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Nissan purchases e.dams for full control over Formula E race team

Nissan purchases e.dams for full control over Formula E race team

The e.dams side of the team – an off-shoot of the DAMS operation in Formula 2 – has competed in Formula E since the series’ inception in 2014, firstly as the operator of the Renault outfit before the French manufacturer made way for Nissan.

With Renault, e.dams won the first three Formula E teams’ championships – and has managed a second place overall since Nissan entered the series in the 2018-19 season.

Following the death of team founder Jean-Paul Driot, his sons Olivier and Gregory took over the reins of the DAMS outfit but have since sold the F2 side of the team to ex-Formula 1 driver Charles Pic.

They retained majority control of the Formula E team, but Nissan has now bought out that part of the business ahead of the beginning of the Gen3 regulations due for the 2022-23 season.

“Since we started in 2018 with e.dams, our relationship was extremely good, and we are collaborating with each other and we had great successes in last three to four years,” Nissan chief…

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