New season and ambition intact for Jean-Eric Vergne. A few weeks before the first race of season 11 of Formula E which will take place on December 7 in Sao Paulo, the driver of the DS Penske team intends to return to the top step of the podium. During the presentation of the team’s new single-seater which inaugurates the era of Gen3 EVO, Motors Inside took the opportunity to hand the microphone to the only double champion of the discipline.
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Hello Jean-Eric.
You are about to start your 8th Formula E season with DS Automobiles. Why such an attachment to this brand?
It’s like a marriage. You keep him going in good times and bad. I really like this company and the people who work on the team, they are amazing. We’re here to win and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I consider myself to be at the peak of my performance in Formula E and very motivated to continue for a long time. As long as my goals and those of the team are aligned, there will be no reason to change. I am certainly the driver who has stayed with the same team the longest. This demonstrates the trust I have and my loyalty. I think the best years are ahead of us so I have no reason to leave the Stellantis motorsports division.
You have already been able to test the Gen3 EVO at Nogaro in September. How is it different to ride compared to the previous Gen3?
There is already a little more grip on the tires. The four-wheel drive makes a huge difference, we gain a good two seconds per lap. It radically changes the car. With 350 kW, these are really starting to be cars that go very fast. So it’s nice to have developments that allow us to gain so many seconds.
