Pascal Wehrlein (top) is the current Driver's championship leader, while
Jaguar TCS Racing (bottom) are the current team's championship leaders.
The 2023–24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is the tenth season of the FIA
Formula E championship, a motor racing championship for
electrically powered vehicles recognised by motorsport's governing body, the
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for electric
open-wheel racing cars. Although the championship season is designated as 2023–2024, all races are held in 2024.[1]
On 20 October 2023, it was announced that
Nio would leave Formula E, as the team and the manufacturer rebranded to
ERT Formula E Team for 2024 after new investment.[9]
Driver changes
On 31 July 2023, the
ABTCUPRA Formula E Team announced ahead of the 2022–23 season finale that their contract with
Robin Frijns for 2024 would be terminated.[37] On 29 September, it was confirmed that his replacement would be
Lucas di Grassi, who won the
2016-17 championship with the team.[25]
On 8 August 2023,
Robin Frijns announced his return to Envision Racing, taking Jaguar-bound Nick Cassidy's seat.[13]
On 15 August 2023,
McLaren announced that
René Rast had departed the team after spending a season with them.[17] On 22 August 2023,
Sam Bird was announced as his replacement.[18]
On 30 August 2023,
Nissan Formula E Team announced that
Oliver Rowland would rejoin the team. Rowland had driven for the team from 2018 to 2021, before switching to Mahindra for 2022 and 2023. This saw
Norman Nato leave the team after one year with the manufacturer.[36]
On 8 September 2023,
André Lotterer announced his departure from Formula E after six seasons.[39] On 12 September 2023, Andretti announced Nissan driver
Norman Nato as his replacement.[5]
On 15 September 2023,
Maserati MSG Racing announced that
Edoardo Mortara had left the team after 6 years.[40] It was later announced that he would move to Mahindra Racing, while his replacement at the team would be
Jehan Daruvala, Formula 2 driver and reserve driver for Mahindra during the 2022–23 season.[33][20]
On 26 September 2023,
Mahindra Racing announced that
Lucas di Grassi would leave the team ahead of the season, after having spent one season there where he came 15th.[41]
Pre-season testing took place at
Valencia from 23 to 27 October 2023. The following ePrix are contracted to form a part of the 2023–24 Formula E World Championship:
Location of ePrix in 2023 (: ePrix - Single Race) (: ePrix - Double Header)
Regulation changes
Attack Charge was scheduled to be introduced starting at the
Misano E-Prix.[46] This new feature would have seen drivers take a mandatory pit stop in a specific window during the race, during which the car would have been recharged to award drivers two attack mode boosts and an extra 4 kWh (14.4 MJ) of energy throughout the rest of the race.[47] This feature was originally planned to be introduced in
season 9, but after delays in production of the fast charging units it was postponed until season 10. This timeframe was then delayed once again, with the feature now unlikely to be introduced during season 10.[48]
Any time penalty received by the drivers must now also be carried out the next time the driver enters the pit lane for a pit-stop or attack charge.[49]
The Manufacturers' Trophy was introduced ahead of the
São Paulo ePrix, with the championship standings backdated to the start of the season. The highest-placed two cars per powertrain manufacturer per race will score points towards that manufacturer's position in the standings, using the same points system as already implemented for the Drivers' and Teams' Championships.[50]
Season report
Pre-season
Pre-season testing took place at Valencia on 23–27 October 2023.
Jaguar cars topped all three sessions, with
Mitch Evans fastest in the first two and
Nick Cassidy fastest in the final session. The traditional simulation race was topped by
Envision's
Robin Frijns. The test was heavily disrupted by a battery fire in the garage of battery supplier Williams Advanced Engineering, caused by a faulty battery. One and a half days of running were cancelled, and the
Mahindra cars parked in the garage adjacent to the fire sustained heavy damage.
Nyck de Vries' car was too damaged to participate in the rest of the test, with the team being compensated with an extra private test session ahead of the season opener in Mexico City.[51][52][53]
^
abThe 99X Electric branding has been used for every Formula E powertrain developed by Porsche ever since their
debut season. This is the fifth powertrain.
^Contributes points towards
Stellantis' total in the Manufacturers' Trophy, alongside the Maserati Tipo Folgore.
^The Maserati powertrain is a rebadged DS E-Tense FE23, contributing points towards
Stellantis' total in the Manufacturers' Trophy.
^Jake Dennis set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.
Nick Cassidy was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^Nyck de Vries set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.
Sébastien Buemi was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^Sam Bird set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.
Maximilian Günther was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^António Félix da Costa set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap.
Pascal Wehrlein was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
^Includes points scored by the DS E-Tense FE23 and the Maserati Tipo Folgore, which are rebadged variants of the same powertrain.