Dennis hopes for a clean fight in Formula E title showdown

LONDON : Jake Dennis is hoping for a clean fight on home soil this weekend as he bids to become Britain's first world champion in the all-electric Formula E series.

It will be the first time since French great Alain Prost won the 1985 Formula One title at Brands Hatch that Britain has hosted the deciding race of an FIA-sanctioned single-seater world championship.

Avalanche Andretti driver Dennis told Reuters on Wednesday he was not expecting any special consideration in Saturday and Sunday's races from those in the field not chasing the season nine title.

"It's going to be a free-for-all for sure," said the 28-year-old of the races at London's ExCel centre. "If anything, it's going to be worse (than usual).

"The final race of the year, the final round, there's drivers who always want to try and prove a point - especially guys who've had a difficult season when they probably shouldn't have.

"Hopefully we can all keep it clean. Nobody wants to see the title decided by someone in the wall. That's not great for the sport."

What would be great for the British-based series in a country where Formula One dominates the motorsport landscape, would be to have a home winner.

"If it's a British champion, crowned in London in a racing finale, I think that probably will spike a lot more interest across the UK media," Formula E's new CEO Jeff Dodds told reporters.

"But I don't think its a foregone conclusion for him, although he does tend to race well in London on that track."

Dennis has three rivals, all also from countries yet to win the championship - New Zealanders Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans and Germany's Pascal Wehrlein.

Envision Racing's Cassidy is the main threat 24 points adrift, with Jaguar's Evans a slim contender 20 more behind