The German capital Berlin is the most traditional stop on the Formula E calendar – and the home race for the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team. No other venue has hosted an E-Prix more often – a total of 20 since 2015. And no driver has won there more often than Porsche works driver António Félix da Costa. In 19 starts, the Portuguese has celebrated three victories in Berlin so far, where he was crowned champion in 2020. Last year, he gave Porsche its first home victory.

In the drivers' standings, da Costa currently occupies 3rd place, with teammate and world champion Pascal Wehrlein in second place. Dan Ticktum from the Porsche customer team Cupra Kiro is another Porsche driver at the top of the standings (fifth). The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team leads the teams' world championship ahead of the Berlin weekend. In the manufacturers' standings, Porsche is only three points behind leader Nissan.

Character track with a special challenge

The temporary race track at the former Tempelhof Airport is characterised by its special nature. Concrete slabs instead of asphalt, surfaces of varying roughness and thus sometimes more, sometimes less grip place special demands on tire management. The advantage of the large runway: The route can be varied. Five different courses have already been used. The most recent change to the layout took place in 2024.Away from the racing action, Tempelhofer Feld serves as a publicly accessible open space. With around 300 hectares, it is one of the largest inner-city areas of its kind in Europe. The Berlin population uses the site all year round for various leisure activities such as skating, kite flying or walks. Due to its convenient location, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team uses the subway between the hotel and the race track – in the spirit of Formula E, which is concerned with the smallest possible footprint.

The decommissioned airport in Tempelhof has been home to the Berlin E-Prix since 2015 and thus since the inaugural season of Formula E (winter season 2014/2015). A unique exception: a detour to Karl-Marx-Allee in 2016. Berlin is the only city that has always been on the racing calendar. Around 25,000 spectators watched last year's races. Among them were numerous Porsche employees who supported the works team from the grandstands at the home race.

Porsche balance sheet in Berlin

In addition to da Costa's victory last year, Porsche was on the podium again in Berlin: André Lotterer finished second in 2020. At that time, six races took place at Tempelhof Airport within just nine days - the end of the season marked by the pandemic. Pascal Wehrlein is still waiting for his first podium in Berlin, but last year he collected important points on the way to the title with 4th and 5th places.

Rookie test after the Berlin E-Prix

Immediately after the Berlin E-Prix, the focus will be on two other drivers for Porsche on Monday: Ayhancan Güven and Elia Weiss will complete the official Formula E rookie test. The Turkish DTM winner Güven (27) went through Porsche's in-house junior programme and is sitting in a works car for the first time in Berlin. At 16, Weiss from Munich is the youngest driver to take part in an official Formula E session to date. They drive the race cars of Wehrlein and da Costa, the highly efficient Porsche 99X Electric.

Pit Boost in use again

At the Berlin E-Prix, the so-called Pit Boost will be used for the fifth time this season. During the 34-second mandatory pit stop during Saturday's race, 3.85 kWh of electricity flows into the battery (10%) – innovative fast charging with 600 kW of power. By comparison, the Formula E safety car, the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT road-going sports car, charges with up to 320 kW. The CCS (Combined Charging System) charging system demonstrates a technology transfer to series production: the socket and plug of the 99X racing car and the electric Porsche road cars are identical to each other. The CCS combines the option of AC charging with the option of DC charging, thus enabling gentler charging, for example at home, and powerful fast charging on the go.

Points standings after 12 of 16 races

Drivers' standings
1st Oliver Rowland (GBR), 172 points
2nd Pascal Wehrlein (GER), 103 points
3rd António Félix da Costa (POR), 98 points
5th Dan Ticktum (GBR), 80 points
11th Jake Dennis (GBR), 59 points
14th Nico Müller (SUI), 44 points
22nd David Beckmann (GER), 0 points

Team classification
1st TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team (GER), 201 points
2. Nissan Formula E Team (JPN), 191 points
3. DS Penske (USA), 145 points
6. Andretti Formula E (USA), 103 points
9. CUPRA KIRO (USA), 80 points

manufacturers' standings
1. Nissan, 299 points
2. Porsche, 296 points
3. Stellantis, 215 points

Formula E live on TV and on the Internet

Races 13 and 14 of the season will start on July 12 and 13 respectively at 4:05 p.m. local time (CEST), with qualifying starting at 11:20 a.m. local time (CEST) on both days.

Germany: All qualifying sessions and races will be shown live on German television on the free-to-air channel DF1. At the same time, ServusTV streams on the Internet (servustv.com).

Austria: In addition to the Internet live stream from ServusTV, the qualifying sessions and races in Austria will be shown on the associated free TV channel.

Switzerland: The live stream of all qualifying sessions and races at servustv.com is also available in Switzerland. Households of the telecommunications provider Swisscom can watch all races live on the blue Sport channel.

Pay-TV: The races will also be shown live on the pay channel Eurosport 2 and the paid streaming services discovery+ and DAZN.

Comments on the Berlin E-Prix

Florian Modlinger, Overall Project Manager Formula E: "It's entering the final spurt of the season. Four races to go, two of them in Berlin at our home race. Last year we won there for the first time with António. Of course, we want to build on that and fight for victories. In the manufacturers' standings, we're only three points behind Nissan, so we want to take the lead. We're now ten points ahead in the Team World Championship, but of course that's not a cushion to rest on – on the contrary: We have to keep attacking and extend our lead. Driving in front of our home crowd and in front of the German fans is a very special experience that we are looking forward to. Many employees from the plant will support us on site in the grandstands. The course is demanding, especially the ground with the concrete slabs and the rough surface. The set-up has to be right and the tyre management has to be right. We prepared specifically for this in the simulator."

Pascal Wehrlein, Porsche works driver (#1): "There are only a few races left and I hope we can make the season positive at the end and achieve good results – which is also very important with regard to the World Championship. Of course, I'm really looking forward to the home race in Berlin and the support of the many German fans, families and friends who are there. Accordingly, we want to do particularly well there."

António Félix da Costa, Porsche-Werksfahrer (#13): „Ich verbinde viele gute Erinnerungen mit Berlin und konnte hier schon dreimal gewinnen, zuletzt im vergangenen Jahr. Als Heimrennen des Teams ist Berlin immer ein Highlight. Viele Teammitglieder sind vor Ort, die sonst nicht bei den Rennen sind. Das macht das Wochenende besonders.“

Porsche in Formula E

In 2024/2025, Porsche will contest its sixth Formula E season. In addition to the factory-owned TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, the US customer team Andretti Formula E will compete with the highly efficient Porsche 99X Electric of the latest generation GEN3 Evo. Cupra Kiro is the first Porsche customer team to take part, relying on 99X technology from the previous generation GEN3. In Formula E, the brand gains valuable insights for its production sports cars.