BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 25: In this handout from FIA Formula E - Lucas Di Grassi (BRA), Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Audi e-tron FE05, leads Sébastien Buemi (CHE), Nissan e.Dams, Nissan IMO1 at Tempelhof Airport on May 25, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by FIA Formula E/Handout/Getty Images)

With three races remaining on the 2018-2019 Formula E schedule, 16 drivers are still mathematically eligible to win the driver championship.

Of the 13 races on the 2018-2019 Formula E schedule, 10 have been contested, leaving only the Bern ePrix and the two races of the New York City ePrix on the schedule before the season is complete.

With three races remaining on this year’s schedule, a total of 16 drivers are still mathematically eligible to win the championship.

The season’s 10th race, the Berlin ePrix, resulted in drivers being mathematically eliminated from championship contention for the first time this season.

A maximum of 29 points are on the table for each driver in each race, as race victories are worth 25 points, pole positions are worth three points and fastest laps are worth one point. As a result, a maximum of 87 points are still on the table for each driver throughout the remainder of this season.

A total of 16 (15 not including the leader of the driver standings) drivers are still within 87 points of the leader of the standings, DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne, and thus still mathematically eligible to win the championship in the sport’s fifth season of existence. In fact, these 16 drivers are all within 78 points of the lead of the driver standings.

Here are the top 16 driver in the driver standings following the 2019 Berlin ePrix at Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit.

Rank – Driver, Car, Team, Manufacturer: Points (Behind)

1st – Jean-Eric Vergne, #25, DS Techeetah, Spark-DS Automobiles: 102 (0)

2nd – Lucas di Grassi, #11, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi: 96 (-6)

3rd – Andre Lotterer, #36, DS Techeetah, Spark-DS Automobiles: 86 (-16)

4th – Antonio Felix da Costa, #28, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW: 82 (-20)

5th – Robin Frijns, #4, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi: 81 (-21)

6th – Mitch Evans, #20, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Spark-Jaguar: 69 (-33)

7th – Daniel Abt, #66, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Spark-Audi: 67 (-35)

8th – Jerome d’Ambrosio, #64, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra: 65 (-37)

9th – Oliver Rowland, #22, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan: 63 (-39)

10th – Sebastien Buemi, #23, Nissan e.dams, Spark-Nissan: 61 (-41)

11th – Sam Bird, #2, Envision Virgin Racing, Spark-Audi: 56 (-46)

12th – Edoardo Mortara, #48, Venturi, Spark-Venturi: 52 (-50)

12th – Pascal Wehrlein, #94, Mahindra Racing, Spark-Mahindra: 52 (-50)

14th – Felipe Massa, #19, Venturi, Spark-Venturi: 32 (-70)

15th – Stoffel Vandoorne, #5, HWA Racelab, Spark-Venturi: 30 (-72)

16th – Alexander Sims, #27, BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Spark-BMW: 24 (-78)

Of these 16 drivers, only BMW i Andretti Motorsport’s Alexander Sims is already in a position where he absolutely must score bonus points from taking the pole position for a race or recording the fastest lap of a race in order to have a chance to win the championship, as he trails DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne by more than 75 points (three victories) for the lead of the driver standings.

The highest driver in the driver standings who has already been mathematically eliminated from championship contention is Geox Dragon Racing’s Maximilian Gunther, who sits in 17th place in the standings with 10 points and trails Vergne by 92 points.

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While 16 drivers are still mathematically eligible to win the 2018-2019 Formula E championship, only a few of them have even a decent chance to pull it off. Who will be crowned champion of the sport’s fifth season upon the conclusion of the season finale, the second race of the New York City ePrix, in mid-July?

The next race on the schedule is the Bern ePrix, which is scheduled to take place this Saturday, June 22 at Bern Street Circuit in Bern, Switzerland.