FIA Formula E Championship 2017/18
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The 2017/18 ABB FIA Formula E Championship was the fourth season of the FIA Formula E Championship . It began in Hong Kong on December 2, 2017 and ended in New York City on July 15, 2018 . The season consisted of ten E-Prix with twelve races.
Changes in 2017/18
On January 9, 2018, ABB was announced as the new title sponsor of the racing series. This changed the official name from FIA Formula E Championship to ABB FIA Formula E Championship .
run
New to the calendar were the Rome E-Prix , the Santiago E-Prix , the São Paulo E-Prix and the Zurich E-Prix . Instead, the Buenos Aires E-Prix and the Monaco E-Prix were canceled . In contrast to the previous season, only one race was held as part of the Berlin E-Prix ; instead, the Hong Kong E-Prix now comprised two races. With the elimination of the race in Buenos Aires, the Berlin E-Prix was also the only race that has been held in every season since the championship began.
Shortly before the start of the season, the series organizers announced that the race in São Paulo could not take place as planned and had been postponed to 2019. The reason was that the privatization of Anhembi Park , where the race was to take place, was delayed. Instead, the third edition of the Punta del Este E-Prix , which was last held in 2015 , took place on this date .
In December 2017, the new mayor of Montreal , Valérie Plante , canceled the Montreal E-Prix . The race, which her predecessor Denis Coderre had financed in the previous year entirely from tax revenues equivalent to the equivalent of 26 million euros, had previously been a central topic in the election campaign.
Technical regulations
The maximum power of the vehicles in the race was increased from 170 to 180 kilowatts. The FANBOOST also increased its output by 10 kW, and the driver was now allowed to increase the output to 190 kilowatts.
The maximum power during recuperation has been increased from 150 to 200 kilowatts.
Sporting regulations
The point for the fastest race lap was only awarded to the ten best-placed drivers in the race.
In the case of double headers, the second free practice session was canceled on the second day of the race.
Instead of three film days, the teams were now entitled to six so-called promotion events , three of which were allowed to take place on a circuit. During the season, two test days should also be offered for all teams, one day of which, however, only drivers without Formula E experience could be used.
A team was allowed to name reserve drivers for each race.
In the event of an unsafe release during training, a transfer back to the starting grid of the race could now be pronounced.
In addition, a representative of the race management now had a say in the race stewards, who were also supported by a former driver, as had been the case for years in the Formula 1 World Championship .
In addition, the rules for affixing the start number and the driver's name on the vehicles have changed. The numbers had to be attached to the side of the front wing and the rear fender of the rear tires and had to be at least 14.5 cm high and 3.2 cm wide. The first driver of a team was given a black number, the second driver a red number. The colors at this point should be in the greatest possible contrast to the vehicle color. In addition, the driver's name on the roll bar now had to consist of letters that were at least 10 cm high and 2 cm wide.
Shortly before the start of the season, a change to the qualifying format was announced, the drivers were now drawn into the four qualifying groups only at the first round of the season. In the subsequent races, the five best-placed drivers drove in one group, the second group consisted of the next five best-placed drivers. This procedure was then repeated for the remaining ten drivers. Only the order of the four qualifying groups was drawn.
Shortly before the Marrakech E-Prix , the FIA announced that the minimum time for changing vehicles should be canceled with immediate effect. After the teams expressed safety concerns about the last-minute rule change in a letter to the race stewards, this was postponed to the following race in Santiago on the day before the race .
Teams
In July 2017, Audi took over the Formula E team from Abt . Abt continued to oversee the operations on the racetrack, the team competed under the name Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler . Allan McNish became the new team boss .
After only a year as the title sponsor, Faraday Future no longer appeared in the Dragon Racing team name . In addition, the NIO Formula E team now competed without the addition of NextEV.
driver
Alex Lynn , who competed in the New York City E-Prix for DS Virgin Racing as a reserve driver in the preseason , rose to become the team's regular driver and replaced José María López , whom he had already represented in New York City. Nelson Piquet Jr. after three seasons switched from the NIO Formula E team to Panasonic Jaguar Racing and succeeded Adam Carroll . His successor was Luca Filippi , who made his debut in the FIA Formula E Championship.
