Virgin Racing Formula E Team

The Virgin Racing Formula E Team , DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team from October 2015 to July 2018 , is a British motorsport team based in London that was founded in 2013 to participate in the FIA Formula E Championship . The team is part of the Virgin Group .

Virgin competed in Formula 1 with a team called Virgin Racing in 2010 and 2011 , the team was then taken over by Marussia .

history

On December 5, 2013, the Virgin Racing Formula E team was presented as the ninth team and the only British team in the newly founded FIA Formula E Championship, with Alex Tai becoming team principal . The drivers for the first season were Sam Bird and Jaime Alguersuari . Bird achieved two victories of the season and fifth place in the drivers' standings, Alguersuari remained without a podium and finished 13th. Virgin finished the season in fifth place in the team standings.

In the course of the last race of the season, the London ePrix , Virgin announced that it would work with Citroën from the second season of the championship . Based on DS Automobiles , the team will compete under the name DS Virgin Racing Team . The entry for the second season was then made under the name DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team . Sam Bird extended his contract with the team, his new teammate became Jean-Éric Vergne . The team finished the season in third place, Bird won a race and started from pole position three times. Vergne also achieved a pole position and two podiums.

For the third season Vergne left the team, his successor was José María López . Bird won both races in the New York City ePrix 2017 , and he and López each achieved two additional podium finishes. Alex Lynn represented López in New York City, who was also competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship . Lynn caused a sensation because he directly achieved pole position in the first race. At the end of the season the team was in fourth place in the team ranking.

Before the 2017/18 season , the team split from López. Lynn became his successor. Bird won two races and finished four more podiums, and at the end of the season he finished third in the drivers' championship. DS Virgin also took third place in the team ranking with 160 points. Shortly before the end of the season, the team parted ways with team boss Tai, successor was the team's former chief technology officer, Sylvain Filippi . At the end of the season, the team announced the separation from DS, DS took over the manufacturing license that Virgin had previously held in the course of the separation.

In the 2018/19 season , Virgin competed again with Bird, his new teammate was Robin Frijns . Both drivers were able to win races, Frijns finished the championship in fifth place, Bird in ninth place. The team took third place in the team ranking with 191 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 2014/15		AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON							133	5.
Sam Bird	02	3	1	DNF	7th	8th	°DNF °	4th	8th	DNF	6th	1
Jaime Alguersuari	03	11	9	5	4th	11	8th	DNF	12	13
Fabio Leimer											14th	DNF
FIA Formula E Championship 2015/16		AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	LON								144	3.
Sam Bird	02	°7 °	2	DNF °	°1 °	6th	6th	6th	11	7th	DNF
Jean-Éric Vergne	25th	12	DNF	°7 °	°11 °	°16 °	*13 *	2	5	3	8th
FIA Formula E Championship 2016/17		HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR						190	4th
Sam Bird	02	13	2	DNF	2	DNF	16	7th	7th	°1 °	°1 °	5	4th
José María López	37	°DNF °	10	10	6th	DNF	2	4th	5			DNF	3
Alex Lynn										DNF	DNF
FIA Formula E Championship 2017/18		HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC						160	3.
Sam Bird	02	1	5	3	5	17th	3	1	3	7th	2	8th	10
Alex Lynn	36	8th	9	9	DNF	10	6th	DNF	14th	16	16	DNF	14th
FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19		TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					191	3.
Sam Bird	02	11	3	1	9	6th	DNF	11	11	*16 *	9	4th	8th	4th
Robin Frijns	04th	12	2	5	11	3	*14 *	4th	1	*17 *	13	DNF	DNF	1
FIA Formula E Championship 2019/20		TO YOU		SAN	MEX	MAR	BER		BER		BER							121	4th
Sam Bird	02	1	DNF	10	DNF	10	3	6th	13	11	20th	5
Robin Frijns	04th	5	DNF	15th	DSQ	12	DNF	4th	2	DNS	2	DNF

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Web links

Commons : Virgin Racing Formula E Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer: "Branson is back: Virgin ninth team in Formula E". Motorsport-Total.com, December 5, 2013, accessed September 15, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Timo Pape: "Virgin confirms Alguersuari and Bird". Motorsport-Total.com, May 13, 2014, accessed September 15, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Norman Fischer: Citroen enters Formula E: DS connects with Virgin. Motorsport-Total.com, June 27, 2015, accessed June 29, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Season two team names confirmed. (No longer available online.) FIAFormulaE.com, July 29, 2015, archived from the original on August 1, 2015 ; accessed on July 30, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: After 3 years: Virgin Racing separates from engine partner DS. e-Formel.de, July 22, 2018, accessed on August 13, 2018 .