Across the spectrum: All the Formula E drivers at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Vyas Ponnuri
- Jun 12
- 9 min read
Updated: Jul 7
Written by Vyas Ponnuri
Formula E’s tryst with Le Mans is all too poetic. While both races may fall at the extremes of the motor racing spectrum, several drivers have raced in the all-electric world championship as well as endurance racing’s grand old race.
Down at DIVEBOMB, we take a walk down memory lane to tell you all about the Formula E drivers to have taken to Le Mans, past and present.
Pascal Wehrlein: No. 4 Porsche Penske
You don’t need to look any further than reigning champion Pascal Wehrlein. With silverware under his belt, the German is now exploring the opposite end of the motor racing spectrum.
This wouldn’t be Wehrlein’s first tryst with endurance racing, as he has already taken part in a 24-hour race in 2025. Driving the No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche, Wehrlein and his fellow teammates Bryce Aron, Tijmen van der Helm and Gianmarina Bruni finished sixth in the GTP class at the 24 Hours of Daytona earlier this January.
While such experience would prove invaluable for Wehrlein in the lead-up to the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend, he will certainly benefit from being in the company of more accomplished endurance legends. Wehrlein will be partnering the Daytona 24 Hours-winning duo of Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy in the No. 4 Porsche Penske hypercar for this weekend.
The German also found himself soaking in the motions of the World Endurance Championship, taking on the 6 Hours of Spa in the sister No. 6 Porsche, benefitting from the established endurance trio of Laurens Vanthoor and Kevin Estre in the Belgian weekend.
While this is Wehrlein’s first 24 Hours of Le Mans entry, he will certainly be looking to make a mark, laying down a strong first impression for Porsche and working alongside Nasr and Tandy to bring home the strongest result.
Nyck de Vries: No. 7 Toyota hypercar
It’s been an up-and-down last two and a half years for Nyck de Vries. Fresh off his championship charge with Mercedes EQ in 2022, the Dutchman would have almost been a shoo-in at the Toyota GR hypercar team, with endurance racing entering a new era in 2023.
A dual contract, much like his Formula E compatriots, looked on the cards for de Vries, with a lucrative deal at Maserati set for the year ahead. But alas, the Dutchman received the call-up from none other than Helmut Marko and Christian Horner, slotting into a pressure cooker environment at AlphaTauri alongside Yuki Tsunoda, finally living his Formula One dream.
While this would only be a fleeting moment of joy, lasting a few months and all of ten races, de Vries has rebounded strongly ever since. Joining Mahindra’s Formula E outfit and taking up the prestigious Toyota seat, after spending years with the Japanese manufacturer as a reserve, the 2021 Formula E champion is quietly making a comeback of his own.
Driving alongside team principal Kamui Kobayashi and super-sub José María López (filling in for the injured Mike Conway), de Vries has already raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans once for Toyota's hypercar stable, in 2024. The trio finished second in the race, losing out to the race-winning No. 50 Ferrari.
De Vries was a vital cog in helping Toyota to a teams’ title at the end of 2024, and while the No. 7 Toyota hasn’t placed higher than sixth in 2025, the Dutchman will be fighting with one hand tied behind his back this time, failing to make it into Hyperpole during hypercar qualifying on Wednesday.
Sébastien Buemi: No. 8 Toyota hypercar
On the other side of the Toyota stable sits an endurance veteran. Toyota’s Sébastien Buemi is no stranger to finding success around the 13 km circuit, having triumphed four times around this configuration, the best record for any driver currently on the grid.
A four-time endurance champion himself, Buemi holds immense knowledge of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, once again banking on his experience to work wonders to add to his win tally around the historic venue.
The 2024 running of the 24 Hours saw the 2016-17 Formula E champion even lead at one point, keeping the Toyota going through the treacherous night stages, and not coming undone like in 2023. However, during teammate Hartley’s stint, the No. 8 Toyota found itself facing the wrong way, tipped into a spin by the No. 51 Ferrari.
