Berlin's Formula E race is set to change location for a second time in three years after the city senate voted against hosting the event on Karl-Marx-Allee in 2017.
Berlin is the only city to have featured on all three of Formula E's calendars so far, with the inaugural edition of the ePrix being held at the disused Tempelhof Airport on the outskirts of Germany's capital in 2015.
The 2016 race was moved into the city centre after the Tempelhof site was turned into a refugee camp, with a circuit being built in the eastern part of the city near Alexanderplatz.
Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag has previously coined the phrase 'doing a Berlin' and gaining a better location after being forced to move, and had hoped to do something similar for the London race following Battersea Park's decision to stop hosting it after 2016.
However, Agag is now facing the prospect of 'doing a Berlin' once again after the city senate voted against holding the race at its 2016 location due to the pressure placed on local residents and traffic.
"We are in constant dialogue and cooperating with local authorities to determine the final location of the race and are thankful for the continued interest and support shown from the mayor to host a race in the city of Berlin," a spokesperson from Formula E told Motorsport Week.
A return to Tempelhof has been mooted as a possible option for 2017, although the site continues to house refugees following crises in the Middle East in recent years.
The 2017 Berlin ePrix is due to take place on June 10.
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