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Citroën signs Jean-Eric Vergne and Nick Cassidy for Season 12

NOTIZIE 16 set 2025 2 Min

Citroën Racing have captured double champion Jean-Éric Vergne and Nick Cassidy, with the pair set to represent the team in its debut, 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship campaign.

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French automotive giant Citroën announced last week that it's to join Formula E with Citroën Racing from Season 12, and the team has secured two top talents for that debut campaign.

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Jean-Éric Vergne makes the move from DS PENSKE after an eight-season affiliation with the DS brand, with which he sealed his second Formula E Drivers' title to become the only two-time and consecutive champion in the series' history. JEV's record speaks for itself as one of the OG drivers from Formula E's very first season.

The 35-year-old Frenchman from Pontoise is second in the all-time Formula E entry list, has the most consecutive starts - all 144 of those entries - and is sixth in the all-time wins table.

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Vergne dovetails Formula E with a seat in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Peugeot, and he also drove for Toro Rosso in Formula 1 prior to his decade-plus in Formula E.

Nick Cassidy joins the fold alongside Vergne, with the New Zealander also among the most successful drivers in the paddock with 10 wins and 20 podiums to his name. He was runner-up in the Drivers' World Championship in 2022/23 and third in 2023/24 after two close-run shots at top spot.

Formula E a "new challenge" for powerhouse Citroën

Citroën Racing is a motorsport powerhouse which has won titles in every form of racing it has entered to-date. The French manufacturer says its entry into Formula E provides a "new challenge" in "an electric, innovative and passionate adventure that embodies our values and our vision for the mobility of tomorrow."

Adding: "Citroën is returning to motorsport, an arena that shaped its history and legend - motorsport in its most visionary form: an 100% electric, responsible and committed competition with popular races in the heart of cities, a young, committed, connected audience and a technological, international showcase for the future of mobility."

The storied outfit can count victories at Dakar, nine FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) Drivers' titles for its famed Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena partnership, eight WRC Manufacturers' titles, three FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) Drivers' titles, three WTCC Teams' World Championship victories and even more title-winning success in the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup to its name.

Testing dates and Women's Test confirmed

This past week, Formula E confirmed all the details for the pre-season schedule in Valencia, including a return of the groundbreaking Women's Test on 31 October, with double the track time for the world's best women racers.

All of the teams on the grid - including Citroën Racing - will shake down their Season 12 machinery for the first time over 27-30 October at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with the only opportunity to get on-track collectively before the 2025/26 campaign kicks off with Round 1 from São Paulo on 6 December.

Get your tickets for the start of Season 12!

Join us for the 2025 São Paulo E-Prix and the start of the 2025/26 season. The Anhembi Sambodrome is sure to showcase plenty of overtakes and excitement on the track, and there will be a host of events away from all the racing action.

Tickets are on sale now. Starting at R$149.50, with a discounted rate for concessions, there’s also the Solidarity Ticket available upon donation to our chosen charity. Get your seat before it sells out!