2016–17 Formula E season

Sébastien Buemi, the defending Formula E drivers champion and current championship leader.

The 2016–17 FIA Formula E season is the third and current season of the FIA Formula E championship beginning on 9 October 2016 in Hong Kong.^[1] Sebastien Buemi is the defending drivers champion and Renault e.dams is the defending teams champion.

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Powertrain	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DS Virgin Racing[2]	Spark-Citroën	Virgin DSV-02	2	Sam Bird[3]	1–2
			37	José María López[2]	1–2
NextEV NIO[4]	Spark-NEXTEV	NEXTEV TCR Formula 002	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.[5]	1–2
			88	Oliver Turvey[6]	1–2
Venturi Formula E Team	Spark-Venturi	Venturi VM200-FE-02[7]	4	Stephane Sarrazin[8]	1–2
			5	Maro Engel[9]	1–2
Faraday Future Dragon Racing	Spark-Penske[10][11]	Penske 701-EV	6	Loïc Duval[12]	1–2
			7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio[12]	1–2
Renault e.Dams[13]	Spark-Renault	Renault Z.E 16	8	Nicolas Prost[14]	1–2
			9	Sébastien Buemi[14]	1–2
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport[15]	Spark-Abt Sportsline	ABT Schaeffler FE02	11	Lucas di Grassi[16]	1–2
			66	Daniel Abt[16]	1–2
Mahindra Racing Formula E Team[17]	Spark-Mahindra	Mahindra M3ELECTRO[18]	19	Felix Rosenqvist[19]	1–2
			23	Nick Heidfeld[20]	1–2
Panasonic Jaguar Racing[21][22]	Spark-Jaguar	Jaguar I-Type 1	20	Mitch Evans[23]	1–2
			47	Adam Carroll[24]	1–2
Techeetah[11][25][26][27]	Spark-Renault[28]	Renault Z.E 16	25	Jean-Éric Vergne[29]	1–2
			33	Ma Qing Hua[29]	1–2
MS Amlin Andretti[30][31]	Spark-Andretti	ATEC-02[32]	27	Robin Frijns[33]	1–2
			28	António Félix da Costa[34]	1–2

Team changes

• Dragon Racing manufactured its own drivetrain after using the Venturi drivetrain in the 2015–16 season.^[10]
• Car manufacturer Jaguar entered the sport, in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering, as a means of expanding their electric vehicle portfolio.^[21][35]
• The Trulli Formula E Team withdrew from the sport due to technical and financial issues.^[36]
• Team Aguri withdrew from the sport following a takeover by CMC,^[27] who renamed the team Techeetah. They are using customer powertrain from Renault for season three.^[25]
• MS Amlin Andretti entered a technical partnership with BMW.^[37]

Driver changes

Joining Formula E

• 2015 European Formula 3 champion Felix Rosenqvist joined the series with Mahindra.
• FIA GT World Cup driver Maro Engel joined the series with Venturi.
• Three time WTCC champion José María López joined the series with DS Virgin Racing.
• Ma Qing Hua, who partook in the final three rounds of the 2015-16 season, races full-time with Techeetah.
• 2009 A1 GP champion Adam Carroll and 2012 GP3 champion Mitch Evans joined Panasonic Jaguar Racing for its first season in the sport.

Changing teams

• António Félix da Costa switched from Team Aguri to MS Amlin Andretti.
• Jean-Éric Vergne switched from DS Virgin Racing to Techeetah.

Leaving Formula E

• After two seasons with Mahindra, Bruno Senna left the series to drive in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
• MS Amlin Andretti driver Simona de Silvestro left the series and signed to drive in the Australian Supercars Championship series for 2017.
• Mike Conway, who split time between Venturi and Toyota Gazoo Racing in the World Endurance Championship in 2015-16, chose to focus strictly on the latter and elected not to return to Formula E.

Calendar

FIA confirmed the season 3 calendar in July 2016.^[38] The series will expand to twelve rounds at ten venues. The United States round moves from Long Beach to New York City. New rounds in Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Morocco (Marrakech), Belgium (Brussels) and Canada (Montreal) are added while Russia (Moscow) and Uruguay (Punta del Este) were dropped. The Monaco ePrix will return to the calendar after a one-year absence. London is looking for a new venue after Battersea Park lost the rights to host the ePrix.

