Trulli Formul🌄a E has announced it is ending🌊 its participation in the Formula E championship with immediate effect.

Former F1 star Jarno Trulli set up his team ahead of the inaugural season after taking over the entry from Drayson Racing. F🐈or the second season the team became one of the eight approved manufacturers but problꦕems with supply and technical issues with its Motomatica JT-01 has forced the team to sit out the opening two rounds of the 2015/16 season in Beijing and Putrajaya.

The team had hoped for a belated start to its second season this weekend at the Punt🍃a del Este ePrix but the issues have proven too great and as a result Trulli Formula E has given up its entry in the series, which means 18 cars will line up on the grid on December 💖19th.

"After failing scrutineering in the Beijing and Putrayaja ePrix and in light of our commercial agreement with Formula E Holdings, we are forced to announce the retirement of Trulli Formula E from the FIA Formula E Championship," Frances▨co Test, CEO of Trulli GP, said. "As major supporters of this all electric series, we are pleased to leave space for a new OEM to enter the series and further help develop the series and electric racing technology."

Formula E CEO Alejandr꧒o Agag says he's thoroughly frustrated by the decision and to lose a star name like Jarno Trulli but is confident a new team and manufact🧜urer can now step forward and take its place.

"We are disappointed 🐲that Trulli has decided to leave the championship," Agag said. "Having a driver of the status of Jarno Trulli involved in the early days certainly helped to boost the credibility of Formula E.

"Taking the decision to become a full manufacturer was a bold one, and one that was always going to present challenges due to the technical advances that Formula E is pioneering. While we are very sad to see Trulli leave, this does create an opportunity for a new team and manufacturer to🍸 enter and we are very confident about the futur𒅌e strength of the series."