Just 0.4kW is all that officially keeps Stephane Sarrazin out of the Formula E race winners list, which comprises 22 names in its eight seasons so far. The versatile Frenchman crossed the line first in the inaugural London E-Prix of 2015, but was denied victory by the smallest of margins for overuse of energy that resulted in a 49-second penalty. Yet, had his mid-season move to the future title-winning Techeetah squad in 2017 been made permanent, he believes that statistic could have been righted.
Then a Toyota LMP1 driver in the World Endurance Championship, Sarrazin had been in Formula E from the beginning in 2014, approached by Venturi boss Gildo Pastor to join his startup Monaco-based team.
“We started from zero,” the 46-year-old one-time grand prix starter says, “and we brought the team in a very good position in the championship. We were many races in the points, 11 races in a row and sixth overall in the drivers championship [in 2015-16].”
But after taking Venturi…
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