Alas, Buemi rounded out the race, keeping going to achieve fifth on the road, backing up the sister Toyota’s second to mark a double points for the Japanese team. The Envision Racing veteran will be looking to clinch a fifth Le Mans victory this weekend, racing alongside Haas F1 reserve Ryo Hirakawa and endurance veteran Brendon Hartley.
Norman Nato: No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA hypercar
JOTA have become synonymous with a team punching above their weight in the last year and a half. The Tunbridge-Wells-based outfit are still well remembered for winning the 6 Hours of Spa in 2024, albeit when Nato competed in the Berlin E-Prix.
The team drew headlines when Callum Ilott crashed the No. 12 JOTA Porsche heavily during the final practice session. With limited time until the main race, the crew worked beyond their capacity to deliver a car by Friday, testing at the Arnage airport in Le Mans to make up for lost time.
An impressive eighth-place finish won over the hearts of fans, being an excellent reward to the hard-working support staff at the circuit as well as the team’s headquarters, while Nato’s No. 12 hypercar wound up seventh in the overall standings.
Although things remain hardly the same a year on. JOTA now constitute two of the four Cadillac entries at this year’s Le Mans. A switch-up in the drivers means former Mahindra Formula E driver Alex Lynn joins Nato and teammate Will Stevens in the No. 12 JOTA.
While JOTA haven’t matched their dizzying highs from a year ago, they have quietly settled into the alliance with Cadillac, with the trio notching up a solid fifth at the 6 Hours of Spa. The JOTA outfit have built on this strong performance, as Nato, Lynn and Stevens will start this year’s Le Mans race from pole.
Robin Frijns: No. 20 BMW M Team WRT hypercar
Just a year ago, BMW were seeing their worst nightmares come true in their maiden Le Mans weekend. While Dries Vanthoor’s run-in with Robert Kubica ruled out the No. 15 less than halfway into the race, the No. 20 of Robin Frijns spun into the barrier at the Ford chicanes early on, leaving the second BMW limping around Le Mans for much of the race.
Although the latter managed to see the chequered flag, they wouldn’t be classified in the final results, having run only 96 laps in the 24-hour race, highlighting just how much time the German manufacturer had spent in the garage fixing the No. 20 car.
The weekend at Le Mans summed up the season for the sister BMW, with the trio of Frijns, Marco Wittmann and Sheldon van der Linde unable to match the No. 15 across the season.
However, it’s been a different story heading into 2025, with Envision Racing's Frijns, former McLaren and Audi Formula E driver René Rast, and van der Linde finishing second in Imola, spearheading BMW’s charge in 2025.
The No. 20 garage will be looking to bring similar form to France, and Frijns will be itching to make up for 2024’s mistake this weekend.
Jean-Éric Vergne - No. 93 Peugeot hypercar
A French driver in a French team at a French racetrack hasn’t always worked out as a dream combination. Peugeot would be quick to banish any memories from the previous running at Le Mans in 2024, with Vergne’s then-teammate, Nico Müller, beaching the No. 93 car at the Indianapolis corner, 19 hours in.
It capped off a tough first home race for the Peugeot hypercar team, who were experimenting with a radical car featuring no rear wing in the lead up to 2024. However, adding the rear wing helped improve performance, as the French outfit ended the year with a podium at Bahrain.
Despite a strong end to 2024, Vergne and team haven’t been able to carry over similar form into 2025, with a best finish of ninth in Qatar and Imola. Teammates Paul di Resta and Mikkel Jensen certainly possess plenty of experience, and Vergne, a seasoned racer across championships, will be itching to deliver a strong showing at home for Peugeot in 2025.
Stoffel Vandoorne - No. 94 Peugeot Hypercar
The fortunes haven’t been any different on the other side of the Peugeot garage, with the trio of Vandoorne, Malthe Jakobsen and Loïc Duval yet to get off the mark in 2025.
Plenty of focus has been around Peugeot’s current 9X8 hypercar, an iteration of the failed wingless concept once envisioned in 2022, ahead of the brand’s entry into the hypercar class. Sources have spoken of Peugeot potentially revealing a brand new hypercar to replace the 9X8, as the team looks to cement a long-term future in the series.
