Musim 2018-19 memperkenalkan mobil Gen2, generasi kedua mobil Formula E, dengan kemajuan teknologi signifikan dari sasis sebelumnya Spark-Renault SRT_01E – dengan tenaga yang meningkat dari 200 kW menjadi 250 kW dan kecepatan tertinggi meningkat sekitar 280 km/jam (174 mph). Kedatangan Gen2 mengakhiri pergantian mobil di setiap seri.[1]
Mercedes affiliate HWA entered the championship and establish a technical partnership with Venturi. The agreement sees HWA receive powertrains for the 2018–19 season, serving as a precursor to Mercedes' entry as a manufacturer team in the 2019–20 season.[32]
Nissan entered the championship as a manufacturer replacing partner company Renault in their partnership with DAMS.[33] Renault cited a desire to concentrate on their Formula One programme as their motivation for leaving Formula E.[20]
Formula E akan memulai debutnya di Arab Saudi dengan balapan mengambil tempat di sirkuit jalan raya Diriyah, pinggiran kota Riyadh.[43][49] Seri ini menggantikan ePrix Hong Kong sebagai seri pembuka.
ePrix baru di Tiongkok telah ditambahkan ke dalam kalendar provisional dengan Hainan, kota resor Sanya sebagai tempatnya.[50] Seri sebelumnya berada di Beijing.[46]
ePrix Santiago mengganti lokasi Parque Forestal ke Taman O'Higgins. Mereka memindahkannya karena komplain yang dibuat oleh warga Barrio Lastarria, yang menentang tata letak trek asli.[44]
ePrix Zürich tidak akan diadakan setelah pemerintah setempat khawatir dengan infrastruktur kota untuk menangani serangkaian acara berskala besar secara berurutan. Balapan di relokasi ke Bern, dengan opsi Zürich akan kembali di musim ke depan.[45]
Perubahan
Regulasi teknis
The Spark-Renault SRT 01E, which was used by the championship since its inaugural season, has been replaced by a brand-new chassis.[51] The new chassis, which was also developed by Spark Racing Technology, is known as the SRT05e and eschews the conventional design of having a rear wing in favour of incorporating aerodynamic elements into the chassis and floor.[52]
The category uses a new standardised battery produced by McLaren Applied Technologies and Atieva.[53][54] Each driver is only allowed to use one car per race, thus the battery life now lasts the whole race instead of half distance.[55]
The series has introduced new brakes, as Spark Racing Technology chose Brembo as the sole supplier of the entire braking system for all the single-seaters: discs, calipers, pads, bells and tandem pump.[56][57]
The maximum power output of the cars has increased to 250 kW.[58] Cars have a series of pre-set power modes which were introduced to encourage strategic racing without allowing a team to gain a competitive advantage through powertrain development.[59]
The series also introduced a system dubbed "attack mode" or "Mario Kart mode" in which drivers receive an additional 25 kW of power by driving through a designated area of the circuit off the racing line. The duration of the boost mode and the number of boosts available is only decided shortly ahead of each race by the FIA to stop teams from anticipating its use and incorporating it into race strategy.[60][61]
The "halo" cockpit protection device has been introduced on the chassis to meet the FIA rules that the halo should be involved in all single seater series by 2020.[62][63]
Regulasi olahraga
Balapan tidak lagi ditentukan dengan banyaknya putaran. Sebaliknya, mereka menggunakan waktu 45 menit dengan tambahan satu putaran setelah batas waktu habis.[61]
Poin diberikan kepada 10 pembalap pertama yang finis di setiap balapan, pemegang pole position dan pembalap yang mencetak putaran tercepat, dengan struktur sebagai berikut: