---
title: "Formula E’s Fifth Season Race Car Concepts Look Incredible"
description: "Spark Racing Technology's renderings for the fifth season of Formula E are sleek and magnificent."
date: "2017-02-13"
modified: "2017-02-13"
authors:
  - name: "Christian Gilbertsen"
    job_title: "Native Projects Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/christian-gilbertsen"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/7618/formula-es-fifth-season-race-car-concepts-look-incredible"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "concept car"
  - "Dallara"
  - "FIA"
  - "Spark Racing Technology"
---

# Formula E’s Fifth Season Race Car Concepts Look Incredible

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Starting in 2018, [Spark Racing Technology](<https://www.sparkracingtechnology.com/en/content/spark-racing-technology-develop-formula-e-season-5-car>)—no, not *that* SRT—will be the chassis supplier for the fifth season of Formula E after winning a bid for the business. SRT, which has been working in Formula E since its inception, will partner with chassis builder [Dallara](<https://www.dallara.it/wps/portal>)—which builds the Bugatti Chiron's carbon tub, among other things—to develop a new chassis under newer, stricter regulations than in seasons past.

According to [SRT's website](<https://www.sparkracingtechnology.com/en/content/spark-racing-technology-develop-formula-e-season-5-car>), these regulations include requiring the cars to go twice the distance they currently can go on a single charge, which will require better aero, more efficient drivetrains, and reduced weight. In addition, the fifth-generation cars will use a heavier, more powerful battery that will [reportedly come from McLaren](<https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/spark-releases-next-gen-formula-e-concept-images-873123/>). The new chassis will be dubbed SRT-05.

Though the images below are merely renderings that SRT made, they represent a peek into the future of Formula E. The closed cockpit design will surely reduce drag—plus, it looks amazing, too.

![message-editor%2F1487024730807-04formulaesparkseason5front.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1487024730807-04formulaesparkseason5front.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1487024743981-00formulaesparkseason5titlepage.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1487024743981-00formulaesparkseason5titlepage.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1487024753949-05formulaesparkseason5rear.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1487024753949-05formulaesparkseason5rear.jpg>)

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