Techeetah Formula E Team

The Techeetah Formula E Team (spelling: TECHEETAH) is a Chinese motorsport team that has been competing in the FIA Formula E Championship since the 2016/17 season . It is located on the sports marketing company SECA ( S ports E ntertainment C ontent A ctivation) owned by the Chinese corporation China Media Capital and went in 2016 from the team Aguri forth.

history

In April 2016, the Aguri team announced that team founder Aguri Suzuki was leaving the team and that discussions were underway with a new investor. On July 1, 2016, the organizers of the FIA ​​Formula E Championship announced that the team would enter the 2016/17 season under the name Techeetah . In the debut season, the team competed with the Renault drive unit, which Renault e.dams also used, making it the only customer team in the championship. Part of the staff was taken over by the Aguri team, so Mark Preston is still team boss, Leo Thomas also remained technical director.

Ma Qinghua and Jean-Éric Vergne were confirmed as drivers a few days later . Qinghua was replaced after three races of the season by Esteban Gutiérrez , who in turn was replaced after three races by Stéphane Sarrazin . The team ended the first season with one win and six more podium finishes in fifth place in the team standings.

In the season 2017/18 Techeetah joined with Vergne and André Lotterer on. Once again, the team took to the start with the Renault drive unit and was the only customer team in the championship. Vergne won four races, achieved two more podium finishes, and scored points in every race of the season, winning the drivers' title for the first time. Lotterer ended the season as the best rookie with two podium finishes in eighth place overall. At the end of the season, the team finished second in the team ranking with 262 points.

In the 2018/19 season , Techeetah competed as a works team with drives from DS Automobiles . Vergne won three races and again won the driver's title, Lotterer finished eighth overall with two second places as the best results. The team won the team championship for the first time with 222 points.

statistics

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
FIA Formula E Championship 2016/17		HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR						156	5.
Jean-Éric Vergne	25th	DNF	8th	2	2	DNF	DNF	8th	6th	°2 °	8th	°2 °	1
Ma Qinghua	33	DNF	15th	16
Esteban Gutiérrez					10	8th	11
Stéphane Sarrazin								11	14th	3	*12 *	3	8th
FIA Formula E Championship 2017/18		HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC						262	2.
André Lotterer	18th	DSQ	13	DNF	2	13	12	3	6th	9	4th	7th	9
Jean-Éric Vergne	25th	2	4th	5	1	5	1	5	1	3	10	°5 °	°1 °
FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19		TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					222	1.
Jean-Éric Vergne	25th	2	5	DNF	13	13	1	14th	6th	1	3	1	14th	7th
André Lotterer	36	5	6th	13	5	11	4th	2	2	7th	DNF	14th	17th	DNF
FIA Formula E Championship 2019/20		TO YOU		SAN	MEX	MAR	BER		BER		BER							244	1.
António Félix da Costa	13	°14 °	°10 °	°2 °	°2 °	°1 °	°1 °	°1 °	°4 °	°2 °	°DNF °	°10 °
Jean-Éric Vergne	25th	DNF	8th	DNF	4th	3	NC	10	3	1	18th	7th

( Legend )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Team Aguri: Team founder Suzuki leaves - Qing-Hua Ma comes. Motorsport-Total.com, April 20, 2016, accessed August 22, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Norman Fischer: Two new names: Third Formula E season with ten teams. Motorsport-Total.com, July 1, 2016, accessed August 22, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Vergne signs with the new Techeetah team - with Renault engine. e-Formel.de, July 4, 2016, accessed on July 4, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Sam Smith: Techeetah: The inside line on Formula E's newest team. Motorsport.com, July 27, 2016, accessed August 22, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: Chinese Techeetah team with Vergne and Ma. Motorsport-Total.com, July 7, 2016, accessed August 22, 2016 . 

Web links

• Techeetah Official Website (English / Chinese)