It’s the future: China-based Seca back team for 2016-17 Formula E Championship
Techeetah will make their debut when the third FIA Formula E Championship series kicks off in Hong Kong around on the weekend of October 8-9
China’s hand in the fledgling Formula E circuit has been strengthened with major mainland-based sports marketing and management players Seca throwing their weight behind a team for the 2016-17 season.
“We think it’s the future, simple as that,” Seca founder and CEO Sheng Li told the Post from Shanghai.
The Seca-backed Techeetah team will make their debut when the third FIA Formula E Championship series kicks off in Hong Kong on the weekend of October 8-9 and they will feature mainland driver Ma Qinghua along with experienced Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne.
Techeetah take the place of Team Aguri on the 10-team roster for the upcoming 14 round series, and will join China’s NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team who have been with the series since it began in 2014-15, and who saw driver Nelson Piquet Jr win the inaugural driver’s championship.
The 26-year-old Vergne, driving for the DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team, had podium finishes at both the Paris and London legs of the 2015-16 series, which ended on Sunday.