Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) is offering a double dose of Formula E this week-end in the streets of the Principality: two full days of fierce battle, in practice and then in the race (3.04pm each day), for the new 4th generation single-seaters (Gen3 Evo) entered in motorsport’s most environmentally-friendly category. This is the first time that Monaco has hosted two rounds of an FIA World Championship on the same weekend, thanks in no small part to the total involvement of the ACM’s 710 world-renowned volunteer stewards.

Three weeks before the Formula 1 TAG Heuer Grand Prix de Monaco, fans will flock to the legendary circuit (3.337 km, 19 corners) for rounds 6 and 7 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. This is an authentic family event, with grandstand tickets ranging from 30 to 45 euros, and free entry for youngsters under 16 accompanied by an adult. And the cheapest 2-Day Passes cost 50 euros (25 euros/day), with permanent access to the Fan Village where a wide range of activities are planned, around sustainable development and the presence of women in motor sport (Girls on Track).

Seven World Champions on the grid!

On paper, several favourites stand out, as they have animated the start of this Season 11… or the previous ten. First up is Britain’s Oliver Rowland (Nissan), leading the championship with 69 points, and both TAG Heuer Porsche drivers, Portugal’s António Félix da Costa (54 points) and Germany’s Pascal Wehrlein (51 points), a couple of former FE World Champions. Jaguar TCS Racing’s Kiwis Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy, who scored a resounding one-two finish in Monaco in 2024, will be keen to get back to the front. Evans won the season opener in Sao Paulo, Rowland triumphed in Mexico City and at the second race in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), where Max Günther (DS Penske) had won the day before. As for Wehrlein, the 2024 champion, he won in Miami.

Five other former Formula E World Champions take part in this Season 11 including Switzerland’s Sébastien Buemi (Envision Racing), one of the discipline’s veterans (132 E-Prix contested, 13 wins, 16 pole positions), who was crowned champion in 2016. And Jean-Eric Vergne (DS Penske), aka “JEV”, crowned in 2018 and 2019, whose record over 11 FE seasons is close to Buemi’s: 135 E-Prix contested, for 11 wins and 17 pole positions. And also Jake Dennis (Andretti), the overall winner in 2023, after Dutchman Nyck de Vries (Mahindra) in 2021 and Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne (Maserati) in 2022, who are now Monaco full-time residents. The line-up has undergone a major overhaul this winter, and one name is beginning to shine at the top of the rankings, that of British rookie Taylor Barnard (NEOM McLaren), the youngest driver to enter a FE race, last year in Berlin, at 19 years of age.

Monaco E-Prix schedule (local times):

Saturday May 3 (8th Edition):
Free practice 1: 7:30 a.m. / Free practice 2: 9:10 a.m. / Qualifying: 10:40 a.m. / Race: 3:04 pm

Sunday May 4 (9th Edition):
Free practice: 8:30 am / Qualifying: 10:40 am / Race: 3:04 pm