after his most spoken-about moment of the previous Season being his hot-headedness behind the wheel and swearing on the machinery and performance of the team. With ERT joining the Formula E Championship, we project similar into the upcoming season for Ticktum after being the best of the bottom teams in Season Nine and comfortably outpacing his teammate Sergio Sette Camara, despite the Brazilian’s qualifying speed.
2024 Prediction: 18th
