Formula E is confident ​its 2026-27 season will start in Saudi Arabia in December but can push back the opening race ‌to Mexico in January if events in the region dictate, the all-electric racing series’ chief executive Jeff Dodds said on Thursday. The Liberty Global-controlled championship is due to start a new Gen4 era with two races in Jeddah on December 18-19, before Mexico City on January 16. Formula One cancelled April rounds in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to the Iran war, ​with Bahrain now rescheduled for Malaysia in October. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have imposed a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea, with some attacks on tankers, since July in response to ​what they described as a Saudi siege on Yemen, an allegation Riyadh has denied. “If we couldn’t start the season in Saudi Arabia in December, then the season will ⁠just ​start in January in Mexico at the next calendar race,” he said.