The Hong Kong ePrix faces being eliminated from Formula E unless it complies to new track specs. GETTY IMAGES
The Hong Kong ePrix "could cease to exist next year" if organizers are unable to extend the circuit to the "required length strictly laid down by the governing body," a senior official warned, according to Chan Kin-wa of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. Organizers will host the third running of the electric car race in March along the 1.86km circuit in Central’s Harbourfront. But a senior official warned the annual showpiece "might not happen" after '19 if conditions are not met by FIA. Hong Kong Automobile Association Governor Lawrence Yu Kam-kei said, "This is the last season that Hong Kong can continue with its existing circuit after an exemption was granted by the FIA. They will need to extend it [the circuit] to 2.2 kilometres the following season, especially when two more teams are expected to enter the E-Prix [this year]. The existing circuit will be too crowded for the increased number of teams." Yu said that organizers "would need to sit down and come up with a solution" with government authorities who deliver the road works to enable street racing (SCMP, 1/7).
