2023–24 Formula E World Championship

The 2023–24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is due to be the tenth 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.

Jake Dennis will enter the season as the defending champion.

Teams and drivers

All teams will use the Formula E Gen3 car on Hankook tyres.

Team Powertrain No. Drivers
United States Andretti Global[1] Porsche 99X Electric[2][lower-alpha 1] 1 United Kingdom Jake Dennis[3]
17 France Norman Nato[4]
France DS Penske[5] DS E-Tense FE23[6] 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne[7]
25 France Jean-Éric Vergne[7]
China ERT Formula E Team[8] ERT X24[9] 3 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara[10]
33 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum[10]
United Kingdom Envision Racing[11] Jaguar I-Type 6 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns[12]
16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[13]
United Kingdom NEOM McLaren Formula E Team[14] Nissan e-4ORCE 04 5 United Kingdom Jake Hughes[15]
8 United Kingdom Sam Bird[16]
Monaco Maserati MSG Racing[17] Maserati Tipo Folgore 7 Germany Maximilian Günther[18]
18 India Jehan Daruvala[18]
United Kingdom Jaguar TCS Racing[19] Jaguar I-Type 6 9 New Zealand Mitch Evans[20]
37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy[21]
Germany ABT CUPRA Formula E Team[22] Mahindra M10Electro 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi[23]
51 Switzerland Nico Müller[24]
Germany TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team[25] Porsche 99X Electric[26][lower-alpha 1] 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa[27]
94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein[27]
India Mahindra Racing[28] Mahindra M10Electro[26] 21 Netherlands Nyck de Vries[29]
48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara[29]
Japan Nissan Formula E Team[30] Nissan e-4ORCE 04[26] 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland[31]
23 France Sacha Fenestraz[31]

Team changes
  • On 5 September 2023, Andretti Autosport announced that all of its race teams would run under the Andretti Global banner from 2024 onwards.[1]
  • On 20 October 2023, it was announced that Nio would leave Formula E, as the team and the manufacturer rebrand to ERT Formula E Team for 2024 after new investment.[8]

Driver changes
  • On 31 July 2023, The ABT CUPRA Formula E Team announced ahead of the 2022–23 season finale that their contract with Robin Frijns for 2024 would be terminated.[32] On 29 September, it was confirmed that his replacement would be Lucas di Grassi, who won the 2016-17 championship with the team.[23]
  • On 8 August 2023, Robin Frijns announced his return to Envision Racing, taking Jaguar-bound Nick Cassidy's seat.[12]
  • On 15 August 2023, McLaren announced that René Rast had departed the team after spending a season with them.[15] On 22 August 2023, Sam Bird was announced as his replacement.[16]
  • On 30 August 2023, Nissan Formula E Team announced that Oliver Rowland would rejoin the team. Rowland had driven for the team from 2018 to 2021, before switching to Mahindra for 2022 and 2023. This saw Norman Nato leave the team after one year with the manufacturer.[31]
  • On 8 September 2023, André Lotterer announced his departure from Formula E after six seasons.[34] On 12 September 2023, Andretti announced Nissan driver Norman Nato as his replacement.[4]
  • On 15 September 2023, Maserati MSG Racing announced that Edoardo Mortara had left the team after 6 years.[35] It was later announced that he would move to Mahindra Racing, while his replacement at the team would be Jehan Daruvala,[18] Formula 2 driver and reserve driver for Mahindra during the 2022–23 season.[29]
  • On 26 September 2023, Mahindra Racing announced that Lucas di Grassi would leave the team ahead of the season, after having spent one season there where he came 15th.[36]

List of planned races

Pre-season testing is scheduled to take place at Valencia from the 23rd to 27th of October 2023. The following ePrix are contracted to form a part of the 2023–24 Formula E World Championship:

Round ePrix Country Circuit Date
1 Mexico City E-Prix  Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 13 January 2024
2 Diriyah E-Prix  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Street Circuit 26 January 2024
3 27 January 2024
4 Hyderabad E-Prix  India Hyderabad Street Circuit 10 February 2024
5 São Paulo E-Prix  Brazil São Paulo Street Circuit 16 March 2024
6 Tokyo E-Prix  Japan Tokyo Street Circuit 30 March 2024
7 TBA  Italy TBA 13 April 2024
8 14 April 2024
9 Monaco E-Prix  Monaco Circuit de Monaco 27 April 2024
10 Berlin E-Prix  Germany Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit 11 May 2024
11 12 May 2024
12 Shanghai E-Prix China China Shanghai International Circuit 25 May 2024
13 26 May 2024
14 Portland E-Prix  United States Portland International Raceway 29 June 2024
15 London E-Prix  United Kingdom ExCeL London 20 July 2024
16 21 July 2024
Source:[37]

Location changes

ePrix locations
Location of ePrix in 2023.
(: ePrix - Single Race)
(: ePrix - Double Header)

Notes
  1. The 99X Electric branding has been used for every Formula E powertrain developed by Porsche ever since their debut season. This is the fifth powertrain.

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