DS Penske
DS Penske (formerly Dragon Racing and Dragon/Penske) is an auto racing team that is involved in many areas of motorsport. The team is based in the United States, but once competed under a French license. DS Penske was founded in 2007 as Dragon Racing by Americans Jay Penske and Stephen J.
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History
The team debuted as Luczo Dragon Racing in 2007. The team fielded a one-off entry at the 2007 Indianapolis 500 with a Penske loanee driver Ryan Briscoe. Jay Penske and Stephen J. Luczo were co-owners. Briscoe qualified 7th and finished 5th at Indianapolis 500. The car was notable for being painted in a "retro" paint schemes to resemble Rick Mears' 1988 Indianapolis 500 winning car, with Symantec software as the lead sponsor.
Scheckter's LDR car practicing for the 2008 Indy 500
Luczo Dragon ran a six-race schedule in 2008 including the Indianapolis 500 with IndyCar veteran Tomas Scheckter, this time without support or cars from Penske Racing. While qualifying well, qualifying 3rd and leading numerous laps at the Indy 500 before being knocked out by mechanical trouble.
The team expanded to a full-time entrant in 2009, fielding 2008 Indy Lights champion Raphael Matos. Matos and the Dragon Racing team went on to win the Rookie of Year honors in 2009 and scored multiple top-10 finishes.
In February 2011, Jay Penske re-branded the team as Dragon Racing in April 2011 and jointly announced that Paul Tracy had signed a five-race deal to compete for the team. Additionally the team entered two cars in the Indy 500 for drivers Scott Speed and Ho-Pin Tung. Tung crashed his car during qualifying and suffered a concussion crashing with only two corners to go, Tung would have qualified in the top 5. Scott Speed was unable to get his car up to speed, and the team let him go during practice.
In January 2012, Dragon Racing had operations in Indianapolis and Los Angeles. It entered two cars in the 2012 IndyCar Series season; one driven by Katherine Legge, and the other driven by four-time Champ Car champion Sébastien Bourdais, but on June 1, 2012, it was revealed that they would reduce operations to just 1 team with Bourdais driving the street courses and Legge on the ovals. Bourdais finished 25th in points with a best finish of fourth. Legge finished 26th with a best finish of 9th.
On February 12, 2013, it was announced that Sebastián Saavedra would be joining the team for the 2013 season in the No. 6 car while Bourdais would return in the No. 7. Bourdais and team continued to dominate at Road and Street courses capturing three podium finishes, including two in the double-header in Toronto. Saavedra finished 21st in points, last among full-time drivers, with two top-10 finishes. In 2014, the team left IndyCar racing to focus on the new Formula E electric powered series.
On September 25, 2013, it was announced that Dragon Racing would be joining Formula E with Jay Penske leading the team. Dragon would be the second American team to join as Andretti Autosport had already announced their entry by then.
Loïc Duval driving the SRT01-e at the 2015 Berlin ePrix.
In July 2014, Dragon announced Mike Conway as their first driver. Later that month, Jérôme d'Ambrosio was announced as the second driver. Conway would actually not make his debut as his seat was taken over by Oriol Servià, who also got signed back in March 2014. Servià only competed in the first four races however, despite finishing on points in all of them. Loïc Duval then stepped in for the rest of the season, beginning from the 2015 Miami ePrix.
After a very successful second half of the season, Dragon finished second in Teams' Championship with 171 points.
Dragon decided not to build their own powertrain for the 2015–16 season and instead made a deal with Venturi to supply their VM200-FE-01 powertrains to the team. Dragon did not change their driver lineup from the previous year and continued to use d'Ambrosio and Duval.
After a slight dip in performance, Dragon finished fourth in Teams' Championship with 143 points.
Jérôme d'Ambrosio with the Penske 701-EV at the 2017 Berlin ePrix.
Prior to the 2016–17 season, Dragon made a deal with Faraday Future, who became the title sponsor of the team and also a technical partner. The partnership would come to a close at the end of 2017. D
Luczo Dragon Racing
The team debuted as Luczo Dragon Racing in 2007. The team fielded a one-off entry at the 2007 Indianapolis 500 with a Penske loanee driver Ryan Briscoe. Jay Penske and Stephen J. Luczo were co-owners. Briscoe qualified 7th and finished 5th at Indianapolis 500. The car was notable for being painted in a "retro" paint schemes to resemble Rick Mears' 1988 Indianapolis 500 winning car, with Symantec software as the lead sponsor.
Scheckter's LDR car practicing for the 2008 Indy 500
Luczo Dragon ran a six-race schedule in 2008 including the Indianapolis 500 with IndyCar veteran Tomas Scheckter, this time without support or cars from Penske Racing. While qualifying well, qualifying 3rd and leading numerous laps at the Indy 500 before being knocked out by mechanical trouble.
