Formula E has had a successful start to its a life as a motorsport, but it still has work to do in order to cement its reputation in the motorsport world.

The main issue that could be causing fans to switch off from Formula E is the constant driver swapping. Fans love to identify themselves with the drivers and teams, but if their driver is jumping in and out of the sport, then fans will become confused about who is driving for who. Most recently, we saw Charles Pic come back into Formula E with China Racing in Miami after he raced for Andretti Autosport in Beijing for round one of the championship.

It seems strange that some of the teams have not signed their drivers for the full season. At Andretti Autosport, they have used six drivers already this season and we have only had six races. Amlin Aguri and China Racing have used two different drivers to the ones they signed at the beginning of the season.

Ultimately, this means fans go into each race not knowing who will be turning up at each ePrix. Therefore, Mr Anonymous, who loves motorsport (I decided that he does), if he does not know who is driving for his favourite team from one race to another, then he may end up not watching the sport, as it has become too hard to follow. Miami and Long Beach were the only two races without a driver change in the series. Formula E has still enormous audience ratings, but the driver changes could be costing Formula E’s reputation as a true motorsport.

We have to remember that this is the first year of the sport and we such a high caliber of drivers already participating in motorsport categories that already have a good reputation, it’s going to be hard for Formula E to create its own reputation that forces drivers to stay with the sport rather than jumping from one to another.

Although, it’s not all doom and gloom for Formula E, they have had a fantastic start to life with six amazing races with non-stop action. Formula E has had a lot of pressure to succeed as electric racing was a controversial idea to petrol heads around the world. Well, at the moment for me the series is definitely more entertaining than the so-called “pinnacle of motorsport” – Formula One.

Formula E seems to have motor racing at its best. The emotions are high all around the track and there is plenty of action on and off track all day long. What I think Formula E has done so well is its interaction it has with the fans. Fans can try and give their favourite drive a little extra power with the fanboost, whilst at the actual race fans can walk around the paddock and meet the drivers and see the cars while they are resting in the garage.

A sport like Formula E would never be possible without the fans, turning on their TVs at the race weekends, visiting the official homepage or simply sharing the series’ name. Apart from minor other facts, Formula E is living because of its fans.

With the series improving race by race and becoming a more professional one, we will hopefully see a season without major driver swaps soon.