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The Zurich Street Circuit was a street circuit located in Swiss city of Zurich, used for the
The circuit was a long track, with 11 turns, and was designed by the CEO of e-Mobil Züri Roger Tognella and his son Andrin by using
Zürich ePrix
The Zürich ePrix was a race of the single-seater, electrically powered Formula E championship on the Zürich Street Circuit. It was one of three races to debut during the 2017–18 Formula E season. It was also the first race in Switzerla ...
of the Formula E
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is a single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The series was conceived in 2011 in Paris by FIA president Jean Todt and Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, who is ...
Championship, and held its first race, as well as the first Swiss motor race since 1954, the 2018 Zürich ePrix
The 2018 Zürich ePrix (formally the 2018 Julius Baer Zürich E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held before a crowd of about 150,000 spectators at the Zürich Street Circuit in Zürich, Switzerland on 10 June 2018. It was the tenth ro ...
on 10 June 2018.
History
Preparations for a Formula E race in Switzerland commenced in March 2015 when the Council of States backed a motion put forward by the National Councillor Fathi Derder to exempt electric car racing from a long-standing ban on motor racing in the country. The motion was adopted by the Federal Council in December, allowingelectric vehicles
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...
to race in Switzerland starting from 1 April 2016 pending authorisation from local authorities with regards to the maximum speeds allowed. Subsequently on 21 September 2017, the Zurich ePrix was then announced to be added to the Calendar of the 2017-18 FIA Formula E Championship. The final track design was revealed on 3 April 2018.
Circuit layout
The circuit was a long track, with 11 turns, and was designed by the CEO of e-Mobil Züri Roger Tognella and his son Andrin by using Google Earth
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on their home computer, unlike most circuits. The track featured a mix of surfaces, with asphalt and concrete, and crosses several tramlines, some of which were filled for the event. In addition, it also featured a mixed surface pit lane, with half the pit lane having cobblestones on the surface, which resulted in teams running adapted software for the pit limiter, due to the reduced speed limit of .
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