2018–19 Formula E season

2018–19 Formula E season
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The 2018–19 FIA Formula E season will be 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.

Teams and drivers

Team Manufacturer No. Drivers
United Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing Spark-Audi[1] 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird[2]
4 Netherlands Robin Frijns[3]
United Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing Spark-Jaguar 3 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.[4]
20 New Zealand Mitch Evans[4]
Germany HWA Racelab[5] Spark–Venturi 17 United Kingdom Gary Paffett[6]
TBA TBA
United Kingdom NIO Formula E Team Spark–NIO[7] 8 France Tom Dillmann[8]
16 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey[8]
Japan Nissan e.dams[9] Spark–Nissan 9 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[10]
22 Thailand Alexander Albon[11]
Germany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team Spark–Audi 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi[12]
66 Germany Daniel Abt[13]
China DS Techeetah Spark–DS Automobiles[14] 18 Germany André Lotterer[15]
25 France Jean-Éric Vergne[16]
Monaco Venturi Formula E Team Spark–Venturi 19 Brazil Felipe Massa[17]
48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara[18]
Germany BMW i Andretti Motorsport Spark–BMW[19] 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims[20]
28 Portugal António Félix da Costa[20]
United States Dragon Racing Spark–Penske[7] TBA Argentina José María López[21]
TBA TBA
India Mahindra Racing Spark–Mahindra[22] TBA Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio[23]
TBA TBA

Team changes

  • BMW is scheduled to enter Formula E as a manufacturer, partnering with Andretti Autosport.[19]
  • Mercedes affiliate HWA will enter the championship and establish a technical partnership with Venturi. The agreement will see HWA receive powertrains for the 2018–19 season, serving as a precursor to Mercedes' entry as a manufacturer team in the 2019–20 season.[24]
  • Nissan is due to enter the championship as a manufacturer replacing partner company Renault in their partnership with DAMS.[25] Renault cited a desire to concentrate on their Formula One programme as their motivation for leaving Formula E.[9]
  • Techeetah will switch from a Renault to DS Automobiles powertrain, becoming DS Performance's partner.[26] Meanwhile, Virgin Racing will switch to using an Audi powertrain.[27]

Driver changes

Calendar

The following races are under contract to be held as part of the 2018–19 Formula E championship:

Round ePrix Country Circuit Date
1 Ad Diriyah ePrix[32]  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Street Circuit[33] 15 December 2018
2 Marrakesh ePrix  Morocco Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 12 January 2019
3 Santiago ePrix  Chile Parque O'Higgins Circuit[34] 26 January 2019
4 Mexico City ePrix  Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 16 February 2019
5 Hong Kong ePrix  Hong Kong Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit 10 March 2019
6 Sanya ePrix  China Sanya Street Circuit 23 March 2019
7 Rome ePrix  Italy Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR 13 April 2019
8 Paris ePrix  France Circuit des Invalides 27 April 2019
9 Monaco ePrix  Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo 11 May 2019
10 Berlin ePrix  Germany Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit 25 May 2019
11 Bern ePrix[35]   Switzerland TBA 22 June 2019
12 New York City ePrix Race 1  United States Brooklyn Street Circuit 13 July 2019
13 New York City ePrix Race 2 14 July 2019
Source:[36][37]

Calendar changes

  • The series will return to Monaco as the Monaco ePrix is run as a biennial event that alternates with the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco.[38]
  • Formula E will make its début in Saudi Arabia with the race to take place on a street circuit in the Ad Diriyah district of Riyadh.[33][39] The event will replace the Hong Kong ePrix as the opening round of the championship.
  • The championship was due to race in São Paulo for the first time. The race had originally been included on the 2017–18 Formula E season calendar before being delayed for one year and replaced with the Punta del Este ePrix.[40] However, the São Paulo race was not included on the provisional calendar published in June 2018 and the Punta del Este race was removed from the schedule.[36]
  • A new ePrix in China was added to the provisional calendar with the Hainan resort city of Sanya named as the venue.[41] The series had previously raced in Beijing.[36]
  • The Santiago ePrix will change its location from Parque Forestal to a bespoke circuit in O'Higgins Park. The move was made following complaints by the residents of Barrio Lastarria, who argued against the original track layout.[34]
  • The Zürich ePrix will not be held after city officials expressed concerns about the ability of the city's infrastructure to handle a series of large-scale events in quick succession. The race will relocate to Bern in Switzerland, with the option to return to Zürich in future seasons.[35]

