The Zurich Street Circuit was a street circuit located in

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, Switzerland, used for the

Zürich ePrix The 2018 Zurich ePrix (formally the 2018 Julius Baer Zurich E-Prix) was a Formula E Electric motorsport, electric car race held before a crowd of about 150,000 spectators at the Zurich Street Circuit in Zurich, Switzerland on 10 June 2018. It w ...

of the

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Championship, and held its first race, as well as the first Swiss motor race since 1954, the

2018 Zürich ePrix The 2018 Zurich ePrix (formally the 2018 Julius Baer Zurich E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held before a crowd of about 150,000 spectators at the Zurich Street Circuit in Zurich, Switzerland on 10 June 2018. It was the tenth round ...

on 10 June 2018.

History

Preparations for a Formula E race in Switzerland commenced in March 2015 when the Council of States backed a motion by the National Councillor Fathi Derder to exempt electric car racing from a long-standing ban on motor racing. The motion was adopted by the Federal Council in December, allowing

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to race in Switzerland starting from 1 April 2016, pending authorisation from local authorities with regards to the maximum speeds allowed. Subsequently on 21 September 2017, the

was then announced to be added to the Calendar of the

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. The final track design was revealed on 3 April 2018.

Circuit layout

The circuit was a long track, with 11 turns, and was designed by the CEO of e-Mobil Züri Roger Tognella and his son Andrin by using

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on their home computer, unlike most circuits. The track featured a mix of surfaces, with asphalt and concrete, and crosses several tramlines, some of which were filled for the event. In addition, it also featured a mixed surface pit lane, with half the pit lane having cobblestones on the surface, which resulted in teams running adapted software for the pit limiter, due to the reduced speed limit of .

References

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