The fourth season of the FIA Formula E Championship
is about to kick off in Hong Kong, with DS Virgin the latest team to unveil its
new car for this year's championship. Named the DSV-03, the latest machine
packs similar specs to all the others on the grid, but is tuned by the PSA
Group's DS Performance division for optimal performance.
The 16-foot-long chassis weighs at least 1,940
pounds (with the driver) and is powered by a single electric motor sending 268
horsepower to the rear wheels through a three-speed gearbox for a run to 100 km/h in under four seconds.
For the 2017/18 championship the team has employed
the first all-British driver lineup in the series, pairing Sam Bird with Alex
Lynn. Bird has been with the team from the start and former GP3 champion Lynn
contested two races last season, impressing with a pole position on his debut.
The team has notably won races in each of the three
seasons so far, starting with the second event at Putrajaya in 2014, the
anniversary of which it is now celebrating. However, so far it's placed no
better than third in the championship. We'll be watching to see how it fares
this season, which kicks off on December 2 with a double-header before hitting
Marrakesh, Santiago, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Rome, Paris, Berlin and Zurich,
finishing in July with double-headers in New York and Montreal.