Also Neel Jani made his debut in the formula e and was at Dragon Racing successor Loïc Duval . Also André Lotterer made his debut in the series, he replaced Stéphane Sarrazin at Techeetah . With Edoardo Mortara debuted another pilot with Venturi , he replaced Tom Dillmann . Jani and Lotterer were works drivers at Porsche , Mortara at Mercedes - both manufacturers had announced their entry into the FIA Formula E championship for the 2019/20 season . After Dragon Racing was far behind at the end of the field at the Hong Kong E-Prix , Jani announced before the Marrakech E-Prix that he would end the cooperation with the team with immediate effect. López took his place and returned to the FIA Formula E Championship after only two races.
Since BMW also announced its entry into the FIA Formula E championship as a works team and for this reason strengthened its cooperation with Andretti , the team parted ways with Robin Frijns , who had a driver contract in GT racing with Audi , before the season . His successor was BMW works driver Tom Blomqvist , who also makes his debut in the series. At the season opener in Hong Kong, however, Kamui Kobayashi took the place of Blomqvist. The Japanese title sponsor of Andretti, MS&AD Insurance Group , wanted an Asian pilot for the only event in Asia , so Kobayashi could be used there without having previously participated in test drives. Before the Berlin E-Prix , Blomqvist was replaced by Stéphane Sarrazin .
There was a driver change at NIO for the Paris E-Prix : Filippi, who had only scored one point in the season so far and was in 20th place in the drivers' standings, was replaced by NIO substitute driver Ma Qinghua for one race .
At the Berlin E-Prix and the New York City E-Prix, Tom Dillmann replaced Edoardo Mortara , who was competing in the DTM races at the Lausitzring and the Circuit Park Zandvoort at the same time .
Teams and drivers
All teams and drivers used the standard Spark-Renault SRT_01E chassis and Michelin tires .
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Renault ZE17 | 8th |
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1-12 |
9 |
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1-12 | |||
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Audi e-tron FE04 | 1 |
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1-12 |
66 |
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1-12 | |||
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Mahindra M4Electro | 19th |
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1-12 |
23 |
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1-12 | |||
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DS Virgin DSV-03 | 2 |
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1-12 |
36 |
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1-12 | |||
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Renault ZE17 | 18th |
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1-12 |
25th |
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1-12 | |||
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NextEV NIO Sport 003 | 16 |
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1-11 |
68 |
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8, 12 | ||||
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Andretti ATEC-03 | 27 |
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1, 2 |
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3-8 | ||||
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9-12 | ||||
28 |
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1-12 | |||
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PENSKE EV-2 | 6th |
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1, 2 |
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3-12 | ||||
7th |
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1-12 | |||
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Venturi VM200-FE-03 | 4th |
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1-8, 10 |
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9, 11, 12 | ||||
5 |
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1-12 | |||
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Jaguar I-Type II | 3 |
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1-12 |
20th |
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1-12 |
Racing calendar
In 2017/18 fourteen races were to be held in eleven cities. On June 19, 2017, the FIA published the racing calendar, but two venues were missing. At one of the two races it was only announced that it would be held in Germany. On September 21, 2017, the final race calendar was confirmed, the two races without previously announced venues took place in Berlin and Zurich.
The race in São Paulo was canceled on November 30, 2017, and a replacement race that had not yet been named was to take place on the same date. A few days later, the organizers announced that the race would take place in Punta del Este. On December 18, 2017, the race in Montreal was canceled. On January 18, 2018, it was announced that there would be no replacement race for Montreal and that the racing calendar would be reduced to twelve races.
- Remarks
- ↑ Jérôme D'Ambrosio set the fastest lap in the first race of the Hong Kong E-Prix. However, since he crossed the finish line outside of the top ten, Daniel Abt received the bonus point for the fastest lap.
- ↑ Lucas di Grassi set the fastest lap in the second race of the Hong Kong E-Prix. However, since he crossed the finish line outside of the top ten, Felix Rosenqvist received the bonus point for the fastest lap.
- ↑ Felix Rosenqvist set the fastest lap in the first race of the New York City E-Prix. However, since he crossed the finish line outside of the top ten, Daniel Abt received the bonus point for the fastest lap.