However, the No. 94 also endured a torrid time out in Le Mans in 2024. While it briefly led the race, a momentous feat for the home team, a crash by Gustavo Menezes meant the Peugeot had to retreat to the pits for repairs, losing a valuable 30 laps in the process.
As such, they only finished 11th on the road, just ahead of the sister No. 93 hypercar. While they haven’t gotten into the top ten this year, Maserati Formula E man Vandoorne and Peugeot would once again be scrapping from outside the top 15, having failed to make it into hyperpole during qualifying.
António Félix da Costa - No. 183 AF Corse (LMP2)
Rounding out the list of full-time Formula E racers at this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, Wehrlein’s Porsche Formula E teammate António Félix da Costa will race in the ever-competitive LMP2 class in 2025 for AF Corse.
This wouldn’t be the first time the Portuguese driver takes to the circuit in the LMP2 class, having done so several times before joining JOTA’s hypercar outfit in 2023. Da Costa finished tenth at Le Mans, driving alongside Stevens and former teammate Yifei Ye.
After a one-year break from endurance racing in 2024, da Costa returns to the LMP2 class for Le Mans, racing alongside former Alpine hypercar man Mattheu Vaxivière and experienced endurance racer Francois Perrodo.
Former Formula E drivers at Le Mans in 2025
While the aforementioned eight constitute full-timers in the 2024-25 Formula E season, several drivers in this year’s 186-strong crowd have also raced in Formula E before.
Taking it right from the top, 2023 Le Mans winner Antonio Giovinazzi has raced in Formula E in 2022 for the erstwhile Dragon Penske outfit. His teammate James Calado too turned a wheel for Jaguar back in 2019, albeit unable to score any points in his nine-race stint in the series.
Toyota team principal and de Vries’ teammate Kamui Kobayashi raced twice for Andretti back in 2017. Meanwhile, Buemi’s teammate, former Toro Rosso racer Brendon Hartley, also participated in Formula E back in 2019, scoring a top ten finish in Diriyah in his curtailed six-race campaign for Dragon Racing.
JOTA’s Alex Lynn also raced for the likes of DS Virgin, Jaguar and Mahindra Racing, securing the Indian manufacturer’s last victory to date, back in London in 2021.
René Rast, driving for BMW’s No. 20 alongside Frijns, is no stranger to Formula E. The German burst onto the scene as a stand-in for Audi in 2020 for the banned Daniel Abt, before running two full campaigns for Audi and McLaren in 2021 and 2023, respectively.
Vandoorne’s Peugeot teammate Loïc Duval is another to have taken to Formula E during its early days. The Frenchman completed three seasons for Dragon Racing between 2014 and 2016, scoring two podiums in Berlin and London in season 1.
Proton Competition’s Neel Jani raced for Dragon Racing between 2017 and 2019, scoring two podiums on his way to fifth in 2018, before serving as a Porsche reserve for two more years.
Endurance legend André Lotterer is taking to the LMP2 class this time, and has also raced for DS Techeetah, Porsche and Andretti between 2017 and 2023, scoring eight podiums from 81 race starts.
Remaining in the LMP2 class, Tom Blomqvist, now racing for the No. 37 CLX - Pure Rxcing, completed two disjointed seasons in 2017 and 2019 for Andretti and Jaguar, before completing a full season for NIO 333 in 2021.
Former ABT Cupra reserve Kelvin van der Linde, racing in the famous No. 46 BMW LMGT3 alongside Valentino Rossi, stepped in for an injured Robin Frijns for two weekends back in the early days of the Gen3 era back in 2022.
José María López, remembered for his super-sub efforts at Toyota’s hypercar division in 2024, has seen Formula E in its early days, competing three full seasons for Dragon Racing.
All in all, several drivers have seen it all. The average 45-minute Formula E race may be a speedy sprint when put alongside the mighty 24 Hours of Le Mans, but several drivers have displayed versatility to high order, finding their way and competing multiple seasons across both types of racing.
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