Seasons

FORMULA E RACE SEASONS

The 2022–23 FIA Formula E World Championship is due to be the ninth season of the FIA Formula E championship.

It will be the first season of the Formula E Gen3.

Team changes
Mercedes will leave the championship after competing for three seasons and winning the drivers and constructors titles in the 2020–21 season.
On 10 January 2022, Maserati announced they would be joining Formula E in the 2022–23 Season.They will become the first Italian manufacturer in the series.
In January 2021 McLaren Racing announced they “had an agreement to join Formula E in Gen3,” with no official confirmation being provided since. In December 2021 McLaren Team boss Zak Brown stated that the team would chose if it will enter Formula E sometime in early 2022.

The 2021–22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is the eighth 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.

It is the final season of the Formula E Gen2 era, with the Gen3 planned for the 2022–23 season.

The 2020–21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is the seventh season of the FIA Formula E championship, a motor racing championship for battery-electric cars 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.

With the 2020–21 season, the championship officially became a FIA World Championship, joining Formula One, the World Endurance Championship, the World Rally Championship, and the World Rallycross Championship. The facelift of the Spark Gen2 car, called the Gen2 EVO, was supposed to debut in this season, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and eventually cancelled in favor of the Gen3 car.

Season 2019-20:

The 2019–20 FIA Formula E Championship was the sixth 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.

On 13 March, Formula E and the FIA announced a temporary suspension of the season in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] During the suspension, Formula E organised an esports racing series called Formula E Race at Home Challenge. The season resumed and concluded in August with six races within nine days at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit. The season’s champion was António Félix da Costa who clinched his first title with two races left. DS Techeetah became team champions for the second time in a row.

The 2018–19 FIA Formula E season is the fifth 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. The 2018–19 season saw the introduction of the all-new Gen2, second generation Formula E car, which boasts significant technological advances over the previous Spark-Renault SRT_01E chassis – with its power output rising from 200 kW to 250 kW and top speeds rising to around 280 km/h (174 mph). The arrival of the Gen2 car also sees an end to the series’ mid-race car-swaps.

Season 2017-18:

After seven rounds, Jean-Éric Vergne leads the Drivers’ Championship with 119 points, with Sam Bird in second with 101 points, and Felix Rosenqvist in third with 82 points. Techeetah currently lead the Teams’ Championship, ahead of DS Virgin Racing and Mahindra Racing.

Season 2016-17:

ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport driver Lucas di Grassi secured his first Drivers’ Championship in the season-closing race in Montreal. The runner-up was defending champion Buemi, 24 points behind, after missing the New York City races because of a World Endurance Championship commitment at the Nürburgring, and Mahindra driver Felix Rosenqvist third, another 30 points adrift, in his first Formula E season. Although neither of their drivers won the title, Renault e.Dams clinched their third consecutive Teams’ Championship, ahead of ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport and Mahindra.

Season 2015-16:

After ten rounds, Sebastien Buemi won the championship by just two points over Lucas di Grassi after setting the fastest lap in the final race, where neither driver finished following an opening lap crash and several attempts to set the fastest lap in their second cars.

Season 2014-15:

The 2014–15 FIA Formula E season was the inaugural season of a new FIA championship for electrically powered cars. It began on 13 September 2014 at Beijing in China and finished on 28 June 2015 in London after eleven races. Nelson Piquet Jr. came first in the overall standings, and so became the first ever Formula E champion.

CURRENT SEASON INFO

Location changes

  • A letter of intent was signed between the city of HyderabadIndia, and the FIA, making the city a potential new ePrix location for the season.
  • The Paris ePrix is due to return to the calendar after being left out of the 2021-22 calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Team changes

  • Mercedes will leave the championship after competing for three seasons and winning the drivers and constructors titles in the 2020–21 season.
  • On 10 January 2022, Maserati announced they would be joining Formula E in the 2022–23 Season.They will become the first Italian manufacturer in the series.
  • In January 2021 McLaren Racing announced they "had an agreement to join Formula E in Gen3," with no official confirmation being provided since. In December 2021 McLaren Team boss Zak Brown stated that the team would chose if it will enter Formula E sometime in early 2022.