Current Affairs - Formula E and Extreme E

Alex is joined by BMW i Andretti Motorsport driver Alexander Sims to talk about his start to the season and being the current championship leader. We look ahead to Santiago, which saw an eventful race last year with scorching temperatures and even parts of the tarmac breaking up. Attack Mode continues to stimulate plenty of debate, so how does Sims feel about placement and timing of Attack Mode?

This week Alex and JBL take a deep dive into the new ideas from Formula E with the Gen 3 cars scheduled for the 2022/23 season. Will the next generation of car be an evolution of the current specs or will they be a radical departure? Could pit stops make a comeback with ultra-fast charging of the batteries? How will the aero change? We *think* we have some of the answers.

On the final podcast of the year, Alex is joined by Autosport Magazine Editor Kevin Turner and former Formula E reporter Scott Mitchell. They look back at five years of Formula E, ask which drivers might have made it to Formula 1, and they play the worst Christmas quiz ever written.

Formula E has delivered some of the closest and most exciting racing of any major series in recent years. However there's still one question which needs to be answered: why does Formula E need explaining? Whether it's the technology, the qualifying format or even the races themselves, all too often some of the casual fans have been left scratching their heads.

On this special edition of Current Affairs, Alex sits down for an extended interview with Mark Preston, Team Principal of the Techeetah Formula E racing team. They look back at the action in Diriyah and talk about the wider issues around Formula E.

Alex and JBL joined Edd Straw on The Autosport Podcast to talk about the first weekend of the 2019/20 Formula E season. Not only were we shamelessly plugging our new podcast to the Autosport audience, we were recording the same show for both channels. That, my friends, is multitasking!

Welcome to the first show! Alex is joined by Autosport Editor Kevin Turner and Technical Editor Jake Boxhall-Legge to preview the 2019/20 Formula E season. Plus we're joined by Sam Bird to talk about the current state of Envision Virgin Racing, and Alex is even allowed to try out the state-of-the-art simulator at their Silverstone HQ.