Beijing Olympic Park

Venue for the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium was the impressive backdrop to the very first Formula E race for electric single-seaters. Designer Rodrigo Nunes used the roads in the Olympic Park for a straightforward anticlockwise layout that was punctuated by four chicanes. That historic event took place on September 13 2014, and was won by Lucas di Grassi. However, the race was best remembered for the high-speed last corner accident that eliminated erstwhile leader Nicolas Prost and Nick Heidfeld. Formula E returned for the opening round of the 2015/16 season on a slightly modified layout, the overly tight first chicane having been bypassed to improve overtaking opportunities into the new Turn 3. Sébastien Buemi triumphed for Renault e.DAMS that day at the start of his successful title-winning campaign. The championship did not return to Beijing for Season Three.