Formula E reveals first calendar for GEN4 with lots of real race tracks

电动方程式（Formula E）公布首份 GEN4 赛历，包含多条真实赛道

Formula E is in its final year for the current technical regulations, with a new single-seater EV set to be introduced at the start of next season, which begins in December in Saudi Arabia. 电动方程式目前正处于现行技术规则的最后一年，全新的单座电动赛车将于下赛季初投入使用，新赛季将于 12 月在沙特阿拉伯拉开帷幕。

The new car, known as GEN4, is a big upgrade—at times more powerful than a Formula 1 car, although heavier and with much less downforce. As speeds rise with the GEN4 car, we knew the sport would become too fast for some of its current venues. 这款被称为 GEN4 的新车是一次重大升级——其动力在某些时刻甚至超过了 F1 赛车，尽管车身更重且下压力更小。随着 GEN4 赛车速度的提升，我们意识到这项运动对于目前的一些比赛场地来说已经“太快了”。

With the release of the season 12 calendar for 2026–2027, that limitation has become clear: a 21-race lineup across 13 cities that now includes several traditional race tracks. 随着 2026-2027 赛季（第 12 赛季）赛历的发布，这一局限性变得显而易见：赛历包含 13 个城市的 21 场比赛，其中现在包括了几条传统的赛车赛道。

The Saudi double-header is scheduled for December 18 and 19 and is the only season 12 round this year. Then the series starts 2027 off with a string of Formula 1 venues in North America: Mexico on January 16, the Circuit of the Americas in Texas on February 7, and the Miami International Autodrome on February 20. 沙特站的双赛定于 12 月 18 日和 19 日举行，这也是第 12 赛季今年仅有的一站。随后，该系列赛将于 2027 年初在北美开启一系列 F1 赛道之旅：1 月 16 日墨西哥站、2 月 7 日德克萨斯州美洲赛道（COTA），以及 2 月 20 日迈阿密国际赛道。

The addition of COTA to Formula E’s calendar makes it the seventh US location for the sport since 2015, including the American Airlines Arena in actual Miami; Long Beach, California; Brooklyn, New York; Portland, Oregon; Homestead-Miami, and the Hard Rock Stadium on the outskirts of Miami. 美洲赛道（COTA）加入电动方程式赛历，使其成为自 2015 年以来该赛事在美国的第七个举办地，此前包括迈阿密美航球馆、加州长滩、纽约布鲁克林、俄勒冈州波特兰、霍姆斯特德-迈阿密以及迈阿密郊外的硬石体育场。

The race at COTA will use the shorter version of that circuit, as used by NASCAR for its visits, rather than the full F1 configuration. This spares the inevitable lap-time comparisons between the two series, but the new calendar marks a clear departure from one of the series’ original selling points: racing in city centers where no other series could come visit. COTA 的比赛将使用纳斯卡（NASCAR）赛事所采用的短版赛道，而非完整的 F1 配置。这避免了两个系列赛之间不可避免的单圈时间对比，但这份新赛历标志着该赛事背离了其最初的卖点之一：在其他赛事无法涉足的城市中心进行比赛。

Some traditional Formula E tracks remain. Berlin-Templehof takes place in May, as does the Monaco e-Prix. But the indoor-outdoor ExCel Arena in London has been outgrown; instead, Formula E will race at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, just outside London, in late May. 一些传统的电动方程式赛道得以保留。柏林滕珀尔霍夫站和摩纳哥站都定于 5 月举行。但伦敦室内外结合的 ExCel 场馆已无法满足需求；取而代之的是，电动方程式将于 5 月下旬在伦敦郊外肯特郡的布兰兹哈奇（Brands Hatch）赛道举行比赛。

It is believed that rather than use either the Indy or GP configurations of this historic circuit, the sport will use a unique layout, similar to the way Formula E’s Monaco is ever so slightly changed from the F1 layout used a couple of weeks later. 据信，该赛事将不会使用这条历史悠久赛道的印地（Indy）或大奖赛（GP）配置，而是会采用一种独特的布局，类似于电动方程式摩纳哥站对 F1 布局所做的微小调整。

Zandvoort in the Netherlands—another F1 venue—takes place in mid-June, followed by Jarama in Spain at the end of that month, then Shanghai at another F1 track in early July, and the season finale in Japan in late July. 荷兰的赞德福特（另一条 F1 赛道）将于 6 月中旬举行，随后是 6 月底的西班牙哈拉马（Jarama）赛道，7 月初在上海的另一条 F1 赛道比赛，赛季收官战则于 7 月下旬在日本举行。

“We are incredibly proud to unveil our biggest and most ambitious calendar to date. Expanding to 21 races across 13 iconic cities is a huge milestone, and welcoming world-renowned tracks like COTA in Austin, Zandvoort, and Brands Hatch provides the ultimate stage to showcase our new GEN4 era,” Alberto Longo, Formula E cofounder and chief championship officer, said in a statement. “我们非常自豪能公布迄今为止规模最大、最具雄心的赛历。扩展到 13 个标志性城市的 21 场比赛是一个巨大的里程碑，而迎来奥斯汀 COTA、赞德福特和布兰兹哈奇等世界知名赛道，为展示我们的全新 GEN4 时代提供了终极舞台，”电动方程式联合创始人兼首席锦标赛官阿尔贝托·隆戈（Alberto Longo）在一份声明中表示。

“Every stop on this calendar has been chosen to deliver maximum sporting drama. Launching the season with our first-ever opener under the lights in Jeddah to demonstrate the speed of these GEN4 cars sets a spectacular tone, while grouping our races into distinct continental clusters ensures we do so as sustainably as possible. The tracks are faster, the competition is fiercer, and we cannot wait to get this historic season underway,” Longo said. “赛历上的每一站都经过精心挑选，旨在带来最大的竞技戏剧性。以吉达的灯光夜赛作为赛季揭幕战，展示 GEN4 赛车的速度，定下了壮观的基调；同时将比赛划分为不同的大洲集群，确保了我们尽可能以可持续的方式进行。赛道更快，竞争更激烈，我们迫不及待地想开启这个历史性的赛季，”隆戈说道。

There’s also a new format for weekends with double-header events, which is most of them. On the first day, the cars will race for 30 minutes with high downforce bodywork. This is a true sprint race, where the aim is just to go flat-out. The second day will feature a more traditional 45-minute e-prix, where the drivers will need to stay on top of energy management, as they do currently. 双赛周末（大多数周末都是如此）也采用了新的赛制。第一天，赛车将使用高下压力车身进行 30 分钟的比赛。这是一场真正的冲刺赛，目标就是全力以赴。第二天将进行更传统的 45 分钟电动大奖赛，车手们需要像目前一样，在能量管理上保持领先。