Formula E Adds E.Dams Team Founded by Alain Prost and Jean-Paul Driot

Formula E is preparing for its inaugural season next September and has added another team to the first year of competition. In addition to Andretti Autosport, Dragon Racing, Drayson Racing and China Racing, there will be the E.Dams team founded by four-time F1 World Champion Alain Prost and Jean-Paul Driot, founder of the Dams team in GP2 and Formula 3.5.

“Being the race enthusiast that I am, I was immediately convinced by this new concept of using fully electric single-seater cars and believe it will shape the future of motorsport. The implementation of new technologies, in the heart of the most beautiful cities in the world and in front of a young audience, lays the path for a new form of motorsport,” said Driot.

The Dams team has scored multiple championships in the lower rungs of open-wheel racing and just won the drivers’ and teams’ 2013 Formula RenaultRenaultFrance, 1898 > present189 models
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3.5 championship.

Formula E hopes to have 10 teams for its 10-race 2014 calendar, and E.Dams is the fifth confirmed team so far. For the first season, all teams will use the Spark-Renault SRT-01E. The chassis will be built by Dallara in Italy; the 268hp electric motors will come from McLarenMcLarenUnited Kingdom, 1963 > present92 models
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, and the batteries come from WilliamsWilliamsUnited Kingdom, 1977 > present37 models
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. Power will be limited to 178hp during races to increase range.