Celebrating the second. For each group, there may be at all times a second within the season when it’s acceptable to do one thing particular, one thing further, particularly when the championship takes place not removed from the model’s headquarters.
For DS Vehicles, which has been operating collectively with the American firm Penske Autosport since final season, the Monaco race is geographically the closest to Stellantis Motorsport (positioned within the Paris area). As a automobile producer, DS additionally finds the Principality an ideal setting for welcoming prospects, potential prospects and mates of the model.
All these components present an ideal alternative for DS Penske to face out from the group, with electrical single-seaters specifically adorned for this eagerly-awaited weekend. The 2 DS E-TENSE FE23s will likely be clad in deep black with gold logos, incomes them the title of ‘Grand Gala’ for the weekend. For the Franco-American group, the goal is to pay tribute to the luxurious outfits worn at Monegasque events, but in addition to probably the most legendary races in motorsport.
“For this particular and distinctive spherical, we’ve designed automobiles which might be simply as distinctive,” says Eugenio Franzetti, Director of DS Efficiency. “Impressed by the gala evenings typical of the Principality, our automobiles additionally put on their black tie and dinner jacket for this big day. We’ve got not solely created a particular livery for our automobiles, but in addition overalls and helmets impressed by this idea.
“As well as, the DS 7 E-TENSE 4×4 360 wherein our drivers will likely be travelling to Monaco will even characteristic this design. Lastly, for collectors, a powerful poster will likely be produced by the Automobilist.com web site. It is going to be obtainable simply after the race, so that everybody can preserve a memento of this distinctive second.”
Jean-Eric Vergne, DS Penske
Photograph by: DPPI
Vergne set report for factors earlier than Monaco
Jean-Eric Vergne‘s state of affairs can also be distinctive. After the double-header at Misano a fortnight in the past, he turned the motive force with essentially the most factors (1,047) within the championship (since his arrival in 2014). These factors have been collected over 121 races, throughout which he has collected 34 podiums, 11 wins, 15 pole positions and two drivers’ titles.
“I am clearly very proud of this report and all these factors,” mentioned Vergne. “This determine exhibits simply how far I’ve come since I began in System E, however what pursuits and motivates me greater than something immediately are the factors I would like to attain sooner or later! I might actually like to attain much more within the subsequent few races.”
Greater than some other, and regardless of the championship, Monaco is a race that each driver goals of including to their record of achievements. The 2 incumbents at DS Penske have had the possibility to expertise this sensation, in 2019 for Vergne, and in 2022 for Stoffel Vandoorne. These victories correspond to the years wherein they have been additionally champions, for the second time within the case of JEV.
Wanting on the performances of DS Penske’s two electrical single-seaters at Misano, which have been at all times on the entrance of the sphere in follow however extra unfortunate within the race, it is clear that the potential is there.
Will the planets align on Saturday afternoon in Monaco? In any case, the dinner jackets that the drivers will put on to the gala dinner following the race will properly echo the ‘particular Monaco’ ornament on their automobiles.
DS Penske, DS E-Tense FE23, Monaco livery
Photograph by: Staff Penske