Virgin unveils its colors, Frijns joins Bird

The veil has been lifted on the decoration of the car electric fielded by Virgin Racing for the 2018-19 season Formula e Friday at the Silverstone circuit (Great Britain). In its purple appearance (historical color of the team since 2014), actually hides the Audi e-tron FE05.

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The German manufacturer has indeed sealed a technical partnership with the English team, and will supply its single-seaters with the Audi Schaeffler MGU03 powertrain. The most important information from this press conference was actually the arrival of Robin Frijns alongside Sam Bird, pivot of the team since the first season and outgoing vice-champion.

The Dutchman therefore leaves Andretti after two average seasons (12th in 2016-17 and 13th in 2017-18). " It's obvious that we have a very good package, he says. We are looking forward to the pre-season testing. » The season will begin in Saudi Arabia, in Dariya on December 15.