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McLaren Joins 2022 Formula E

Formula 1 giant, McLaren is set to join the world of Formula E – the electric form of supercar racing taking the world of motor sports by storm.

Long seen as one of the leading teams in the globally popular Formula 1 discipline, it has been announced that McLaren will join Season 9 of Formula E in 2022-23, with the aim of adding this most futuristic form of racing to their multiple honours across the world of racing in IndyCar, Can-Am, and the WEC series.

The brand does already have a toehold in Forumla E by way of its Gen2 battery supply business but for contractual reasons that prevented a McLaren car from taking part in the sport.

This all changed after the 2021/22 season, however, something the sport’s Chief Executive Officer, Jamie Reigle is more than a little happy about.

“We are delighted that McLaren Racing, one of the most iconic names in motorsport, has secured an option to join Formula E,” he said in a recent statement, adding “We now look forward to working with McLaren Racing to demonstrate the sporting and commercial potential of Formula E and devise ways to elevate the series to a new level, as part of their evaluation.”

Another star of the Formula 1 world that may make the move to Formula E in future is Ferrari who are already looking at other racing disciplines.

“Ferrari feels a lot of social responsibility towards its employees and we want to be sure that for each of them there will be a workspace in the future,” the Ferrari F1 team boss Mattia Binotto was quoted as saying in early 2020.

“For this reason we have started to evaluate alternative programs and I confirm that we are looking at IndyCar, which is currently a very different category from (Formula 1).”

Whether or not this means Ferrari will one day by vying for pole on the Formula E grid with McLaren remains to be seen – but don’t be surprised if it comes to pass.

Electric is the future.

Lisa Conklin

Lisa is an Eastender from London in her second year in Taipei where she teaches English, and in her spare time writes poetry. She is a practicing vegan and lover of yoga who lives 'off-grid' as much as possible. She is our weekend editor.