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Filip Cleeren

F1-like calendar, F1-like performance? How Formula E is "growing up" in its big brother's orbit

When Formula E unleashes its brand-new generation of machinery– the 600kW, all-wheel drive Gen4 car– it will do so on its most diverse calendar yet, with a mixture of street circuits, classic permanent venues and abridged grand prix tracks.

The time when relatively slow and unimpressive FE cars had to be kept to tight, chicane-laden venues to keep their batteries humming along appears to be finally over, and while the likes of Tokyo and Berlin Tempelhof are still on the 21-race 2026-27 schedule, the all-electric series has also traded in the London ExCeL for former grand prix venue Brands Hatch, and expanded to the Circuit of The Americas and Zandvoort.

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