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2022–23 Formula E World Championship. Jake Dennis (top) won his first world championship, driving for Avalanche Andretti. Nick Cassidy (middle left) ended the season as runner-up, while Mitch Evans (middle right) finished third. Envision Racing (bottom) became the first customer team to win the Team's championship.
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The proposal for a city-based, single-seater electric car motor racing championship was conceived by Jean Todt, the president of the world governing body of motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and presented to politicians Alejandro Agag and Antonio Tajani at a dinner at a small Italian restaurant in the French capital P...
The Formula E championship is currently contested by 22 drivers, and 11 teams as of the 2024 season. The sport features electric-powered race cars similar in style to the hybrid-drive cars of Formula One. Racing generally takes place on temporary city-centre street circuits, that are around 1.9 to 3.4 km (1.2 to 2.1 mi) long, although the series is...
Spark-Renault SRT_01E
For the first four seasons, an electric racing car built by Spark Racing Technology, called the Spark-Renault SRT 01E, was used. The chassis was designed by Dallara, a battery system was created by Williams Advanced Engineering and a Hewland five-speed gearbox was used. Michelin was the official tyre supplier.For the first season, 42 electric cars were ordered by the series. 4 cars were made available to each of the 10 teams and 2 cars were kept for testing purposes. This first Formula E car...
Spark SRT05e
The second-generation ("Gen2") Formula E car was introduced in the 2018–19 season and featured significant technological advances over the previous Spark-Renault SRT 01E car – its 54 kWh battery and power output rising from 200 kW to 250 kW and top speed rising to around 280 km/h (174 mph). The arrival of the Gen2 car also saw an end to the series’ mid-race car-swaps. They were equipped with Brembo braking systems, chosen by Spark Racing Technology as the sole supplier. The cars were also equ...
Gen3 car
The Gen3 Formula E car was unveiled to the public at the 2022 Monaco ePrix, for use in the ninth Formula E season (2022–23) onwards. Power levels for the car are 350 kW in qualifying and 300 kW in the race, while regeneration levels is allowed on both front (250 kW) and rear (350 kW) axles for a maximum of 600 kW recovery under braking. Regenerative braking could provide 40% of the total energy used within a race. The estimated top speed is 322 km/h (200 mph). The battery is also designed to...
2014–15
The calendar consisted of 11 races held in 10 different host cities: Beijing, Putrajaya, Punta del Este, Buenos Aires, Long Beach, Miami, Monte Carlo, Berlin, Moscow and finally London, where last two rounds of the championship took place. The first Formula E race at the Beijing Olympic Green Circuit on 13 September 2014 was won by Lucas Di Grassi, after Nick Heidfeld and Nicolas Prost crashed out on the final corner. In the course of the season, there were 7 different race winners: Sébastien...
2015–16
The second season of Formula E started in October 2015 and ended in early July 2016. The calendar consisted of 10 races in 9 different cities. For this season eight manufacturers were introduced, who were allowed to develop new powertrains. Sébastien Buemi won the championship with only 2 points more than Lucas di Grassi by claiming the fastest lap in the final race in London.
2016–17
The 2016–17 FIA Formula E season was the third season of the FIA Formula E championship. It started in October 2016 in Hong Kong and ended in July 2017 in Montreal. Lucas di Grassi won the championship in the last race of the season, 24 points ahead of Sébastien Buemi and 54 points ahead of third-placed rookie driver Felix Rosenqvist. The Renault e.Dams team successfully defended their team championship title.
In 2019, the Virtually Live Ghost Racing app was launched. It allows fans to virtually drive alongside the real drivers as the race is going on. In 2020, during the season suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Formula E held an esport series called Race at Home Challenge. In 2021, Formula E introduced a new series called Formula E: Accelerate us...
FE School Series
During the first season, the FE School Series for student teams that developed their own electric car took place as support races at selected events.The series was not continued during the second season.
Roborace
Roborace was developing the world's first autonomous and electrically powered racing car. The company planned to develop the first global championship for driverless cars. It held demonstrations at selected races during the 2016–17 Formula E season and 2017–18 Formula E season.
Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy
Formula E and Jaguar ran a production-based support series with Jaguar I-Pace battery electric SUVs. The series was called the I-Pace eTrophyand ran together with Formula E's fifth and sixth seasons (December 2018 to summer 2020). In May 2020, Jaguar announced the cancellation of the series, due to financial issues caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Television
Formula E provides comprehensive live television coverage shown via major broadcasters around the globe (CBS Sports, TNT Sports UK, CCTV-5, Eurosport, J Sports, Ziggo Sport Totaal, TV Cultura). English Language Programming is produced by Whisper, while Aurora Media Worldwide produces the main worldwide broadcast.
Presenters
Up until Season 9, the world feed was presented frequently by Jack Nicholls and Dario Franchitti, with Nicki Shields acting as pit lane reporter. However, just before the 2023 Jakarta E-Prix, Nicholls was fired after allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women, and Ben Edwards, who had already done motorsport commentary for 3 decades, replaced him in the commentary booth from Jakarta E-Prix until the Portland E-Prix. Later that season, Tom Brooks, known as "the Voice of Gran Turismo"...
Documentaries
Directors Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville created a documentary movie about the 2017–18 season called And We Go Green. It highlights some of the innovations and challenges of Formula E and follows several drivers and rivalries throughout the season. The film was co-produced by Leonardo di Caprio and premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Formula E debuted its own documentary series, called ‘Unplugged’ on 22 November 2021, which was similar to Formula One’s Netflix Driv...
Track signage highlighting sustainability.E-Village, 2015.At the podium in 2017.Formula E on TwitterFormula E on FacebookFormula E on InstagramThe 2022–23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship was the ninth season of the FIA Formula E championship, a motor racing championship for electrically powered vehicles recognised by motorsport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for electric open-wheel racing cars.
Get an unfiltered view of Formula E and chart a course through all the high and lows across the 2022/23 season. Unplugged takes you behind-the-scenes, joining the teams and drivers as they battle it out for the Season 9 title.
Oct 19, 2022 · The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is set to race in Cape Town, South Africa for the first time on 25 February 2023, following approval at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting today.
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