Formula E release new access-all-areas documentary to celebrate their 10-year history... with Brit Jake Dennis starring in the four-part series

A new four-part documentary featuring behind the scenes access into the world of Formula E has been released.
Formula E: Driver, which celebrates the ten year anniversary of the all-electric championships, follows four of the sport's stars across the 2023-24 Formula E World Championship series.
Each episode, dropping on Amazon Prime, focuses on a different driver including Brit Jake Dennis, who competes for Andretti and won the 2022-23 World Championship.
The rest of the series focuses on António Félix da Costa from TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, Mitch Evans from Jaguar TCS Racing and Dan Ticktum from CUPRA KIRO.
Formula E is a motorsport championship for electric cars, and is described by its developers as 'a battle for the future'. The FIA World Championship is the only-sport certified net zero event.
The championship features 16 races across 10 world cities, and became the first global sport to be certified with a net zero carbon footprint back in 2020.
In 2015, Sir Richard Branson, who backed one of the original 10 teams claimed Formula E would become more popular than F1 in just five years.
But the sport is not yet on everyone's radar and was once mocked by Bernie Ecclestone as 'like driving electric lawnmowers around a car park'.
Formula E: Driver starts in Mexico following Dennis as he looks to retain his championship title and ends in London where five drivers, including Mitch Evans and António Félix da Costa can claim the crown.
Dennis, 29, said: 'Having the production team follow me throughout the entire season gave a true insight into what it's really like to be a Formula E driver-the highs, the lows, and everything in between.'
Dan Ticktum, 25, CUPRA KIRO driver, added: 'Filming Formula E: Driver was pretty intense, but I really enjoyed it.
'A lot of the filming was very fun, and I was able to be myself a lot of the time. Hopefully, the series will give a good insight into what it's like being a Formula E driver, and I hope that it's successful so we can continue to film for years to come.'
Aarti Dabas, Chief Media Officer, Formula E, said: 'Through Formula E: Driver, we offer new and existing fans a raw, authentic, and unfiltered look into the compelling narratives of four of our incredible drivers as they compete in the world's fastest-accelerating motorsport.
The first-ever Formula E race was held in Beijing on September 2014. In the following decade it has grown into one of the largest motorsports series in the world, with 11 teams and 22 drivers
'This series reveals the human stories behind the helmets of our hugely talented drivers that reach far beyond the sporting action on the track.'
Formula E was founded by Alejandro Agag and former FIA President Jean Todt back in 2011, with the first race held in Beijing in September 2014.
In the following decade it has grown into one of the largest motorsports series in the world, with 11 teams and 22 drivers.
The founders aimed to create a race through the streets of the most iconic cities in the world to showcase what sustainable mobility was capable of.
Speaking to MailOnline previously, Jeff Dodds, CEO of Formula E, explained: 'That might sound OK now, but then, there were 300,000 electric vehicles sold in the world per year.
'This year, there's 18 million. So at the time, it was a bit of a moonshot.'

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