Maserati MSG Racing is a Monegasque racing team that competes in the

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. The team previously competed under the

Venturi Racing Venturi Racing (formerly Venturi Formula E Team) was a Monegasque motor racing team controlled by Scott Swid (Chairman and principal owner) and José M Aznar Botella. The team competed in the FIA Formula E World Championship. Venturi Racing co ...

name from

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History

After eight seasons on the Formula E grid, it was announced that Venturi Racing would be renamed to MSG Racing for the 2023 season. The team announced a Title and Powertrain Partnership with

Maserati Maserati S.p.A. () is an Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer. Established on 1 December 1914 in Bologna, Italy, the company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. The company has been owned by Stellantis since 2021. Ma ...

in April 2022, after the luxury automotive manufacturer announced it would join Formula E for Season 9 in January 2022. The team uses powertrains designed and developed by Maserati and DS Automobiles parent company, Stellantis, as part of a regulation change for the 2023 season, allowing automotive brands from the same ownership group to share a powertrain. The team is controlled and operated by MSG Racing from its headquarters in Monaco. The 2022-23 season marked the return of the Maserati brand to single-seater competition for the first time 65 years, after last competing in

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2022–23 season

On 3 November 2022, the team confirmed that

Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Alberto Gérard "Edo" Mortara (born 12 January 1987) is a Swiss-Italian- French professional racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Mahindra Racing and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Automobili Lamborghini Squadra ...

would remain with the organisation for a sixth successive season and would be joined by Formula E’s youngest race winner,

Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther (born 2 July 1997) is a Germans, German-Austria, Austrian racing driver currently competing under the German flag in Formula E for DS Penske. Günther has previously driven in Formula 2 with Arden International, BWT Arden and ...

for the

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. Former professional racing driver and ex-

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Sporting Director,

James Rossiter James Stuart Rossiter (born 25 August 1983) is a British former professional racing driver, British motorsport executive and former team principal of Maserati MSG Racing in Formula E. He was a test driver for British American Racing, BAR, Hon ...

, joined as Team Principal. After unveiling its Gen3 car, the Maserati Tipo Folgore – named after the

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and the marque’s electric automotive range, Folgore – in

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, the team enjoyed a successful pre-season test at the

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with Günther setting the fastest time. The team scored its first points of the season in Race Two of the

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and returned to the top 10 in

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but failed to score points in

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and

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after running in podium contention. At the

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, Günther finished in third place to score the Maserati brand’s first podium in World Championship single-seater motorsport since

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's second place at the

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. A breakthrough weekend in Berlin commenced a strong second half to the team’s season, with Günther scoring double pole positions and podiums, and a race victory in

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– Maserati’s first win since the

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. He later returned to the podium in

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. With four podiums to his name, Günther finished seventh in the World Drivers’ Championship with 101 points while with a best finish of fourth in Rome, Mortara was 14th in the standings with 39 points. Together, with 140 points, Maserati MSG Racing finished sixth in the World Teams’ Championship.

2023–24 season

On 15 September 2023, it was confirmed that Mortara would leave the team after six seasons. He was replaced by

Jehan Daruvala Jehan Daruvala (Marathi language, Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA, ͡ʒeˈɦɑn daːruːvaːlaː born 1 October 1998) is an Indian racing driver who last raced in the Formula E for Maserati MSG Racing. He was a protégé of the Force India ...

who joined Formula E from Formula 2 while Günther remained for a second season. The team started Season 10 with a fourth-placed finish in Mexico City, courtesy of Günther, and secured further top-10 finishes in Diriyah, where Daruvala made his first qualifying duel appearance. In São Paulo, Günther received two 20-place grid penalties for a gearbox and inverter change, the latter of which was converted to a 10-second stop-go penalty in the race. Despite this, Günther finished ninth after gaining 13 places. Günther secured his and the team's only win of the 2023–24 season at the

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– Formula E's first race in

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2024–25 season

On 26 July 2024, Maximilian Günther and Jehan Daruvala leave Maserati MSG Racing for the 2024-25 season, replaced by

Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Jacques L. Vandoorne (; born 26 March 1992) is a Belgian racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot and in Formula E for Maserati. In formula racing, Vandoorne competed in Formula One from to , and ...

and

Jake Hughes Jake John Hughes (born 30 May 1994) is a British people, British racing driver who currently competes in Formula E with Maserati MSG Racing and is also the simulator driver for the McLaren, McLaren F1 Team. He is the winner of the inaugural 2013 ...

that join Maserati MSG Racing for Season 11. Cyril Blais, who lead the team to race victories as Chief Engineer has been promoted to Team Principal.

Racing results

Formula E

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (* indicates season still in progress.)

References

External links

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