The 2019–20 FIA Formula E Championship was the sixth 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.
On 13 March, Formula E and the FIA announced a temporary suspension of the season in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the suspension, Formula E organised an esports racing series called Formula E Race at Home Challenge. The season resumed and concluded in August with six races within nine days at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit.
The season's champion was António Félix da Costa who clinched his first title with two races left. DS Techeetah became team champions for the second time in a row.
Teams and drivers All teams used the Spark SRT05e chassis and Michelin all-weather tyres. Team Powertrain Drivers Rounds Audi e-tron FE06 2 Sam Bird All 4 Robin Frijns All Nio FE-005 3 Oliver Turvey All 33 Ma Qinghua 1–5 Daniel Abt 6–11 Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01 5 Stoffel Vandoorne All 17 Nyck de Vries All Penske EV-4 6 Brendon Hartley 1–5 Sérgio Sette Câmara 6–11 7 Nico Müller All Audi e-tron FE06 11 Lucas di Grassi All 66 Daniel Abt 1–5 René Rast 6–11 DS E-TENSE FE20 13 All 25 All Porsche 99X Electric 18 Neel Jani All 36 André Lotterer All Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01 19 All 48 Edoardo Mortara All Jaguar I-Type 4 20 Mitch Evans All 51 James Calado 1–9 Tom Blomqvist 10–11 Nissan IM02 22 Oliver Rowland All 23 Sébastien Buemi All BMW iFE.20 27 All 28 Maximilian Günther All Mahindra M6Electro 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio All 94 Pascal Wehrlein 1–5 Alex Lynn 6–11
Free practice drivers James Rossiter replaced Jean-Éric Vergne in the first practice session of the Marrakesh ePrix after Vergne fell ill.
Team changes Porsche joined the grid as a new entry. The Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team entered the championship while HWA, which had run customer Venturi powertrains as HWA Racelab in the previous season, are running Mercedes' trackside operations. Venturi switched to Mercedes powertrains, effectively ending their run as manufacturers. The Nio team was sold to Lisheng Racing, but will continue under the NIO brand. The team is not using its own powertrains and it instead acquired last year's powertrain from GEOX Dragon.
Driver changes Neel Jani returned to Formula E as a Porsche driver. André Lotterer moved from DS Techeetah to Porsche. Maximilian Günther moved from GEOX Dragon to BMW i Andretti Motorsport, replacing António Félix da Costa. António Félix da Costa moved from BMW i Andretti Motorsport to DS Techeetah, replacing Lotterer. 2019 Formula 2 Champion Nyck de Vries made his Formula E debut with the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team. GEOX Dragon signed two rookies, with 2015 and 2017 World Endurance Champion Brendon Hartley partnering Nico Müller. 2017 GT World Endurance champion James Calado made his debut with Jaguar, replacing Alex Lynn. Ma Qinghua returned to Formula E as a NIO 333 driver, replacing Tom Dillmann.
Mid-season changes Daniel Abt was suspended from Audi after the "Race At Home" eSports series race during the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic when it was discovered professional video gamer Lorenz Hörzing had taken his place. He was replaced by René Rast. Pascal Wehrlein left Mahindra Racing with immediate effect in June 2020. He was replaced by Alex Lynn. Ma Qinghua was unable to attend the final six races in Berlin due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. He was replaced by Abt. Brendon Hartley left GEOX Dragon team with immediate effect in July 2020. He was replaced by Sérgio Sette Câmara. James Calado missed the final two rounds with Jaguar and was replaced by Tom Blomqvist. Calado was already set to leave Jaguar Racing at the end of the season, having Sam Bird take his place.
Calendar The 2019–20 championship was due to be contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North America, and South America. The layouts are on street circuits, except for the Mexico City ePrix - held on a permanent road course and the Berlin ePrix - held on the access roads of Tempelhof Airport.
RoundePrixCountryCircuitDate1Diriyah ePrix Saudi ArabiaRiyadh Street Circuit22 November 2019223 November 20193Santiago ePrix ChileParque O'Higgins Circuit18 January 20204Mexico City ePrix MexicoAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez15 February 20205Marrakesh ePrix MoroccoCircuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan29 February 20206 Berlin ePrix Germany Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit5 August 202076 August 20208 Berlin ePrix 8 August 202099 August 202010 Berlin ePrix 12 August 20201113 August 2020 Source:Sanya ePrix ChinaSanya Street Circuit21 March 2020Rome ePrix ItalyCircuito Cittadino dell'EUR4 April 2020Paris ePrix FranceParis Street Circuit18 April 2020Seoul ePrix South KoreaSeoul Street Circuit3 May 2020Jakarta ePrix IndonesiaJakarta National Monument Street Circuit6 June 2020New York City ePrix United StatesBrooklyn Street Circuit11 July 2020London ePrix United KingdomExCeL London25 July 202026 July 2020
ePrix locations
Calendar changes Three ePrix were taken off of the calendar. The Swiss ePrix was taken off as the 2019 Swiss ePrix was run as a one-time event. The Monaco ePrix was removed from the calendar as the race only happens every other year. The Hong Kong ePrix was originally due to take place but it was replaced with the Marrakesh ePrix due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests. The season started a month earlier than the 2018–19 season - November instead of December - with the opening round, the Diriyah ePrix, taking place as a double-header with one race on the Friday and another on the Saturday.
