Electric car racing season
António Félix da Costa , the 2019-20 Champion.The2019–20 FIA Formula E Championship was the sixth season of the FIAFormula E championship, a motor racing championship forelectrically powered vehicles recognised by motorsport's governing body, theFédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition forelectric open-wheel racing cars .
On 13 March, Formula E and the FIA announced a temporary suspension of the season in response to theCOVID-19 pandemic .[ 1] esports racing series calledFormula E Race at Home Challenge Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit .
The season's champion wasAntónio Félix da Costa who clinched his first title with two races left.DS Techeetah became team champions for the second time in a row.[ 2]
All teams used theSpark SRT05e chassis andMichelin all-weather tyres.
Free practice drivers [ edit ] Porsche joined the grid as a new entry.[ 25] TheMercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team entered the championship whileHWA , which had run customerVenturi powertrains as HWA Racelab in the previous season, are running Mercedes' trackside operations.[ 14] Venturi switched toMercedes powertrains, effectively ending their run as manufacturers.[ 30] TheNio team was sold to Lisheng Racing,[ 44] [ 6] GEOX Dragon .[ 11] [ 10] The 2019–20 championship was due to be contested over fourteen rounds inEurope ,Africa ,Asia , theMiddle East ,North America , andSouth America . The layouts are on street circuits, except for theMexico City ePrix - held on a permanent road course and theBerlin ePrix - held on the access roads ofTempelhof Airport .
Location of non-European ePrix in season 6.
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Location of European ePrix in 2020.
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TheSpark SRT05e demo car at the 2020Autosport International promoting the returning London ePrix by sporting a modified,Union Jack -inspired livery. Three ePrix were taken off of the calendar. TheSwiss ePrix was taken off as the2019 Swiss ePrix was run as a one-time event.[ 56] Monaco ePrix was removed from the calendar as the race only happens every other year. TheHong Kong ePrix was originally due to take place but it was replaced with theMarrakesh ePrix due to the2019–20 Hong Kong protests .[ 51] 2018–19 season - November instead of December - with the opening round, theDiriyah ePrix , taking place as a double-header with one race on the Friday and another on the Saturday.[ 57]
TheNew York City ,Paris ,Rome ,Sanya ,London and the inauguralJakarta andSeoul ePrix had been due to take place but were cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic .[ 1] [ 54] [ 55] [ 58] [ 59] [ 60] [ 52] [ 53] Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit between 5–13 August.[ 61]
Technical regulations [ edit ] The usage of twin motors was banned.[ 62] The Attack Mode power was increased by 10 kW , from 225 kW to 235 kW.[ 63] Drivers are no longer allowed to activate the Attack Mode duringFull-Course Yellow andSafety Car periods.[ 63] For each minute spent under Full Course Yellow or Safety Car conditions, 1kWh is subtracted from the total available energy measured from the point at which the race was neutralised.[ 63] Sporting regulations [ edit ] During a race suspension, the countdown clock now stops, unless otherwise announced by the Race Director, with the aim of completing the full race time.[ 64] The fastest driver in the group qualifying stage is awarded one championship point.[ 64] Results and standings [ edit ] [ edit ] Points were awarded using the following structure:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th GS Pole FL Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 3 1
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics –Fastest lap G – Fastest in group stage
[ edit ] ^a b The powertrain is a rebadged Penske EV-3 used byGEOX Dragon in the2018–19 season.[ 10] ^ NIO keep their manufacturer status due to their new powertrain being homologated as such by theFIA in late August.[ 10] [ a] ^ Each pair of races used a different track configuration.[ 50] ^a b c d e f g h TheSanya ,Rome ,Paris ,Seoul ,Jakarta ,New York andLondon ePrix 's were cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic .[ 52] [ 53] [ 54] [ 1] ^ The circuit was designed as an indoor-outdoor venue, combining the ExCeL facilities and the surrounding public roads atRoyal Docks .[ 55] ^ Daniel Abt set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.Mitch Evans was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.^ Oliver Rowland set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.Sam Bird was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.^ Pascal Wehrlein set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.Mitch Evans was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.^ Sam Bird set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.António Félix da Costa was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.^ Lucas di Grassi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.Oliver Rowland was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.^ Nico Müller set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.Sam Bird was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.^a b c "Formula E and FIA take decision to temporarily suspend season" .fiaformulae.com . 13 March 2020. 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