3.4.2019. The next milestone for the Mercedes-Benz EQ formula E Team: First exit of the new cars in the Italian Varano.
Stoffel Vandoorne and Venturi driver Edoardo Mortara completed the first test kilometres with the Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01
The car appealed to the Shakedown and the first two test days, a total of 527 km
Toto Wolff: “We have not only achieved an important milestone, but also a solid Basis for the further development.”
The racing debut of the Mercedes-Benz EQ formula E Teams is getting closer. In the past week, the Team completed the next milestone on the way to his first race in the FIG FIA formula E season six. In the Italian Varano Stoffel Vandoorne and Edoardo Mortara completed last Wednesday to Friday the first exit of the new Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01.
Edoardo Mortara went in the last two years for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport in the DTM at the Start, and is connected to the Team. In the case of the test drives in Varano the Venturi is a jumped-Pilot for Gary Paffett, who was at the Intercontinental GT Challenge Laguna Seca.
On the first day of the Shakedown of the new car what on the program, in the course of the Team in accordance with the regulations, a maximum of 50 miles was set to check the system. All in all, the new car, completed the first test days of 527 km. The goal was to collect as many information and data as possible on the first Version of the Power Unit and the rest of the drive.
“If a new race car for the first Time, comes to life and on the track, in addition to driving, is always a very special Moment,” said Mercedes-Benz Motorsport chief Toto Wolff. “We have not only reached an important milestone for our young Team, but also a solid Basis for the further development. Up to our race debut at the start of the season at the end of this year, a lot of work is still ahead of us.“
“We are with the progress of our first Tests with the new car very satisfied,” said Ian James, Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz Formula E Ltd. “The first days of testing in Varano were a very important step in the development of our team. Experts from our facilities in Affalterbach, Brackley, Brixworth and Stuttgart came together, the left after a successful work as members of a team again – it was the birth of the Mercedes-Benz EQ formula E Teams. In the coming weeks and months, many more milestones will follow on the way to our first race.“
Mercedes-Benz EQ formula E Team, Test, Varano
