Formula e 2019/2020 season

[MG CHRIS]

As its only a few weeks to the start of the new series thought it be a good chance to round up the new news teams and drivers for the upcoming season. First of new teams Porsche enter and merc as a full team after partnering Hwa for developing year last season. This pushes the field to 12 teams and 24 drivers.


Audi sport abt schaeffer retain drivers Daniel abt and Lucas Di Grassi
Tag Heuer Porsche formula e team with former wec drivers Neel Jani and Andrea lotterer
Panasonic Jaguar racing retains drivers Mitch Evans and new driver to the series James calado
Mercedes Benz eq formula e teams with Stoffel vandoome and this years f2 champion Nyck de Vries
Nissan e dams remains Oliver Rowlands and Sebastien Buemi
BMW I Andretti motorsport remains Alex sims and brings over Maximillian Gunther from geox dragon
Nio 333 Fe team retains Oliver Turvey and new to the series Ma quinghua
Envision virgin racing retains Sam Bird and Robin Frijns
Geox dragon has a whole new line up with Brendon Hartley and Nico Muller
DS Techeetah retains last season champ Jean Eric Vergne and form bmw driver Antonio Felix da costa
Venturi formula e team retains Felipa Massa and Edoardo Mortara
Mahindra racing retains Pascal Wehrlein and Jerome d Ambrosio

Season kicks of at Diriyah Saudi Arabia for Rd1/2 on the 22nd/23rd November.
Rd3 Santigo Chile 18th January
Rd4 Meixco city Mexico 15th February
Rd5 Marrakesh Morroco 29 February
Rd6 Sanya China 21st March
Rd7 Rome Italy 4th April
Rd8 Paris France 18th April
Rd9 Seol South Korea 3rd May
Rd10 Jakarta Idonesia 6th June
Rd11 Berlin Germany 21st June
Rd12 New York city Usa 11th July
Rd13/14 final back in London uk 25/26th July where hopefully the season will go to the wire on home soil.

Watch live either through bbc red button service or via channel 5.

Last year had some very close races and the final was a dramtic way to finish the season of with the new season looking even more competitive with new teams and drivers should be another exciting year for formula e even thinking of going to the last rd in London for the final.

[boyse7en]

According to this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/50410978
The race will be streamed on the BBC, with a couple being shown on network TV too.

[lickatysplit]

I aim to go to the home race next year

[Kraken]

Really looking forward to this season. The new power rules are going to make a massive difference to the races.

[AlexRS2782]

Just noticed the OP & i'm not sure where C5 sit in all this - they walked away from FE coverage a couple of years ago.

Media release info suggests that Eurosport have extended their contract for another year to show full / complete season coverage via their own channels & online subscription player.

As mentioned earlier they've continued their agreement with the BBC, from last year, that allows the BBC to stream races live on either the iplayer or BBC Sport website with some races also shown live on the red button service where possible. However, just like last year, not all of the races will be available "live" on the red button service & will instead be shown "delayed / as live" later in the day / evening where it clashes with other content.

Eurosport have also granted rights for the Marrakesh & Rome races to be shown live on BBC2, as per an agreement with FE, to promote the sport ahead of the season ending E-Prix in London and select races will also be shown live on Quest (if it's like last year - it's usually the ones not live on the BBC red button).

It's also been confirmed that Bob Varsha has left the commentary team but Dario & Jack remain.

[Kraken]

BBC say the reason why the races are streamed live on iPlayer rather than on traditional channels or even the red button is that 75% of the audience is under 35 and that age group nearly universally use streaming services. Of course you need a tv license either way which is an issue for some.

[MG CHRIS]

Correct on the tv viewing why I mentioned channel 5 Ive no idea. Eurosport did a good job last season so hopefully be even better this season.

[Kraken]

Wonder if it will still be on YouTube live? From what I could see the UK was unique with having a broadcaster having live rights but also being able to watch the live YouTube stream. Didn't seem to the case for any other country where a broadcaster had rights from what I could tell.

[MG CHRIS]

Just about caught the first race slow burner but picked up in the last 15/20 mins. Great result by Sam bird in the envision virgin team and both merc and Porsche on the podium in their first race very impressive.
Coverage was shocking though.

[Kraken]

Didn't think the coverage was too bad. Switching to Vergne in the pits when Bird was lining up for an overtake was a bad one though.

[SydneyBridge]

I am just watching highlights on Quest

Anyone bought tickets or thinking of going to the London race ?

[AnotherClarkey]

SydneyBridge said:

I am just watching highlights on Quest

Anyone bought tickets or thinking of going to the London race ?

I went to the first race in London and will certainly head to Excel this season.

[HustleRussell]

Tuned in to check out season six as I have every year.

It’s always refreshing to have a break from F1 tyre chat but it is replaced like-for-like with its 21st century equivalent- battery anxiety.

This is not a bad circuit by FE standards but it is not as good as any actual racing circuit which comes to mind.

The cars are fun to watch though because you can see them moving about on their tyres.

I expect that like every other season I will stop following it when the new year’s Formula 1 season starts.

[FourWheelDrift]

Jesus H titty christ they call the safety car in and they all restart and there's still marshals on the track craning a car off the track.

Amateur hour.

[Teddy Lop]

FourWheelDrift said:

Jesus H titty christ they call the safety car in and they all restart and there's still marshals on the track craning a car off the track.

Amateur hour.

is a bit isn't it. Gunthers pass under safety car? They've had half the race to decide something?

[FourWheelDrift]

I think almost everyone that didn't go through the boost lane on that restart jumped at least one place.

[Kraken]

To be fair to race control if the post radios that the car is clear then they are going to restart the race.

The overtakes at the restart were a mess for sure. Surprised that there doesn't seem to be an investigation announced.

[HustleRussell]

Teddy Lop said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Jesus H titty christ they call the safety car in and they all restart and there's still marshals on the track craning a car off the track.

Amateur hour.

is a bit isn't it. Gunthers pass under safety car? They've had half the race to decide something?

They were relatively quick to severely penalise Evans for a racing incident

[Kraken]

Not so sure I would class it as a racing incident with Evans personally. First time I saw it I thought so. Then I saw how many times he hit Bird on the replay and the fact that he was the driver behind and had the opportunity to pull out of the move makes it more his fault than just one of those things to me.

[MG CHRIS]

Very messy 2nd race the safety car restart while car still being recovered thought that would end in tears but thankfully put out full course yellow before anything could happen. Gutted for Sam bird though great first race climbing through the field then gets taken out. Sims was very impressive though to take his first win.
Has his team mate been penalisied for the over take.


Just checked yep 24s penalty ouch.

Edited by MG CHRIS on Saturday 23 November 17:53