Formula E today announced that technical partner Hankook Tire will be the title sponsor for five races at the Mexico City, Rome and London E-Prix during the ninth season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

The 2023 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix, to be held on January 14, will be the first race of the ninth season and the competitive debut of the new Gen3, the fastest, lightest, lightest electric racing car powerful and most efficient ever built. .

As technical partner of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship from Season 9, Hankook Tire will introduce its new high-performance EV racing tires on the Gen3 racing car, with materials made from 26% rubber durable that will be completely recycled at the end of its useful life.

Season 9 concludes on July 29 and 30 with the Hankook London E-Prix 2023, a double-header racing weekend that takes place on the exclusive indoor and outdoor circuit at the ExCeL London event venue.

Ahead of the final weekend of the season in London will be the Hankook Rome E-Prix 2023, another double-header racing weekend that will take place on the streets of the Eternal City on July 15-16.

Formula E CEO Jamie Reigle said:

“As the new technical partner of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, Hankook provides tires and technology essential to the success of the championship. With high performance and durability at the heart of Hankook’s custom-developed EV racing tires, fans can expect even tighter tires and more spectacular wheel-to-wheel racing on all of our street circuits.”

Sooil Lee, President and CEO, Hankook Tire & Technology:

“We are extremely proud to be the title sponsor for three high-profile stages of the next Formula E season. Experience shows that the public follows the start and end of the season very closely. We are also putting our name on the double day of Rome, where it is possible that the fate of the title will be decided”