
The 2019–20 FIA Formula E Championship was the sixth season of the FIA
Formula E
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championship, a motor racing championship for
electrically powered vehicles recognised by motorsport's governing body, the
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
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(FIA), as the highest class of competition for
electric
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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
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.
During the suspension, Formula E organised an
esports
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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
António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa (born 31 August 1991) is a Portugal, Portuguese professional racing driver for the Porsche Formula E Team, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team and the 2019–20 Formula E Championship, 2019–20 Formul ...
who clinched his first title with two races left.
DS Techeetah became team champions for the second time in a row.
Teams and drivers
All teams used the
Spark SRT05e chassis and
Michelin
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all-weather tyres.
Free practice drivers
*
James Rossiter
James Stuart Rossiter (born 25 August 1983) is a British former professional racing driver, British motorsport executive and former team principal of Maserati MSG Racing in Formula E.
He was a test driver for British American Racing, BAR, Hon ...
replaced
Jean-Éric Vergne
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in the first practice session of the
Marrakesh ePrix after Vergne fell ill.
Team changes
*
Porsche
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joined the grid as a new entry.
* The
Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team entered the championship while
HWA
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, which had run customer
Venturi powertrains as HWA Racelab in the previous season, are running Mercedes' trackside operations.
*
Venturi switched to
Mercedes powertrains, effectively ending their run as manufacturers.
* The
Nio
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* Nio Inc., a Chinese electric automobile manufacturer
* Nicaraguan córdoba, currency by ISO 4217 currency code
* National Institute of Oceanography (d ...
team was sold to Lisheng Racing,
but will continue under the NIO brand.
The team is not using its own powertrains and it instead acquired last year's powertrain from
GEOX Dragon.
Driver changes
*
Neel Jani
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He achieved his greatest success winning the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016 after first joining Porsche 919 Hybrid, Porsche's Le Mans Pro ...
returned to Formula E as a
Porsche
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driver.
*
André Lotterer
André Lotterer (born 19 November 1981) is a German racing driver, who most recently competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Porsche in motorsport, Porsche. In formula racing, Lotterer competed in Formula One at the in , and Formu ...
moved from
DS Techeetah to
Porsche
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.
*
Maximilian Günther
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moved from
GEOX Dragon to
BMW i Andretti Motorsport, replacing
António Félix da Costa
António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa (born 31 August 1991) is a Portugal, Portuguese professional racing driver for the Porsche Formula E Team, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team and the 2019–20 Formula E Championship, 2019–20 Formul ...
.
[
* ]António Félix da Costa
António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa (born 31 August 1991) is a Portugal, Portuguese professional racing driver for the Porsche Formula E Team, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team and the 2019–20 Formula E Championship, 2019–20 Formul ...
moved from BMW i Andretti Motorsport to DS Techeetah, replacing Lotterer.
* 2019 Formula 2 Champion Nyck de Vries
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made his Formula E debut with the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team.
* GEOX Dragon signed two rookies, with 2015
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* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
and 2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
World Endurance Champion Brendon Hartley
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partnering Nico Müller
Nico Sebastian Müller (born 25 February 1992) is a Swiss people, Swiss professional Auto racing, racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Andretti Global, Andretti Formula E.
Career
Karting
Müller began his karting career in 2004 a ...
.
* 2017 GT World Endurance champion James Calado made his debut with Jaguar
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, replacing Alex Lynn
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.
* Ma Qinghua
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Ma became the first Chinese driver to win an FIA World Championship race when he won race ...
returned to Formula E as a NIO 333 driver, replacing Tom Dillmann
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.
Mid-season changes
*Daniel Abt
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was suspended from Audi after the " Race At Home" eSports
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series race during the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
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when it was discovered professional video gamer Lorenz Hörzing had taken his place. He was replaced by René Rast
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.
*Pascal Wehrlein
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left Mahindra Racing
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with immediate effect in June 2020. He was replaced by Alex Lynn
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.
*Ma Qinghua
Ma Qinghua () (born 25 December 1987) is a Chinese racing driver currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup with Cyan Performance Lynk & Co.
Ma became the first Chinese driver to win an FIA World Championship race when he won race ...
was unable to attend the final six races in Berlin due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. He was replaced by Abt.
*Brendon Hartley
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left GEOX Dragon team with immediate effect in July 2020. He was replaced by Sérgio Sette Câmara
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.
* James Calado missed the final two rounds with Jaguar
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and was replaced by Tom Blomqvist
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. Calado was already set to leave Jaguar Racing
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at the end of the season, having Sam Bird
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take his place.
Calendar
The 2019–20 championship was due to be contested over fourteen rounds in Europe
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, Africa
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, Asia
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, the Middle East
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, North America
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, and South America
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. The layouts are on street circuits, except for the Mexico City ePrix - held on a permanent road course and the Berlin ePrix - held on the access roads of Tempelhof Airport
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.
ePrix locations
Calendar changes
Three ePrix were taken off of the calendar. The Swiss ePrix was taken off as the 2019 Swiss ePrix
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was run as a one-time event. The Monaco ePrix
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Circuit
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was removed from the calendar as the race only happens every other year. The Hong Kong ePrix was originally due to take place but it was replaced with the Marrakesh ePrix due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests. The season started a month earlier than the 2018–19 season - November instead of December - with the opening round, the Diriyah ePrix
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, taking place as a double-header with one race on the Friday and another on the Saturday.
The New York City
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, Paris
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, Rome
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, Sanya
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, London
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and the inaugural Jakarta
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and Seoul
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ePrix had been due to take place but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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. In their place six ePrix were scheduled across three different layouts at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit between 5–13 August.
Regulation changes
Technical regulations
* The usage of twin motors was banned.
* The Attack Mode power was increased by 10 kW, from 225 kW to 235 kW.
* Drivers are no longer allowed to activate the Attack Mode during Full-Course Yellow and Safety Car
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periods.
* For each minute spent under Full Course Yellow or Safety Car conditions, 1 kWh is subtracted from the total available energy measured from the point at which the race was neutralised.
Sporting regulations
* 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.
* The fastest driver in the group qualifying stage is awarded one championship point.
Results and standings
ePrix
Drivers' Championship
Points were awarded using the following structure:
Teams' Championship
Footnotes
References
External links
*
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2019
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Formula E
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is an open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The racing series is the highest class of competition for electrically powered single-seater racing cars ...
Formula E
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is an open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The racing series is the highest class of competition for electrically powered single-seater racing cars ...
Formula E
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is an open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The racing series is the highest class of competition for electrically powered single-seater racing cars ...