Formula E heads to Cape Town for the first time with Pascal Wehrlein in control ahead of round five

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship returns this weekend for one of the most hotly anticipated races on the calendar with the inaugural Cape Town E-Prix. Here are all the key talking points as the planet’s favourite motorsport heads to South Africa: Ad Envision proving to be Season 9’s dark horse Hyderabad ePrixVergne holds off green machines to claim sensational win in Hyderabad11/02/2023 AT 15:06 It has been a promising start to the season for Envision Racing, with British-based manufacturer currently sitting third in the teams’ standings, while their driver pairing of Sebastien Buemi and Nick Cassidy lie fourth and fifth, respectively, in the drivers’ standings.

Former champion Buemi will no doubt be heading into the weekend fired up having been denied a podium finish in the previous round for an energy usage violation – the seventeen-second time penalty dropping the Swiss to fifteenth and out of the points. There was no such misery though for Cassidy, who claimed his first podium of the season and fifth in Formula E history.

Like his team, the Kiwi has been one of Formula E’s most underrated drivers since debuting in 2021 for his current outfit. In fact, Cassidy has just one less point than 2022 champion Stoffel Vandoorne, since winning the 2022 New York City E-Prix in Round 11 last season.

All the signs suggest this could be a successful year for the Silverstone-based manufacturer given the pace of their two drivers, especially when compared to the struggles of their cousin Jaguar on the same powertrain. Porsche powertrain continuing to dominate There is little sign of the Porsche powertrain slowing down heading into Round 5, evidenced no better by Pascal Wehrlein’s magnificent start to the season.