Judge rejects lawsuit tied to controversial 2017 Montreal Formula E car race [Video]

An entrepreneur who sued the City of Montreal for not considering his bid to organize a 2017 electric car race has failed to obtain the more than $3 million in compensation he was seeking.

A judge suggested there’s no proof Alexandre Choko would have made money — even if he had been selected to run the much-criticized Formula E event, which was cancelled after one year with a multimillion-dollar deficit.

“According to the preponderance of the evidence, Choko would not have made a profit under a service contract,” Superior Court Justice Louis Charette wrote in a decision earlier this month.

Choko sued in 2018 after Montreal’s auditor general released a report that accused former mayor Denis Coderre of using a non-profit company to circumvent rules to hold the race.

That report said Coderre and his office were warned several times by their legal representatives that the non-profit — Montréal c’est …