Here you will find the line-ups of all teams so far

The Berlin Rookie Test is fast approaching and Formula E is once again organizing an official Rookie Test day in the German capital. The special sessions have welcomed some of motorsport’s biggest names to try out the all-electric machines, many of whom have made the step up to full-time seats in Formula E.

Several drivers had the opportunity to drive the GEN3 machines for the Rookie Free Practice at Misano last month, with NEOM McLaren’s Taylor Barnard being the fastest of the bunch.

What classifies as a rookie?

Teams can field anyone who has previously tested Formula E machinery, but they cannot be drivers on the Season 10 entry list and they must not have previously competed in a Formula E race in their career. The idea is to give the best young talent the opportunity to race at the very top of the motorsport ladder, with a taste of Formula E and the chance to impress potential teams in the world’s leading electric racing series.

To participate in the session, drivers must be in possession of a full E-license or at least an E-license for free practice only. They will also have to complete specific training on electrical safety, understand the characteristics of the all-electric Formula E car and know the technical and sporting regulations for the championship.

Of the various test days given to teams throughout the season, a maximum of two of the six official days can be reserved for rookie drivers. They can participate in a maximum of two official test days.

Who will participate in the Berlin Rookie Test 2024?

Each of the eleven teams must nominate at least two rookie drivers for the sessions on May 13.

Andretti – Zane Maloney and Jak Crawford

Andretti will once again showcase the talent of Zane Maloney, who is completing his fifth appearance for the team. The Barbados-born driver will take the wheel of the team’s Porsche 99X Electric in Berlin, having also completed the Misano test in April. So does Maloney the team’s official reserve and development driver.

American Jak Crawford will make his Formula E debut at the 2024 Berlin Rookie Test and has had a long history of success on the track, starting in karts before making his motor racing debut in Formula 4 in 2018. After two years in FIA Formula 3, Crawford was promoted to Formula 2 and quickly became a race winner at the 2023 sprint race in Austria.

Recently announced in the Aston Martin Young Driver Development program, Crawford will be the seventh American to compete in an official Formula E session, joining compatriots Marco Andretti, Matthew Brabham, Scott Speed, Oliver Askew, Colton Herta and Kyle Kirkwood, all of whom also raced by the Indianapolis-based Andretti team, the only team on the Formula E grid to have fielded American drivers since the series’ inception in 2014.

DS PENSKE – Jonny Edgar and Robert Shwartzman

Jonny Edgar represents DS PENSKE during the Berlin Rookie Test. British driver Edgar will compete in the European Le Mans Series and has previously competed in the FIA ​​Formula 3 Championship, where he won the season finale in Monza. Having never driven a Formula E car before, Edgar would be sure to thank the team for giving him this “great opportunity”.

On this day he will be accompanied by Robert Shwartzman, reserve driver of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team, who will continue his work alongside the DS PENSKE team for the Berlin Rookie Test. after appearing in Misano earlier this season.

Envision Racing – Alice Powell and Dries Vanthoor

Alice Powell has played a crucial role for reigning teams’ World Champion Envision Racing for many years as their test and development driver. She has previously tested the GEN2 in Marrakech and Valencia, and completed shakedowns in the GEN3, but the five-time W Series race winner will start her first full day of running in Berlin in just over a week.

In the other car, Dries Vanthoor will be introduced to Formula E machines for the first time. Vanthoor is currently racing in the World Endurance Championship and has an impressive racing CV, including a victory in the LMGTE category at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. “It’s a good learning opportunity to try another discipline of motorsport, especially the advanced technologies in Formula E,” he said during the test.

Mahindra Racing – Frederik Vesti and Kush Maini

Frederik Vesti is one of the standout talents to emerge from the FIA’s single-seater trajectory in recent times, with an impressive 37 race wins and 81 podium finishes in stints in Formula 4, Formula Regional, FIA Formula 3 and FIA Formula 2. – year-old finished a narrow second in the Formula 2 title race last season and will make his first Formula E appearance in the German capital.

Next to Vesti is the current reserve driver Kush Maini. Maini started in Italian F4 in 2016 and has gone on to have success in British Formula 3, Formula Renault Eurocup and FIA Formula 3. He currently competes in FIA Formula 2 and scored two podium finishes earlier this year in Jeddah and Melbourne.

Nissan – Caio Collet and Gabriele Mini

Caio Collet was first introduced to the Nissan e-4ORCE 04 during Free training for beginners during the Misano E-Prix earlier this month. The Brazilian racer worked with the team since the beginning of Season 10 and helps prepare for upcoming events in the simulator.

Meanwhile, fellow F3 race winner Gabriele Miniì is part of the current Alpine Academy and will be behind the wheel of the Formula E machines for the first time! He won the 2020 Italian F4 Championship, caught the attention of the Alpine Academy and made his debut in the F3 campaign in 2023, taking two wins including the Monaco Feature Race. Minì is currently third in the F3 driver standings.

ERT – Marta García and Mikel Azcona

Electric Racing Technologies has announced that reigning F1 Academy champion Marta García will represent the team in the upcoming Berlin Rookie Test for her Formula E debut. García gained worldwide attention when she won the first ever season of the F1 Academy last year. This season she is racing with the Iron Dames in the highly competitive Formula Regional European Championship (FRECA).

Bythe García is Mikel Azcona, who took part in the team’s rookie test in Misano last month. The touring car specialist won the WTCR FIA World Touring Car Cup in 2022 and is a two-time European touring car champion in TCR Europe. Last year Azcona drove for the team in the Berlin Rookie Testnext Daniil Kvyat.

Porsche-Thomas Preining and Dennis Hauger

TAG Heuer Porsche will bring in Thomas Preining, a current DTM racer, for the Berlin Rookie test. The Porsche factory driver has experience in the all-electric championship, having played the role of test and development driver for the 2019/20 season alongside Simona De Silvestro. Preining took part in the rookie test in Marrakesh in 2020 with GEN2 machines.

Preining will be joined by Dennis Hauger, who is currently competing in his third FIA Formula 2 season with MP Motorsport. This will be the first introduction to Formula E during an official test session for 21-year-old Norwegian Hauger.

ABT CUPRA-Tim Tramnitz

German racer Tim Tramnitz will return to ABT CUPRA’s GEN3 this season, having competed in the Rookie Free Practice in Misano and now again in the Berlin Rookie Test following the Berlin double-header. Tramnitz is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and competes in the FIA ​​​​Formula 3. He is also part of Motorsport Team Germany and has been a member of the ADAC Sports Foundation team for seven years.