The driver who actually did finish second in that race, Franck Montagny, was disqualified for the next one and suspended immediately after he failed a drug test.
He instead went rolling into a guardrail in spectacular fashion. In the final corner of the first-ever all-electric open-wheel championship race, Nick Heidfeld attempted to catch and pass leader Nico Prost.
As various competitors and stakeholders reminded me over the course of this year's Portland race weekend, the series looks very different now than it did when it debuted as the world's first major electric racing championship in 2014.īack then, the series started with a bang. 2023-24 will be the FIA Formula E World Championship's tenth season.
