Formula E is undergoing some changes ahead of the 2024-25 season, including the adoption of a new ruleset called GEN3 Evo.
Three years into the GEN3 era and things are evolving – much like motorsport always does at such rapid rates.
The new adaptation will be in force over the next two years, with a series of modifications helping to streamline the current offering of Formula E car.
All-wheel drive will feature for the first time in an FIA single-seater championship, while new tyres will also help offer enhanced grip.
Nyck de Vries believes that Formula E racing will ‘change’ in 2024-25
Nyck de Vries suffered a dismal 2023-24 campaign, and will be hoping that these adjustments help bring him and his Mahindra team into the mix a little more.
Ever since he was dropped from AlphaTauri’s Formula 1 team in 2023, he has struggled to pick up any results of note and the Formula E champion will be eyeing a return to the top soon.
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“The tyres will offer more grip, but potentially also more degradation,” he told RacingNews365. “The racing will be affected by that in how you manage the tyres, but also the attack mode will offer a bigger delta than it does now, because you’ll have the full drive when you activate the attack mode.
“I think the racing will change [with Gen3.5 cars] quite a bit. Hopefully it will offer us an opportunity while we change our powertrain, to close the gap to the guys in front.”
Could we be in for a Formula E grid shake-up?
Looking back at the last time the rules changed in Formula E between GEN2 and GEN3, the top four teams in the teams’ championship was completely different between the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons.
It represented a monumental shake-up which has had a lasting impact to today, but there’s the opportunity for this to happen again for 2024-25.
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Whether or not it’s an opportunity for Mahindra to capitalise on, is a difficult question to answer when you see that they regressed from eighth to 10th the last time these regulations changed.
Envision Racing did manage to go from fifth to first however, while Avalanche Andretti improved from sixth to third, so there is the opportunity for those in the midfield especially to make inroads.
Overall, the landscape of Formula E is surely set to change again, with the minor adjustment of the rules (while not a full overhaul), should help to bring some more excitement to the series in time for the start of the new season in December.