The Envision Racing Formula E Team[1] is a British motor racing team, based at Silverstone Park and majority-owned by Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Envision Energy[2] that competes in Formula E.[3] Currently, the three drivers are Robin Frijns, Sébastien Buemi and Alice Powell.
With DS moving its support to rival team Techeetah from the 2018–19 season onwards, Virgin chose to establish a long-term customer car deal with Audi Sport.
For its second season, Virgin confirmed Sam Bird and Jean-Éric Vergne, who moved to the team from Andretti Autosport.
[10] López was forced to miss the New York City ePrix due to his commitments in the FIA WEC series.
Bird was in contention for the Drivers' Championship as the main rival for Jean-Éric Vergne (who competed for Techeetah at the time), however, he got overtaken by Lucas di Grassi in the final weekend of the season in New York City, thus finished third.
This move allowed the team to sign Robin Frijns, an Audi factory driver, as Bird's teammate.
The Audi e-tron FE05 powertrain proved to be very competitive, giving Virgin a chance at multiple strong results.
Both Bird and Frijns would find themselves at the top of the Drivers' Championship at various points during the season, but only finished ninth and fourth respectively.
[15] In July 2020, the team announced reigning Super Formula champion Nick Cassidy would partner Frijns for the 2020–21 season.