The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship makes its return to Sanya, China for Round 10 of the 2025/26 season. This will mark the first time the all-electric Championship has raced in Sanya in the GEN3 era, with the last and only visit in 2019. 

Located at the southernmost tip of China’s Hainan Island, Sanya is not only renowned for its tropical charm of coconut groves and ocean breezes, but also for integrating a challenging street circuit into its urban fabric, creating a unique racing stage for the Formula E teams that blends natural beauty with high-speed competition.

The Sanya street circuit offers 2.52km of competitive racing across 12 turns, with the layout lending drivers strong overtaking opportunities throughout. Formula E’s last outing in Sanya in 2019 saw a thrilling race, with a late-breaking move from Jean-Éric Vergne’s Techeetah-DS seeing him pass the Nissan of pole-sitter Oliver Rowland to take victory.

The 2026 Lianxin Sanya E-Prix marks the opening round of an exciting Asian triple-header for Formula E’s twelfth season, followed by a double-header at the Shanghai International Circuit. Hosting three rounds in China celebrates the Championship's origins, with Formula E's inaugural race held in Beijing back in 2014. Since then, the series has raced in four different Chinese cities, including Hong Kong and now both Shanghai and Sanya. Across these eleven races, there have been ten different winners, showcasing the unpredictable and competitive nature of the championship.

Pablo Martino, FIA Head of Formula E, said: “We are delighted to be racing again in Sanya. We’ve worked hand in hand with CAMF, the National Sporting Authority, to make the track even more dynamic whilst also updating most of the surface, fencing and walls, in accordance with our latest safety standards. Its unique layout, combined with the warm conditions, should deliver specular racing. CAMF has also been particularly proactive in ensuring that marshals and scrutineers are well prepared. From an EV market perspective, it’s also fundamental that our Asian leg begins with two events in China.”

Jean-Éric Vergne, No.25, Citroen Racing, said: “Sanya is a circuit I remember well. The last time Formula E raced there, it was an important moment in my season, but a lot has changed since then. The cars are different; the championship is even more competitive and the level across the grid is incredibly high. It’s a track that can create interesting races because energy management plays such a big role. As always in Formula E, the challenge is to find the right balance between pushing and being efficient. We know where we need to improve after Monaco and the objective now is to put ourselves in a position to fight at the front again.”

Sébastien Buemi, No.16 , Envision Racing, said: “It's great for Formula E as a whole to be returning to Sanya after seven seasons away. The hot conditions will make it a tough race, but I'm looking forward to the challenge. For us as a Chinese owned team, it's brilliant to kick start the Asian leg of the calendar of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with two events in China."

THE SEASON SO FAR

The nine rounds of the 2025/26 season contested so far have been filled with drama, unpredictability and eight different race winners. Opening the season in Brazil saw an end to Jake Dennis’ almost two-year-long winless streak as he converted his Julius Baer Pole Position into a commanding victory for Andretti. Heading to Mexico City, Nick Cassidy fought his way from 13th to first to achieve Citroën Racing's first single-seater win in only their second appearance in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

Miami welcomed Round 3 at the city’s International Autodrome, where Jaguar TCS Racing’s Mitch Evans cemented himself into the history books with a record-breaking 15th career victory in some tricky wet conditions. Season 10 champion Pascal Wehrlein won the opener of the first double header of the season in Jeddah, to launch himself to the top of the drivers’ standings with Porsche Formula E Team. 24 hours later António Félix da Costa clinched his first win for Jaguar TCS Racing, making it five wins with five different manufacturers for the 2019-20 Season Champion.

The Portuguese driver continued his winning streak as the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship headed to the Jarama’s track to race for the first time. Porsche’s Nico Müller gained his first win in Formula E on home soil during the first of two races in Berlin, on a special weekend for the German manufacturer as they celebrated 75 years of Porsche Motorsport, whilst Mitch Evans won again on day two.

Most recently in Monaco, Nyck de Vries ended Mahindra Racing’s winless streak in Round 8, securing their first win of the GEN3 era. Round 9 saw Oliver Rowland secure a second win in Monaco - his first of the season so far - having also taken victory the year prior.

2026 SANYA E-PRIX TIMETABLE

Friday 19 June
Starts    Ends    Length     Activity
14:30    14:45    00:15    SHAKEDOWN
16:30    17:10    00:40    FREE PRACTICE 1
            

Saturday 20 June           
Starts    Ends    Length     Activity
08:30    09:10    00:40    FREE PRACTICE 2
10:40    10:50    00:10    QUALIFYING Group A
10:55    11:05    00:10    QUALIFYING Group B
11:15    11:27    00:12    QUARTER FINAL
11:31    11:39    00:08    SEMI FINAL
11:43    11:48    00:05    FINAL
≈15:05            RACE (37 LAPS + LAP 0)