DS Penske Formule E Team – Formule E

Jean-Eric Vergne
Born on 25 April 1990 in Pontoise, France

Jean-Éric Vergne is Formula E’s sole two-time champion (2017-2018 season and 2018-2019 season).

After spending several years in Formula 1 (58 Grand Prix starts), the Frenchman took part in his first E-Prix at Punta Del Este (Uruguay) in December 2014. He will go down in history as the first driver to secure pole position on his debut in the series. After initially racing for DS Performance, he joined the TECHEETAH team at the start of the 2016-2017 season, which became DS PENSKE from the 2022-2023 campaign.

In 2019-2020, although he made a telling contribution to DS TECHEETAH winning the teams’ championship, he was unable to claim a hat-trick of drivers’ titles, losing out to his team-mate Antonio Felix Da Costa. His 2021-2022 season was equally difficult, which is why he is determined to bounce back since the beginning of the GEN3 era of Formula E.

Maximilian Günther
Born on 2 July 1997 in Oberstdorf, Germany

Having driven for Maserati MSG last season in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, and therefore become acquainted with the working methods of Stellantis Motorsport, Max Günther switched to DS Penske this year, the other outfit equipped with a powertrain made in Satory, whilst Stoffel Vandoorne headed in the opposite direction. Max therefore has joined the Franco-American team headed by Jay Penske, the man who kick-started his career in Formula E in the 2018-2019 season when he drove for Geox Dragon.

At the time, his modest racing career included two promising seasons in the ADAC Formel Masters (2013 and 2014), three in Formula 3 (2015-2017), where he confirmed his progress, and a less successful year in Formula 2 (2018). Since then, he has become something of a Formula E specialist. He was promoted to official BMW i Andretti Motorsport driver for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons, competing for Nissan e.Dams in 2021-2022 and then Maserati MSG Racing in 2022-2023, before then joining DS Penske. With five seasons under his belt in the category, and four race wins, he boasts a considerable amount of experience despite being relatively young (27 years old) and is set to form a dynamic duo with the experienced Jean-Eric Vergne.