The birth of Formula E: From napkin sketch to electric racing reality
Many scoffed and said it wouldn’t last; that the entire concept was flawed. But, as formula e prepares for its 10th season, the all-electric championship has more than silenced its doubters
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There is a heavily romanticised legend in Formula E that the genesis of its existence can be traced to a hidden-away restaurant in the 8th Arrondissement of Paris and a dinner that happened in March of 2011.
As with all urban legends, there is a kernel of truth in it, but ostensibly it’s not the entire picture.
It certainly played host to a dinner between then FIA president Jean Todt, then GP2 team owner and former political mover and shaker Alejandro Agag, along with future president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani.