Enlarge / Stoffel Vandoorne, Mercedes Benz EQ, EQ Silver Arrow 02 during the Berlin E-Prix II at Berlin Tempelhof Airport on Sunday August 15, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Next year this team will become part of McLaren Racing. (credit: Carl Bingham / LAT Images)
McLaren Racing is set to enter Formula E next season. The storied Formula 1 team has been known to be considering expanding into the electric single-seater series to alongside other new activities like Extreme E and IndyCar, but on Saturday morning the news became official.
"McLaren Racing always seeks to compete against the best and on the leading edge of technology, providing our fans, partners and people with new ways to be excited, entertained and inspired," said Zak Brown, McLaren Racing CEO.
"Formula E, like all our racing series, fulfils all those criteria. As with all forms of the sport we participate in, Formula E has racing at the centre but will be strategically, commercially and technically additive to McLaren Racing overall. I firmly believe that Formula E will give McLaren Racing a competitive advantage through greater understanding of EV racing, while providing a point of difference to our fans, partners and people, and continuing to drive us along our sustainability pathway," Brown said.
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