FORMULA E : DS AUTOMOBILES ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH SYENSQO

With just a few days until the first race of Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, which takes place in Mexico City on Saturday January 13, DS Automobiles and PENSKE AUTOSPORT has announced a three-year partnership with Belgian firm Syensqo.

Based on the future of science, Syensqo helps to make cars lighter and safer by replacing metals with high-performance polymers as well as supplying materials to make more efficient batteries.

With performance and innovation as the watchwords, the foundation behind this latest partnership is a mutual desire to push the limits of electric technology and imagine the mobility of tomorrow. DS Automobiles, the winner of two double titles in Formula E, has the firm aim of competing at the very top of the field once more this season, alongside a company acknowledged as a chemical industry solutions leader.

 

Olivier François, DS Automobiles Chief Executive Officer:

“We are delighted to welcome Syensqo, a key player in the future of clean mobility that is working on the next generation of electric cars as a partner of DS PENSKE at the heart of our adventure in the Formula E world championship. This collaboration personifies our continuing quest to push the limits of innovation, technology, and performance. Together with Syensqo, our aim is for excellence, and we are determined to show this right from the very first E-Prix of the season, which takes place on January 13 in Mexico City.”

 

Ilham Kadri, Syensqo Chief Executive Officer:

“Syensqo is thrilled to join forces with DS PENSKE Formula E Team in this exciting partnership embracing science, sustainability, performance and safety. This collaboration is about winning together, as we share the same values of leading the way and innovating by creating breakthroughs to advance humanity, in green mobility and beyond.”

 

Eugenio Franzetti, DS Performance Director:

“The whole team is particularly proud of this new partnership. Having a company as prestigious as Syensqo among our partners is a very strong recognition of all the work we have accomplished over several years, our unique track record of achievement so far, and the ambitious goals that we have set for the future.”

 

Key figures since DS Automobiles entered Formula E:

• 105 races
• 4 championship titles
• 16 victories
• 47 podiums
• 22 pole positions