Formula E: Hong Kong could be dropped from 2020 calendar if organisers fail to extend circuit
- FIA warns Hong Kong organisers they won’t issue licence if conditions aren’t met
- Track must be stretched to 2.2 kilometres, with chicanes beyond tunnel being considered
The Hong Kong E-Prix could be dropped from the Formula E calendar next year if organisers are unable to extend the circuit to the required length strictly laid down by the governing body, a senior official has warned.
Organisers will host the third running of the electric car race in March along the 1.86-kilometre circuit in Central’s Harbourfront.
But a senior official has warned the annual showpiece might not happen after 2019 if conditions are not met by the FIA, the international motorsport federation. Formula E’s fifth season started at the Ad Diriyah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia last month with 22 cars.
“This is the last season that Hong Kong can continue with its existing circuit after an exemption was granted by the FIA,” Hong Kong Automobile Association governor Lawrence Yu Kam-kei said.
“They will need to extend it [the circuit] to 2.2 kilometres the following season, especially when two more teams are expected to enter the E-Prix [this year]. The existing circuit will be too crowded for the increased number of teams.”
