The fundamental questions facing a Formula E junior series

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Matt Kew

Jan 4, 2022, 1:07 PM

As Formula E prepares to enter its new Gen3 era, many have pondered the prospect of its existing machines continuing in a feeder category. But before such a programme could be embarked on, there are several important questions that must be satisfactorily answered

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Formula E bosses have made no secret of their desire to establish an all-electric support series. But the pandemic, the push for financial regulations and the framework for the vitally important Gen3 car has so far prevented it from appearing at the top of the agenda. Plans for the latter two, at least, are now drawn up and signed off. As such, again talks can take place as to what a ‘Formula E 2’ concept might look like.

The new technical regulations for the 2022-23 season will put the Gen2 machines out to pasture. So, in the same way the Gen1 car was touted as a possible foundation for a feeder series, albeit one that never came to fruition, therein again lies the most obvious path to bolstering the weekend schedule.

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Matt Kew is Autosport’s F1 Editor, a role he has held since March 2022 following stints covering Formula E, Extreme E and the British Touring Car Championship.

Matt joined Autosport in 2018 to work predominantly on the magazine, but his relentless quoting of Alan Partridge meant office colleagues soon thought he would be better-suited to increased field work.

Needless to say, Matt had the last laugh when he won the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2019.

His interest in motorsport was sparked by regular trips to watch ASCAR crash around Rockingham’s banked oval.

Matt read politics and philosophy at the University of Sheffield - receiving first-class honours for his dissertation assessing the lack of female participation in top-tier motor racing.

He covered a wide variety of national race and rally meetings for Autosport as a freelancer before joining full-time. His best efforts to argue the merits of historic racing are undone by a questionable taste in music and James Bond actors.