Formula E adds F1-style doubleheaders: COTA, Brands Hatch, Zandvoort join in December

Formula E's next season starts in December, and the sport is quietly borrowing a page from Formula 1 in a way teams, sponsors, and investors will feel right away. The FIA released a schedule that includes three new race locations: the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, and the Zandvoort circuit in Amsterdam. In one move, Formula E is not just expanding geographically. It is making its calendar look more like the world’s best-known racing brand.

The immediate headline stake is the US swing. The schedule gives Formula E two weekends in the US for the first time since its inaugural season in 2014. That is a big deal for anyone underwriting marketing reach, trackside operations, hospitality demand, or talent visibility, because it changes how partners can plan campaigns around repeat exposure rather than a one-off appearance.

There is also a format change aimed at tightening the weekend experience. Formula E double-header weekends are getting reshaped with two different types of races.