On August 15th, we published the articlefrom London,which you can readhere, thanks to information from our”Orecchio Lungo” (Long Ear),anticipating thatPepe Martì would remain at Cupra Kiro.
Now it’s been made official with a press release, which you can read below…
Cupra Kiro confirms Pepe Martí as a driver for 2026/27 season
Following the conclusion of his debut season,Cupra Kiro announced that Pepe Martí will continue to race for the team in the 2026/27 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
The 21-year-old Spaniard joined Cupra Kiro ahead of the 2025/26 campaign after establishing himself asone of the brightest young talents in single-seater motorsport.Managed by A14, the driver development group co-founded by Fernando Alonso,Pepe arrived in Formula E having secured seven victories and a further six podiums across FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3.
Despite taking his first steps into Formula E as a rookie in the final season of the series’ Gen3 era – a stage in the championship’s regulations that has traditionally been challenging for newcomers – Pepe made an immediate impression.
After scoring points in only his second Formula E start,where he recovered from a grid penalty and a 10-second stop-go penalty to finishseventh in Mexico,Pepe led a Formula E race for the first time at his home E-Prix in Madrid.
He subsequently securedthe first podium of his Formula E career at the Monaco E-Prix, charging from 15th on the grid to finish third. In doing so, he becamethe first Spanish driver to stand on the Formula E podium and only the fifth Spaniard to secure a podium in the history of World Championship single-seater motorsport, following in the footsteps of Alfonso de Portago, Pedro de la Rosa, Fernando Alonso, and Carlos Sainz Jr.
Pepe, who is Formula E’s second-youngest points-scorer and podium finisher, addeda second podium to his scorebook at the Sanya E-Prix in Chinawhere he finished second, and concluded the 2025/26 season as thehighest-placed rookie in the Drivers’ Championship with 66 points.
By continuing with Cupra Kiro, Pepe will play a central role in the team’s next chapter as Formula E enters its revolutionary Gen4 era.
The 2026/27 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will begin withPre-Season Testing on 16-20 November at Jarama, Spain, before the season gets underway on 18-19 December.
Source: Cupra Kiro
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