The Formula E has presented the calendar with more events (21) In its twelve years of history, with 13 different headquarters, new tracks (COTA, Brands Hatch and Zandvoort) and double program for Madridwhich thus obtains the explicit recognition of Formula E that its creators had already given it verbally. “It has been the best opening event in the entire history of the championship“, he said Alberto Longoco-founder of Formula E, once the first Madrid E-Prix.
Now the Spanish race will be a double event…and more decisive since it will close the European tour and will be the penultimate of the season. You also receive a new date, at the end of June…with summer in full swing in the capital of Spain.
Spain, “very powerful” market
“Spain has shown that it is a very powerful market for Formula E, we might even consider doing more than one career in the future in Spain“Longo explained in a meeting with Spanish media in which he evaluated the premiere of the championship in our country very positively.
“In the Formula E we are eager to produce races where the fans show their passion. And Spain has proven it. It has been a resounding success. Formula E is delighted to come to Madrid and will also do so for the tests, but What we have in mind for next year’s race and the ones to come is more and better“.
One of the new details that we will see in the Madrid E-Prix is your schedulewhich will be in the afternoon to defend against high temperatures: “Maybe we will move the schedule closer to the afternoon, We will try to avoid doing a race at two in the afternoon at the end of June,” he assured. Precisely the evening and even night runs They will be another incentive of the 2027 calendar, where the Jarama, Zandvoort and Tokyo They will start at different times.
Next year’s Madrid E-Prix will be a double event.
Two different races
Longo also referred to the other great novelty of the Formula E season 13: the new racing format, with the ‘sprint’ (called E-Prix Unleashed) as the main attraction.
For the Andalusian executive, this new format will allow “offering the pilots two completely different ways of driving carsso the champion will be excellence in two types of different careerswhich will offer maximum appeal to fans both on the circuit and on television.”
Formula E in 2027 will have a new scheme, with sprint races and long races.
Longo also highlighted the presence of the championship in historic circuits such as Brands Hatch or Zandvoort: “They are tracks that have lost part of their legacy and we can put them in the place they deserve. They are circuits that, due to their flexibility and availability, can adapt very well to what Formula E requires.” Other already known tracks, such as the urban ones in Sanya and Tokyowill also be modified compared to this year to adapt to new Gen4 carsthe great protagonists of Formula E 2027.