The team expanded to a full-time entrant in 2009, fielding 2008 Indy Lights champion Raphael Matos. Matos and the Dragon Racing team went on to win the Rookie of Year honors in 2009 and scored multiple top-10 finishes.
^ Cavin, Curt; Ballard, Steve (February 1, 2008). "Scheckter likely back at Indy 500". The Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
^ DiZinno, Tony (October 7, 2008). "Matos, Luczo Dragon latest to confirm 2009 plans". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
Dragon Racing
In February 2011, Jay Penske re-branded the team as Dragon Racing in April 2011 and jointly announced that Paul Tracy had signed a five-race deal to compete for the team. Additionally the team entered two cars in the Indy 500 for drivers Scott Speed and Ho-Pin Tung. Tung crashed his car during qualifying and suffered a concussion crashing with only two corners to go, Tung would have qualified in the top 5. Scott Speed was unable to get his car up to speed, and the team let him go during practice.
In January 2012, Dragon Racing had operations in Indianapolis and Los Angeles. It entered two cars in the 2012 IndyCar Series season; one driven by Katherine Legge, and the other driven by four-time Champ Car champion Sébastien Bourdais, but on June 1, 2012, it was revealed that they would reduce operations to just 1 team with Bourdais driving the street courses and Legge on the ovals. Bourdais finished 25th in points with a best finish of fourth. Legge finished 26th with a best finish of 9th.
On February 12, 2013, it was announced that Sebastián Saavedra would be joining the team for the 2013 season in the No. 6 car while Bourdais would return in the No. 7. Bourdais and team continued to dominate at Road and Street courses capturing three podium finishes, including two in the double-header in Toronto. Saavedra finished 21st in points, last among full-time drivers, with two top-10 finishes. In 2014, the team left IndyCar racing to focus on the new Formula E electric powered series.
^ Miller, Robin. Tracy To Lead Restructured Dragon Racing Archived April 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Speed TV, April 2, 2011, Retrieved January 14, 2012
^ "Tung joins Schmidt Dragon for Sonoma". GPUpdate.net. JHED Media BV. August 24, 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
^ Glendenning, Mark (January 12, 2012). "Sebastien Bourdais secures full-time IndyCar return with Dragon Racing". Autosport. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
^ "Saavedra in at Dragon, to pair with Bourdais". IndyCar Series. IndyCar. February 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
^ Formula E, Electric Racing: Part 3, Editorial Archived May 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Triple League Racing, March 3, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
Formula E
On September 25, 2013, it was announced that Dragon Racing would be joining Formula E with Jay Penske leading the team. Dragon would be the second American team to join as Andretti Autosport had already announced their entry by then.
Loïc Duval driving the SRT01-e at the 2015 Berlin ePrix.
In July 2014, Dragon announced Mike Conway as their first driver. Later that month, Jérôme d'Ambrosio was announced as the second driver. Conway would actually not make his debut as his seat was taken over by Oriol Servià, who also got signed back in March 2014. Servià only competed in the first four races however, despite finishing on points in all of them. Loïc Duval then stepped in for the rest of the season, beginning from the 2015 Miami ePrix.
After a very successful second half of the season, Dragon finished second in Teams' Championship with 171 points.
Dragon decided not to build their own powertrain for the 2015–16 season and instead made a deal with Venturi to supply their VM200-FE-01 powertrains to the team. Dragon did not change their driver lineup from the previous year and continued to use d'Ambrosio and Duval.
After a slight dip in performance, Dragon finished fourth in Teams' Championship with 143 points.
Jérôme d'Ambrosio with the Penske 701-EV at the 2017 Berlin ePrix.
Prior to the 2016–17 season, Dragon made a deal with Faraday Future, who became the title sponsor of the team and also a technical partner. The partnership would come to a close at the end of 2017. Dragon ended the Venturi partnership and became a manufacturer, developing their own powertrains. The pairing of d'Ambrosio and Duval was once again retained, though Mike Conway, the team's supposed first driver in the 2014–15 season, subbed for Duval at the 2016 Paris ePrix.
As a manufacturer, Dragon fell into eighth place in Teams' Championship, scoring only 33 points with no podium finishes.
Duval left the team and was replaced by Neel Jani. Jani would only make a single appearance at the 2017 Hong Kong ePrix double-header, with José María López replacing Jani for the rest of the season. The team ran two different liveries simultaneously. for each of their drivers. D'Ambrosio was given a red metallic car while Jani/López ran a white car.
Despite scoring 41 points, which was more than in the previous year, Dragon fell to ninth place in Teams' Championship.
José María López with the Penske EV-3 at the 2019 Marrakesh ePrix.
