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2019/20 Formula E Championship
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Season Information
No. Rounds TBA
First Round TBA
Last Round TBA
Constructor(s) Flag of France Spark
Manufacturers Audi Sport; BMW; DS; Jaguar; Mahindra; Mercedes; NIO; Nissan; Penske; Porsche; Venturi
Tyre(s) Flag of France Michelin
Drivers Championship
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Win(s), Pole(s) Fastest Lap(s)
Second 0 Pt(s)
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Third 0 Pt(s)
Win(s), Pole(s), Fastest Lap(s)
Teams Championship
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2018/19 2020/21

The 2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, otherwise known as the 2019/20 Formula E Season, is set to be the sixth season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, to be held between December 2019 and July 2020.[1] The 2019/20 season will be one of the most anticipated seasons in FE's short history, for German manufacturers Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are set to join the series.[2][3]

Background

Calendar

Early news of the 2019/20 calendar came shortly before the start of the 2018/19 season, with reports of a deal for the South Korean capital of Seoul to host its first E-Prix in 2020.[4] This was part of a plan to establish a Asian leg of the Championship, based around the Hong Kong E-Prix which is likely to be held in March 2020.[4] Elsewhere, the second confirmed venue for the 2019/20 season would see the series return to London for the first time since 2016, with a new circuit based around the ExCel Arena serving as the season finale in July 2020.[5]

A Provisional Performance

The first full, provisional, calendar for the 2019/20 season was released on the 14 June 2019, with fourteen rounds scheduled.[6] The season was to start in Ad Diriyah in Saudi Arabia, with a double header planned across the 22/23 November 2019.[6] A TBC followed, scheduled for the 14 December, before the first FE race of 2020 was set to be staged in Santiago, Chile, on 18 January.[6]

Race five would be staged in Mexico City in February, before an Asian double header in Hong Kong and a second race in China, which was not announced on the provisional calendar.[6] The European season followed, opening with a race in Rome on 4 April 2020, two weeks before the field headed to Paris.[6] The visit to Seoul interrupted the European campaign on the 3 May, with the field returning to fight in Berlin on the 30 May.[6]

The final "fly-away" race of the season would be staged in New York City on 20 June, prior to the season finale, to be held in London.[6] As ever, FE would be completed by a double-header, with two races in the ExCel Centre to be held on the 25/26 July 2020.[6] A late revision to the calendar would alter the schedule, however, with the addition of the inaugural Jakarta E-Prix in place of one of the two TBAs, to be held on the 6 June 2020.[7] The full calendar was set to be formally announced at the World MotorSport Council meeting in October 2019.[7]

Schedule

The full calendar for the 2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship is outlined below:

2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship
Round E-Prix City Circuit Date Report
1 Flag of Saudi Arabia 2019 SAUDIA Ad Diriyah E-Prix Flag of Riyadh Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia Ad Diriyah Street Circuit 22 November 2019[6] Report
2 Flag of Saudi Arabia 2019 SAUDIA Ad Diriyah E-Prix Flag of Riyadh Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia Ad Diriyah Street Circuit 23 November 2019[6] Report
3 Flag placeholder TBA TBA TBA 14 December 2019[6]
4 Flag of Chile 2020 Antofagasta Minerals Santiago E-Prix Flag of Santiago Santiago, Chile Parque O'Higgins Circuit 18 January 2020[6] Report
5 Flag of Mexico 2020 ABB FIA Formula E Mexico City E-Prix Flag of Mexico City Mexico City, Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 15 February 2020[6] Report
6 Flag of China 2020 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China Hong Kong Harbourfront Circuit 1 March 2020[6] Report
7 Flag of Italy 2020 ABB FIA Formula E Rome E-Prix Flag of Rome Rome, Italy Circuto Cittadino dell’EUR 4 April 2020[6] Report
8 Flag of France 2020 Qatar Airways Paris E-Prix Flag of Paris Paris, France Circuit des Invalides 18 April 2020[6] Report
9 Flag of South Korea 2020 ABB FIA Formula E Seoul E-Prix Flag of Seoul Seoul, South Korea Seoul Street Circuit 3 May 2020[4] Report
10 Flag of Germany 2020 BMW i Berlin E-Prix Flag of Berlin Berlin, Germany Tempelhofring 30 May 2020[6] Report
11 Flag of Indonesia 2020 ABB FIA Formula E Jakarta E-Prix Flag of Jakarta Jakarta, Indonesia TBA 6 June 2020[7] Report
12 Flag of the United States 2020 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix Flag of New York New York City, USA Brooklyn Street Circuit 20 June 2020[6] Report
13 Flag of the United Kingdom 2020 ABB FIA Formula E London E-Prix Flag of London London, UK ExCel E-Prix Circuit 25 July 2020[5] Report
14 Flag of the United Kingdom 2020 ABB FIA Formula E London E-Prix Flag of London London, UK ExCel E-Prix Circuit 26 July 2020[5] Report
2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Tests
I Flag of Spain 2019 Valencia Pre-Season Test Flag of Valencia Valencia, Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo 15 - 18 October 2019[8] Report

