LONDON — Formula E on Tuesday announced its provisional calendar for Season 11 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, with the largest number of races and locations set for a season, following validation by the FIA World Motorsport Council.
Formula E will complete a 17-race season for the first time in its history spanning 11 iconic venues as it continues to pioneer all-electric racing. New race locations in Miami and Diriyah; a doubleheader of separate races in Monaco – a first for the Principality in any motorsport championship; a doubleheader of races in Tokyo; and the return of Jakarta complement the roster of other city venues.
The season will begin in São Paulo on Dec. 7 following preseason testing on No. 4-7 in Valencia.
It will be the first time the all-new GEN3 EVO race car will be put through its paces and tested in public, capable of 0-60mph in just 1.82 seconds – 36% faster than the current GEN3.
A new venue in Diriyah will host the first doubleheader of the season on Feb. 14-15, 2025, while the series returns to Miami for the first time since the first season in an all-new location on April 12, 2025. The Homestead-Miami Speedway venue draws on its heritage and success in hosting thrilling NASCAR and IndyCar races for decades.
Monaco will, for the first time in the Principality’s history, host separate back-to-back motor races on the full Circuit de Monaco given the competitive and action-packed nature of Formula E races.
Following the hugely successful inaugural Tokyo E-Prix where public roads in the world’s most populous city were closed for an automotive event for the first time, a double-header of races will take place on May 17-18, 2025.
Jakarta also returns to the calendar following a one-year hiatus, while a double-header finale at ExCeL London rounds out the largest Formula E race calendar to date.
“For Season 11 we’re taking electric racing to the next level and doings things never been done before in motorsport,” Jeff Dodds, Formula E CEO said. “Our world-leading GEN3 EVO will debut in front of hundreds of millions of fans around the globe, while adding two brand new locations and combinations of double-headers to grow our sport further.
“The new and improved calendar offers a perfect blend of circuits for drivers to push their upgraded cars to the limit, while staying true to our street racing DNA and the on-track action it produces.”
One location has been included as TBC while final discussions with a new venue take place, ahead of the confirmed calendar announcement due in the autumn following the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council Meeting.