FORMULA E ANNOUNCE 2017-18 SCHEDULE

The 2017/18 Formula E Championship will again kick off in Hong Kong – Photo: LAT

Formula E have confirmed their 2017-2018 schedule after a meeting of the FIA World Council overnight.

The Formula E season will kick off in December with back to back rounds on the streets of Hong Kong before concluding in Montreal, Canada in July 2018.

The Formula E Championship will again conclude in Montreal – Photo: LAT

Santiago (Chile), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Rome (Italy) and Zurich (Switzerland) will all host rounds of the expanded Formula E Championship for the first time next year. While the events in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Monaco have been dropped from the calendar.

The addition of Zurich, Switzerland to the calendar is a significant one. Circuit based motor racing had been forbidden since a law was passed in the country back in 1955. However, that law was recently amended to allow fully-electric racing.

“I am very pleased that circuit racing is returning to Switzerland next year with the FIA Formula E Championship event in Zurich.” said Jean Todt, FIA President.

“To be able to reintroduce this discipline to a country where it has been absent since it was banned in 1955 is an exciting prospect and the achievement of an important goal for the FIA.

“I would like to congratulate everyone involved in making it a reality, as it is important for us to continue to bring motor sport to new audiences around the world. Together with the other new events on the calendar in Santiago, Sao Paulo and Rome, I believe we have a very strong season of Formula E ahead of us.”

Formula E 2017/2018 Calendar