Summary

  • Bird loses out on victory after 5-second penalty - Mortara wins

  • Lotterer furious after last-lap contact

  • Eight cars out of race

  • Every race live on the BBC this season

  1. BBC coveragepublished at 07:32 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    You can watch the coverage now on BBC Two and at the top of this page with Jennie Gow, Formula 3 driver Jamie Chadwick and former F1 mechanic Marc Priestley.

  2. Who drives for which team?published at 07:31 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    Venturi - Edoardo Mortara, and Felipe Massa

    Jaguar: Nelson Piquet Jr, and Mitch Evans

    Nissan: Sebastian Buemi, and Oliver Rowland

    Nio: Oliver Turvey, and Tom Dillmann

    Mahindra: Jerome D'Ambrosio,and Pascal Wehrlein

    HWA Racelab: Stoffel Vandoorne, and Gary Paffett

    Geox Dragon: Jose Maria Lopez, and Felipe Nasr

    Envision Virgin: Sam Bird, and Robin Frijns

    DS Techeetah: Jean-Eric Vergne, and Andre Lotterer

    BMW i Andretti Motorsport: Alexander Sims, and Antonio Felix Da Costa

    Audi Sport: Daniel Abt, and Lucas Di Grassi

  3. This is our top 10 gridpublished at 07:25 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    There are 22 drivers on the grid in Formula E, and this is what our top 10 looks like.

    GridImage source, .
  4. Stoffel Vandoorne on polepublished at 07:22 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    Vandoorne was the quickest in Q4, and went even faster in that final super pole lap.

    This is the Belgian's first Formula E pole position, and a stunning performance in the wet, going 0.5 seconds quicker than Paffett in second.

  5. Qualifying recappublished at 07:17 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    Don't forget you can watch the qualifying recap at the top of the page.

    We've done Q4, and we're now on super pole where the top six drivers battle it out for pole position, and the top six grid positions.

    Oliver Rowland who is racing for Nissan is looking good, as well as Edoardo Mortara for the Venturi team.

  6. Not much tyre talk...published at 07:14 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    There's no pit stops in Formula E. The race lasts 45 minutes plus one lap. Which is just enough time for the batteries to survive. The drivers have to conserve their power throughout the race as part of their strategy. In Mexico, we saw the top drivers finish with 1% battery which created a dramatic race atmosphere on who would reach the line first with battery remaining.

    In Formula E, drivers must cross the finish line with 1% battery or more, unless they have 0% and are coasting across the line.

    hong kong eprixImage source, LAT
  7. Place your fanboost votepublished at 07:12 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    Race start (08:00 GMT)

    You can vote for your favourite driver, external to give an extra 25kw of energy to. Fanboost closes 15 minutes before the start of the race.

    In each race the five drivers who receive the most votes get 25kw of extra energy to deploy in five second, during the second half of the race.

    hong kong eprixImage source, LAT
  8. Want to know more about the Formula E cars?published at 07:05 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    Media caption,

    British driver Sam Bird Flying High in Formula E

  9. The cars look like batmobilespublished at 07:04 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    Fact. They're quite futuristic looking with the monoqocue chassis which cover the tyres.

    The cars are almost the same. McLaren make the batteries for all of the cars on the grid. The teams make their own drive chains at the rear of the car, and the rest are the same...

    hong kong eprixImage source, LAT
  10. Recgonise some familiar faces?published at 06:55 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    We have some ex-F1 drivers on the grid. To the right is Felipe Massa, who once drove for Ferrari and Williams.

    We also have Stoffel Vandoorne, Lucas Di Grassi.

    Vandoorne drove for McLaren in 2017 and 2018 alongside Fernando Alonso, while Di Grassi drove in 2010 for Virgin.

    hong kong eprixImage source, LAT
  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 06:50 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

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    Don't forget you can get involved on social media with the hashtag #bbcformulae and we can include your comments on this page.

    Are you a seasoned motorsport fan? Or are you new to this sport? Tweet us and tell us your thoughts.

    hong kong eprixImage source, LAT
  12. What's attack mode, and Fanboost?published at 06:48 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

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    Formula E explained: Beginners' guide

  13. How does qualifying work?published at 06:42 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    If you're not familiar, in Formula E the drivers are separated into groups and each driver has five minutes to set a warm-up time and a fast time.

    After Q4, there's a short break where the top six times are are taken and the drivers figth for super pole.

    The drivers get one more opportunity to set a quicker time, and whoever comes out on top, will start in pole position, and the rest will settle into their grid positions.

    hong kong eprixImage source, LAT
  14. Recap on qualifyingpublished at 06:35 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    If you're following the qualifying replay on the Red Button or at the top of this page, you'll see Jean-Eric Vergne sliding into the barrier the wrong way around after he slid off the racing line on a wet track. There's going to be a lot of that today with such damp conditions in Hong Kong.

  15. What's happened so far this season?published at 06:29 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    Our motorsport commentator Jack Nicholls gives us the lowdown.

    Media caption,

    'Unpredictable, astonishing' - The Formula E season so far

  16. What do you do on a rainy day?published at 06:17 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    At the top of this page (and on the BBC Red Button), you can witness an exceptionally wet qualifying session.

    In Formula E's five year existence, there has never been a wet race. The rain is still beating down in Hong Kong, so it seems unlikely that it could dry out in just under two hours time.

  17. You can re-live that dramatic moment from Mexicopublished at 06:08 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

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    Formula E recap: Lucas Di Grassi's dramatic last-gasp win

  18. So far we've had four races and four different winnerspublished at 06:08 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    In the season opener in Saudi Arabia, António Félix Da Costa won the race. In Marrakesh Jérôme D'Ambrosio won taking him ahead in the championship.

    In Santiago in Chile, the British driver Sam Bird won in a stunning finish.

    Then series moved over to Mexico where Lucas Di Grassi won in a dramatic finish which came down to the final few meters, taking him ahead of Pacal Wehrlein who was leading the race.

  19. 50th ePrixpublished at 05:50 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    Formula E is in Hong Kong for the 50th ePrix in the fifth season of the sport, and it's popularity is growing magnificently.

    If you're only just waking up I won't spoil it by telling you who is on pole just yet, but that was a fabulous qualifying session, filled with thrills, rain, some penalties and a different order of the grid.

    This is Formula E and anything can happen.

    hong kong eprixImage source, LAT
  20. BBC coveragepublished at 05:43 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2019

    If you haven't been bombarded with all the coverage details enough, the BBC Two coverage starts at 07:30 GMT (and at the top of this page) with Jennie Gow and guests racing car driver Jamie Chadwick and former F1 mechanic Marc Priestley, with the the race from 08:00 GMT.

    BBC Radio 5 live also have commentary, with Claire Cottingham, Tom Gayor and Jonathan Legard at 07:45 GMT

    You can watch a qualifying replay from 06:00 GMT on the BBC Red Button.

    AND as if that wasn't enough, I'll be here keeping you up to date with all the latest information in our usual format.

    We've properly spoiled you all today.