The New York City, Paris, Rome, Sanya, London and the inaugural Jakarta and Seoul ePrix had been due to take place but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In their place six ePrix were scheduled across three different layouts at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit between 5–13 August.
Regulation changes Technical regulations The usage of twin motors was banned. The Attack Mode power was increased by 10 kW, from 225 kW to 235 kW. Drivers are no longer allowed to activate the Attack Mode during Full-Course Yellow and Safety Car periods. For each minute spent under Full Course Yellow or Safety Car conditions, 1 kWh is subtracted from the total available energy measured from the point at which the race was neutralised.
Sporting regulations During a race suspension, the countdown clock now stops, unless otherwise announced by the Race Director, with the aim of completing the full race time. The fastest driver in the group qualifying stage is awarded one championship point.
Results and standings ePrix Round Race Qualifying Race Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Diriyah Sam Bird Alexander Sims Sam Bird Envision Virgin Racing Report 2 António Félix da Costa Alexander Sims António Félix da Costa Alexander Sims BMW i Andretti Motorsport 3 Santiago Mitch Evans Mitch Evans Maximilian Günther BMW i Andretti Motorsport Report 4 Mexico City Mitch Evans André Lotterer Alexander Sims Mitch Evans Panasonic Jaguar Racing Report 5 Marrakesh Maximilian Günther António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa DS TecheetahReport6 Berlin António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa DS TecheetahReport7 Sébastien Buemi António Félix da Costa Stoffel Vandoorne António Félix da Costa DS Techeetah8 Berlin Jean-Éric Vergne Jean-Éric Vergne Mitch Evans Maximilian Günther BMW i Andretti Motorsport9 Jean-Éric Vergne Jean-Éric Vergne Jean-Éric Vergne DS Techeetah10 Berlin René Rast Oliver Rowland Oliver Rowland Nissan e.dams11 Sébastien Buemi Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team Source:
Drivers' Championship Points were awarded using the following structure: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 3 1
DriverDIR SCL MEX MRK BER BER BER 1 António Félix da Costa14*10*2*2*1*1*1* 4*2*Ret* 9*158 2 Stoffel Vandoorne3*3*6*NC*15*6*5*Ret*12*9*1*87 3 Jean-Éric VergneRet8Ret43NC103118786 4 Sébastien BuemiRet*12*13347211310384 5 Oliver Rowland451779147651Ret83 6 Lucas di Grassi1327*6*7*838*6*216*77 7 Mitch Evans10183161312*977*1171 8 André Lotterer2*14* DSQRet*8295*84*1471 9 Maximilian Günther18111112 DSQRet*1Ret*Ret1269 10 Sam Bird1Ret10Ret1036131120563 11 Nyck de Vries6*16*5*Ret*114Ret*184142*60 12 Robin Frijns5Ret15 DSQ12Ret42DNS2Ret58 13 Alexander Sims81Ret5Ret9191013111349 14 Edoardo Mortara74Ret85178141481041 15 René Rast10*13Ret163429 16 Jérôme d'Ambrosio9DNSNC1013*5 DSQ715161819 17 Alex Lynn12111795816 18 Pascal Wehrlein11154922*14 19 James Calado1678 DSQ161520Ret1710 20 Neel Jani1713Ret14181115Ret196158 21 Daniel AbtRet614*Ret1418*16*15*18*Ret*20*8 22 Felipe Massa12179Ret17RetNC191013163 23 Brendon Hartley199Ret12192 24 Oliver Turvey15 DSQ1113211618162219210 25 Nico MüllerDNSRet12Ret20NC14122017220 26 Tom Blomqvist12170 27 Sérgio Sette Câmara DSQ*17Ret2115190 28 Ma Qinghua201916Ret23 0 DriverDIR SCL MEX MRK BER BER BER Source:Bold – Pole Italics – – Fastest in group stage* – FanBoost
Teams' Championship
Team DIR SCL MEX MRK BER BER BER 1 DS Techeetah1314102211142Ret924425Ret8Ret43NC1031187 2 Nissan e.dams22451779147651Ret16723Ret12133472113103 3 Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team5336NC1565Ret1291147176165Ret114Ret184142 4 Envision Virgin Racing21Ret10Ret1036131120512145Ret15 DSQ12Ret42DNS2Ret 5 BMW i Andretti Motorsport2781Ret5Ret919101311131182818111112 DSQRet1RetRet12 6 Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler11132767838621611466Ret614Ret141013Ret163G4 7 Panasonic Jaguar Racing20101831613129771181511678 DSQ161520Ret171217 8181713Ret14181115Ret196157936214 DSQRet82958414 9 Mahindra Racing649DNSNC10135 DSQ7151618499411154922121117958 10 ROKiT Venturi Racing1912179Ret17RetNC19101316444874Ret851781414810 11 GEOX Dragon6199Ret1219 DSQ17Ret21151927DNSRet12Ret20NC1412201722 12 Nio 333 FE Team315 DSQ111321161816221921033201916Ret2318161518Ret20 Team DIR SCL MEX MRK BER BER BER Source:
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