Mahindra Racing has concluded the 2025/26 FIA Method E World Championship with one in all its strongest seasons but. The Indian staff secured third place within the Groups’ Championship after a double podium on the season-ending London E-Prix, matching its best-ever championship place whereas recording its highest factors tally in a single season.
Mahindra Racing completed with 252 factors, behind Jaguar TCS Racing and Porsche Method E Workforce. Jaguar claimed the Groups’ Championship with 288 factors, whereas Porsche completed second with 271 factors. Mahindra comfortably held third forward of Andretti Method E, which ended the season with 229 factors.
Mahindra Racing Finishes third With 252 Factors
The 2025/26 consequence marks one other step ahead for Mahindra Racing. The staff had completed fourth final season with 186 factors, that means it has gained one championship place whereas including 66 factors to its season tally. Throughout 17 rounds this season, Mahindra Racing secured two race victories, seven podium finishes and 5 pole positions. Its 252-point haul is the very best the staff has scored in a single Method E season.
The ultimate championship standings underline how aggressive the battle on the entrance was. Jaguar completed first with 288 factors, simply 17 forward of Porsche at 271. Mahindra was one other 19 factors behind Porsche with 252, whereas Andretti completed 23 factors behind Mahindra.
Additional down the order, Citroën Racing completed fifth with 182 factors, adopted by Nissan Method E Workforce with 157 and Envision Racing with 152. Cupra Kiro, DS Penske and Lola Yamaha ABT accomplished the highest 10.
London Double Podium Seals High Three End
Mahindra entered the London double-header with third place within the Groups’ Championship nonetheless to be determined. Saturday proved difficult, though Edoardo Mortara recovered from 18th on the grid to complete seventh. Nyck de Vries completed thirteenth after a late Full Course Yellow affected his technique.
Sunday produced a a lot stronger displaying. Each Mahindra drivers progressed via qualifying to contest an all-Mahindra closing. De Vries beat Mortara to pole, handing the staff its first-ever Method E front-row lockout.
Each vehicles remained in rivalry for victory throughout the race. A late Assault Mode deployment from Taylor Barnard ultimately moved him forward, leaving de Vries second and Mortara third. Extra importantly for Mahindra, the double podium helped the staff acquire a complete of 42 factors from the London weekend and safe third within the championship.
Mahindra Ends GEN3 Period On A Excessive
London additionally marked the ultimate race of Method E’s GEN3 period, giving Mahindra one other notable achievement. The staff secured the primary pole place of the GEN3 period and has now taken the final one as properly. Mahindra’s first GEN3 pole got here at Mexico Metropolis in January 2023. De Vries’ London pole subsequently bookends an vital chapter within the staff’s Method E programme.
The 2025/26 marketing campaign additionally represents a major turnaround in comparison with a few of Mahindra’s harder seasons earlier within the GEN3 cycle. After returning to fourth within the championship final season, Mahindra has now moved into the highest three whereas turning into a extra common contender for poles, podiums and victories.
Mortara fifth, De Vries seventh
Mahindra’s enchancment was additionally mirrored within the Drivers’ Championship. Edoardo Mortara completed fifth total with 137 factors, whereas Nyck de Vries secured seventh with 115 factors. Collectively, the pair delivered all 252 of Mahindra’s Groups’ Championship factors. The season included two victories together with 5 further podiums, whereas 5 pole positions demonstrated the M12Electro’s qualifying tempo.
Workforce Principal and CEO Frederic Bertrand highlighted the year-on-year enchancment after the London finale. “Final season we completed fourth with 186 factors; this season we end third with 252, alongside two wins, 5 pole positions and 7 podiums,” Bertrand mentioned.
Method E Connection Will get Stronger In India
Mahindra’s robust end in London got here throughout the identical Independence Day weekend when Mahindra held its annual August 15 event in India. Among the many merchandise showcased was the new Mahindra BE 6 Formula E Edition, additional strengthening the connection between Mahindra’s electrical road-car portfolio and its Method E programme.
Focus Shifts To Method E GEN4
Mahindra has competed in Method E for the reason that championship’s inaugural 2014/15 season and stays the one Indian producer on the grid. Its third-place end in 2025/26 subsequently provides one other vital consequence to a Method E programme that now stretches throughout greater than a decade.
The ultimate Groups’ Championship standings put Mahindra forward of Andretti, Citroën, Nissan, Envision, Cupra Kiro, DS Penske and Lola Yamaha ABT, with solely Jaguar and Porsche ending greater. With GEN3 now concluded, Mahindra Racing’s consideration turns in the direction of Method E’s GEN4 period. The staff enters the following technical cycle after its best-ever 252-point season, having completed contained in the championship high three with two wins, seven podiums and 5 poles.
