Mahindra Racing has signed former Formula E World Champion Lucas Di Grassi, the most decorated driver in the championship’s history with a career that includes Formula One and three podiums at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Di Grassi will contest the all-electric series from season 9, with the aim of taking the championship title within the Gen3 era along with Oliver Rowland while Alexander Sims leaves to pursue other opportunities. Furthermore, the series will visit Hyderabad in India for the first time making it an exciting 2023 season for Mahindra Racing.
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Dilbagh Gill, CEO & Team Principal, Mahindra Racing said, “There’s no doubt that Lucas [Di Grassi] is one of the greatest Formula E drivers in the history of the sport – the stats and the silverware do the talking – but, for us, his appeal is much wider than that. We are the only team that has been net carbon zero since inception, earning us the title of The Greenest Team in Motorsport, and it is fundamental to our existence that we are driving forward technological developments in electric mobility with passion and knowledge both on- and off-track. We believe Lucas is perfectly positioned to do this and we are ready to get him bedded into our ground-breaking Gen3 programme within the coming weeks.”
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Lucas Di Grassi, said, “Joining Mahindra represents a new challenge in my career and the timing could not be better: with the introduction of Gen3 in season nine of the FIA Formula E World Championship, everyone is starting from scratch. Having a seven-year relationship with ABT Sportsline, in which we won the world championship together, will give us a good springboard - the team will use the Mahindra Racing powered by ZF powertrain, and this additional data and my close connection to the engineers will stand us in good stead.”
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Previously, the 38-year-old Brazilian took the coveted Formula 3 World Championship victory in the Macau GP before going on to finish runner-up in FIA Formula 2 and earning himself a Formula One seat. Post-Formula One, he entered the FIA World Endurance Championship, to take three podiums with Le Mans winning team of Audi Team Joest. From winning the first ever Formula E race on the streets of Beijing back in 2014 to standing on the precipice of his 100th race this weekend in Seoul, Di Grassi has proven a competitive force throughout all eight seasons.
Di Grassi has a total of 13 race wins, a record-breaking 38 podiums, and 3 pole positions to total an unrivaled 994 championship points. In 2016-17, he won the championship with ABT Sportsline, which has recently been announced as a Mahindra Racing customer team from the start of the 2023 season.
