The 2023 FIA World Championship Formula E season 9 marks the beginning of the Gen3, the third generation of electric race car in the championship, which is the fastest, lightest, most powerful and efficient electric race car ever built.
McLaren Racing joins Formula E, taking over from the Mercedes-EQ team, and Maserati will return to motorsport for the first time in decades. ABT will also be returning to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
Three new cities will host a ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race for the first time in 2023.
Cape Town, South Africa; Hyderabad, India; and São Paulo, Brazil, are new cities in the Formula E World Championship, which opens on 14 January 2023 in Mexico City.
| Round | ePrix | Country | Circuit | Date |
| 1 | Mexico City ePrix | Mexico | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 14 January 2023 |
| 2 | Diriyah ePrix | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh Street Circuit | 27 January 2023 |
| 3 | Diriyah ePrix | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh Street Circuit | 28 January 2023 |
| 4 | Hyderabad ePrix | India | Hyderabad Street Circuit | 11 February 2023 |
| 5 | Cape Town ePrix | South Africa | Cape Town Street Circuit | 25 February 2023 |
| 6 | São Paulo ePrix | Brazil | São Paulo Street Circuit | 25 March 2023 |
| 7 | Berlin ePrix | Germany | Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit | 22 April 2023 |
| 8 | Berlin ePrix | Germany | Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit | 23 April 2023 |
| 9 | Monaco ePrix | Monaco | Circuit de Monaco | 6 May 2023 |
| 10 | Jakarta ePrix | Indonesia | Jakarta International e-Prix Circuit | 3 June 2023 |
| 11 | Jakarta ePrix | Indonesia | Jakarta International e-Prix Circuit | 4 June 2023 |
| 12 | USA ePrix | USA | Portland | 24 June 2023 |
| 13 | Rome ePrix | Italy | Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR | 15 July 2023 |
| 14 | Rome ePrix | Italy | Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR | 16 July 2023 |
| 15 | London ePrix | United Kingdom | ExCeL London | 29 July 2023 |
| 16 | London ePrix | United Kingdom | ExCeL London | 30 July 2023 |
The dawn of the Gen3 era in Season 9 will see Formula E go bigger and further than ever before with a calendar featuring 16 races in 13 cities.
The season begins on 14 January in Mexico City and continues in Diriyah, Hyderabad, Cape Town, São Paulo, Berlin, Monaco, Seoul, Jakarta, Rome and London. Locations for Rounds 10 and 13 in the 17-race season are being finalised and will be announced soon.
Berlin will now host a double-header race weekend on 22 and 23 April while two races previously announced for Seoul have been removed from the calendar.
“Renovation work at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, the venue for our first races in South Korea earlier this year, means we cannot return to the same location next season as originally planned and so we are exploring other options in South Korea to replace this venue,” said Alberto Longo, Co-Founder of Formula E.
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Congratulations to Stoffel Vandoorne 2022 World Champion!! … 2023 Season 9 full line-up will be revealed soon.
As the world’s first all-electric FIA World Championship and the only sport certified net zero carbon since inception, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship brings dramatic racing to the heart of some of the world’s most iconic cities providing an elite motorsport platform for the world’s leading automotive manufacturers to accelerate electric vehicle innovation.
The Formula E network of teams, manufacturers, partners, broadcasters, and host cities are united by a passion for the sport and belief in its potential to accelerate sustainable human progress and create a better future for people and planet.
Gen3 new generation electric race cars
The next generation Gen3 Formula E car was unveiled at the 2022 Monaco ePrix, for use in the ninth Formula E season (2022–23). The estimated top speed of the Gen3 ePrix electric cars will be 322 km/h (200 mph).
Power levels should be 350 kW in qualifying and 300 kW in the race, and regeneration levels will be allowed on both front (250 kW) and rear (350 kW) axles for a maximum of 600 kW recovery under braking. Regenerative braking could provide 40% of the total energy used within a race.
The battery will handle “flash-charging” up to 600 kW, allowing pitstop recharging for the first time. The wheelbase has been reduced from 3100 mm to 2970 mm and the weight reduced to 760 kg.
In July 2020 it was announced that Spark Racing Technology would build the chassis and supply the front axle MGU, Williams Advanced Engineering would supply the battery, and Hankook would supply all-weather tires incorporating bio-material and sustainable rubber.
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