If Formula E wanted a blockbuster film made about the championship in a similar fashion to the coming Formula 1 movie, it wouldn’t have to look beyond the season-ending London E-Prix double-header for the perfect narrative: Championship protagonists starting together on the front row, the favourite racing in front of his home crowd, and the other dramatically colliding with his team-mate.
Add in an outsider for the championship taking victory to put the destination of the title on a knife-edge, sprinkle in a few red flags to heighten the drama before the home hero proves triumphant, and you have the perfect script. In fact, the only element missing was that all this took place during the penultimate round of the season rather than the very last race.
But that suited Jake Dennis just fine, as the Briton claimed a title that, on paper, he seemed destined to clinch heading into his home event at the ExCeL London, but which never seemed certain until the final moments. A 24-point buffer to Nick Cassidy meant Andretti Porsche racer Dennis needed to outscore his Envision Racing Jaguar rival by six points to clinch the crown on Saturday, and he duly put himself exactly where he needed to be on the grid, lining up alongside the Kiwi at the front.
But as soon as the race began on the ExCeL’s unique indoor/outdoor layout, the balance of the championship began to
