Taking charge

Formula E has a new and noisy neighbour: Pure ETCR. In principle, there’s really no need for an all-electric touring car series to step on the toes of its distant single-seater cousin. Rather, it’s much easier to imagine them complementing one another on the same race weekend.

But Francois Ribeiro – head of Eurosport Events, promoter of Pure ETCR – doesn’t want his new brainchild to play second fiddle to anything. It won’t make its way onto a support package and it will run in parallel