The Formula E season will start a month later than the Inaugural season with the first race set to be on October 17th in Beijing.

The initial calendar was expected to have Paris as the first race of the season in September, but due to recent delays Formula E are looking to revert to plan b, which is to start the season in Beijing and have a more compressed calendar to avoid the ten-week gap it had between the first two races and the gap between Buenos Aires and Long Beach.

It also looks likely that the new electric championship will stay in ten locations with Uruguay and Long Beach rumoured to be losing their place on the calendar, despite Alexandro Agag saying to Formula E Zone that every track on the calendar should stay for next season with the addition of Mexico and Paris.

Although, in Moscow the Formula E CEO did say that the calendar will show a few surprises, so maybe these surprises are that Uruguay and Long Beach will not be on the calendar with Paris not kicking off season like Agag wanted earlier in the season.

“We want to kind of compress the calendar, so we will start in October,” Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag speaking to Autosport.

Agag is hopeful that the teams can use the extra time they have between testing in August at Donington Park and the first race to work on the new motors, in order for them to be reliable by the time the new cars hit the track in Beijing.

“We want to give a little bit more time to the manufacturers who are tweaking their motors in time for the first race.”

Alexandro Agag is also hopeful that he can secure another double header for the second season, which will increase the number of races on the calendar for season two.

Agag told Formula E Zone that he liked the idea of double headers and that it would be great if the sport could showcase itself over two days.

“I like the idea of a double header because it takes a lot of investment from the city to hold the race and we bring a bring infrastructure to each city so it’s a good idea. The concept of Formula E is to have a one-day event, but in some places we can stretch this out to two days.”