2021–22 Formula E World Championship

Nyck de Vries enters the season as the defending champion.

Edoardo Mortara currently leads the championship.

The 2021–22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is the eighth 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.

It is the final season of the Formula E Gen2 era, with the Gen3 planned for the 2022–23 season.^[1]

Teams and drivers[]

Team	Powertrain	No.	Drivers	Rounds
NIO 333 Formula E Team[2]	NIO 333 001	3	Oliver Turvey[3]	1–3
		33	Dan Ticktum[4]	1–3
Envision Racing[5]	Audi e-tron FE07	4	Robin Frijns[6]	1–3
		37	Nick Cassidy[5]	1–3
Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team[7]	Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02	5	Stoffel Vandoorne[8]	1–3
		17	Nyck de Vries[8]	1–3
Dragon / Penske Autosport[9]	Penske EV-5	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara[10]	1–3
		99	Antonio Giovinazzi[11]	1–3
Jaguar TCS Racing[12]	Jaguar I-Type 5	9	Mitch Evans[13]	1–3
		10	Sam Bird[13]	1–3
ROKiT Venturi Racing	Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02	11	Lucas di Grassi[14]	1–3
		48	Edoardo Mortara[14]	1–3
DS Techeetah[15]	DS E-Tense FE21	13	António Félix da Costa[16]	1–3
		25	Jean-Éric Vergne[17]	1–3
Nissan e.dams[18]	Nissan IM03	22	Maximilian Günther[19]	1–3
		23	Sébastien Buemi[19]	1–3
Avalanche Andretti Formula E[20][21]	BMW iFE.21	27	Jake Dennis[22]	1–3
		28	Oliver Askew[23]	1–3
Mahindra Racing[24]	Mahindra M8Electro	29	Alexander Sims[25]	1–3
		30	Oliver Rowland[26]	1–3
TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team[27]	Porsche 99X Electric	36	André Lotterer[28]	1–3
		94	Pascal Wehrlein[28]	1–3

Team changes[]

• As announced on 30 November 2020, Audi Sport have left Formula E at the end of the 2020–21 season.^[29] However, at least for this season, they remain in the sport as powertrain supplier for Envision Racing.
• As announced on 2 December 2020, BMW have left Formula E at the end of the 2020–21 season.^[30] However, at least for this season, they remain in the sport as powertrain supplier for Andretti Autosport.^[20]
• On 18 August 2021, Mercedes-Benz announced that this would be their last season in Formula E.^[7]
• On 1 November 2021, Envision Virgin Racing announced that the team would be rebranded as Envision Racing for the 2021–22 season, following the Envision Group taking complete ownership of the race team.^[5]
• On 2 November 2021, Jaguar Racing announced that the team would be rebranded as Jaguar TCS Racing for the 2021–22 season, following the new title sponsor Tata Consultancy Services joining the group.

Driver changes[]

• On 23 June 2021, Oliver Rowland announced his switch from Nissan e.dams to Mahindra Racing.^[26]
• On 2 September 2021, Maximilian Günther announced his switch from Andretti Autosport to Nissan e.dams.^[19]
• On 15 September 2021, former Audi Sport driver Lucas di Grassi announced his signing for Venturi Racing, replacing Norman Nato and joining Edoardo Mortara.^[14]
• On 10 October 2021, René Rast announced he would be unable to return for the 2022 Formula E season as he was due to return to the DTM series instead, citing the commitment requirement for DTM.^[31]
• On 13 November 2021, Alex Lynn announced that he had signed to race in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and was not going to be returning this season to Formula E.^[32]
• On 16 November 2021, it was announced that former Formula One driver Antonio Giovinazzi would switch to Formula E with Dragon / Penske Autosport.^[11]
• On 17 November 2021, Tom Blomqvist announced that he would not be returning to Formula E for he will be racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship instead.^[33]
• On 24 November 2021, 2019 Indy Lights champion and former IndyCar driver Oliver Askew joined Andretti Autosport.^[23] He is the first American to compete full-time in the series.
• On 25 November 2021, two-time Macau Grand Prix winner Dan Ticktum announced he would partner Oliver Turvey in the NIO 333 Team, making the switch from Formula 2.^[34]

Calendar[]

The following ePrix are contracted to form a part of the 2021–22 Formula E World Championship:^[35]

The Seoul ePrix was first scheduled for the 2019–20 season, but was cancelled twice because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mexico City ePrix makes a return for 2022, once again at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, after the race relocated to Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in Puebla in 2021. A new event, the will be held on the site of the former Champ Car and IndyCar race, the Molson Indy Vancouver, utilising a different layout to those used previously.

