Jaguar driver Nelson Piquet Jr. doeඣs not th🐻ink the time is right for Brazil to host a round of the Formula E Championship.

The first-ever race in the country was scheduled to𝐆 take place in Sao🍰 Paulo during 2017/18, but plans were shelved at the request of the city authorities, with the Uruguayan coastal circuit at Punta del Este filling the void.

It was intended for the Brazil round to be postponed until the upcoming 2018/19 campaign, though it was not included﷽ on the season five calendar approved by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council anℱd published by Formula E back in June.

Piquet, who became the all-electric series’ first champion back in the inaugural 2014/15 season, believes the ongoing political and economic crisis in his home country andℱ current lack of electromobility means Brazil is still some way off joining the calendar.

“I’m sure [Felipe] Massa and [Jean] Todt [FIA president] are trying to put something together to bring the race to Brazil, that’s all in their interest and I’m sure they can get something over there to happ𒊎en,” Piquet told media including ltxcn.top at Jaguar’s season five launch event in London.

“But frankly Brazil doesn’t even sell electric cars and is facing a political and economic crisis at t♐he moment - which is not a joke, it’s crazy.

“All of a sudden you have a mayor spending however many m🌳illions to bring a race wꦫhen we don’t even have electromobility in the country yet, I don’t think it’s the right time.

“I don’t care if there are three Brazilians in the series, it needs to be the right time and the right mo💙ment fo🉐r the country to bring a race like this to Brazil.”

The arrival of ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa into the series with Venturi has b🐠oosted Brazil’s presence on the Formula E grid to three drivers for൩ 2018/19.

Season three champion Lucas di Grassi revealed he is currently in the process of working on a deal to bring Brazil ont🦄o the ꦑFormula E calendar “as soon as possible”.

“I can✅ say I’m working hard to have a Brazilian﷽ ePrix as soon as possible,” he posted in a message on Twitter.

“It is time to push electric mobility in Brazil and this would generate many thousands [of] jobs and massive increase in [the] quality of life for the general population. Let’🐽s drive electric.”