At the beginning of August, Esteban made his debut at the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow during test drives on Mallorca .
Over the course of the season, he will support the two deployment drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries as well as the replacement and development driver Gary Paffett in the further development of the new car.
“I'm looking forward to continuing my role in the Mercedes-Benz family as a replacement and development driver in Formula E,” said Esteban. “I would like to thank the crew for the opportunity to start this new and exciting chapter together with him.”
Formula E is no new territory for Esteban. Apart from his test with the crew in Mallorca he went in the season 17 already at three E-prix in Mexico City, Monaco and Paris at the launch. Between and Formula 1 Grand Prix for Sauber and Haas.
Also in the Mercedes-Benz Motorsport family he is no stranger: in the year he assisted Esteban Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport as part of the simulator program, since 23 as the simulator and development driver of the group, which recently won the World Cup double for the sixth time in a row.
“In our debut season in Formula E, we're expecting a lot of challenges, and I'm more pleased to have Esteban as another experienced pilot for our crew,” said Team Principal Ian James. “Esteban has done a great job in the test drives in Mallorca and has been a great addition to our team, with a lot of experience from his missions in various racing series such as Formula 1, Formula E and Indycar, but he also has a lot of technology the further development and tuning of a car in the simulator, we are confident that he will support usain very well in his role as replacement and development driver with Gary in the upcoming tasks in our debut season. “
In exactly one week, the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Crew will make its race debut in the electric racing series at the season opener in Diriyah. Then find on . and 23. November the first two E-prix of the season
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