Hong Kong to miss out on another Formula E season, organisers hopeful for 2024 return
- Formula E season 9, which kicks off in January 2023, will not include Hong Kong for a third year
- Organisers say earliest they can bring event back will be 2024, with potential new venues including AsiaWorld-Expo and West Kowloon Cultural District
Local organisers are hoping to bring back the prestigious Formula E motor race to Hong Kong with a new venue, after it was again snubbed when the new season’s global calendar was confirmed this week.
The electric motor racing showpiece was a major international sporting event in the city for three seasons from 2016 to 2019.
But anti-government protests and the pandemic have since seen the race scrapped, including for the upcoming season nine, which begins in January 2023.
The Hong Kong Automobile Association said it is keen to bring the race back – even if the Central Harbourfront circuit is no longer available, as part of the 1.86 kilometre course was sold last year by the government for commercial development.
“We have to consider a new site if we want to the race in Hong Kong again,” Automobile Association chief executive Owen Chan Sheung-loi said.
“The event has been absent from Hong Kong since 2020 and it’ has always been our intention to bring it back. But it will involve a huge joint effort from the government, the commercial sector and the local motor racing community.”