For the 2018–19 season, the team got rebranded to GEOX Dragon, reflecting the new sponsorship deal with Geox. D'Ambrosio left the team to join Mahindra Racing, which prompted Dragon to promote their reserve driver Maximilian Günther to the empty seat. Prior to the 2019 Mexico City ePrix, Günther was replaced by Felipe Nasr. Günther got back into the seat at the Rome ePrix as Nasr had other commitments. Nasr would never return to Dragon again, however.
Dragon would once again worsen their position as they only scored 23 points, which was enough for tenth place in Teams' Championship.
In addition to being a manufacturer, Dragon also became the new suppliers of the Nio 333 FE Team. NIO bought the year-old Penske EV-3 powertrains and rebadged them. For the 2019–20 season, Dragon introduced a new driver lineup consisting of Brendon Hartley and Nico Müller. In March 2020, Dragon committed to their manufacturer status for another two seasons. Hartley left the team in July and was replaced by Sérgio Sette Câmara.
Dragon have fallen down to eleventh place in Teams' Championship, scoring just two points with Hartley's P9 finish in the second race of the 2019 Diriyah ePrix.
Joel Eriksson with the Penske EV-5 at the 2021 Puebla ePrix.
In November 2020, Sette Câmara was confirmed as a full-time driver for the upcoming 2020–21 season. The following month, Müller was confirmed as his partner. Dragon would start the season with the Penske EV-4 powertrain from the previous season, only switching to Penske EV-5 at the 2021 Monaco ePrix. In February
2014–15 season
Loïc Duval driving the SRT01-e at the 2015 Berlin ePrix.
In July 2014, Dragon announced Mike Conway as their first driver. Later that month, Jérôme d'Ambrosio was announced as the second driver. Conway would actually not make his debut as his seat was taken over by Oriol Servià, who also got signed back in March 2014. Servià only competed in the first four races however, despite finishing on points in all of them. Loïc Duval then stepped in for the rest of the season, beginning from the 2015 Miami ePrix.
After a very successful second half of the season, Dragon finished second in Teams' Championship with 171 points.
^ Biesbrouck, Tim (July 2, 2014). "Dragon Racing announces Mike Conway for Formula E campaign". Electric Autosport. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Joseph, Noah (July 23, 2014). "Jay Penske's Dragon Racing signs Jérôme d'Ambrosio for Formula E". Autoblog. Verizon Media. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Biesbrouck, Tim (March 24, 2014). "Oriol Servia teams up with Dragon Racing Formula E Team". Electric Autosport. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ "Formula E Miami: Audi's Loic Duval to make debut with Dragon Racing". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. March 9, 2015. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
2015–16 season
Dragon decided not to build their own powertrain for the 2015–16 season and instead made a deal with Venturi to supply their VM200-FE-01 powertrains to the team. Dragon did not change their driver lineup from the previous year and continued to use d'Ambrosio and Duval.
After a slight dip in performance, Dragon finished fourth in Teams' Championship with 143 points.
^ Smith, Sam (July 16, 2015). "Exclusive: Dragon Racing to run Venturi powertrain". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
2016–17 season
Jérôme d'Ambrosio with the Penske 701-EV at the 2017 Berlin ePrix.
Prior to the 2016–17 season, Dragon made a deal with Faraday Future, who became the title sponsor of the team and also a technical partner. The partnership would come to a close at the end of 2017. Dragon ended the Venturi partnership and became a manufacturer, developing their own powertrains. The pairing of d'Ambrosio and Duval was once again retained, though Mike Conway, the team's supposed first driver in the 2014–15 season, subbed for Duval at the 2016 Paris ePrix.
As a manufacturer, Dragon fell into eighth place in Teams' Championship, scoring only 33 points with no podium finishes.
^ Mitchell, Scott (November 27, 2017). "Dragon's Formula E technical partnership with Faraday Future over". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Smith, Sam (December 15, 2015). "Exclusive: Dragon Racing to become Formula E manufacturer". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Van Osten, Phillip (April 20, 2017). "Conway gets Paris ePrix call from Dragon". F1i. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
2017–18 season
Duval left the team and was replaced by Neel Jani. Jani would only make a single appearance at the 2017 Hong Kong ePrix double-header, with José María López replacing Jani for the rest of the season. The team ran two different liveries simultaneously. for each of their drivers. D'Ambrosio was given a red metallic car while Jani/López ran a white car.
Despite scoring 41 points, which was more than in the previous year, Dragon fell to ninth place in Teams' Championship.
^ Smith, Sam (January 2, 2018). "Neel Jani and Dragon Split After Two Races". e-racing365. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ "Dragon signs Lopez as Jani replacement". Eurosport. January 5, 2018. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
2018–19 season
José María López with the Penske EV-3 at the 2019 Marrakesh ePrix.
