Cupra, the energy of Barcelona. The Catalan manufacturer born in 2018 is very focused on change and joined FE in 2023.

Cupra, the latest addition to the Volkswagen group’s brands, has embraced Formula E, a zero-emissions championship that shares the values ​​of environmental sustainability and gender equality. Since last year he has been racing with the German Abt team and comes from Misano Adriatico with “through the roof” motivation. In Tokyo, Swiss Nico Müller – one of the drivers with a “double job” because he also races in the World Endurance Championship – collected the first points of the season for himself and the team, which currently ranks ninth in the position, even. in front of the manufacturer who gives him one seat.

Che a Kempten It is known that they know how to drive FE cars. On the bulletin board of what is now called Abt Cupra there are 104 EPrix contested (only those from season 8 and Cape Town season 9 missing), one team title and one individual title, 14 wins and poker in season four , 47 podiums and 6 poles. The last front line started last year, in the home race, in Berlin, when Müller himself and his teammate Robin Frijns fought on the wet track that the Dutchman had won, champion in the rain.

After being placed in the Swiss top 10, seventh place, Lucas Di Grassi, the Brazilian who is already the world champion who returned to the Abt Cupra, has high hopes, despite still being stuck at the initial zero. “We are improving – highlights the 39-year-old, one of the senators of the circuit – and we continue to develop the car to be more aggressive in the race and try to overtake maneuvers. The feedback that the car gives us is excellent and this gives us a good feeling considering the next race.”
Grassi’s are not just any driver’s words, but the one with the most ePrixes contested (120), the most points won (1,041) and the most podiums (40). With Sébastien Buemi he also shares the most number of achievements: 13.
At the Romagna race, Abt Cupra will also announce its future collaboration with Lola and Yamaha, possibly at least for the next two seasons: the British and Japanese companies will supply the racing car after early termination of the contract with Mahindra. Cupra’s investment in FE is working towards the brand’s ambitious goals, launched in 2018. His successor, Wayne Griffiths, pushed for electrification, as well as further design improvements. The numbers confirm the choice of the manager of the Catalan brand, which in 2023 delivered around 231,000 cars, around 51% more than in 2022, with the Formentor (also not zero production, at least not yet) as the best seller. example (120,000 units). Born-powered battery reached 44,000. And the Tavascan electric SUVs, which were also shown during the Formula E race, and the Terramar plug-in SUV are about to start.

International exhibition The E system works for the opening of new markets, because Griffiths has confirmed that by the end of the decade he will bring the Cupra to the United States, at least in the large cities of the west and east coasts, which are more sensitive to sustainable mobility. The circuit has raced abroad in various locations, including Miami and New York before arriving in Portland (two ePrixes this year, at the end of June) and envisaging a double event in the next few seasons. Los Angeles is officially one of the major cities that the organizers of the world championship are negotiating with. Although “crushed”, the Abt CEO and Team Principal of the team returned satisfied from Tokyo: “It was good to see that we can compete in the Top 10 – he commented – It is what we hope to do in the first of the four European events this season. ” In short, the continental liberation of Abt Cupra starts from Misano Adriatico. Then it will continue to Monte Carlo, Berlin and London, where the world championship will make its decisions on July 20 and 21.