Like it or not, electric racing is here. And, like it or not, you've got to admit to being interested in how it pans out.
Ten teams, featuring a host of top professional drivers - plus leading engineers and management from across the highest levels of the sport - set out on their adventure in Beijing this weekend.
OK, we're purists, and we can't get our heads around FanBoost. But here's the crucial thing: there may be no sound, but it'll be proper racing.
Marcus Simmons is the deputy editor of Autosport magazine. As a child he was a regular on the chalk banks of Thruxton, before becoming an MSA timekeeper at the age of 17. Shortly afterwards, he started reporting for Motoring News and joined the staff in 1990.
After abandoning a parallel Formula First career – which had been as incident-packed as his childhood equestrian exploits – he moved to Autosport in 1996. Since then he has had two stints as a freelance and a brief spell as editor of Motor Sport magazine, during which the revered green cover was revived, before rejoining Autosport in 2008. He lives in Teddington with his wife, stepsons, dog, cat and guitars, and has two daughters.
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