2016–17 Formula E season

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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
Germany ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport[2] Spark-TBA TBA Germany Daniel Abt[3]
Brazil Lucas di Grassi[3]
United States Andretti Autosport[4] Spark-TBA TBA TBA
TBA
United States Dragon Racing Spark-Dragon[5] TBA TBA
TBA
United Kingdom DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team[6] Spark-Citroën TBA TBA
TBA
United Kingdom Jaguar Formula E Team[7] Spark-Jaguar TBA TBA
TBA
India Mahindra Racing Formula E Team[8] Spark-Mahindra Mahindra M3ELECTRO[9] TBA
TBA
China NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team[10] Spark-TBA TBA Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr.[11]
TBA
France Renault e.Dams[12] Spark-Renault TBA Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[13]
France Nicolas Prost[13]
United Kingdom Team Aguri[14][15] Spark-Renault[16] TBA TBA
TBA
Monaco Venturi Formula E Team Spark-Venturi Venturi VM200-FE-02[17] TBA
TBA

Team changes

Rule changes

  • The maximal weight of the battery cells will increase from 200 kg in season two to 230 kg for season three.[20]
  • The permitted amount of regeneration will be increased to 150 kW (previously 100 kW).[21]
  • The overall weight of the car will be reduced from 888 kg to 880 kg.[20]
  • 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.[21]

Support Series - Roborace

A support series "Roborace" will accompany the 2016-17 season,[22] featuring 20 autonomous cars between 10 teams, with hour long races. All cars will be mechanically identical,[23] 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,[24] has also been added to calendar as has an ePrix in Brussels.[25] Mahindra Racing and the Indian government have announced their intentions to hold an ePrix in Delhi for the 2016-2017 season.[26] On 20 May 2016, a draft calendar was released:

Round ePrix Country Track Date
1 Hong Kong ePrix  Hong Kong TBA 9 October 2016
2 Marrakesh ePrix Morocco Morocco TBA 12 November 2016
3 Mexico City ePrix  Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 28 January 2017
4 Buenos Aires ePrix  Argentina Puerto Madero Street Circuit 25 February 2017
5 Long Beach ePrix  United States Long Beach Street Circuit 25 March 2017
6 Singapore ePrix  Singapore TBA 22 April 2017
7 Monaco ePrix  Monaco Circuit de Monaco 13 May 2017
8 Paris ePrix  France Paris Street Circuit 27 May 2017
9 Brussels ePrix  Belgium TBA 10 June 2017
10 Berlin ePrix  Germany Berlin Street Circuit 24 June 2017
11 Montreal ePrix Race 1  Canada TBA 15 July 2017
12 Montreal ePrix Race 2 16 July 2017
13 New York ePrix Race 1  United States TBA 29 July 2017
14 New York ePrix Race 2 30 July 2017
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