Formula E tested for four days at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit this week to pack in some much-needed preparations for the series’ Gen3 era.
Private shakedowns and tests of FE’s third-generation car have been fraught with problems, including heavy crashes, and some considered it crunch time at Valencia for getting things right before the season begins. But it’s not just the car that’s been changed, as the series has switched tyre supplier to Hankook and several teams have also had off-season overhauls. Here’s how each team looks going into 2023:
McLaren
Last year’s champions as Mercedes, the team has been acquired by McLaren over the off-season. It is not being run alongside the Formula 1 operation at the McLaren Technology Centre, but a separate facility in Bicester.
Ian James remains as team principal but the driver line-up is all-new. Rene Rast returns after a year away and Jake Hughes makes his debut. McLaren spent the four-day test getting acquainted with their unfamiliar Nissan hardware.
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Maserati
The Monaco-based team that competed as Venturi through FE’s first eight seasons lost its powertrain supplier Mercedes as it decided to leave the series, so struck a deal with Maserati to maintain its presence on the grid by taking on its name and also using Maserati-branded DS powertrains.
CEO Susie Wolff and team principal Jerome d’Ambrosio have left, and James Rossiter has arrived from Techeetah to take d’Ambrosio’s place, while on the driver front Edoardo Mortara remains after winning five races in the past two seasons but Lucas di Grassi is gone and Maximilian Guenther has taken his seat.
It’s already been a good start for the new signing as he was fastest overall in testing after topping multiple sessions.
Jaguar
Like Venturi, the only team to win four races last season. But they were only fourth in the teams’ standings, and Mitch Evans missed out on the title too.
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