The FIA Formula E calendar’s first draft has been released at Monday’s World Motor Sport Council meeting for Season 4, to run from 2017-2018.
New additions in Chile, Brazil and Italy highlight the revised schedule, while Argentina drops off. The calendar increases from 12 races in Season 3 up to 14 next season.
The start date will be later; Hong Kong moves from its Oct. 9, 2016 date this season to Dec. 2-3, 2017 date next season, and will be the only 2017 race before the break.
The German round is listed as a TBA site and venue while there is a full TBA date set for June 9.
A handful of weekends occur where both Formula 1 and Formula E are set to occur on the same weekend, with F1’s tentative 2018 calendar also released. As follows, those are:
- April 14-15: F1: Bahrain, FE: Rome
- April 28-29: F1: Baku, FE: Paris
- June 9-10: F1: Canada, FE: TBA
- July 7-8: F1: Britain, FE: New York
- July 28-29: F1: Hungary, FE: Montreal
A handful of sporting regulations updates were also added:
- Elimination of a non-qualifying session when two races take place during the same event
- Increase in the number of promotional days from 3 to 6 days per team with a maximum of 3 days on circuit, to promote roadshows
- Addition of a practice session day during the season and a practice session day reserved for rookies
- Increase of power during the race from 170 kW to 180 kW
The 2017-18 FIA Formula E Championship calendar is approved as follows (*Subject to confirmation, **Venue to be announced, ***Date to be confirmed):
2 December | Hong Kong | China |
3 December | Hong Kong | China |
13 January | Marrakech | Morocco |
3 February | Santiago de Chile | Chile |
3 March | Mexico City | Mexico |
17 March | Sao Paulo* | Brazil |
14 April | Rome | Italy |
28 April | Paris | France |
19 May | TBA** | Germany |
9 June | TBA** | TBA |
7 July*** | New York | USA |
8 July*** | New York | USA |
28 July | Montreal | Canada |
29 July | Montreal | Canada |