Less than three months separated the season finale in London from the start of Formula E pre-season testing in Valencia last week and the beginning of a new campaign.
It was events off the track that proved to be the main talking point from the test at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain following a battery fire which cast the test in doubt. Once running did eventually resume it was a familiar team at the head of the times, with plenty of other sub-plots throughout the grid.