Rules and Regulations

There would be some minor revisions to both the sporting and technical rulebooks ahead of the 2019/20 season, with the use of twin MGUs outlawed after its use by Nissan in 2018/19.[9] There was also an extension to the operational life of the Spark SRT05e, which was to be run to the end of the 2021/22 season, albeit with planned performance increases in 2020/21.[6] There were also revisions to Attack Mode and points, as well as the procedures under FCY, safety car and red flag conditions.[6]

Technical

The biggest change to the technical rules would be the complete ban of dual motors to power each rear wheel individually, a design pioneered by Nissan as well as their predecessors Renault.[9] While the FIA could not find anything mechanically wrong with the system, Nissan's rivals complained that such a system could be used to store energy, with one motor potentially harvesting energy due to the speed differential between the wheels during cornering.[9] The banning of dual motors was part of a wider clarification of rules and definitions of what an MGU was, as requested by the majority of FE's entrants ahead of the sixth season.[9]

Elsewhere Attack Mode was re-tweaked for the season six, with a small increase of boost to 235kW.[6] Furthermore, the activation of Attack Mode was outlawed under FCY or safety car conditions, preventing drivers from using it as a power boost at a restart.[6]

Sporting

2019/20 was to see a significant revision to the sporting rules, particularly in regards to energy consumption during races with intervals under safety car and FCY.[6] Indeed, to counter complaints of races not being dictated by energy use, the FIA declared that they would remove 1kWh-per-minute of available energy from each driver under FCY or safety car.[6] This would ensure that drivers could not save too much energy under those conditions, meaning drivers would have to conserve energy under green flag conditions as well.[6]

Further changes were made to the red flag procedure, with the clock effectively stopped to ensure that a full race distance could be reached.[6] There was also a revision to the points allocation, with an additional point set to be awarded to the fastest driver in the group stage of qualifying.[6]

Outlined below is a full breakdown of the point scoring system for the 2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship:

2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship Points Table
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Group Fastest Pole Position Fastest Lap
1 3 1

Season Report

Entrants

The full 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship entry list will be outlined below:

2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship Entry List
Entrant No. Name Rounds Test/Reserve
Flag of Germany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team[10][11]
Audi e-tron FE06[12]
11 Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi[13]
66 Flag of Germany Daniel Abt[13]
Flag of the United States BMW i Andretti Motorsport[10][11]
BMW
TBA Flag of Germany Maximilian Günther[14]
TBA Flag of the United Kingdom Alexander Sims*[15]
Flag of China DS Techeetah[10][11]
DS E-TENSE FE20[16]
13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa[17][18][19]
25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne[20]
Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing[21][11]
TBA
2 Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird*[22]
4 Dutch Flag Robin Frijns*[22]
Flag of the United States GEOX DRAGON[10][11]
Penske EV-4
6 Flag of New Zealand Brendon Hartley[23][24]
7 Flag of Switzerland Nico Müller[25]
Flag of India Mahindra Racing[10][11]
Mahindra
TBA Flag of Belgium Jerome d'Ambrosio*[26]
TBA Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein*[26]
Flag of Germany Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team[10][27][11]
Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01[28]
TBA Flag of Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne[29][28]
TBA Dutch Flag Nyck de Vries[28]
Flag of the United Kingdom NIO 333 FE Team[10][11]
NIO
TBA Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Turvey*[30]
TBA Flag placeholder TBA
Flag of France Nissan e.Dams[10]
Nissan
22 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Rowland[31]
23 Flag of Switzerland Sebastien Buemi[31]
Flag of the United Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing[10][11]
Jaguar
20 Flag of New Zealand Mitch Evans*[32]
TBA Flag placeholder TBA
Flag of Germany TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team[10][3][33][11]
Porsche 99X Electric
36 Flag of Germany André Lotterer[34]
91 Flag of Switzerland Neel Jani[35]
Flag of Monaco Venturi Racing[10][11]
Venturi
19 Flag of Brazil Felipe Massa[36]
48 Flag of Switzerland Edoardo Mortara[37]
Source:
  • * To be confirmed

