Saudi Arabia to host Formula E's 2018-19 season opener


FILE PHOTO: Formula E - Zurich ePrix - Zurich, Switzerland - April 20, 2018. A woman takes a picture as driver Sebastien Buemi of Team Renault e.Dams stops his Formula E race car during a showcase promoting the ABB FIA Formula E Championship race in Zurich on June 10, on a street by the Limmat river. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

LONDON (Reuters) - The all-electric Formula E motor racing series will start its 2018-19 season in Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, organisers said on Thursday.

The December race in Riyadh's Ad Diriyah district, on the outskirts of the capital, will be the first involving the season five next generation cars and marks Formula E's debut in the Middle East.

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