Everyone's going south of the river these days, even race cars. London's Battersea Park has been confirmed as the venue for the final two rounds of the electric-racer series
Formula E
, making it the only venue to stage a double header.
Battersea Park, not about to be disturbed
been convinced
by the series, now four races in, with its subdued e-noise and 'Fanboost' social media driver promotion, but the mainly street-circuit venues have provided some fairly dramatic moments, including Nick Heidfeld's blocked overtake and
subsequent roll
fighting for P1 ahead of the final corner in the first race.
The Battersea Park venue will use the wide perimeter road within the 200-acre Thameside Victorian park to create a 1.8-mile track with 15 turns. Course map here. Round 10 takes place on Saturday June 27, with the eleventh and final round the following day. So Goodwood Festival of Speed weekend, but of course you could do both.
It remains to be seen how the organisers will handle transportation for race-goers. The park isn't well served by public transport (no tube for instance) and parking is minimal, although they potentially could do something clever with the building site that is the Battersea Power Station next door.
Racing has been close and hard fought
And you'll probably need a memory jog on what's happening in Formula E. After four rounds Brazil's Lucas de Grassi is in the lead with Britain's Sam Bird in second. The last round was in Buenos Aries, and you can watch the highlights of that
here
If you're wondering who's proving popular in Fanboost (which gives a five-second 40hp extra slug of power to the top three most voted for drivers), the three to benefit in Buenos Aires were Nick Heidfeld, Jean-Eric Vergne and Bruno Senna. Being F1-famous seems to be key here.