DS Techeetah driver Jean-Eric Vergne insists his approach will not change he🔯ading into the 2018-19 FIA Formula E Championship’s title-deciding New York finale. 

Vergne boasts a 32-point cushi🍌on over Audi’s Lucas di Grassi after taking his third win of the season at last month’s Swiss E-Prix in Bern, which marked his third straight podium appearance following a third place finish in Berlin and victory in Monaco.  

At this weekend's sea🔯son-ending double header in New York, the Frenchman has the chance to create FE history by becoming the first driver to successfully defend a title, while he can also be crowned the series’ first multiple champion in the process. 

Asked if will have a more conservative approach with the title on the line, Vergne told mahbx.comཧ, “No, it doesn’t change anything. 

“Obviously last year I came and wanted to finish the championship on the Saturday, this year I have more points so that is 🌌the target. 

"You always need to have high targets✨ if you want to win. Thatꦅ’s my target for the weekend and then Sunday we will see what happens. 

“I have one race to really do well on Saturday and then we will see. But the mentaliꦚty is always the same - same approach, I’m not going to be extra cautious.

“I’m just going to do what I love🐲 doing, which is rac🔜ing and when I have to overtake or defend, I will go for it.”

DS Techeetah could also claim its first FE teams’ championship crown and currently holds a 43-point buffer to reigning champio🅷ns Audi.

“I’ll just a𒉰ttack this weekend like it was any other,” Vergne added.  

“You are preparing yourself no better than the other times, same preparation, it’s not because it is the finale 𝓰that you are suddenly going to have much better preparation.

“But we did prepare for this race very well and we come with the same objective, to try and leave the weekend knowing that we maximised everything we had. 

“Sometimes maximising everything we have, with all the external factors, can be a seventh place, e♔ighth position, can be a podium, we never know. 

“But we go into this weekend with confidence. I think the last race showed that all the work we’ve bಌeen doing within the team paid off. 

“It took also some time with Techee♈tah and DS, two big entities that were diffe﷽rent, they became one and this kind of thing always takes some time. 

“We had some difficult moments at the beginning of the season𓆉 but i𓄧t is now all behind us, we are strong, and we have a good lead as well, which is always good.” 

Vergne remains calm in the knowledge that he was able to pull off the title in a similar circumstances last yea🏅r and says he can end the season satisfied regardless of the result, as he believes he is in the form of his life.

“Every scenar🍎io and every situatꦺion is always different,” he explained.

“It is just good for my mind to know that I can do it, removing a bit 🎃of pressure off of my shou🐈lders. I go into this weekend in a very calm way, knowing that I’ve done it before.

“Whether I win or don’t win, I think it’s fair ⛦to say that I am in the best form of my career, regardless of what happens thi🧔s weekend.

“We could have a failure on Saturday and somebody crashing in𓄧to me on Sunday and the other guy is having two very good races and winning the championship, so this is part of the sport.

“There is nothing you can do and anything can happen. You stay humble in this situation but I think it’s fair to say, re💃gardless of my results, I am in the best form of my career, that’s for sure.”