Rating
The top ten drivers in each race received points according to the following scheme:
space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | PP | SR | |
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Points | 25th | 18th | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Driver ranking
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1 |
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2 | 4th | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 ° | 1 ° | 198 |
2 |
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17th | 14th | DNF ° | DNF ° | 9 ° | 2 | 2 ° | 2 ° | 2 | 1 ° | 1 | 2 | 144 |
3 |
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1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17th | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7th | 2 | 9 | 10 | 143 |
4th |
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11 | 10 | 2 ° | 3 ° | 3 ° | DNF ° | 6 ° | 5 ° | 4 ° | 5 ° | 3 ° | 4 ° | 125 |
5 |
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5 ° | DSQ ° | 10 ° | DNF | 1 | 14 ° | 4th | 7 ° | 1 ° | 13 ° | 2 ° | 3 ° | 120 |
6th |
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14th | 1 | 1 | 4th | DNF ° | 5 ° | DNF | 8th | 11 ° | 15th | 14th | 5 | 96 |
7th |
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12 | 3 | 11 | 7th | 6th | 4th | 9 | 15th | 6th | 7th | DNF | 6th | 68 |
8th |
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DSQ | 13 | DNF | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 4th | 7th | 9 | 64 |
9 |
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4th | 12 | 4th | 6th | 4th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 12 | DNF | DNF | 7th | 51 |
10 |
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16 | 6th | DNF | 14th | 2 | 7th | 12 | 9 | 5 | 9 | INJ | INJ | 46 |
11 |
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3 | 16 | 7th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 16 | 11 | 10 | 6th | 6th | 8th | 42 |
12 |
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13 | 7th | 12 | DNF | 16 | 10 | 8th | 4th | 8th | 11 | 8th | DNF | 31 |
13 |
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7th | 2 | DNF | 13 | 8th | 17th | 10 | 13 | DNF | 29 | |||
14th |
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NC | 15th | 15th | 8th | 11 | 9 | 7th | 12 | 19th | 3 | 13 | DNF | 27 |
15th |
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6th | 11 | 14th | 9 | 7th | 11 | 11 | DNF | 15th | 8th | 11 | 15 * | 20th |
16 |
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8th | 9 | 9 | DNF | 10 | 6th | DNF | 14th | 16 | 16 | DNF | 14th | 17th |
17th |
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6th | DNF ° | 12 | 8th | 17 * | 10 | 18th | 12 | DNF | DNF | 14th | ||
18th |
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13 | 4th | DNF | 12 | |||||||||
19th |
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9 | 8th | 13 | 10 | DNF | 15th | 14th | 16 | 14th | DNF | 10 | 11 | 8th |
20th |
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8th | 11 | 15th | 16 | 15th | DNF | 4th | ||||||
21st |
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10 ° | DNF ° | 16 | 12 | 14th | 13 | 13 ° | 17th | DNF | 15th | DNF | 1 | |
22nd |
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20th | 14th | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
23 |
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17th | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
24 |
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15 ° | 17 ° | 0 | ||||||||||
25th |
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18th | 18th | 0 | ||||||||||
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Points |
- At the first Hong Kong E-Prix, Daniel Abt received the bonus point for the fastest lap as the driver in the top ten with the fastest lap. The fastest lap overall was achieved by Jérôme D'Ambrosio .
- At the second Hong Kong E-Prix, Felix Rosenqvist received the bonus point for the fastest lap as the driver in the top ten with the fastest lap. The fastest lap overall was achieved by Lucas di Grassi .
- At the second New York City E-Prix, Daniel Abt received the bonus point for the fastest lap as the driver in the top ten with the fastest lap. The fastest lap overall was achieved by Felix Rosenqvist .
