Despite Formula E losing one of its original teams in Trulli Formula E on Tuesday, their replacement into the series will add strength to the innovative Formula E championship, which is still trying to claim its spot in the motorsport world.

Jaguar is seen as an iconic motorsport figure, and the brand name had been out of motorsport since 2004 when it last competed in the pedal to the metal V10 era of Formula One.

In a sense, motorsport attracted manufacturers to its doors because of its relevance to the real world. However, lately, most forms of motorsport have been seen as irrelevant to the world today and are too expensive to join. Making the costs and benefits of the programme unsustainable.

But at this present moment in history, it seems that Formula E is the place to be. Now to some motorsport fans that are not interested in the sport and call Formula E high powered RC cars or a large scalextrics set; this will disappoint as they can see their days of loud, inefficient engines pumping out the wonderful smell of gasoline coming to an end.

However, many will argue that the World Endurance Championship is also a sport that has relevance for the real world today, which it does. But Formula E allows car manufacturers to see the future and create the cars of tomorrow.

It’s just a Marketing Scheme

Therefore, Alejandro Agag the creator of Formula E has found a gap in the market which has got car manufacturers attention. Essentially like every motorsport programme, it’s all about marketing. When the shift finally happens, as electric vehicles have a greater range than petrol cars and can be charged as quickly as it takes to refuel your car.

Then the car manufacturers in Formula E, the likes of Jaguar, Citroen and Renault want to have the best electric cars out there that persuades us to buy their cars rather than the rest of the competition

Therefore, if electric cars can also be affordable to the public, then electric car sales should skyrocket, which will give manufacturers in Formula E more sales, than the ones trying to develop electric car technology on their own. Also, the sales could begin to outgrow petrol or hybrid cars making Formula E the place to be right now rather than Formula One or the World Endurance Championship.

However, I’m not trying to say that “Formula E will become the pinnacle of motorsport”. The sport has a long way to go to establish itself as a motorsport before you can even consider calling it the pinnacle.

Breakthroughs are Required

Although the Championship has got off to a flying start with some of the best racing action motorsport fans, have seen in a long time. Formula E is still looking for that breakthrough in technology. That one development that makes the world stand up and watch.

Formula E needs a few breakthroughs before it can become established, and if these do not happen, then the sport puts itself at risk of becoming another A1 GP.

Formula E needs to move away from the car swaps. Despite, the car swaps adding to the spectacle of the race, it shows that electric cars still do not have the range to compete against petrol cars.

The speed of the cars also needs to increase, with the battery size also decreasing to make the cars lighter and also making it more relevant to road cars. However, the championship has a total of eight manufacturers, with another one soon to be announced.

The championship is going in the right direction of possibly making these breakthroughs in the future in order to make Formula E a success.

If it all goes according to plan, maybe Ferrari might join, we can dream right. However, if Formula E fails to achieve its goals of single cars and better battery technology, then the question is how long will the manufacturers hang around?