Series boss Alejandro Agag stated during the course of last weekend’s inaugural event in Beijing that an application to the FIA for Formula E to become a world championship is a possibility when the rules open up to allow full manufacturer involvement.

“There is a condition of a world championship to have a certain number of manufacturers; you cannot be a world championship as a one-make series,” he said.

“We hope to attract manufacturers, meet the conditions and hopefully the FIA will grant us world championship status.”

Formula E is starting out as a one-make championship, but the rules have been framed to allow manufacturers and teams to develop their own power trains for year two of the series in 2015/2016 and their own batteries from season three.

Formula E would need the involvement of four manufacturers to become a world championship under FIA rules.

Renault – which is both a technical partner and a sponsor of the series and a backer of the e.dams team – and Indian manufacturer Mahindra – whose team is run by the British Carlin team – have both expressed an interest in producing their own power trains in the future.

Audi also has an involvement through its support of the Abt team, while BMW has admitted that its deal to supply support vehicles to the series is a statement of its interest in Formula E.

FIA president Jean Todt, who was present for the Beijing event on Saturday, described Formula E “as part of the strong assets of the FIA”.