On 15 October 2021, the calendar was updated, with the planned Cape Town ePrix cancelled for unknown reasons in favor of the Jakarta ePrix.^[36]

On 15 December 2021, the calendar was updated again, in which the Rome ePrix and the Berlin ePrix were once again made into double-header events, as was the previous season.^[37]

Round	ePrix	Country	Circuit	Date
1	Diriyah ePrix	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh Street Circuit	28 January 2022
2				29 January 2022
3	Mexico City ePrix	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	12 February 2022
4	Rome ePrix	Italy	Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR	9 April 2022
5				10 April 2022
6	Monaco ePrix	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	30 April 2022
7	Berlin ePrix	Germany	Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit	14 May 2022
8				15 May 2022
9	Jakarta ePrix	Indonesia	Jakarta International ePrix Circuit	4 June 2022
10	Vancouver ePrix	Canada	Vancouver Street Circuit	2 July 2022
11	New York City ePrix	United States	Brooklyn Street Circuit	16 July 2022
12				17 July 2022
13	London ePrix	United Kingdom	ExCeL London	30 July 2022
14				31 July 2022
15	Seoul ePrix	South Korea	Seoul Street Circuit	13 August 2022
16				14 August 2022

ePrix locations[]

Diriyah

Mexico City

Jakarta

New York City

Seoul

Location of non-European ePrix in 2022.
(: scheduled ePrix)

Rome

Monaco

Berlin

London

Location of European ePrix in 2022.
(: scheduled ePrix)

Regulation changes[]

Sporting regulations[]

As the Group Qualifying System was heavily criticized for artificially creating a closer championship battle by disadvantaging higher-placed drivers in qualifying, a new, knockout-style qualifying system was introduced.^[38]

Results and standings[]

ePrix[]

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Diriyah	Stoffel Vandoorne	Nick Cassidy	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team	Report
2		Nyck de Vries	Sam Bird[a]	Edoardo Mortara	ROKiT Venturi Racing
3	Mexico City					Report
4	Rome					Report
5
6	Monaco					Report
7	Berlin					Report
8
9	Jakarta					Report
10	Vancouver					Report
11	New York City					Report
12
13	London					Report
14
15	Seoul					Report
16

Drivers' Championship[]

Points are awarded using the following structure:

Pos. Driver DIR MEX RME MCO BER JAK VNC NYC LDN SEO Pts 1 Edoardo Mortara 6 1 33 2 Nyck de Vries 1* 10* 29 3 Stoffel Vandoorne 2* 7* 28 4 Jake Dennis 3 5 25 5 Lucas di Grassi 5 3 25 6 Robin Frijns 16 2 18 7 André Lotterer 13 4 12 8 Sam Bird 4 15 12 9 Jean-Éric Vergne 8 6* 12 10 Nick Cassidy 7 16 7 11 Oliver Rowland Ret 8 4 12 Pascal Wehrlein 11 9 2 13 Oliver Askew 9 11 2 14 Mitch Evans 10* 21 1 15 Maximilian Günther 12 14 0 16 António Félix da Costa Ret* 12* 0 17 Sébastien Buemi 17 13 0 18 Alexander Sims 14 Ret 0 19 Sérgio Sette Câmara 15 17 0 20 Dan Ticktum 18 19 0 21 Oliver Turvey 19 18 0 22 Antonio Giovinazzi 20* 20* 0 Pos. Driver DIR MEX RME MCO BER JAK VNC NYC LDN SEO Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap * – FanBoost

Teams' championship[]

Pos.	Team	No.	DIR		MEX	RME		MCO	BER		JAK	VNC	NYC		LDN		SEO		Pts
1	ROKiT Venturi Racing	11	5	3															58
		48	6	1
2	Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team	5	2	7															57
		17	1	10
3	Avalanche Andretti Formula E	27	3	5															27
		28	9	11
4	Envision Racing	4	16	2															25
		37	7	16
5	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	36	13	4															14
		94	11	9
6	Jaguar TCS Racing	9	10	21															13
		10	4	15
7	DS Techeetah	13	Ret	12															12
		25	8	6
8	Mahindra Racing	29	14	Ret															4
		30	Ret	8
9	Nissan e.dams	22	12	14															0
		23	17	13
10	Dragon / Penske Autosport	7	15	17															0
		99	20	20
11	NIO 333 Formula E Team	3	19	18															0
		33	18	19
Pos.	Team	No.	DIR		MEX	RME		MCO	BER		JAK	VNC	NYC		LDN		SEO		Pts

Notes[]

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