Team evaluation
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1 |
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1 | 17th | 14th | DNF ° | DNF ° | 9 ° | 2 | 2 ° | 2 ° | 2 | 1 ° | 1 | 2 | 264 |
66 | 5 ° | DSQ ° | 10 ° | DNF | 1 | 14 ° | 4th | 7 ° | 1 ° | 13 ° | 2 ° | 3 ° | |||
2 |
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18th | DSQ | 13 | DNF | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 4th | 7th | 9 | 262 |
25th | 2 | 4th | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 ° | 1 ° | |||
3 |
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2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17th | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7th | 2 | 8th | 10 | 160 |
36 | 8th | 9 | 9 | DNF | 10 | 6th | DNF | 14th | 16 | 16 | DNF | 14th | |||
4th |
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19th | 14th | 1 | 1 | 4th | DNF ° | 5 ° | DNF | 8th | 11 ° | 15th | 14th | 5 | 138 |
23 | 3 | 16 | 7th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 16 | 11 | 10 | 6th | 6th | 8th | |||
5 |
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8th | 9 | 8th | 13 | 10 | DNF | 15th | 14th | 16 | 14th | DNF | 10 | 11 | 133 |
9 | 11 | 10 | 2 ° | 3 ° | 3 ° | DNF ° | 6 ° | 5 ° | 4 ° | 5 ° | 3 ° | 4 ° | |||
6th |
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3 | 4th | 12 | 4th | 6th | 4th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 12 | DNF | DNF | 7th | 119 |
20th | 12 | 3 | 11 | 7th | 6th | 4th | 9 | 15th | 6th | 7th | DNF | 6th | |||
7th |
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4th | 7th | 2 | DNF | 13 | 8th | 17th | 10 | 13 | 13 | DNF | 4th | DNF | 72 |
5 | 13 | 7th | 12 | DNF | 16 | 10 | 8th | 4th | 8th | 11 | 8th | DNF | |||
8th |
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16 | 16 | 6th | DNF | 14th | 2 | 7th | 12 | 9 | 5 | 9 | DNS | 13 | 47 |
68 | 10 ° | DNF ° | 16 | 12 | 14th | 13 | 13 ° | 17th | 17th | DNF | 15th | DNF | |||
9 |
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6th | 18th | 18th | 6th | DNF ° | 12 | 8th | 17 * | 10 | 18th | 12 | DNF | DNF | 41 |
7th | NC | 15th | 15th | 8th | 11 | 9 | 7th | 12 | 19th | 3 | 13 | DNF | |||
10 |
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27 | 15 ° | 17 ° | 8th | 11 | 15th | 16 | 15th | DNF | 20th | 14th | 12 | 12 | 24 |
28 | 6th | 11 | 14th | 9 | 7th | 11 | 11 | DNF | 15th | 8th | 11 | 15 * | |||
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Legend
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | winner |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished |
NC | unclassified | |
red | DNQ | not qualified |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start |
WD | withdrawn | |
C. | Race canceled | |
Blank | not participated | |
DNP | reported but not participated | |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | locked out | |
other formats and characters |
P / bold | Pole position |
italic |
Fastest race lap (from 2017/18 : fastest race lap of the first ten) |
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underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
° | FanBoost | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered | |
() | Deletion result |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tobias Bluhm: New series name: Swiss industrial giant ABB becomes title sponsor of Formula E. e-Formel.de, January 9, 2018, accessed on January 9, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Tobias Bluhm: Formula E calendar for season 4 presented - Germany races open. e-Formel.de, June 19, 2017, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Tobias Bluhm: Race calendar confirmed: Formula E drives in Berlin & Zurich in 2018. e-Formel.de, June 19, 2017, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Tobias Bluhm: Formula E: Sao Paulo E-Prix 2018 surprisingly canceled! Replacement race planned. November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Tobias Bluhm: Officially: Formula E returns to Punta del Este in 2018. December 6, 2017, accessed December 6, 2017 .
- ^ A b Tobias Bluhm: Formula E: Montreal race 2018 canceled, season finale in New York? December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d Rule changes season 4: More performance, more test days, more racing. e-Formel.de, June 20, 2017, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e Tobias Bluhm: Season 4: All changes in the sporting regulations at a glance. e-Formel.de, September 29, 2017, accessed on September 29, 2017 .
- ↑ 10kW power hike for Season 4. fiaformulae.com, August 31, 2017, accessed on August 31, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Formula E changes qualifying format for Hong Kong. e-Formel.de, November 14, 2017, accessed on November 26, 2017 .
