FIA Formula E World Championship 2020/21

FIA Formula E World Championship 2020/21

Season dates
Number of races:	14th
< 2019/20

The 2020/21 FIA Formula E World Championship will be the seventh season of the FIA Formula E World Championship and the first to be officially held as a World Championship. It starts on January 16, 2021 in Santiago de Chile and ends on July 25, 2021 in London . The season includes fourteen races.

Changes 2020/21

run

The races in London , Monaco , New York City , Paris , Rome , Sanya and Seoul , which were canceled last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic , will take place again. The race in Marrakech and the race in Jakarta , which was planned in the preseason but also canceled, are canceled .

driver

Sam Bird leaves Virgin Racing after six years and moves to Jaguar Racing , where he replaces James Calado . He will be succeeded by Nick Cassidy , who is making his championship debut.

Pascal Wehrlein is moving from Mahindra Racing to Porsche , where he will succeed Neel Jani . Also Jérôme D'Ambrosio leaves Mahindra. His successor will be Alexander Sims , who is changing teams after two seasons at BMW i Andretti Motorsport .

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers use the standard Spark SRT_05e chassis and Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver	run
DS Techeetah	TBA	TBA	NN
		TBA	NN
Nissan e.dams	TBA	TBA	NN
		TBA	NN
Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	TBA	TBA	NN
		TBA	NN
Envision Virgin Racing	TBA	TBA	Nick Cassidy
		TBA	Robin Frijns
BMW i Andretti Motorsport	TBA	TBA	Maximilian Günther
		TBA	NN
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	TBA	TBA	NN
		TBA	NN
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	TBA	TBA	Sam Bird
		TBA	Mitch Evans
TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	TBA	TBA	André Lotterer
		TBA	Pascal Wehrlein
Mahindra Racing	TBA	TBA	Alexander Sims
		TBA	NN
ROKiT Venturi Racing	TBA	TBA	NN
		TBA	NN
Geox Dragon	TBA	TBA	NN
		TBA	NN
NIO 333 FE team	TBA	TBA	NN
		TBA	NN

Racing calendar

In 2020/21 fourteen races are to be held in twelve cities. On June 19, 2020, the FIA ​​published the racing calendar, but there was no venue.

No.	date	Event (racetrack)	First	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap	Overall leadership
								driver	team
01.	January 16	Santiago E-Prix ( Santiago )
02.	13th February	Mexico City E-Prix ( Mexico City )
03.	February 26th	Diriyya E-Prix ( Diriyya )
04th	27th of February
05.	March 12th	Sanya E-Prix ( Sanya )
06th	10th of April	Rome E-Prix ( Rome )
07th	April 24th	Paris E-Prix ( Paris )
08th.	8th of May	Monaco E-Prix ( Monaco )
09.	23. May	Seoul E-Prix ( Seoul )
10.	June 5th	NN (TBA)
11.	June 19th	Berlin E-Prix ( Berlin )
12.	10th of July	New York City E-Prix ( New York City )
13.	24th July	London E-Prix ( London )
14th	July 25th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Official: Formula E will be the FIA ​​World Championship from the 2020/21 season. December 3, 2019, accessed July 22, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Timo Pape: Official: Sam Bird is moving to Jaguar Racing for the 7th Formula E season. July 14, 2020, accessed July 22, 2020 . 
3. ^ ^{A b c} Tobias Bluhm: Officially: Nick Cassidy signs with Virgin for the 2021 Formula E season. July 15, 2020, accessed July 22, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Markus Lüttgens: Formula E 2021: Pascal Wehrlein changes to Porsche and replaces Neel Jani. August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 . 
5. ^ ^{A b c} Tobias Bluhm: Official: Alexander Sims changes to Mahindra, BMW extends with Günther. August 19, 2020, accessed on August 19, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Season start in Chile & Monaco comeback: Formula E publishes racing calendar for World Championship season 2021. June 19, 2020, accessed on July 22, 2020 .