Round	ePrix	Country	Track	Date
1	Hong Kong ePrix	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Central Habourfront Circuit	9 October 2016
2	Marrakesh ePrix	Morocco	Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan	12 November 2016
3	Buenos Aires ePrix	Argentina	Puerto Madero Street Circuit	18 February 2017
4	Mexico City ePrix	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	1 April 2017
5	Monaco ePrix	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	13 May 2017
6	Paris ePrix	France	Paris Street Circuit	20 May 2017
7	Berlin ePrix	Germany	Berlin Street Circuit	10 June 2017
8	Brussels ePrix	Belgium	TBA	1 July 2017
9	New York ePrix Race 1	United States	Brooklyn Street Circuit	15 July 2017
10	New York ePrix Race 2			16 July 2017
11	Montreal ePrix Race 1	Canada	Montreal Street Circuit	29 July 2017
12	Montreal ePrix Race 2			30 July 2017
Source:[1]

Rule changes

• The fastest lap is only awarded 1 point (in the first two seasons it was worth 2 points).^[39]
• The permitted amount of regeneration has been increased to 150 kW (previously 100 kW).^[40]
• Maximum power output remains limited at 200 kW for season three, but will later be increased to 220 kW in season four and 250 kW in season five.^[40]
• The overall weight of the car has been reduced from 888 kg to 880 kg.^[41]
• The maximum weight of the battery cells has been increased from 200 kg in season two to 230 kg for season three.^[41]
• Michelin provides a new tyre.^[39]
• The front wing has been redesigned, but only with "cosmetic effects".^[39]

Race results

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Hong Kong	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Felix Rosenqvist	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.Dams	Report
2	Marrakesh	Felix Rosenqvist	Loïc Duval	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.Dams	Report
3	Buenos Aires					Report
4	Mexico City					Report
5	Monaco					Report
6	Paris					Report
7	Berlin					Report
8	Brussels					Report
9	New York					Report
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11	Montréal					Report
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Championship standings

Points system

Championship points are awarded as follows:

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver HKG MAR BUE MEX MON PAR BER BRU NYC MTL Pts 1 Sébastien Buemi 1* 1* 50 2 Lucas di Grassi 2* 5* 28 3 Nicolas Prost 4 4 24 4 Felix Rosenqvist 15 3 19 5 Sam Bird 13 2 18 6 Nick Heidfeld 3 9 17 7 António Félix da Costa 5 Ret 10 8 Oliver Turvey 8 7 10 9 Robin Frijns 6 11 8 10 Daniel Abt Ret 6* 8 11 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 7 13 6 12 Jean-Éric Vergne Ret 8 4 13 Nelson Piquet Jr. 11 16 3 14 Maro Engel 9 Ret 2 15 Stéphane Sarrazin 10 12 1 16 José María López Ret* 10 1 17 Loïc Duval 14 18 1 18 Adam Carroll 12 14 0 19 Ma Qing Hua Ret 15 0 20 Mitch Evans Ret 17 0 Pos. Driver HKG MAR BUE MEX MON PAR BER BRU NYC MTL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap * – FanBoost

Notes

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team No. HKG MAR BUE MEX MON PAR BER BRU NYC MTL Points 1 Renault e.Dams 8 4 4 74 9 1* 1* 2 ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 11 2* 5* 36 66 Ret 6* 3 Mahindra Racing 19 15 3 36 23 3 9 4 DS Virgin Racing 2 13 2 19 37 Ret* 10 5 MS Amlin Andretti 27 6 11 18 28 5 Ret 6 NextEV NIO 3 11 16 13 88 8 7 7 Faraday Future Dragon Racing 6 14 18 7 7 7 13 8 Techeetah 25 Ret 8 4 33 Ret 15 9 Venturi 4 10 12 3 5 9 Ret 10 Panasonic Jaguar Racing 20 Ret 17 0 47 12 14 Pos. Team No. HKG MAR BUE MEX MON PAR BER BRU NYC MTL Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap * – FanBoost

Notes

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

References

External links

• Official website