2016–17 Formula E Championship
The 2016–17 FIA Formula E Championship was the third season of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula E (FE) motor racing. It featured the 2016–17 FIA FE Championship, a motor racing championship for open-wheel electric racing cars, recognised by FIA, the sport's governing body, as the highest class of competition for electrically powered vehicles. 25 drivers representing 10 teams contested 12 ePrix, starting in Hong Kong on 8 October 2016 and ending in Montreal on 30 July 2017 as they competed for the Drivers' and Teams' Championships.
Lucas di Grassi won the Drivers' Championship.
Sébastien Buemi finished second in the drivers standings, 24 points behind Lucas di Grassi.
Felix Rosenqvist finished the championship in third place in his first season in Formula E.
Jaguar returned to motor racing after a 12-year absence in collaboration with Williams Grand Prix Engineering.
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is an open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The racing series is the highest class of competition for electrically powered single-seater racing cars. The inaugural championship race was held in Beijing in September 2014. Since 2020, the series has FIA world championship status.
Dan Ticktum, Jake Dennis, and Sérgio Sette Câmara (from front to back) driving at the 2023 Berlin ePrix
The Spark SRT05e demo car at the 2020 Autosport International
Attack Mode area of a track.
Felix Rosenqvist at the 2017 Berlin ePrix, showing the updated season-3 spec front wing