Cape Town, Vancouver, and Seoul Feature on Most Expansive Formula E Calendar Yet

By admin July 8, 2021 Formula E
– FIA World Motorsport Council approves provisional ABB FIA Formula E World Championship 2021/22 calendar
– 16-race season set to be record breaker for all-electric FIA World Championship
– Cape Town and Vancouver welcomed as new venues, along with double-header season finale in Seoul
– Monaco to become annual event for first ever time
– Provisional calendar features 12 leading cities spanning four continents
Monaco, July 8, 2021 – Formula E and the FIA have today published the provisional calendar for the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, featuring three new locations as part of a record sixteen-race season spanning 12 cities across four continents.
The calendar was ratified following the day’s earlier FIA World Motor Sport Council in Monaco, confirming the busiest season yet of electric racing.
Getting underway in late January, the season opener will once again take place under the stars of Diriyah following the success of last season’s inaugural night race. The Formula E grid will then head to Mexico City before visiting the first of three new cities with South Africa’s Cape Town – returning single-seater FIA World Championship racing to the country for the first time since the 1993 South African Grand Prix.

China then makes a welcome return to the Formula E calendar in March 2022 before events in Rome and Monaco, with the race in the Principality moving from a biannual event to an annual event following May’s hugely successful E-Prix and the accommodation of the Automobile Club de Monaco.
Berlin, the only city to have featured in every season, takes its familiar place on the calendar in May followed shortly after by the second new venue with Vancouver.
Racing then heads to the Big Apple for a series of double headers beginning with the New York City E-Prix, before two races at London’s ExCeL and a climatic double-header season-finale in Seoul utilising a circuit incorporating the Olympic Stadium.
After two consecutive years of absence due to the global pandemic, Formula E plans a return of the Parisian race in 2023 for the arrival of Formula E’s Gen3 cars. The Paris E-Prix will move to a biannual event format, adapted to provide a new balance for the championship’s calendar. Each year of racing will see Paris welcome the Allianz E-Village, the electric mobility celebration and laboratory of innovative ideas promoting clean mobilities.
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2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship – Provisional Calendar 
EVENT
ROUND
LOCATION
DATE
1
1 & 2
Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
28 & 29/01/2022
2
3
Mexico City, Mexico
12/02/2022
3
4
Cape Town, South Africa*
26/02/2022
4
5
China (TBC)
19/03/2022
5
6
Rome, Italy
09/04/2022
6
7
Monaco, Monaco
30/04/2022
7
8
Berlin, Germany
14/05/2022
8
9
TBC
04/06/2022
9
10
Vancouver, Canada*
02/07/2022
10
11 & 12
New York City, USA
16 & 17/07/2022
11
13 & 14
London, UK
30 & 31/07/2022
12
15 & 16
Seoul, South Korea*
13 & 14/08/2022
* Subject to track homologation
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICER OF FORMULA E
ALBERTO LONGO
“In Formula E’s short history, we have always looked to grow the championship and our reach. Next season is set to be another landmark for the series with a record number of races and incredible new cities backing Formula E and our electric movement. To be returning racing to South Africa, along with the likes of Vancouver and Seoul, is a huge achievement for the series, on top of expanding Monaco to an annual event. As our last season with the Gen2 car, it promises to be one of the most exciting yet and lay the foundations for the all-new Gen3 era in season nine.”
About the ABB FIA Formula E Championship:
Formula E exists to accelerate sustainable human progress through the power of electric racing. The only sport certified net zero carbon since inception, Formula E was founded to counteract climate change by accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles.
The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship brings intense and unpredictable all-electric racing to the heart of iconic cities around the world. In its first six seasons Formula E crowned five different champions and celebrated 17 winners in 69 races. With more automotive manufacturers on the grid than any other motorsport, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is not only one of the most compelling racing series on the planet but also an unparalleled proving ground for race-to-road electric vehicle and sustainable mobility technologies.
Powered by purpose and united by a passion to deliver edge-of-seat racing, the positively charged Formula E community of teams, manufacturers, partners, broadcasters, host cities and fans work together to light up the world with the transformative power of electric racing.
About ABB
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Sources: Formula E PR

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