So far, the Formula E championship has been very unpredictable with five different winners from the first five rounds of the championship, with no driver converting a pole position into a race victory.

As each, Formula E car is identical in the inaugural season, this means that the teams and drivers play a crucial role in deciding the outcome of the race.

The main emphasis for the team is setup. Setting up a Formula E car will make or break a teams race day. If a driver gets good track time in practice and qualifying, it will allow the team to have a good range of data to check through to find the optimum setup for the race.

Therefore, track time is so important in Formula E. However, the lack of running that Formula E teams have, means that whoever gets the best setup has the best chance of qualifying on pole and winning the race.

The drivers also play a massive role in deciding the setups of their cars. Each driver has to pinpoint exactly what is wrong with their cars in order for their team to address the issue.

This means that the drivers needs to be technically aware of what their car is doing so they can feedback that information to their engineers.

In addition, if a driver is able to give a more coherent response to what the car is doing, then they’re more likely to have a car that can challenge for race wins.

This is why Formula E is so unpredictable. Engineers and drivers are constantly learning more about these types of cars. Therefore, at each event one team could find themselves higher up the grid than they were in the last event; just by learning more about the car.

This was shown by Dragon Racing in Putrajaya. The American team did not show any signs of racing at the front of the field in pre-season testing, or in the first race of the season in Beijing.

However, in Malaysia the team started the race on the front row of the grid. The same is applicable for Amlin Aguri at the Buenos Aires ePrix.

Amlin Aguri was a team that found themselves at the back of the grid. But in Argentina the team was able to come away with a win.

The British team put the result down to the gain of knowledge the drivers and engineers had with the car. They’re new found knowledge enabled them to find a way to fight at the front of the grid rather than racing towards the rear of the field.

The unpredictability of the sport so far has lead to some great racing for the series. It will be interesting to see if the involvement of the manufacturers next season will make the grid more spread out, or will we be in for close racing once again next season.