Is the 2016-17 season the year of the Dragon?
Season three begins a promising partnership with Dragon Racing with Faraday Future, their title sponsor and technical partner, as the two work together to propel their car forward.
The company will look at designing software for the team as well as having their R&D team strive to find ways of developing the team’s own drivetrain, the Penske 701-EV, which they will use for the first time this season before more work goes on for season four.
Otherwise, it is status quo for the team as Jerome d’Ambrosio and Loic Duval partner each other for the third consecutive season.
The Brussels race in July next year will mark the 25th race since the two drivers first began working together at the Miami ePrix in season one.
For the second season in succession last year they managed one race win with d’Ambrosio in Mexico City, in controversial circumstances when Lucas di Grassi was disqualified for having an underweight car.
It was the second time that d’Ambrosio had inherited a win from the Brazilian. The Belgian also stood on the podium on two other occasions after third-place finishes in Punta del Este and in the second race in London. Duval came close, finishing fourth on four occasions.
The team finished the 2015-16 season in fourth in the Teams’ Championship behind Renault e.dams, ABT Schaeffler Audi and DS Virgin Racing. The team scored 143 points, just one less than Virgin, whom they fought hard with for position near the end of the season.
After finishing second in season two, the target will surely be to get back into the top three in the championship.
Ahead of the new season, here is a look at the team’s pre-season testing results, drivers and predictions.
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