Formula E and the Automobile Club de Monaco have extended their partnership through 2031, giving the all electric championship a long term home on the same streets Formula One has raced since 1929. The extension settles a question that comes up around most motorsport calendars sooner or later, whether a given city's race is a one off booking or a fixture, and for Monaco the answer now runs most of the rest of the decade.
One near term change comes with it. The 2027 Monaco E-Prix moves to May 1 and 2, a Saturday and Sunday, two weeks earlier than the May 15 and 16 dates originally pencilled in. The switch avoids a direct clash with the FIA World Endurance Championship's 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps, also scheduled for May 15, which would otherwise have split the same pool of teams, sponsors and travelling fans between Monaco and Belgium on the same weekend.
The E-Prix itself has grown into its current shape gradually. It first ran in 2015 as a biennial race on a shortened version of the circuit, before moving to an annual slot in 2021 on the full Circuit de Monaco, the same layout Formula One uses days later each spring. Formula E's next generation car, referred to as GEN4, is due to debut in the 2026 to 2027 season, bringing roughly 600 kilowatts of power and all wheel drive to a category that started a decade ago with cars closer to 200 kilowatts.
The 2027 calendar will also introduce double header weekends, pairing the main E-Prix with a shorter companion race called E-Prix Unleashed. For Monaco, already accustomed to squeezing a full Grand Prix weekend onto streets built for considerably less traffic, another race added to the same programme is less a logistical novelty than an extension of a format the principality has been running for a century.