Alejandro Agag is working with the FIA in order to try and change the rules regarding the Fanboost. Agag wants to give the fans far more involvement in the sport if the FIA allows him to change the rules.

Currently, the rules for Fanboost are that fans can vote for their favourite driver up to ten minutes before the start of the race and the results will be announced five minutes before the start.

However, Agag wants to allow the voting to possibly go into the first ten minutes of the race, to allow the fans to have a direct impact on the race during real time.

“We are trying to convince the FIA to allow us to keep voting for the first ten minutes of the race, rather than stopping ten minutes before the start of the race. This will give the fans a bigger influence on the race as it happens, which will make it more fun,” said Agag.

The FIA have not given permission for Formula E to change the rule regarding Fanboost, as they are not a big supporter of the idea of giving fans a chance to change the outcome of the race, but Alejandro Agag insists that the whole idea of fanboost is to give the fans a chance to alter the race.

“The FIA are not so keen on the idea of Fanboost because they say it is not sporting. They told us that the fans will alter the result of the race and they were not happy about that, but I told them that is exactly the whole point of Fanboost.”

“The whole idea of Fanboost is that you give the fans a real interaction with the sport, and it is the first time in history that fans can have an impact on a sporting contest,” said Agag.

It seems like Alejandro Agag will have a major job persuading the FIA to change the rules to Fanboost, which the FIA are already sceptical about. Although Agag’s idea could cause another dimension to be added to the Formula E race, as teams will have to strategies on the go if they receive Fanboost mid-race.