What’s the fun in a Formula 1 with no pit-stops to refuel? That’s where all the blunders action happens.

While Beijing’s new electric Grand Prix phenomenon features less fire and flames, the new spectacle is picking up some serious momentum across the world following the first race this past weekend. While Formula-E is hitting the headlines, it’s not pulling in the attention of TV broadcasters just yet, but it doesn’t worry Alejandro Agag, CEO and CBE of Formula-E.

“Television audiences don’t interest me,” said Agag. “We will measure our success in social interactions.”

The cars are identical; built in Italy and powered by a McLaren electric motor taking power from batteries designed by another F1 team, Williams. Renault engineers bolted the whole package together. The street races are all around one hour and feature a car change in the middle; even with power reduced from 270bhp to 200bhp there’s not enough juice in the batteries to get the cars to the end, so each driver has two.

The next race in the electric Grand Prix will take place in Malaysia in October.

Check out the full story on the Telegraph.