The 2019–20

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was the second and final season of the battery electric

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international

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series supporting the

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, which started in November 2019 and ended in August 2020. The series saw entrants compete in a race-prepared

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, built by

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's Special Vehicle Operations team with technical support from

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, with the races taking place on selected Formula E weekends.

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

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joined the grid as a full-time driver, formerly competing in the inaugural race as a VIP driver. * Fahad Algosaibi and Mashhur Bal Hejaila replaced the reigning Pro-Am Champion Bandar Alesayi and Ahmed Bin-Khanen at Saudi Racing. * Sun Chao replaced Ziyi Zhang at Jaguar China Racing.

Team changes

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, who previously competed in the Pro class, will not return to the series. * Team Germany has moved to the Pro class after replacing Célia Martin with

Mid-season changes

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replaced

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in the opening race weekend in

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. Bueno returned in the following round. * A new Japanese entry dubbed 'Team Yokohama Challenge' will field

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, the first disabled person to compete in an international electric race series, starting with round three at

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. * ZEG Jaguar Brazil expanded their entry to three cars prior to the

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and added Adalberto Baptista to their lineup. * Jaguar China Racing couldn't fly its standard driver lineup to Mexico City due to the

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, which forced the team to replace them with

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and a local driver Manuel Cabrera. * The rescheduled Berlin ePrix saw Sun Chao, Yaqi Zhang (Jaguar China Racing) and Mashhur Bal Hejaila (Saudi Racing) missing the event, with the respective teams using replacement drivers.

Calendar

Calendar changes

* The

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was expanded to two races. * The

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did not return for this season as the event is run biennially. * The

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, scheduled for 1 March, was scrapped due to

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in the city. The event was supposed to be replaced by the returning

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. * Any races scheduled after 1 March 2020 were initially postponed and then cancelled due to the

until it was announced that the

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will host all of the remaining races in August.

Regulation changes

Technical regulations

* The "attack mode" system would be adopted from the parent series after successful trials were completed in

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in July 2019.

Pre-season

On 3 October 2019, Mark Turner was announced as the series' championship manager. Turner was formerly involved in the

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and the

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. The new VIP car was unveiled on the same day, now sporting a black-dominated livery with cyan accents. Pre-season testing began on 28 October at the

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Results and standings

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in every race, and the pole position starter in each class, using the following structure: † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ – Qualification was not held, therefore, no extra point was given for pole position.