Alejandro Agag will fly to Japan in August in order to bring Formula E to the country. Japan had the highest viewing figures for the sport in the opening four rounds of the championship with a combined viewership of over 15 million.

The Japanese government have recently given the idea of staging a Formula E race the thumbs up and Agag is delighted to have a chance to fly out to Japan next month to try and bring the sport to the country.

“Firstly, I can’t tell you too much but, I am flying out to Japan in August to try and get a race in the future. We would love to race in Japan and it is important for Formula E to be there, as electric cars in Japan are very far ahead, so I am flying over there to try and make it happen,” said the CEO for Formula E Alejandro Agag.

Electric cars are growing increasingly popular in the country, with recently released figures showing that there is now more electric car charging points in Japan than there are petrol stations.

According to figures released by Nissan earlier this year, there are now approximately 40,000 individual charging units in the country compared to around 34,000 petrol stations.

Formula E also has a Japanese team for next season with Team Aguri after their split with British insurance company Amlin. The team owner Aguri Suzuki feels that more Japanese manufacturers will enter the series if Japan fully gets behind the sport.

“This is the Japanese way—we live to compete and we have seen it in other championships over many years,” Suzuki told Motorsport.com.

“What will happen is the manufacturers will come in as small or even silent partners, then get a stronger presence in the championship. My feeling is that it could start to happen in maybe season three.”