{"id":11920,"date":"2022-10-18T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=11920"},"modified":"2022-11-25T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:30:25","slug":"updated-formula-e-driver-lineup-ds-penske-adds-championship-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/10\/18\/updated-formula-e-driver-lineup-ds-penske-adds-championship-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Formula E Driver Lineup: DS Penske confirms Championship duo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>With three more drivers announced over the last week, the Season 9 Formula E grid is near completion. Which seats remain open?<\/h2>\n<p>While the news was circulating well over a month ago, DS Penske finally made it official. Talk about a transformation. Last season the team consisted of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/09\/18\/formula-e-2023-driver-lineup-nio-333-confirms-sergio-sette-camara\/\" target=\"_self\">Sergio Sette Camara<\/a> and Antonio Giovinazzi. They finished bottom of the standings with just two points, coming from Sette Camara toward the end of last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformulae.com\/en\/news\/2022\/october\/ds-penske\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Now they have<\/a> two-time Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne and reigning series Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/08\/14\/formula-e-5-takeaways-from-the-seoul-e-prix-round-16\/\" target=\"_self\">Stoffel Vandoorne<\/a>. Experience &amp; talent. With a massively upgraded driver pairing and a new partnership with Penske, how far can the team climb in Season 9?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PENSKE AUTOSPORT partners with DS Automobiles and fields winning drivers Vandoorne-Vergne for Season 9 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fiaformula?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#fiaformula<\/a> world championship<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dspenske_fe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#dspenske_fe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qnqdBbuDt0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qnqdBbuDt0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DS PENSKE FORMULA E TEAM (@ds_penske_fe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ds_penske_fe\/status\/1580228180845084673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Director of DS Performance Thomas Chevaucher spoke about his all-star lineup:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are starting this partnership in the best possible way by having two champions in the team! Thanks to Stoffel and Jean-Eric, we probably have one of the best line-ups and also the fastest pairing on the grid. With the powertrain and software expertise of DS Performance, we are now in an ideal position to continue our hunt for victories and titles.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Current Formula E Driver Lineup \u2013 Season 9<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ABT<\/strong>: Robin Frijns &amp; Nico Muller<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avalanche Andretti<\/strong>: Jake Dennis &amp; Andre Lotterer<\/li>\n<li><strong>DS Penske<\/strong>: Stoffel Vandoorne<sup id=\"cite_ref-Mercedes_7-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> &amp; Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne<\/li>\n<li><strong>Envision<\/strong>: Nick Cassidy &amp; Sebastien Buemi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jaguar<\/strong>: Mitch Evans &amp; Sam Bird<\/li>\n<li><strong>McLaren<\/strong>: Rene Rast &amp;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TBD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mahindra<\/strong>: Oliver Rowland &amp; Lucas di Grassi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maserati<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TBD<\/span> (both seats)<\/li>\n<li><strong>NIO 333<\/strong>: Sergio Sette Camara &amp; Dan Ticktum<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nissan<\/strong>: Norman Nato &amp; Sacha Fenestraz<\/li>\n<li><strong>Porsche<\/strong>: Pascal Wehrlein &amp; Antonio Felix da Costa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Techeetah<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TBD<\/span> (both seats)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Remaining Seats<\/h3>\n<p>We just saw <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/10\/15\/dan-ticktum-signs-with-nio333-for-second-season\/\" target=\"_self\">Dan Ticktum<\/a> get picked up by NIO 333 for a second season. While <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/10\/13\/f2-nyck-de-vries-top-5-moments-from-2019-championship\/\" target=\"_self\">Nyck de Vries<\/a> is officially off the Formula E grid following his move to AlphaTauri in F1 next year. But that still leaves five potential seats remaining. The second at McLaren and both spots for Maserati and Techeetah. And there are still plenty of drivers in contention. After two stellar seasons, it is expected that Edoardo Mortara will drive for Maserati, who replaces Venturi. Why not announce him? Well, he was rumored to be paired with de Vries, so the team is likely looking for the best partner option now to make a team announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Will a team pick up long-term vet Oliver Turvey or perhaps go for Maximilian G\u00fcnther? It seems unlikely that Antonio Giovinazzi, Oliver Askew, or Alexander Sims will return for Season 9. Formula 2&#8217;s Jake Hughes has been rumored to be in contention or could they dip into Season 7 for the likes of Alex Lynn or Joel Eriksson? And will Techeetah even end up fielding a team next year? Pre-season testing kicks off in just about two months.\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-Askew_25-0\" class=\"reference\"><sup id=\"cite_ref-MahindraSims_27-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n<h5>Featured Image Credit: Sam Bloxham<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With three more drivers announced over the last week, the Season 9 Formula E grid is near completion. Which seats remain open? While the news was circulating well over a month ago, DS Penske finally made it official. Talk about a transformation. Last season the team consisted of Sergio Sette Camara and Antonio Giovinazzi. 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