Will new giants threaten FE's most-competitive status?
Formula E's 2019-20 season kicks off in Saudi Arabia this weekend, with the arrival of two teams adding intriguing subplots to the electric championship. But as Mercedes and Porsche have dominated other categories, will they upset FE's chaotic status quo?
If 2018-19 was the season Formula E grew up with its Gen2 car, 2019-20 is when it gets serious. While not to denigrate what came before, Mercedes and Porsche don't mess around.
These motorsport giants are about to take their electric-racing bow, and will join Audi and BMW in the FE whirlwind. Having all four luxury German OEMs racing in the same series is another achievement for FE to savour, and the championship is understandably keen to promote this battle throughout the upcoming campaign.
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Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.
A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.
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