Mouser-Sponsored Dragon Team to gear-up for Mexico City E-Prix
Mouser and Molex will sponsor the Dragon team throughout the season in collaboration with TTI. The ABB Formula E Championship features cars that are powered solely by electric power and represent a vision for the future of the motor sports industry, serving as a framework for research and development around zero-emission motoring.
Mouser Electronics-sponsored Dragon team is all set for the fifth leg of the 2017–18 FIA Formula E racing at Mexico City. After a challenging race in Santiago, Chile, the team is now fine-tuning its strategy for the tough Mexico City E-Prix on March 3. The Mexico City track, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, features a 1.3-mile course and 12 turns.
The 2017–2018 season marks the fourth season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship and the fourth season that Mouser Electronics is a team sponsor along with valued partner Molex. Mouser Electronics and Molex will sponsor the Dragon team throughout the season in collaboration with TTI.
Driver Jerome D’Ambrosio placed eighth in the Santiago contest, while Jose Maria Lopez was pushed out of the race in the first lap after hitting the wall due to contact.
“With Lopez’s sixth-place finish in Marrakesh and D’Ambrosio’s top 10 in Chile, the Dragon team is revving up the action this year,” said Todd McAtee, Vice President, Americas Business Development for Mouser Electronics. “The two are at the top of their games, and Mexico City could be where they bust out of the pack. We are excited to see what these two talented drivers can accomplish behind the wheel.”
The ABB Formula E Championship features cars that are powered solely by electric power and represent a vision for the future of the motorsports industry, serving as a framework for research and development around zero-emission motoring. Racing is all about speed and endurance, and racing sponsorships are an innovative way for Mouser to communicate its performance-driven business model and promote the newest technologies from its manufacturer partners.
“TTI is proud to team up with Mouser and Molex to support Dragon and the sustainable automotive technologies of the future,” said Mike Morton, Chief Operating Officer of TTI.
“This is pioneering technology,” said Fred Bell, Vice President of Global Distribution for Molex. “We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with Mouser and TTI for another season as a sponsor of the Dragon team, supporting such an important, innovative technology.”
Following the race in Mexico City, the series heads to Punta del Este, Uruguay, March 17; Rome, April 14; Paris, April 28; Berlin, May 19; Zurich, June 10; and New York City, July 14 and 15.
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