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The 2019–20 FIA Formula E World Championship will be 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.

Teams and drivers

Team Manufacturer Powertrain No. Drivers
United Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing[1] Spark–Audi TBA 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird[2]
4 Netherlands Robin Frijns[2]
Monaco Venturi Formula E Team[1] Spark–Venturi TBA 19 Brazil Felipe Massa[3]
48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara[4]
China DS Techeetah[1] Spark–DS Automobiles TBA 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne[5]
TBA [5]
Germany Porsche Formula E Team[6] Spark-Porsche TBA TBA Switzerland Neel Jani[7]
TBA Germany André Lotterer
Germany Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler Formula E Team[1] Spark–Audi TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
United States BMW i Andretti Motorsport[1] Spark–BMW TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
United States Dragon Racing[1] Spark–Penske TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
United Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing[1] Spark-Jaguar TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
India Mahindra Racing[1] Spark–Mahindra Mahindra M6Electro[8] TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Germany Mercedes EQ Formula E Team[9][10] Spark-Mercedes Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01 TBA TBA
TBA TBA
United Kingdom NIO Formula E Team[1] Spark–NIO TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Japan Nissan e.dams[1] Spark–Nissan TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA

Team changes

Driver changes

Calendar

The following races are under contract to be held as part of the 2019–20 Formula E championship:[11]

Round ePrix Country Circuit Date
1 Ad Diriyah ePrix Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Ad-Diriyah Street Circuit 22 November 2019
2 23 November 2019
3 TBC TBC TBC 14 December 2019
4 Santiago ePrix Chile Chile Parque O'Higgins Circuit 18 January 2020
5 Mexico City ePrix Mexico Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 15 February 2020
6 Hong Kong ePrix Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit 1 March 2020
7 TBC China China TBC 21 March 2020
8 Rome ePrix Italy Italy Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR 4 April 2020
9 Paris ePrix France France[12] Paris Street Circuit 18 April 2020
10 Seoul ePrix South Korea South Korea[13] Seoul Street Circuit 3 May 2020
11 Berlin ePrix Germany Germany Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit 30 May 2020
12 New York City ePrix United States United States Brooklyn Street Circuit 20 June 2020
13 London ePrix United Kingdom United Kingdom[14] Royal Docks and ExCeL London[15] 25 July 2020
14 26 July 2020

Calendar changes

  • Formula E will make its début in South Korea. A street circuit in Seoul has been named as the planned venue.[13]
  • The London ePrix will return to the calendar for the first time since the 2015–16 season and host a double-header finale to the 2019-20 season. The race is planned to take place on a circuit based in and around the ExCeL London convention center and the Royal Docks.[14]. The New York City ePrix will no longer be a double header and will move to be the penultimate round of the season.
  • The Ad Diriyah ePrix will begin the season a month earlier in November as a double header.[16]

Changes

Technical regulations

  • The usage of twin motors will be banned from 2019–20 season onwards.[17]
  • The Attack Mode power level will be increased by 10kW, from 225kW to 235kW.[18]
  • Drivers will no longer be allowed to activate the Attack Mode during Full Course Yellow and Safety Car periods.[18]
  • For each minute spent under Full Course Yellow or Safety Car conditions, 1 kWh will be subtracted from the total available energy measured from the point at which the race was neutralised.[18]

Sporting regulations

  • During a race suspension, the countdown clock would stop, unless otherwise announced by the Race Director, with the aim of completing the full race time.[11]
  • The fastest driver in the group qualifying stages will be awarded one championship point.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Season 6 manufacturers confirmed". 10 April 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Sam. "Bird, Frijns to Remain at Envision Virgin for 2019-20 – e-racing365". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ Smith, Topher (30 November 2018). "Venturi announces Massa for season five". e-racing.net. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. ^ Smith, Sam (14 May 2019). "Wolff Confirms Unchanged Venturi Lineup for 2019-20". e-racing365. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b Kalinauckas, Alex (14 December 2018). "Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne's Techeetah contract extended". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Now official: Porsche's entry into Formula E". 4 October 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  7. ^ a b Klein, Jaime (14 December 2018). "Porsche names Neel Jani as its first 2019/20 Formula E driver". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  8. ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (3 July 2019). "Mahindra to debut 2019/2020 FE powertrain at Goodwood". motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Mercedes announces Formula E entry for 2019/20 season". 25 July 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Mercedes EQ Formula E Team gear up for Formula E fight". 17 May 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  11. ^ a b c "2019/20 calendar revealed: London and Seoul star in sixth Formula E campaign". fiaformulae.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Paris agrees new three-year Formula E race deal". motorsport.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  13. ^ a b Kalinauckas, Alex (30 November 2018). "Formula E to expand to Korea in season six". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Formula E to introduce new London street race for 2020". BBC. BBC. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Register now: Formula E returns to London in 2020". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  16. ^ Kalinauckas, Alex. "First Formula E night race in Saudi Arabia a "possibility" for 2019". Autosport.com. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  17. ^ Kalinauckas, Alex. "Twin motors banned in Formula E next season". motorsport.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  18. ^ a b c "Formula E changes rules to encourage energy management". motorsport.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
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