BT Sport and BSkyB in pole position for rights to electric racing series Well-known names are expected to be amongst the field. Mr Agag says that they will largely be ex-F1 drivers with Bruno Senna, nephew of the late Brazilian champion Ayrton, hotly tipped to be one of them. Formula E races will all take place on city streets and there will be a total of ten in exotic destinations including Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Miami, Monaco and London. Championship-winning F1 team McLaren is making the 300bhp electric motor which will power the cars. Its sponsor TAG Heuer will handle the timing whilst former F1 supplier Michelin will provide the tyes and another F1 team, Williams, is supplying the batteries. As the batteries can only power the cars for around 25 minutes the drivers will need to change cars to finish the second half of the race. The TV people we are talking to absolutely love it. One hour races and they love the pit stop concept because the drivers are going to run. Everybody will have the same distance between their car and the other car. This running, the TV people love it. You can actually have overtaking here. Agag adds that despite the being in talks with BT Sport and BSkyB his ultimate aim is "to do free-to-air even if we get less money. Free-to-air would be great: BBC or ITV.