Maserati MSG has introduced that it’s going to decide to System E’s Gen4 rules to ensure its involvement within the all-electric championship till 2030.
The well-known Trident model initially joined the championship forward of the 2023 season because the Venturi Racing crew, which had competed in System E since its inception in 2014, was renamed for the beginning of the Gen3 period.
It marked the primary severe entry in a single-seater world championship for Maserati since 1957, when it gained that yr’s System 1 drivers’ title with Juan Manuel Fangio.
Throughout its tenure in System E, the crew has taken two wins, each instances with Maximilian Guenther in Jakarta and Tokyo, in addition to claiming sixth and eighth within the groups’ championship.
On Tuesday, it was introduced that Maserati MSG would stay dedicated till the 2029-30 season and proceed to make use of a powertrain designed and developed by guardian firm, Stellantis, which additionally provides DS Penske in System E.
“We’re extraordinarily proud to proceed our dedication to as prestigious and modern a platform as System E,” mentioned Maserati’s CEO, Santo Ficili.
“For this model, the bond between the monitor and the street is unbreakable and the evolution of the single-seaters reveals what number of potentialities for growth electrical mobility holds.”
Jake Hughes, Maserati MSG Racing
Photograph by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Photos
Whereas there was no touch upon whether or not sister crew DS Penske would additionally make the identical determination, Maserati MSG joins a rising record of producers which have dedicated to the brand new Gen4 ruleset.
This consists of Nissan, Jaguar, Porsche and Lola, with the one present producer on the grid but to make any dedication being Mahindra.
“Maserati MSG and Stellantis Motorsport have each been a priceless a part of our championship, and have demonstrated exceptional performances on monitor, whereas driving ahead electrical car know-how that advantages on a regular basis street customers,” mentioned System E CEO, Jeff Dodds.
“Their ongoing involvement alongside different international OEMs reminiscent of Nissan, Jaguar, Porsche and Lola, is a testomony to System E’s standing as a aggressive and related platform for the way forward for electrical mobility.”
The overhauled rules are attributable to are available in from the 2026 season, with the brand new vehicles set to characteristic an elevated quantity of energy which is able to peak at 600kW – almost double the speed presently used.
There may even be a higher focus positioned on the aerodynamics of the automobile, with a excessive and low downforce configuration being created.
Marek Nawarecki, senior circuit sport director from the FIA, added: “To increase its involvement till a minimum of 2030 – alongside Nissan, Jaguar, Porsche and Lola, with extra producers nonetheless to be confirmed – is a transparent signal of the worth that Maserati derives from its participation within the championship and the relevance of System E’s technical roadmap.”
Maserati MSG enters the upcoming 2024-25 season, which will get underway in lower than two weeks in Sao Paulo, with two new drivers within the type of 2022 champion Stoffel Vandoorne, who joins from DS Penske, and ex-McLaren driver Jake Hughes.