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2025 São Paulo Formula E E-Prix: Complete Time Schedule Guide
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Highlights
- Formula E 2025/26 season starts with São Paulo E-Prix.
- Race held at Anhembi Sambadrome Street Circuit, 30 laps.
- Oliver Rowland defends title, carrying #1 race number.
- Porsche begins season as reigning teams’ and manufacturers’ champion.
- Race weekend starts December 5, race on December 6 at 14:00 BRT.
- New drivers include Felipe Drugovich, Pepe Martí, and Joel Eriksson.
Formula E opens its 2025/26 campaign in São Paulo on December 6, 14:00 BRT, at the Anhembi Sambadrome Street Circuit, launching Season 12 with a compact, one-hour contest.
Brazil hosts Formula E for the fourth time, with São Paulo opening the season for a second straight year, setting early competitive reference points for teams and drivers.
Reigning champion Oliver Rowland arrives carrying the #1, tasked with defending his title while managing expectations and the shifting strategic demands of Gen3 street racing.
Reigning champion Oliver Rowland begins his title defense carrying the #1.
The race covers 30 laps. Pit Boost is not used this season, so two mandatory Attack Mode activations per driver become the key strategic lever alongside energy management.
30 laps with two mandatory Attack Modes; no Pit Boost in 2025/26.
Porsche starts as reigning manufacturers’ and teams’ champion, seeking to consolidate its benchmark execution in both qualifying duels and race pace amid renewed opposition.
The off‑season brings notable changes. Felipe Drugovich joins Andretti, Pepe Martí strengthens Cupra KIRO, and Joel Eriksson returns after previous substitute outings in 2021 and part of 2024.
Track action begins Friday, December 5, with FP1 at 16:30 BRT. Saturday features FP2 at 07:30, qualifying at 09:40, and lights out at 14:00 for roughly one hour.
Global scheduling remains considered. Key conversions place practice at 10:30 GMT, qualifying at 12:40 GMT, and the race at 17:00 GMT; North American viewers see lights out at 12:00 EST.
Anhembi’s layout emphasizes long straights, heavy braking, and surface changes. Energy targets and brake‑by‑wire balance prove decisive, with Attack Mode placement influencing overtakes into significant braking zones.
Porsche enters as defending manufacturers’ and teams’ champion after a commanding 2024/25 campaign.
Rowland’s defense intersects with evolving team hierarchies. Established operations must balance one‑lap efficiency with usable race energy, while rookies integrate procedures, software, and energy deployment under pressure.
As the season opens, execution in São Paulo sets the competitive baseline. Clean sessions, robust simulations, and Attack Mode discipline likely determine who controls the first hour of Season 12.
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New champions. Electric energy. Season 12 begins.
- 🏆 Oliver Rowland returns as defending world champion, carrying the #1.
- Porsche starts as reigning teams’ & manufacturers’ champion.
- New faces: Drugovich, Martí, Eriksson join the grid for 2025/26.
- Global fans: Race times BRT / GMT / EST — catch every electrifying moment!
Zane Muniz writes across NASCAR, IndyCar, F1, IMSA, NHRA, and dirt-racing news. His breaking-news alerts and event previews ensure motorsport fans never miss a lap, drift, or drag-strip showdown.
