Formula E rules

Launched in September 2014 by Formula E Holdings and the FIA, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s primary objective is to promote the use of zero-emission vehicles in city centres by staging races – known as "E-Prix" – that are held for the most part on temporary street circuits. Beijing, Hong-Kong, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Paris, Jeddah, Monaco, London, Rome, New York, Miami, Le Cap, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai and Jakarta are amongst the major cities that have already hosted the series or that will shortly host the series.

After GEN1 and GEN2, the 2022-2023 season saw the introduction of a brand new race car, the all-electric GEN3 Evo, in the FIA Formula E World Championship. Faster, lighter and more agile, the electric single-seater was completely redesigned for street racing.

Each manufacturer has a degree of latitude as regards the electric powertrain. As well as being more powerful (350kW instead of 250), the GEN3 Evo boasts double the energy regeneration capacity of its predecessor (600kW compared to 250 on the GEN2) thanks to the addition of a new front powertrain.

For the 2024-2025 season, thanks to the electric powertrain kit on the front axle, the GEN3 EVO becomes the first all-wheel drive single-seater and boasts 30% faster acceleration than a Formula 1 race car! Going from 0 to 60mph in just 1.86s, making it the fastest accelerating single-seater race car in world motorsport. The more powerful GEN3 EVO also boasts improved performance and efficiency, greater aerodynamics with an aggressive new body kit and optimised Hankook iON tyres.

Season 11 also sees the introduction of pit stops, starting at the Jeddah E-Prix and during double-header weekends. During this mandatory 30-second pit stop, known as Pit Boost, one of each team’s two race cars is given a 10% energy increase. Fast charging technology continues to develop in Formula E.

Each E-Prix is held over a day and a half with two 40-minute free practice sessions, followed by qualifying where the drivers are initially split into two groups of 11. The top four in each group qualify for the knock-out phase, contesting 15-minute duels in quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final to determine pole position.

The length of the races is set in laps (approximately an hour of racing in total) with laps added at the end of the race to make up for any Safety Car or Full Course Yellow periods.