Electric racing beginners to total fleshy day of attempting out following subsequent weekend’s E-Prix in Morocco
With a runt bit more than a week to switch until the fifth spherical of the 2019/20 ABB FIA Contrivance E Championship takes jam on the streets of Marrakesh, Morocco, the fleshy line-up of original potential taking part in the knowledgeable rookie test on Sunday, 1 March has been printed.
The present leader of the group championship standings, BMW i ANDRETTI MOTORSPORT has announced BMW DTM driver Lucas Auer and Andretti youngster Kyle Kirkwood as their rookie driver paring to verify the BMW iFE.20 in Marrakesh.
Panasonic Jaguar Racing has lined-up Sacha Fenestraz, who final 12 months received the Japanese Contrivance 3 Championship alongside Jamie Chadwick. Chadwick returns to Contrivance E attempting out as winner of the inaugural W Series.
Jake Hughes, who used to be no longer too long ago confirmed for one more season in the FIA Contrivance 3 Championship and DTM driver Daniel Juncadella have been lined-up because the rookie test drivers for Mercedes-Benz EQ Contrivance E Group.
Joining reigning group champion DS TECHEETAH would possibly be James Rossiter and Filipe Albuquerque. While Rossiter has already received some Contrivance E abilities below his belt, this would per chance be the predominant time Albuquerque will force a Contrivance E automobile.
Nissan e.dams will field test and reserve driver Mitsunori Takaboshi and simulator driver Jann Mardenborough on 1 March.
Kelvin van der Linde and Mattia Drudi will test for the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Contrivance E Group. The two children from South Africa and Italy have long been fragment of the Audi family and must level-headed now derive a entire test day every to create abilities in the fully electrical collection.
Alice Powell had been chosen by Envision Virgin Racing to be one among its two rookie drivers to take part in the in-season test. The Dare To Be Diversified (D2BD) ambassador would possibly be joined by Novel Zealand born racer Nick Cassidy, who’s currently competing in the Astronomical GT Championship.
ROKiT Venturi Racing has confirmed the identical rookie test line-up as in season 5. Arthur Leclerc – brother of Contrivance One driver Charles Leclerc – will as soon as more be joined by Frenchman Norman Nato. Each and each will take the wheel of the Silver Arrow 01 for the predominant time.
Novel Contrivance E entrant TAG Heuer Porsche Contrivance E Group are lining-up Porsche works driver Frederic Makowieki and test and pattern driver Thomas Preining for the test.
At Mahindra Racing Belgian Sam Dejonghe, who already took fragment in final 12 months’s rookie test in Marrakesh for Mahindra, would possibly be joined by Brazilian Luis Felipe (Pipo) Derani.
GEOX DRAGON will place BMW DTM driver Joel Eriksson to the test in the serve of the wheel of the Penske EV-4. The Swede would possibly be joined by Brazilian driver Sergio Sette Camara who competed in the FIA Contrivance 2 Championship in the final three seasons.
Finishing the grid and attempting out for NIO 333 FE Group would possibly be Chinese driver Daniel Cao and Italian Antonio Fuoco, they’re going to derive in the serve of the wheel of the NIO FE-005.
The rookie drivers will take to the music on Sunday, 1 March, the day after the 2020 Marrakesh E-Prix. Testing will kick off with a morning session from 10: 00 to 13: 00 and continue in the afternoon from 14: 00 to 17: 00.
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