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| Founded | 2014 |
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| Base | Oxford, UK |
| Team principal(s) | Gerry Hughes |
| Current series | Formula E |
| Current drivers |  Tom Dillmann Oliver Turvey |
| Noted drivers | Charles Pic Oliver Turvey Nelson Piquet Jr. Luca Filippi Tom Dillmann |
| Drivers' Championships | FIA Formula E: 2014–15: Nelson Piquet Jr. |
| Website | https://www.nio.io/formulae/ |
The NIO Formula E Team is a British motor racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula E Championship, an electric racing series. The team is owned by NIO and based in Oxford, UK.
The NIO Formula E Team, previously known as China Racing Formula E Team and NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team, has participated in the FIA Formula E Championship ever since its inaugural season (2014), winning the first FIA Formula E Drivers' Championship with Nelson Piquet Jr.[1]
History
2014-2015 Inaugural season
NIO first joined the Formula E championship series in its inaugural 2014–2015 season with their counterpart formerly known as China Racing Formula E Team. For the season, the team had Ho-Pin Tung and Charles Pic drive the #88 car, and Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet Jr. drive the #99 car. They team went on to win the inaugural FIA Formula E Drivers' Championship in July 2015 with Nelson Piquet Jr., and also winning two races, the 2015 Long Beach ePrix and the 2015 Moscow ePrix.
2015-2016 Second season
The second season in the Formula E, allowed teams to be able to develop new powertrains for the season. The team used its own NextEV powertrain for the season.
Results
| Year | Chassis | Tyres | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | T.C. |
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| 2014–15 | Spark-Renault SRT 01E | M | BEI | PUT | PDE | BUE | MIA | LBH | MCO | BER | MSC | LON | 152 | 4th | |||||
| 88 |  Ho-Pin Tung
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16 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
 Antonio García
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11 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Pic
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17 | 16 | 8 | 15* | |||||||||||||||
| Oliver Turvey
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9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 99 | Nelson Piquet Jr.
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8 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| 2015–16 | Spark-NextEV TCR FormulaE 001 | M | BEI | PUT | PDE | BUE | MEX | LBH | PAR | BER | LON | 19 | 9th | ||||||
| 1 | Nelson Piquet Jr.
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15† | 8 | 15† | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||
| 88 | Oliver Turvey
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6 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15† | 10 | ||||||||
| 2016–17 | Spark-NextEV FormulaE 002 | M | HKG | MRK | BUE | MEX | MCO | PAR | BER | NYC | MTL | 59 | 6th | ||||||
| 3 | Nelson Piquet Jr.
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11 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 16 | ||||||
| 88 | Oliver Turvey
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8 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 17 | ||||||
| 2017–18 | Spark-NextEV NIO Sport 003 | M | HKG | MRK | SCL | MEX | PDE | RME | PAR | BER | ZUR | NYC | 47 | 8th | |||||
| 16 | Oliver Turvey
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16 | 6 | Ret | 16 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | DNS | |||||||
| Ma Qinghua
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13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 68 | Luca Filippi
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10 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 15 | Ret | |||||||
| Ma Qinghua
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17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–19 | Spark-NIO Sport 004 | M | ADR | MRK | SCL | MEX | HKG | SYX | RME | PAR | MCO | BER | BRN | NYC | 6* | 11th* | |||
| 8 | Tom Dillmann
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14 | 17 | Ret | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 14 | |||||||||
| 16 | Oliver Turvey
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13 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | Ret | |||||||||
* Season still in progress.
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed ~90% of the race distance.
References
- ^ "NIO - NEXTEV TCR wins the Drivers Title in the first Formula E Championship ever". www.nio.io. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
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