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Who flew and who fumbled in Formula E's Tempelhof tussle

Formula E's six-race Berlin finale was like its own mini-series, despite it crowning the 2019-20 champions. The tight schedule led to frantic racing, with a clear form guide emerging at the end of it. MATT KEW has crunched the numbers

Matt Kew Aug 19, 2020, 3:35 PM

When Formula E reconvened after the coronavirus interlude, all six of its stand-in races were held at one venue. The nine-day showdown had the makings of its own mini-series.

Antonio Felix da Costa came out of the blocks in imperious form, scoring two poles and two wins in the first double-header on the reversed Tempelhof Airport circuit. Add in his fourth and second-place finishes in the next brace of races, he would be crowned champion. An entirely deserving one at that, despite the unusual circumstances.

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Author Matt Kew

Matt Kew is Autosport’s F1 Editor, a role he has held since March 2022 following stints covering Formula E, Extreme E and the British Touring Car Championship.

Matt joined Autosport in 2018 to work predominantly on the magazine, but his relentless quoting of Alan Partridge meant office colleagues soon thought he would be better-suited to increased field work.

Needless to say, Matt had the last laugh when he won the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2019.

His interest in motorsport was sparked by regular trips to watch ASCAR crash around Rockingham’s banked oval.

Matt read politics and philosophy at the University of Sheffield - receiving first-class honours for his dissertation assessing the lack of female participation in top-tier motor racing.

He covered a wide variety of national race and rally meetings for Autosport as a freelancer before joining full-time. His best efforts to argue the merits of historic racing are undone by a questionable taste in music and James Bond actors.