FIA Formula E Championship

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DECEMBER 2012


ROME FIRST EUROPEAN CITY TO WELCOME THE FIA FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP

The Italian city will host a race in 2014


On December 1
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, at Campidoglio, the Mayor of Rome - Mr Gianni Alemanno, President of the Fdration
Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA) - Mr Jean Todt, Formula E Holdings CEO Mr Alejandro Agag and Chairman
of the Italian Automobile Club (ACI) Mr Angelo Sticchi Damiani, announced that Rome would be the first European
city to host the FIA Formula E Championship in 2014.

Formula E Holdings has signed an agreement with the FIA to promote the new Formula E Championship, featuring
Formula cars powered exclusively by electric energy.


Jean Todt, FIA President, said: "It gives me great pleasure to be in Rome for this exciting announcement
that the eternal city has expressed its firm interest to host a race in the Formula E 2014 championship
calendar. The contrast between this innovative motorsport series and the rich ancient history of Rome is
one I am sure the public and the media will be intrigued and enriched by."




Prototype in Rome
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Lucas di Grassi driving prototype in Rome







Alejandro Agag, CEO of Formula E Holdings said: We are honored to have Rome on board as the first
European city to host Formula E, since Italy is renowned for its motorsports passion, expertise
and technical innovation. Clean urban mobility and sustainability are a priority for our Championship, and
Formula E wants to become a showcase for these advances through an entertaining and all-inclusive
spectacle. We are thankful to the Rome City Mayor and authorities for their enthusiastic welcome and
support.

Rome becomes the second city in the world to welcome the FIA Formula E Championship following Rio di
Janeiros announcement in August this year. In total, the 2014 inaugural Championship will feature 10 urban races.
FEH has already received interest from a large number of cities to host the E-Prix. FEH will soon define the list of
venues that will be proposed to the FIA for the first season. Further city announcements are expected in the
coming weeks.

In November, McLaren announced it would design and build the powertrain for the first Formula E cars in
consortium with Spark Racing Technology (SRT), a new company led by Frederic Vasseur. Formula E has
declared itself as an open championship. It has been working to encourage other car designers and constructors
to build a Formula E car. The FIA technical regulations, to be published soon for the Championship, will ultimately
set the framework for making such submissions possible. To ensure the availability of cars for the first year, FEH
has ordered 42 cars from SRT for the 2014 Championship.



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NOTES TO EDITORS:
FIA Formula E Championship: Formula E is a new FIA championship featuring racing cars powered exclusively
by electric energy. It represents a vision for the future of the motor industry over the coming decades. The races
will be held in the heart of the worlds leading cities, around their main landmarks. Demonstrations of the first cars
will commence in 2013, followed by the first official electric car race in 2014. The aim is for a grid of 10 teams and
20 drivers in 2014. The FIA expressed its delight with the sports shared values of clean energy and sustainability.
Formula E hopes to promote general awareness around sustainability. It also intends to serve as a framework for
R&D around the electric vehicle and accelerate general interest in these cars for personal use.