2016–17 Formula E season

2016–17 FIA Formula E season
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The 2016–17 FIA Formula E season will be the third season of the FIA Formula E championship starting September 2016 in Montreal.^[1]

Teams

Team	Manufacturer	Powertrain	Drivers
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport[2]	Spark-TBA	TBA	TBA
			TBA
Andretti Autosport[3]	Spark-TBA	TBA	TBA
			TBA
Dragon Racing	Spark-Dragon[4]	TBA	TBA
			TBA
DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team[5]	Spark-Citroën	TBA	TBA
			TBA
Jaguar Racing Formula E Team[6]	Spark-Jaguar	TBA	TBA
			TBA
Mahindra Racing Formula E team[7]	Spark-Mahindra	Mahindra M3ELECTRO[8]	TBA
			TBA
NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team[9]	Spark-TBA	TBA	Nelson Piquet, Jr.[10]
			TBA
Renault e.Dams[11]	Spark-Renault	TBA	TBA
			TBA
Team Aguri[12][13]	Spark-Renault[14]	TBA	TBA
			TBA
Venturi Formula E Team	Spark-Venturi	Venturi VM200-FE-02[15]	TBA
			TBA

Team changes

• Dragon Racing will manufacture its own drivetrain after using the Venturi drivetrain in the 2015–16 season.^[4]
• Car manufacturer Jaguar will enter the sport, in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering, as a means of expanding their electric vehicle portfolio.^[6][16]
• The Trulli Formula E Team withdrew from the sport due to technical and financial issues.^[17]
• The Team Aguri will attempt to get a customer powertrain from Renault for season three after previously running with McLaren's powertrain from season one.^[12]

Rule changes

• The maximal weight of the battery cells will increase from 200 kg in season two to 230 kg for season three.^[18]
• The permitted amount of regeneration will be increased to 150 kW (previously 100 kW).^[19]
• The overall weight of the car will be reduced from 888 kg to 880 kg.^[18]
• Maximal power output will remain limited at 200 kW for season three, but will later be increased to 220 kW in season four and 250 kW in season five.^[19]

Support Series - Roborace

A support series "Roborace" will accompany the 2016-17 season,^[20] featuring 20 autonomous cars between 10 teams, with hour long races. All cars will be mechanically identical,^[21] with teams differentiation being coding of AI (similar in concept to RoboCup).

Calendar

The season was announced to begin in Montreal in September 2016.^[1] An ePrix in Hong Kong, tentatively to be held in October 2016,^[22] has also been added to calendar as has an ePrix in Brussels.^[23] Mahindra Racing and the Indian government have announced their intentions to hold an ePrix in Delhi for the 2016-2017 season.^[24]

References

1. Straw, Edd (May 28, 2015). "Montreal set to host 2016/17 Formula E season opener". Autosport. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
2. "Di Grassi could change teams for season three of Formula E". April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
3. "Andretti favourite for BMW Formula E project". March 18, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016. Informed sources have told Motorsport.com that a potential link-up with the American team could happen, but that any deal is "unlikely to take place, in a full capacity at least," for Formula E's third season.
4. "Exclusive: Dragon Racing to become Formula E manufacturer". December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
5. "Rumours of Vergne leaving DS Virgin "unsubstantiated"". April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
6. Mitchell, Scott (December 15, 2015). "Jaguar to return to motorsport with Formula E programme". Autosport. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
7. "Mahindra set for revolutionary design in season three". February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
8. "Magneti Marelli enters Formula E with Mahindra". April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
9. "NEXTEV TCR to drop twin-motor concept?". December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
10. "NEXTEV TCR to split with Campos for season three". April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
11. Mitchell, Scott (April 25, 2016). "Renault e.dams first team to test season three Formula E technology". Autosport. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
12. Mitchell, Scott (December 23, 2015). "Aguri Formula E team to secure customer powertain deal for '16/17". Autosport. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
13. "Aguri Suzuki to part company with Team Aguri". April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
14. "Exclusive: Team Aguri in talks for Chinese takeover". April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
15. "Venturi’s VM200 FE-02 passes crash test". April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
16. "Williams Supports Jaguar's Return to Racing". December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
17. "Trulli Formula E Team announce withdrawal from championship". December 15, 2015.
18. "Power hike for 2016 regs". current-e.com. 6 January 2016.
19. "Future power increase plans revealed". fiaformulae.com. 8 January 2016.
20. "Robotic race car series will support Formula E next year". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
21. "Meet the Robocar, an autonomous racing car". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
22. "Hong Kong ePrix set to feature on season three calendar". October 9, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
23. "Reports: Brussels ePrix agreement reached". February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
24. "Mahindra Racing launches Delhi ePrix competition". March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.

External links

• Official website