- ^ Scott Mitchell: Formula E drops minimum pitstop time with immediate effect. autosport.com, January 10, 2018, accessed January 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Tobias Wirtz: Formula E: FIA postpones the abolition of the minimum time when changing cars. e-Formel.de, January 12, 2018, accessed on January 12, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Tobias Bluhm: Factory team official: Audi takes over Abt Formula E & changes name. e-Formel.de, July 7, 2017, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Timo Pape: Audi unveils new Formula E car, Lucas di Grassi & Daniel Abt confirmed. e-Formel.de, September 27, 2017, accessed on September 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Timo Pape: Starter list without Faraday Future published: These are the Formula E teams for season 4. e-Formel.de, September 1, 2017, accessed on September 1, 2017 .
- ^ A b c Scott Mitchell: Lynn replaces Lopez at DS Virgin Formula E squad. motorsport.com, September 5, 2017, accessed September 5, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Scott Mitchell: Piquet joins Evans in Jaguar's Formula E line-up. motorsport.com, September 21, 2017, accessed September 21, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Timo Pape: Formula E: NIO picks up Luca Filippi, confirms Turvey & shows new car. e-formel.de, October 2, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Tobias Bluhm: Official: Neel Jani drives for Dragon Racing from season 4. e-Formel.de, August 24, 2017, accessed on August 25, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Timo Pape: Techeetah signs German Porsche driver Andre Lotterer. e-Formel.de, September 26, 2017, accessed on September 26, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Scott Mitchell: Venturi picks Mortara to partner Engel in Formula E. motorsport.com, October 20, 2017, accessed on October 20, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Timo Pape: Neel Jani leaves Dragon after only 2 Formula E races, chance for Maximilian Günther? e-Formel.de, January 2, 2018, accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ^ A b Scott Mitchell, Dominik Sharaf: After Jani's separation: Jose-Maria Lopez takes over at Dragon. Motorsport-Total.com, January 3, 2018, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Robin Frijns loses Formula E cockpit - Audi is the new goal. e-Formel.de, October 17, 2017, accessed October 30, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Jamie Klein: Blomqvist named as Andretti's second driver for 2017/18. motorsport.com, November 3, 2017, accessed November 3, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Timo Pape: Formula E: Andretti brings Kamui Kobayashi to Hong Kong. e-Formel.de, November 15, 2017, accessed on November 15, 2017 .
- ^ A b Tobias Bluhm: From Berlin E-Prix: Stephane Sarrazin replaces Tom Blomqvist at Andretti. e-Formel.de, May 7, 2018, accessed on May 7, 2018 .
- ^ A b Tobias Bluhm: Formula E: NIO substitute driver Ma Qing Hua replaces Luca Filippi in Paris. e-Formel.de, April 17, 2018, accessed on April 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Timo Pape: Berlin: NIO exchanges Ma for Filippi again. e-Formel.de, May 2, 2018, accessed on May 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Venturi confirms: Tom Dillmann replaces Edo Mortara at the Berlin E-Prix. e-Formel.de, April 29, 2018, accessed on May 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Renault e.dams reveal S4 challenger in Paris. fiaformulae.com, September 26, 2017, accessed on September 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Tobias Bluhm: Formula E: Renault e.dams extends contracts with Buemi & Prost. e-Formel.de, June 9, 2017, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Audi unveils e-tron FE04. fiaformulae.com, September 27, 2017, accessed on September 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Timo Pape: Goodwood: Heidfeld drives the new M4Electro. e-Formel.de, June 27, 2017, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
- ^ A b Scott Mitchell: Rosenqvist and Heidfeld retained by Mahindra. motorsport.com, September 20, 2017, accessed September 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Season 4: official team & driver entry list confirmed. (No longer available online.) Fiaformulae.com, November 3, 2017, archived from the original on November 5, 2017 ; accessed on November 4, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Timo Pape: MS&AD Andretti changes name & confirms Felix da Costa for season 4. e-formel.de, October 2, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Sam Smith: D'Ambrosio to stay at Dragon for fourth season. Motorsport.com, June 8, 2017, accessed July 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Alex Kalinauckas: Dillmann to replace Mortara in Venturi line-up for Berlin FE round. autosport.com, April 28, 2018, accessed April 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Sam Smith: No Montreal Replacement as Formula E Calendar is Reduced. e-Racing365.com, January 18, 2018, accessed January 18, 2018 .