Formula E Electric Racers Move Closer To The Starting Grid

WITH the FIA Formula E Championship building up to the new competition’s first race in Beijing, China, on 13 September 2014, the first batch of electric Spark-Renault racing cars have now been delivered to the competing teams.

The handover took place at the series’ new premises at the well-known Donington race track. Alain Prost, co-director of the French team E-Dams, and also an ambassador for Renault, was at the circuit for this landmark delivery.

With global television deals already in place – including for the UK – it’s hoped the electric single seater series will attract a new breed of spectator to motorsport.

The championship is scheduled to run during the traditional motorsport off season, resulting in a September start in Beijing and European rounds in spring 2015 including a London race in June.

By Press Association reporters