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FIA Formula E to remain at Battersea Park following vote

Britain London EPrix Auto Racing

Overall championship winner Brazil’s Nelson Piquet Jr, driving for Nextev TCR, takes a chicane during the Formula E London ePrix auto race in Battersea Park, London, Sunday, June 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

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Wandsworth Council’s Community Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee voted seven to four late Tuesday night, in favor of retaining the FIA Formula E event in Battersea Park.

This will see the London ePrix - the season finale for the electric open-wheel championship - continue at the site for at least the next two seasons.

The 2016 race will run July 2-3, to avoid a direct head-to-head clash with the British Grand Prix a week later in Silverstone.

Battersea Park’s race faced local opposition in recent weeks, which put the race under threat.

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