RACE REPORT: 2025 Jeddah E-Prix I
Race Notes
- Andretti Formula E’s Reserve and Development Driver Jak Crawford kicked off the 2025 Jeddah E-Prix yesterday with Free Practice 0, testing multiple items for the team ahead of today’s race. While the American finished the rookie-exclusive session eighth overall, Crawford topped the standings on 300kW running.
- Following the Free Practice 0 session, full-time drivers Jake Dennis and Nico Mueller took to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit for the first time yesterday evening under the lights in Free Practice 1. Mueller finished the session in 12th, with teammate Dennis in 14th.
- On-track action resumed today in Jeddah with Free Practice 2 taking place in hot conditions as track temperature peaked at 120 degrees Fahrenheit. After an eventful session with two red flag periods, Mueller took the checkered classified seventh with Dennis in 18th.
- Both Andretti Formula E drivers qualified eighth in their respective groups, placing them next to each other on the starting grid with Dennis in 15th and Mueller in 16th.
- Despite a solid start to the race, Lap 1 contact for Mueller and a late-race technical issue for Dennis hindered both Andretti Porsche 99X Electrics from finishing Race 1 of the Jeddah E-Prix.
- The Jeddah E-Prix I had one brief safety car period from Lap 7 to Lap 8 to clear debris from the track.
- As a result of both cars finishing outside of the points, the Andretti Formula E team drops one position in the Team’s Championship standings to eighth.
Race Results
Jake Dennis
No. 27 Andretti Porsche 99X Electric
DNF
| Started | P16 |
| Standings | P11 (13 points) |
Qualifying
- In Group B of Qualifying, Dennis improved on his best lap time with each push and looked to be in the margin of making it through to the Duels.
- While improving on his final push lap, Lola Yamaha ABT’s Zane Maloney ran wide just ahead in Turn 8, forcing Dennis to abort his attempt. Dennis finished eighth in his Qualifying group.
Race
- Taking the start from 16th, Dennis gained four positions on Lap 1 to advance into 12th.
- On Lap 12, Dennis took Attack Mode without losing any positions. During his first Attack, the Brit gained six positions, reaching fourth place by the time it had finished on Lap 15.
- The No. 27 Andretti Porsche 99X Electric pitted for Andretti Formula E’s first-ever PIT BOOST on Lap 18, dropping from third to 14th in the process.
- On Lap 25, Dennis took his final Attack Mode before making his way up to seventh. However, with two laps to the checkered, Dennis lost brakes and power from a technical issue with the battery, ending his race.
“It was a pretty disappointing result after what looked like a decent top-six potential after starting 16th. It was a shame to have the failure with the battery on the second to last lap, but it is what it is. We’ll focus on tomorrow and just try to improve the car. Ultimately, we need to find a bit more pace and hopefully we can do that by studying the data tonight and working hard.”
Nico Mueller
No. 51 Andretti Porsche 99X Electric
DNF
| Started | P15 |
| Standings | P16 (2 points) |
Qualifying
- Mueller was the first of the Andretti Formula E cars to take to Qualifying and quickly found pace, taking third with just over half the session remaining.
- The Swiss driver was unable to find enough time to improve on his final lap, and like his teammate, finished eighth in his group.
Race
- On Lap 1 at Turn 8, the pack bunched and Mueller made contact with TAG Heuer Porsche’s António Félix da Costa, ending the No. 51 car’s race.
“Obviously, it was a frustrating one. We didn’t have the pace to compete for the Duels today, which put us a bit on the backfoot. It was a very chaotic start with a lot of contact everywhere in front of me, and then into Turn 8 things bunched up and I couldn’t slow down the car as expected. People in front moved to the outside and I couldn’t slow down and I didn’t have anywhere to go, so unfortunately I made contact with the car ahead. The damage to the car was too much to continue, so it was an early end to the race for us. I’m sorry for the boys and the work that they’ll have overnight, but we’ll definitely try to come back stronger tomorrow.”
Roger Griffiths
Team Principal
“Not the day we had hoped for when we woke up this morning with neither car finishing inside the points. It was a particularly frustrating day on the No. 27 car which, with two laps from the end of the race, was looking in a reasonable position considering we also had the energy advantage over the cars ahead. The main focus now is taking what we learnt from today and seeing what we can apply to tomorrow’s race. We’ll certainly be taking a different approach with both cars in Qualifying. We’ve got to dig through the data and see what we can carry over. Ultimately, a tough day for the team, but the crew have proven to be pretty resilient on occasions like this.”
