After finishing second in Sunday's Hana Bank Seoul E-Prix season Finale in Seoul, Stoffel Vandoorne secured the Season 8 Formula E world championship. This is his first drivers' world championship.
Vandoorne also clinched back-to-back trophies for the team "in both the drivers' and the team championships," as per Engadget. His fellow Silver Arrows pilot Nyck de Vries was hailed as the defending series champ.
Vandoorne Thinks His Accomplishment is Something Special
Edoardo Mortara of ROKiT Venturi Racing won the historic 100th E-Prix race. The race brought the Gen2 years to a close, and now, the Gen3 car is set to make its debut next season.
According to Sports Net, Mercedes-EQ is withdrawing from the series with McLaren Racing taking over its operations.
Vandoorne reportedly capped one victory in Monaco. During his fourth season in Formula E and third with Mercedes, he finished on the podium a total of eight times. Previously, the 30-year-old Belgian driver already raced for McLaren in Formula One.
"World Champions, wow. It's just the best feeling ever. Just look at the season we've had - the consistency and the car has been amazing, and the team has done an incredible job," Vandoorne said in a statement.
Vandoorne added that he thinks every single one of the winners deserves it and their accomplishment is something special.
The Mercedes-EQ driver finished 33 points ahead of Mitch Evans from Jaguar TCS Racing in the standings.
Evans is said to be the "only driver mathematically remaining in contention" who can challenge Vandoorne for the title. But he only finished seventh in Sunday's race.
According to Vandoorne, Evans and Mortara pushed him all the way all along. He added that it was really all about consistency as the other racers have more wins than him but he has the most podiums.
He described the race this year as something incredible although he said that after this year he is drained as it involved a lot of effort for him and the team.
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All-Electric Formula E Season 9 is Set to Begin in January
The race last Sunday held in Seoul marks the end of the Gen2 era in Formula E.
It is expected that the Gen3 racer will be part of every racing team when the series begins its Season 9 in January.
According to Engadget, the new design is expected to be both lighter and smaller than the Gen2 model. This should give a more "agile" wheel-to-wheel racing.
Thanks to an electric motor can deliver 350kW of power (470BHP) to reach top speeds of 200MPH (320 km/h), the cars are expected to be two to four seconds faster in both qualifying and race conditions.
According to Formula E, the electric power units can turn over 90 percent of their energy to mechanical power. It is also reported that around 40 percent of the energy cars will utilize during an E-Prix will be created by regenerative braking.
Gen3 will have both front and rear powertrains that will add 250kW to the 350kW in the back. This the is the first of its kind in the Formula car.
The season 9 of the all-electric Formula E series will start on Jan. 14 in Mexico City.
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