For the 2018–19 season, the team got rebranded to GEOX Dragon, reflecting the new sponsorship deal with Geox. D'Ambrosio left the team to join Mahindra Racing, which prompted Dragon to promote their reserve driver Maximilian Günther to the empty seat. Prior to the 2019 Mexico City ePrix, Günther was replaced by Felipe Nasr. Günther got back into the seat at the Rome ePrix as Nasr had other commitments. Nasr would never return to Dragon again, however.
Dragon would once again worsen their position as they only scored 23 points, which was enough for tenth place in Teams' Championship.
^ Deeny, Godfrey (November 26, 2018). "Dragon signs Lopez as Jani replacement". Fashion Network. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Douglas, Scott (November 13, 2018). "Gunther completes Dragon line-up for 2018-19". The Checkered Flag. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Smith, Sam (February 13, 2019). "Nasr's New Challenge; Reserve Driver Confusion at Dragon". e-racing365. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Smith, Sam (March 26, 2019). "Guenther Returns to GEOX Dragon for Rome". e-racing365. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
2019–20 season
In addition to being a manufacturer, Dragon also became the new suppliers of the Nio 333 FE Team. NIO bought the year-old Penske EV-3 powertrains and rebadged them. For the 2019–20 season, Dragon introduced a new driver lineup consisting of Brendon Hartley and Nico Müller. In March 2020, Dragon committed to their manufacturer status for another two seasons. Hartley left the team in July and was replaced by Sérgio Sette Câmara.
Dragon have fallen down to eleventh place in Teams' Championship, scoring just two points with Hartley's P9 finish in the second race of the 2019 Diriyah ePrix.
^ Smith, Sam (October 15, 2019). "New NIO 333 Car Breaks Cover". e-racing365. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
^ Smith, Sam (September 18, 2019). "Nico Mueller Completes GEOX Dragon Lineup". e-racing365. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Smith, Sam (March 23, 2020). "Dragon commits to Formula E manufacturer status". The Race. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ Klein, Jamie (July 22, 2020). "Sette Camara replaces Hartley at Dragon for Berlin". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
2020–21 season
Joel Eriksson with the Penske EV-5 at the 2021 Puebla ePrix.
In November 2020, Sette Câmara was confirmed as a full-time driver for the upcoming 2020–21 season. The following month, Müller was confirmed as his partner. Dragon would start the season with the Penske EV-4 powertrain from the previous season, only switching to Penske EV-5 at the 2021 Monaco ePrix. In February 2021, Dragon announced a technical partnership with Bosch, who will help develop Dragon's powertrains for the Gen3 era of Formula E.
In the chaotic first race of the Valencia ePrix, Müller scored Dragon's first Gen2 era podium with a second-place finish after many cars had to retire or were disqualified due to running out of energy. For the 2021 Puebla ePrix, Joel Eriksson replaced Müller due to a date clash with his DTM commitments. On July 3, 2021, Müller announced on his Twitter account that he and Dragon decided to part ways, effectively keeping Eriksson in his seat for the rest of the season.
^ Tupper, Ian (November 20, 2020). "Sérgio Sette Câmara will compete for DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT in Season 7 of the FIA Formula E World Championship". DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
^ Tupper, Ian (December 11, 2020). "DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT confirms Nico Müller for Season 7 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship". DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
^ "Monaco e Prix - Official Entry List" (PDF). FIA Formula E World Championship. March 31, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
^ Smith, Sam (February 24, 2021). "FE team Dragon secures major new tech partnership with Bosch". The Race. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ Tupper, Ian (May 29, 2021). "JOEL ERIKSSON APPOINTED RESERVE DRIVER, WILL RACE IN PUEBLA E-PRIX". DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
^ @nico_mueller (July 3, 2021). "1/2 due to several clashing commitments, @DragonRacing_FE & myself have decided to part ways - meaning I won't race in the final 3 rounds of @FIAFormulaE S7. Thanks for nearly 2 seasons of passionate hard work & the memories we created" (Tweet) via Twitter.
2021–22 season
The ex-Formula One driver Antonio Giovinazzi replaced Eriksson to partner Sette Câmara. The season was considered as the worst of the team, as the team finished last in the Team's Championship.
2022–23 season
Partnering DS Automobiles after Techeetah folded, the team was rebranded as DS Penske. The driver lineup consists of two driver champions Jean-Éric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne. Vergne won the Hyderabad ePrix, the first victory for the team since 2016.
2024–25 season
Vandoorne was released from the team and has his seat exchanged with Maximilian Günther. Günther managed to win two rounds in this season: race 1 of the Jeddah ePrix and race 1 of the Shanghai ePrix.
2025–26 season
Vergne moved to their sister team Citroën Racing. He would be replaced by Taylor Barnard.
History adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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DS Penske is a United States factory-level racing team based in Los Angeles, California, United States<br>Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United. Founded in 2007, the team competes in Club Racing, Formula E.DS Penske is listed on Race Team Wiki, the world's first comprehensive racing team index.
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