The signs that point to another season of electric chaos
The Santiago E-Prix gave the best demonstration yet of where the current Formula E teams rank in the pecking order. While BMW looks strong, other teams haven't quite yet shown their true potential
The 2019-20 Formula E season might have only visited two cities so far, but its one quarter mark is not far off.
After two races in Ad Diriyah and one in Santiago, BMW Andretti sits at the top of the teams' championship - thanks to its two races wins respectively from Alexander Sims and Maximillian Guenther. This is pretty uncharted territory for the team, which has been in FE since the start and became the works BMW squad after four seasons.
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Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.
A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.
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