Standings

2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship for Drivers

The full 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship for Drivers standings are to be outlined below:

2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship for Teams

The full 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship for Teams standings are to be outlined below:

References

Videos and Images:

References:

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  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 'Merecedes-Benz EQ reveal the Silver Arrow 01, Vandroorne & de Vries complete line up', fiaformuale.com, (FIA Formula E, 11/09/2019), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2019/september/mercedes-2019-200challenger-revealed, (Accessed 11/09/2019)
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  30. Sam Smith, 'REVEALED: NIO Shake-Up Hastens New Team Structure', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media, LLC., 29/07/2019), https://e-racing365.com/formula-e/revealed-nio-shake-up-hastens-new-team-structure/, (Accessed 06/09/2019)
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  32. Sam Smith, 'Evans Set to Remain at Jaguar for Fourth Season', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media, LLC., 15/05/2019), https://e-racing365.com/formula-e/evans-set-to-remain-at-jaguar-for-fourth-season/, (Accessed 19/05/2019)
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  34. 'Lotterer leaves DS Techeetah to complete Porsche driver line up', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 17/07/2019), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2019/july/lotterer-moves-to-porsche, (Accessed 17/07/2019)
  35. Luke Smith, 'Porsche confirms Neel Jani in first Formula E seat for Season 6', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 14/12/2018), https://www.crash.net/fe/news/911658/1/porsche-confirms-jani-first-formula-e-seat, (Accessed 14/12/2018)
  36. 'Felipe Massa joins Venturi driver line up for Season 5', fiaformuale.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/05/2018), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2018/may/felipe-massa-joins-venturi-driver-line-up-for-season-5/, (Accessed 15/05/2018)
  37. Sam Smith, 'Wolff Confirms Unchanged Venturi Lineup for 2019-20', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media, LLC., 14/05/2019), https://e-racing365.com/formula-e/wolff-confirms-unchanged-venturi-lineup-for-2019-20/, (Accessed 19/05/2019)
ABB FIA Formula E Championship Seasons
Seasons
2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
Drivers Champions
Nelson Piquet Jr.Sébastien BuemiLucas di GrassiJean-Éric VergneAntónio Félix da CostaNyck de VriesStoffel VandoorneJake Dennis
Teams Champions
Renault e.DamsAudi Sport ABT SchaefflerDS TecheetahMercedes-EQ Formula E TeamEnvision Racing
2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship
Entrants
Audi Sport ABT SchaefflerBMW i Andretti MotorsportDS TecheetahEnvision Virgin RacingGEOX DRAGONMahindra RacingMercedes-Benz EQ Formula E TeamNIO 333 FE TeamNissan e.DamsPanasonic Jaguar RacingROKiT Venturi RacingTAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Manufacturers
AudiBMWDSJaguarMahindra & MahindraMercedes-BenzNIONissanPenskePorsche
Cars
Spark SRT05e
Audi e-tron FE06BMW iFE.20DS E-Tense FE20Jaguar I-Type IVMahindra M6ElectroMercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01NIO FE-005Nissan IM02Penske EV-4Porsche 99X Electric
Drivers
2 Sam Bird3 Oliver Turvey4 Robin Frijns5 Stoffel Vandoorne6 Brendon Hartley/Sérgio Sette Câmara7 Nico Müller11 Lucas di Grassi13 António Félix da Costa17 Nyck de Vries18 Neel Jani19 Felipe Massa20 Mitch Evans22 Oliver Rowland23 Sébastien Buemi25 Jean-Éric Vergne27 Alexander Sims28 Maximilian Günther33 Ma Qing Hua/Daniel Abt36 André Lotterer48 Edoardo Mortara51 James Calado64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio66 Daniel Abt/René Rast94 Pascal Wehrlein/Alex Lynn
E-Prix
Diriyah IDiriyah IISantiagoMexico CityMarrakechBerlin IBerlin IIBerlin IIIBerlin IVBerlin VBerlin VI
Cancelled E-Prix
Sanya E-PrixRome E-PrixParis E-PrixSeoul E-PrixJakarta E-PrixNew York City E-PrixLondon E-Prix
Tests
ValenciaRookie Test
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