Can anyone beat Stoffel Vandoorne to the Formula E title?

Stoffel Vandoorne is on the brink of the Formula E title with a commanding lead ahead of the Seoul finale, but both rivals and unknowns still stand in his way. Here’s a run through of what Vandoorne must overcome to clinch the championship and how his competition will look to pull off the biggest of shocks.

Jake Boxall-Legge Aug 10, 2022, 4:23 PM

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...except, that’s not the case. Although Stoffel Vandoorne now sits atop the Formula E standings with a 36-point lead heading into the remaining Seoul double-header, business is not yet concluded. London’s races at the ExCeL centre, particularly on the Sunday, did Vandoorne a solid as Mitch Evans succumbed to electrical issues while running ahead of the Mercedes driver in fourth place. Thus, the lead could have been 22 points, but instead Evans’s retirement yielded an instantaneous 14-point swing in Vandoorne’s favour.

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Jake Boxall-Legge Autosport’s Technical Editor. Having studied Automotive Engineering with Motorsport at the University of Hertfordshire, West Country-born Jake's original ambition was to design racing cars. During a year between studies in which he accidentally rekindled a love of writing, he took up a Master's in Motorsport Engineering at Oxford Brookes. Halfway through his master's year, he was offered a place on the Autosport Academy, conducting occasional freelance duties before becoming the press officer for Formula 2 and GP3 in 2018. Autosport offered him a return to the fold later that year to serve as its Technical Editor. His voice appears on a number of videos and podcasts, and can often be found writing about terrible Formula 1 cars in excruciating detail. In his spare time, Jake enjoys baking and blames his failure to make it past the Great British Bake-Off interviews on his tenuous grasp on choux pastry. His dream is to open a brunch cafe - and his willingness to make outrageous puns in inappropriate situations has earned him the contempt of his colleagues.