Lucas di Grassi seals Venturi move for 2022 Formula E season
The 37-year-old Brazilian has contested every season of Formula E with Audi since the series’ incepti🐲on in 2014 and has won a total of 12 races, as well as the 2016-17 championship title.
With the German marquee exiting 👍Formula E at the conclusion of season seven, di Grassi has sealed a switch to Venturi, where he will parter Edoardo Mortara, in a move that was announced on Wednesday.
“Anyone who knows me knows how c🗹ompetitive I am,” said di Grassi, who finished seventh in the 2020-21 world championship. “Driving for a team that I know can fight at the front and really challenge for the championship is essential for me.
“ROKiT Venturi Racing was simply the best choice and♔ I’m really happy to be part of the team. The team performed very, very well last season. You can see that the team has progressed a lot in recent year💛s. The momentum is really there, and they have shown clear improvements in every area.
“Edo had a fantastic season, really strong, he was fighting for the title until the very end and there were many times over the season that I was racing both Venturi cars and I could see how competitive 🃏they were.”
💎Monaco-based Venturi enjoyed its most competitive F𝓡ormula E campaign yet in 2020-21, winning two races on its way to finishing seventh in the constructors’ standings, while Mortara claimed runner-up spot behind champion Nyck de Vries.
Venturi team principal Susie Wolff said: “Last season we demonstrated that we have a strong package, th♛ere were many highlights throughout the🌸 season starting with a podium and finishing with a win.
“Edo showcased to everyone what we have known all along - that he’s a World Championship conten🔯der. Moving forward to Season 8, Edo is joined by Lucas - a proven Formula E Championship winner who also brings a wealth of experience.
“They will push each other and drive us forward🌃 as a team. To have both cars scoring points in every race is essential for us for the Team’s Championship and with our new driver line-up, there’s a lot to feel optimistic about heading into Season 8.”
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