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2018–19 Formula E season













2018–19 Formula E season
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The 2018–19 FIA Formula E season is the fifth season of the FIA Formula E championship, a motor racing championship for electrically-powered vehicles recognised by motorsport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for electric open-wheel racing cars.

The 2018–19 season saw the introduction of the all-new Gen2, second generation Formula E car, which boasts significant technological advances over the previous Spark-Renault SRT_01E chassis – with its power output rising from 200kW to 250kW and top speeds rising to around 280km/h (174mph). The arrival of the Gen2 car also sees an end to the series’ mid-race car-swaps.[1]
Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne enters as the defending Drivers’ Champion after securing his first title at the New York City ePrix,[2] while Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler return as defending Teams’ Champions – having beaten Vergne's Techeetah team by a narrow two point margin.[3]
Teams and drivers

Team changes
BMW entered Formula E as a manufacturer, partnering with Andretti Autosport.[28]
Mercedes affiliate HWA entered the championship and establish a technical partnership with Venturi. The agreement sees HWA receive powertrains for the 2018–19 season, serving as a precursor to Mercedes' entry as a manufacturer team in the 2019–20 season.[33]
Nissan entered the championship as a manufacturer replacing partner company Renault in their partnership with DAMS.[34] Renault cited a desire to concentrate on their Formula One programme as their motivation for leaving Formula E.[21]
Techeetah switched from a Renault to DS Automobiles powertrain, becoming DS Performance's partner.[35] Meanwhile, Virgin Racing will switch to using an Audi powertrain.[36]
Driver changes
Former Sauber, Ferrari and Williams Formula One driver Felipe Massa made his Formula E début with Venturi.[18] Massa replaced Tom Dillmann; Dillmann moved to NIO Formula E Team to replace Luca Filippi.[37]
Nico Prost left the e.dams team at the end of the 2017–18 season.[38]
Alexander Sims made his race debut with BMW i Andretti Motorsport alongside regular driver António Félix da Costa.[29]
Felix Rosenqvist left Mahindra Racing to join Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series. He will be replaced by former Manor and Sauber Formula One driver and 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champion Pascal Wehrlein.[39] On 15 November 2018, it was announced that Rosenqvist will drive the opening round for Mahindra in place of Wehrlein.[32]
Nick Heidfeld is replaced in the other Mahindra car by Jérôme d'Ambrosio, who moved to the team from Dragon Racing.[40]  Jerome d'Ambrosio in turn was replaced at Dragon by former FIA Formula Two Championship driver Maximilian Günther.[13]
Robin Frijns returned to Formula E as a Virgin Racing driver, replacing Alex Lynn.[6]
Former McLaren Formula One driver and 2015 GP2 Series Champion Stoffel Vandoorne and 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champion Gary Paffett made their race debut with HWA Racelab.[9][10]
FIA Formula 2 Championship driver Alexander Albon was originally due to drive for Nissan e.dams but was released from his contract less than 3 weeks before the start of the season to instead drive in the 2019 Formula One World Championship for Toro Rosso.[41] Oliver Rowland, who drove in the 2015-16 Formula E championship will replace Albon.[22]
Calendar
The following races are under contract to be held as part of the 2018–19 Formula E championship:

Calendar changes
The series will return to Monaco as the Monaco ePrix is run as a biennial event that alternates with the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco.[48]
Formula E will make its début in Saudi Arabia with the race to take place on a street circuit in the Ad Diriyah district of Riyadh.[43][49] The event will replace the Hong Kong ePrix as the opening round of the championship.
The championship was due to race in São Paulo for the first time. The race had originally been included on the 2017–18 Formula E season calendar before being delayed for one year and replaced with the Punta del Este ePrix.[50] However, the São Paulo race was not included on the provisional calendar published in June 2018 and the Punta del Este race was removed from the schedule.[46]
A new ePrix in China was added to the provisional calendar with the Hainan resort city of Sanya named as the venue.[51] The series had previously raced in Beijing.[46]
The Santiago ePrix will change its location from Parque Forestal to a bespoke circuit in O'Higgins Park. The move was made following complaints by the residents of Barrio Lastarria, who argued against the original track layout.[44]
The Zürich ePrix will not be held after city officials expressed concerns about the ability of the city's infrastructure to handle a series of large-scale events in quick succession. The race will relocate to Bern in Switzerland, with the option to return to Zürich in future seasons.[45]
Changes
Technical regulations
The Spark-Renault SRT 01E, which was used by the championship since its inaugural season, has been replaced by a brand-new chassis.[52] The new chassis, which was also developed by Spark Racing Technology, is known as the SRT05e and eschews the conventional design of having a rear wing in favour of incorporating aerodynamic elements into the chassis and floor.[53]
The category uses a new standardised battery produced by McLaren Applied Technologies and Atieva.[54][55] Each driver is only allowed to use one car per race, thus the battery life now lasts the whole race instead of half distance.[56]
The series has introduced new brakes, as Spark Racing Technology chose Brembo as the sole supplier of the entire braking system for all the single-seaters: discs, calipers, pads, bells and tandem pump.[57][58]
The maximum power output of the cars has increased to 250kW.[59] Cars have a series of pre-set power modes which were introduced to encourage strategic racing without allowing a team to gain a competitive advantage through powertrain development.[60]
The series also introduced a system dubbed "attack mode" or "Mario Kart mode" in which drivers receive an additional 25kW of power by driving through a designated area of the circuit off the racing line. The duration of the boost mode and the number of boosts available is only decided shortly ahead of each race by the FIA to stop teams from anticipating its use and incorporating it into race strategy.[61][62]
The "halo" cockpit protection device has been introduced on the chassis to meet the FIA rules that the halo should be involved in all single seater series by 2020.
Sporting regulations
Races are no longer run to a set number of laps. Rather, they run for forty-five minutes and complete an additional lap once the time limit has expired.[62]
Results and standings
ePrix

Drivers' Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in every race, the pole position starter, and the driver who set the fastest lap, using the following structure:






Bold– Pole

Italics– Fastest Lap
*– FanBoost

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Teams' Championship standings

Footnotes