Changes

Technical regulations

  • The Spark-Renault SRT_01E, which was used by the championship since its inaugural season, will be replaced by a brand-new chassis.[42] The new chassis, which was also developed by Spark Racing Technology, is known as the SRT05e and eschews the conventional design of having a rear wing in favour of incorporating aerodynamic elements into the chassis and floor.[43]
  • The category will use a standardised battery produced by McLaren Applied Technologies and Atieva.[44][45] Each driver will only be allowed to use one car per race, thus meaning the battery life will have to last the whole race instead of half distance.[46]
  • The maximum power output of the cars will increase to 250kW.[47] Cars will have a series of pre-set power modes which will be introduced to encourage stategic racing without allowing a team to gain a competitive advantage through powertrain development.[48]
  • The series will introduce a system dubbed "hyperboost" or "Mario Kart mode" in which drivers will receive an additional 25kW of power by driving through a designated area of the circuit off the racing line. The duration of the boost mode and the number of boosts available will be decided in advance of a race by the FIA to stop teams from anticipating its use and incorporating it into race strategy.[49][50]
  • The "halo" cockpit protection device will be introduced on the chassis to meet the FIA rules that the halo should be involved in all single seater series by 2020.

Sporting regulations

  • Races will no longer be run to a set number of laps. Rather, they will run for forty-five minutes and complete an additional lap once the time limit has expired.[50]
  • Drivers will no longer be awarded a point for fastest lap. A bonus point will instead be awarded to the driver who drove the most power-efficient race.[48]

References

  1. ↑ ""We will be a customer team next season": Tai". 26 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Timo, Pape (26 July 2018). "Sam Bird schlägt BMW-Angebot aus und bleibt wohl bei Virgin Racing". e-Formel.de. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 Kilshaw, Jake (5 September 2018). "Frijns Confirmed Alongside Bird at Envision Virgin". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Unchanged Lineup for Jaguar in Season Five". 20 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "HWA AG join the Formula E grid for Season 5". fiaformulae.com. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 Kalinauckas, Alex (8 October 2018). "Gary Paffett has been announced as the first driver to join HWA's new Formula E entry ahead of the 2018/19 championship". motorsport.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Teams Continue Pre-Homologation Testing". 27 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. 1 2 Hine, Nathan (9 October 2018). "NIO SIGN DILLMANN AND TURVEY FOR 2018-19 FORMULA E CAMPAIGN". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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  12. ↑ Mitchell, Scott (28 September 2017). "Di Grassi's Audi Formula E deal runs to 2020". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Dagys, John (9 June 2018). "Abt Confirmed at Audi for Season Five". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  14. ↑ Mitchell, Scott (1 November 2017). "Techeetah will be a manufacturer Formula E team for 2018/19". Autosport. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  15. ↑ Bluhm, Tobias (2 May 2018). "Exklusiv: Andre Lotterer bestätigt Techeetah-Vertrag für 5. Formel-E-Saison". e-Formel.de. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "DS Techeetah Unveils DS E-Tense FE19 Gen 2 Car". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  17. 1 2 Smith, Topher (15 May 2018). "Venturi announces Massa for season five". e-racing.net. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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  45. ↑ "Lucid (Formerly Known as Atieva) Will Be the Sole Battery-Pack Supplier for Formula E". Car and Driver. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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