ERT Formula E Team determined but realistic ahead of Season10
Silverstone/Shanghai - 10 January 2024
The ERT Formula E Team goes into Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship this weekend excited about the challenges and opportunities ahead, but the newly rebranded outfit knows it’ll be a hard-fought season with the Formula E Gen3 car’s homologation cycle locked in for its second year.
The team showed some great turns of speed last season, making it through to the qualifying duels eight times, showing that its ERT X24 was a fast car in qualifying trim, and also matched the team’s previous best race result when Sérgio Sette Câmara finished fifth at the Hyderabad E-Prix in February.
ERT had a strong start to last year, but as the only manufacturer not able to benefit from having a satellite programme, and also with a limited budget compared to its larger OEM-supported rivals, the in-homologation development battle provides an uphill challenge as greater resources allows its rivals more development opportunities.
With the car’s homologation locked-in for Season 10, the team expects a tough but interesting season, and will seek to deploy some alternative strategies as it embraces some of the newer regulations for this season including the likely introduction of in-race fast-charging later in the year.
The team enjoys consistency in its driver line-up for season 10 for the first time, with both Câmara and Dan Ticktum retained for the 2023-2024 season.
The season promises to be an exciting one for the championship with the leadership of new CEO Jeff Dodds, under whom the team sees a positive future ahead, and with the introduction of exciting new venues in Tokyo - Japan, and importantly the addition of a home race for the team at the Shanghai International Circuit in China in May.
In addition to an exciting season of racing ahead, ERT (one of only six Formula E manufacturers) remains busy with the ongoing development of its upcoming Gen 3.5 car. The team anticipates making another leap forward in Season 11 at the start of the next homologation cycle, with a significant improvement to its current powertrain efficiency reaching maturity already.
Round 1 Mexico E-Prix timetable
Friday 12th January
Free Practice 1 - 22:35 GMT / 06:35+1 CST
Saturday 13th January
Free Practice 2 - 13:25 GMT / 21:25 CST
Qualifying - 15:40 GMT / 23:40 CST
E-Prix - 20:03 GMT / 04:03+1 CST
The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is broadcast on TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the United Kingdom, and on CCTV, BiliBili, Huya, and Sina Sports in China.
Russell O'Hagan - Chief Operations Officer / Deputy Team Principal
“We’re going into this season with realistic expectations. We’re aware of our hand, and we expect a slightly more difficult season than last year. We’re aiming to defend ninth in the championship, but we know it’ll be a real challenge. We’ll work hard to take any opportunities as they arise, and we’ll go into each race with a positive mindset, always considering some alternative strategies to score big where we can and grind out the lower top ten results when we can’t.
“It should make for an exciting season where our fans can look forward to us being creative with our approach and we appreciate their ongoing support through our Formula E journey and our longer term ambition to reach the front
“There’s also much to look forward to this season, with the ongoing growth of the series under the new CEO Jeff Dodds, an exciting race in Tokyo, and for us of course a highly awaited return to race on home soil in China. Add to that a busy year behind the scenes with the ongoing development of our Gen 3.5 car ready for season 11. We really enjoy the challenge of a new homologation cycle and are confident in the steps we have taken. The sim results I have seen look very encouraging and I trust in our team to deliver a strong package out of the blocks like we did for Season 9.”