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This summer, 60,000 racing fanatics will descend upon Battersea Park to watch the Formula E finale live.

Here’s what we know so far:

• The 2015 FIA Formula E Championship, which features electric cars, will be held in Battersea Park on the 27th and 28th of June.
• 30,000 people are expected to attend the event each day, totalling a footfall of 60,000 over the 48 hour period.
• It looks as though Formula E has been given the green light to race here for the next five years, bringing in £1 million worth of improvements for the park.
• Battersea will also be home to the Formula E school race, featuring kids from ten schools competing in self-made kit cars.
• The temporary circuit will be created largely following the park’s internal roads.
• The pits areas will use Battersea Park’s existing tarmacked spaces.
• Temporary building and spectator stands will be constructed.

Local residents and the public are divided over the plans, to which organisers have responded to concerns by agreeing to protect Battersea Park from harm and minimise disruption to its users and neighbours.

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