![]() But Techeetah, and as we’ve seen, Jean too, thrive when they’re unfancied. But even then, the meteoric rise both of himself and a team unfancied to prevail in the ultimate fights of motorsport wasn’t to be expected. He’d scored 117 points, taken a victory and four more podiums, and ranked 5th in the final standings. Like Season Two, Jean-Eric finished on a high note. They worked a charm – simplistic technology allowed the team to focus on their strategic growth, and make sure their race outfit was as slick as could be. It was yet more no-brainers which got the duo to this position, too: Renault customer power units, fresh from the e-dams team which had been Formula E’s leading force since the series’ inception. He’d proven himself and made sure his name, along with Techeetah’s, struck a chord of respect and concern among rivals. In the last round of the season, in Montreal’s Race 2, he took outright victory. No more barren runs, no more causes for concern. The signs were there, that he’d righted his wrongs and learned his lessons. Season Three was a marked improvement for Jean-Eric versus what had gone before Race 1 in Hong Kong ended in retirement, but that was followed up with mightily impressive consistency – every single race he finished was in a points-paying position. Picking up an ex-F1 impresser riding a wave of rediscovered form was a no-brainer.Īnd this was only the start of a string of inspired moves that would propel Jean-Eric and Formula E’s plucky underdogs into the conversation for the series’ most dominant partnerships. Team Aguri – yes, the team which gave fellow Red Bull Racing near-misser Antonio Felix da Costa his Formula E break – were acquired by SECA – China Media Capital and their maiden galaxy brain move was to go hand-in-hand into Season Three with a driver who in the last four races of his DS Virgin annus horribilis, burst out of the rubble with 50 points, two podiums and a third denied by penalties. Techeetah Formula E Team is a global team with unique access to Chinese and European fans through our two star drivers next year.” (Sheng Li, founder and CEO of SECA) “Racing in Formula E opens up marketing, R&D and fan engagement possibilities for global and Chinese brands. …although to the naked eye, it wouldn’t have looked it. And after his lowest electro-ebb with DS Virgin, the only way was up… That was 2014, though, and the two years since were spent trying to find elusive glory in Formula E. At the end, they dropped the funding, and forced him to walk alone. Seven trying years spent under Red Bull’s watchful eye amounted to little more than heartbreak, as he watched not one but two paths into the A-team evaporate before his eyes. Step into the world of Jean-Eric Vergne, year 2016.
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