Eriksson to invent Formula E debut as Muller misses Puebla

Muller is currently in his second season in FE with Dragon and scored the workers’s maiden podium of the Gen2 technology in the first of the Valencia races, ending second to Mercedes driver Nyck de Vries.

Nonetheless, the Swiss driver is unavailable for the championship’s first search suggestion from to Puebla as a result of the clashing DTM season opener at Monza, the set aside he’ll be competing for Audi squad Group Rosberg.

Eriksson, who has furthermore been re-signed as Dragon’s reserve driver for the the relaxation of the season, has been called in as his change.

The 22-365 days-feeble, who done second in the 2017 European Formula 3 championship to now-McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris, took share in closing 365 days’s rookie test in Marrakesh alongside Sergio Sette Camara.

After two seasons of his receive in DTM with BMW, he moved to ADAC GT Masters closing season, driving for the Schubert Motorsport workers.

“To slide in Formula E has continuously been a dream since the championship started and to be given the probability finally feels more or much less unreal,” acknowledged Eriksson. “There’s a range of labor in front of us, however I if truth be told receive a colossal workers at the befriend of me, so I do know they are going to receive all they are able to to invent me as ready as conceivable before arriving in Mexico.

“This time, this would presumably presumably be grand as I ideal receive restricted mileage in this car. But, my main plot is to invent the finest out of it and create as great trip as conceivable. I receive imagine that scoring aspects in the races is in actuality conceivable if I receive successfully. I will give it my all to set aside that plot.”

Despite Muller’s podium at Valencia, Dragon sits ideal 11th out of 12 groups in the standings, with the workers’s ideal fairly a few aspects finishes coming courtesy of a fourth and fifth locations for Sette Camara and Muller respectively in the second Diriyah slide.

“I am delighted to welcome Joel befriend to the Group,” acknowledged workers boss Jay Penske. “He’s a treasured resource for the organisation and has huge doable to exhaust his racecraft to the distinctive calls for of Formula E and ship results for the workers heading in the right direction in Puebla and at the befriend of the scenes for the length of the comfort of the season. I look for ahead to our first slide collectively.”

Joel Eriksson, Rookie Test Driver for GEOX Dragon, Penske EV-4

Explain by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Photos