Motor racing will soon return to Switzerland thanks to Formula E which had added a round in Zurich of its 2017/18 schedule. Switzerland enjoys many interesting particularities, but beyond the fact that it invented Velcro and the Swiss Army knife, or that it is only one of two countries to have a square flag, another specificity is that racing is banned in the nation. Switzerland effectively outlawed motor racing after the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours tragedy which killed dozens after the Mercedes of Pierre Levegh plowed into the crowd. A special provision relaxed the law however in 2015 to allow all-electric racing. Formula E was introduced to the country during a demonstration run held in Geneva...
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