As an avid but casual fan of Formula 1, and a ridiculously casual watcher of Formula E (read that as "DISCLAIMER: I probably got every assumption here wrong"), I would say going the way that simply copying the F1/Liberty Media format for a lot of things would trivially fix quite a few of these issues.

• The timing tower needs some improvement, mostly with adding team colours or logos to help differentiate them at a glance. This is definitely needed to better understand what's happening, especially with a 24-car grid.

The whole interface needs a revamp, IMO. I feel like glancing at the screen for half a second should give you the info you need. While F1 still has room to improve here, FE is abysmal in this category. In addition to the changes you suggested, here are some of mine:

• Don't literally wipe out the drivers' names when there is an overtake, and then add it in above whoever they overtook. (Like, literally, WTF? It's my single biggest issue.)
• Get rid of all the random beepboops whenever something happens. It feels like you're watching some Twitch streamers playing a game and explaining what's going on.
• Show if a racer already used their Attack Mode or Fanboost.
• Different colour coding for various things, including the place indicators, although that may just be me. Blue arrow = racing, white arrow = retired? Wat?

• A way to watch historical races would be a benefit! There doesn't seem to be a universal way right now like there is with F1TV & was with Formula E races on their YouTube channel. For some reason, probably broadcasting rights, they took them down - I think it would be beneficial to put them back as it's an easy way for a fan to share a good race with someone else.

Yeah, a big gripe of mine a while back was basically being unable to show someone an awesome race moment because of restrictive rights usage. For F1, at least, it's gotten better in the past few years, and doubly so with F1TV.

• The broadcast, both this weekend and previously, has lacked a little polish. I know they're operating on a smaller budget than other world championship motorsports but fixing the audio and team radio issues, and not cutting away from an overtake that's about to happen, are a minimum in my opinion.

This will probably improve as the crew gets more experienced, but I don't think I've seen as big an issue as, say, F1 in Monaco this year, for instance. Getting Lance Strolled is a massive meme which has propagated through all motorsport fandoms, and it's only been like two months.

• More consistent penalties would help the sport's reputation a little. At the moment this is an easy way for people who don't watch the sport to criticise it - rightfully, as similar incidents are given very different penalties that seem to have no relevance to the incident itself.

While I agree with the general point, I feel the bigger criticism and easier way to criticise FE is due to the videogameification of the race (Attack Mode & Fanboost). There's something about the... artificiality of these mechanics that rubs them the wrong way, as well as the fact that people watching can directly influence the race.

• I think most locations should host double headers. Firstly, why spend all the effort building the track and paddock for a single 45 minute race? Secondly, it's more compelling to say a driver is looking to reverse a poor result "tomorrow" rather than "in three weeks".

Alternatively, aim for longer races (more below).

My absolutely horrible suggestion for improving Formula E: go full Mario Kart with it somehow. There's already relatively random stuff that would confuse a classic motorsport watcher, like Attack Mode and Fanboost; why not add more stuff and build upon that? As a ridiculous example, give the drivers a stick and a single "poke"; whoever gets poked loses a certain amount of output for a few seconds, like a reverse fanboost.

Failing that, add more "classic" strategy with longer races. Have pitstops to quick-charge the battery. Maybe have maximum energy expenditure be a function of current energy (say, a linear decrease of output, where 50% battery = 80% output or something along those lines). Maybe in the future, have something like quick-replaceable external batteries, with a restriction on their max capacity (mostly since FE tech is supposed to trickle down to consumer cars, and I think modular batteries seem like a cool idea).

Why do you enjoy following Formula E, as opposed to other Formulas? How would you sell it to someone? What's special about it? Where can we watch it?