Maserati's motorsport team, Maserati MSG Racing, has confirmed Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Hughes as its drivers for the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship ("Formula E").
Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Hughes have race-winning experience and a fierce determination, and their addition gives Maserati MSG Racing one of the strongest driver line-ups in a pivotal season that will see the debut of the next-generation electric racecar, the Gen3 Evo.
Stoffel Vandoorne is returning to Formula E for the seventh consecutive year. He won the Formula E 2021/22 season by a landslide, taking the World Championship title with Mercedes-EQ. He has also built a reputation as one of Formula E's most dominant drivers with a total of three wins, 16 podiums and eight pole positions.
Jake Hughes made his Formula E debut for McLaren in the 2022/23 season, securing pole position in just his third race start and enjoying one of the most impressive rookie seasons in Formula E history. He then went on to top qualify four times across the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, and scored his first podium in 2023/24 with a second-place finish at Round 12 in Shanghai.
The pair will make their first appearance as Maserati MSG Racing drivers at the pre-season test at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain, from 4-7 November.
"The arrival of Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Hughes breathes new life into the entire team," said Giovanni Sgro, President of Maserati Corse, Maserati Motorsport, "Season 11 marks Maserati's third year of participation in Formula E. After two years of track moments and growth satisfaction, we are looking forward to embarking on this adventure with two talented drivers at the forefront of the sport. After two years full of important moments on the track and the satisfaction of growth, we are looking forward to embarking on a new adventure with two talented drivers who are at the forefront of Formula E."
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