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august 13, 2020 - DS Performance
Bad luck across the board for DS TECHEETAH in Round 10
Season 6 Teams’ and Drivers’ Champions DS TECHEETAH’s winning streak came to an end today at the Tempelhof Airport at the 10th round of the ABB FIA Formula E championship.
After starting at the back of the grid after failing to qualify within the set time, both drivers worked their way up the field only to finish in the back after Jean-Éric Vergne picked up a drive through penalty and #antoniofelixdacosta had a car failure.
Mark Preston, DS TECHEETAH Team Principal:
“This clearly wasn’t the day for us, but every day can be on the top step of the podium. This is Formula E, this is how it works. We took a big gamble in qualifying today and even though it didn’t pan out as planned, it was the right decision to at least try. That’s part of wining, trying to extract every single bit of performance, sometimes you succeed, sometimes you don’t. We still have a good chance to secure the second place for Jean-Éric tomorrow”
Xavier Mestelan Pinon, DS Performance Director:
“We are champions, but we are neither invincible nor immortal! This result reminds us that we must not lower our guard down and that is a good thing to approach the next season with a knife between our teeth. Until then, we will try to set the record straight for the last race tomorrow and get the second position in the driver’s championship for Jean-Éric.”
Jean-Éric Vergne, P18:
“The race was going fine today. I had a good amount of energy and was starting to make my way up the field. Sadly, we had a drive through penalty for over cooling the battery on the grid which made it race over for me. Nevertheless, we continued the race to gather some data and now we re-set for tomorrow.”
Antonio Felix Da Costa, DNF:
“Some days things are not going your way and today was one of them. But to be honest, it’s okay because I have so much to be grateful for and you can’t always be at the front. I had good fun #racing from the back today and made it up to P11 and were set to finish there or P10 until we came to the final lap and my car shutdown. We still don’t know how it happened; I’m sitting with my engineers to figure it out as we speak.”
ABOUT DS TECHEETAH
TECHEETAH Formula-E team is a Chinese #racing team in the all-electric street #racing series, ABB FIA Formula E. The team is owned by SECA (Shanghai) Limited.
The team won the 2017/2018 Drivers' Championship title with Jean-Éric Vergne and together with André Lotterer, the team secured second place in the Teams' Championship in the 2017/2018 season of Formula E.
Since the 2018/2019 season of the all-electric championship, TECHEETAH partnered with DS Automobiles to become DS TECHEETAH. The team won the 2018/2019 Teams’ Championship and Drivers' Championship title with Jean-Éric Vergne.
ABOUT CHINA MEDIA CAPITAL (CMC)
China Media Capital ("CMC"), founded and chaired by #ruigangli, is one of the most prestigious names in media and entertainment investment and operation in China and global markets. CMC has created and grown a number of champions and emerging leaders in the sectors of media and entertainment, Internet and mobile, and life style, covering film, television, music, sports, location-based entertainment, financial media, financial data service, online-video, smart TV, advertising, social network, game, online-education, e-commerce, O2O and etc.
ABOUT SECA
Headquartered in #Shanghai, SECA is a leading Chinese sports marketing and management company specializing in sports talent representation, event management and content/IP development. The company's investors include China Media Capital (CMC) Holdings and member of NBA Hall of Fame, Yao Ming.
ABOUT DS AUTOMOBILES
Driven by the spirit of the avant-garde and backed by an exceptional heritage - that of the 1955 DS, the DS brand, launched in 2015, aims to embody French luxury savoir-faire in the #automotive industry. DS Automobiles is Groupe PSA's Premium brand. Designed for a customer base looking for personal expression and eager for new technologies, the second generation of DS models combines refinement and cutting-edge technology. With DS 7 CROSSBACK, DS 3 CROSSBACK and DS 9, the DS brand is launching a range of six vehicles worldwide, all offered in an electrified version under the E-TENSE label.
DS 3 CROSSBACK E-TENSE, 100% electric, DS 7 CROSSBACK E-TENSE 225 and DS 7 CROSSBACK E-TENSE 4x4, a plug-in hybrid with 300 horsepower and 4-wheel drive for only 30 grams of CO2 per km, benefit from DS savoir-faire acquired with the Formula E Drivers and Teams Championship titles in 2018/2019. For its discerning customers, DS Automobiles has created "ONLY YOU, the DS Experience", its exclusive service programme for a unique brand experience.
With a presence in 39 countries, the DS brand has created and is developing an exclusive distribution network that includes 400 DS STORES and DS SALONS throughout the world.
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