Qatar Airways, sponsor of a number of E-Prix in the 2017/18 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, the electric street racing series, was the Official Airline Partner of the 2018 BMW i Berlin E-Prix held on 19 May in Berlin, where the fully-electric Formula E cars battled it out around the grounds of the historic Tempelhof Airport. The event marked the first time that Qatar’s national carrier was the official airline sponsor of the event in the German capital.