It seems a Moscow race is being explored very thoroughly as a possibility for this season, with insiders suggesting that the round could be inserted between the Berlin fixture and the season finale in London.

This would require the date of the Berlin round to be moved. The reshuffled order would thus run Monaco, Berlin, Moscow, London, with two weeks between each.

The teams seem up for the challenge however (as do our readers: in our snap poll yesterday, 70% of you have indicated you’d watch the race). A spokesperson for the Formula E Teams’ Association (FETA) told Current E: “It is not for the teams to comment on rumours, but any changes to the calendar that increase the territories where Formula E takes place should be encouraged, and are seen as positive by the teams and their partners. The teams welcome the continued interest from worldwide destinations.”

FETA has been instituted to give teams a collective voice at the bargaining table when it comes to precisely this sort of move. We have no further information on why an additional race would be sanctioned at this late stage, but presumably the teams, having budgeted last year for 10 cities this season, have nothing to lose financially by adding another event and everything to gain from the additional exposure.

Moscow would certainly prove a spectacular venue and, if the race does take place in June, temperatures should be mild.