Formula E releases tentative calendar for Season X with confirmation of return to São Paulo

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Formula E on Tuesday (20) released a provisional calendar for the tenth season, which will start in January 2024 in Mexico City, just as it was in the current season. In all, there will be 17 stages, 13 of which have already been decided, including the return of the World Championship to Sao Paulo.

The Sao Paulo stage will take place in March as it was this year. The venue will once again be the Anhembi Sambódromo, with the aim of repeating the success of the race that saw Brazil enter the electric car World Cup calendar.

Three rounds of the 17 tentative calendar are listed as TBD (to be confirmed) as Formula E continues advanced discussions with a range of potential host cities at featured venues.

On March 16, Formula E returned to Sao Paulo, successfully holding its season-opening race in Brazil. The Anhembi Sambódromo will once again have 22 class cars speeding along the samba lane in the capital, São Paulo.

“The calendar marks our ongoing mission to create a dynamic lineup of new cities that will host the races for the first or second time, such as Tokyo, Sao Paulo and Portland, along with well-known hosts such as Berlin, Rome, London, Monaco, Diriyah and now Jakarta.

The race in Tokyo on Saturday 30 March 2024 will be the first FIA-sanctioned FIA World Touring Car Championship event in the Japanese capital. Twenty-two drivers from 11 teams will race their flagship GEN3 race car – the fastest, lightest, most powerful and most powerful electric racing car ever – in the streets around the Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center, located on the waterfront of Tokyo Bay. Tokyo.

Formula E and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government are working together to bring racing to the city in support of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) initiative, part of Tokyo’s Zero Emission Strategy. The city has a climate action plan that aims to achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

“I am very happy with the official decision that Tokyo will host the Formula E race in March 2024. Focusing on spreading the use of zero-emission vehicles, the Tokyo metropolitan government is accelerating actions in all areas to promote Zero Emission Tokyo, an advanced city,” said Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo. Environmentally does not emit carbon dioxide. Formula E is held in major cities around the world as a race for electric cars that do not emit any gas or engine noise.

This weekend, Formula E will make its debut in Portland, Oregon, and will return next season when the US city hosts the final international race before the series wraps up in London at the end of July.

Berlin, Germany will maintain its record as the only city to host an E-Prix in all 10 championship seasons, cementing its reputation as a popular venue for drivers and fans alike with a record 190 overtakes and 23 stage changes. from this season.

Diriyah (Saudi Arabia) will once again host the only double night race on the calendar, while Monaco, Rome (Italy) and Jakarta (Indonesia) complete the calendar of candidate host cities.

“Tokyo will be one of the highlights of our historic tenth season. We are also in advanced discussions with many other famous cities around the world who would like to host a Formula E race and create blockbuster motor racing events with us. We hope this will be reflected in the updated calendar that will be published on Later this year, Jeff Dodds, CEO of Formula E, said:

Stage 01 – 01/13/2024 – Mexico City, Mexico

Phases 2 and 3 – 01/26 and 27/2024 – Diriyah, Saudi Arabia

Phase 04 – 02/10/2024 – Locating

Phase 05 – 02/24/2024 – Locating

Stage 06 – 03/16/2024 – Sao Paulo, Brazil

Stage 07 – 30/03/2024 – Tokyo, Japan

Stages 8 & 9 – 4/13 & 14/2024 – Rome, Italy

Stage 10 – 04/27/2024 – Monte Carlo, Monaco

Stages 11 & 12 – 05/11 & 12/2024 – Berlin, Germany

Stage 13 – Positioning – 05/25/2024

Stage 14 – 06/08/2024 – Jakarta, Indonesia

STAGE 15 – 06/29/2024 – Portland, United States