That is a wrap on a Formula E career like very few others. The 37-year-old Swiss driver, one of only four remaining mainstays to have contested every single season since the championship began in 2014 alongside Antonio Felix da Costa, Jean-Eric Vergne, and Lucas di Grassi, has finally brought the curtain down on his electric single-seater journey.
He leaves the sport holding a staggering CV: 160 starts, 14 victories, 36 podiums, and the 2015/16 Drivers’ Championship title. He also bows out as the undisputed king of the Monaco E-Prix, bagging three wins there in 2015, 2017, and 2025 to stand alone as the most successful driver in the principality. After joining Paysafe Envision Formula E (previously Envision Racing) for the 2022/23 campaign, he helped the British outfit secure its first and only Teams’ Championship that very year, before adding his long-awaited 14th victory in 2024/25.
I wish I would have been able to continue, but of course there are a lot of things happening with the fact that we have so many races with WEC and it's the way it is.
His final weekend at the London E-Prix double-header—marking the end of an era for the GEN3 machines—was vintage Buemi: steady, calculating, and opportunistic when the chaos erupted. Saturday's race started from P10, and when Lola Yamaha ABT’s drivers Zane Maloney and Lucas di Grassi found the wall during a Full Course Yellow period, the Envision racer pounced. Smart strategy saw him pit under the yellows, and despite losing a bit of hope while dealing with ATTACK MODE, he steered the machine home to fourth.
"I always do the best I can, and then move on, no more special feeling," he reflected. "I'm happy to score a few points. Obviously, Saturday was a crazy race, like it is always here in London."
Sunday brought even more madness as Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein fended off Andretti’s Jake Dennis and Jaguar TCS Racing’s Mitch Evans to clinch his second World Championship title. Amidst the carnage—which included his teammate Joel Eriksson forcing the reigning champion out on Lap 13—Buemi kept his head down. He activated his four-minute ATTACK MODE on the same lap, climbed to P6, and eventually crossed the line in fifth to cap off his final appearance behind the wheel for the squad.
"I don't think I could have done much better, so I'm happy with that result," he said. "Finishing on a high, quite a few points, 22 points this weekend. So I feel like I've done my job."
While his time in electric single-seaters is over, his legendary status in motorsport remains untouched, bolstered by four World Endurance Championship titles in 2014, 2019, 2022, and 2023 alongside four overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022. He won't be entirely lost to the paddock, however, as he transitions into an advisory role with the team moving forward.
"I'm going to stay in the team as an advisor," he shared. "I wish I would have been able to continue, but of course there are a lot of things happening with the fact that we have so many races with WEC and it's the way it is."
