Amlin Aguri
| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) |
Aguri Suzuki Mark Preston |
| Current series | Formula E |
| Current drivers |
 António Félix da Costa Salvador Durán
|
Team Aguri, formerly Amlin Aguri and officially the Team Aguri Formula E Team, was an international motor racing team founded by former Formula One and 24 Hours of Le Mans driver Aguri Suzuki (Executive Chairman) and Mark Preston (Team Principal) to compete in the FIA Formula E Championship for electric cars. The team was based in Tokyo, Japan, and was in a technical partnership with McLaren. At the end of the 2015-16 Formula E season, the team was sold to China Media Capital and renamed Techeetah.
Team Aguri was the creation of Suzuki and Preston, who previously created the Super Aguri F1 team in just 100 days, which competed in Formula One between 2006 and 2008. On 1 November 2013, Team Aguri reached an agreement with the FIA to become the sixth of ten teams to sign up to race in the inaugural season of the Formula E series.
Today is a new chapter for the Super Aguri name and I'm proud that our team will represent Japan in the inaugural Formula E series. Zero emissions racing is a progressive concept for the motorsport industry, and after more than 40 years as both a driver and team owner, I see Formula E as a great stride towards the future.
It was announced on 27 June 2014 that the first female driver to drive in Formula E would be Katherine Legge from Great Britain. The team also announced an agreement with Amlin for the insurance company to become the title sponsor of the team, which would compete as "Amlin Aguri". On 2 July 2014, António Félix da Costa from Portugal was confirmed as the second driver. It was announced that Takuma Sato would fill in for the team at the first round in Beijing, due to Félix da Costa having previous commitments in the DTM series.Salvador Durán replaced Legge from the Punta del Este round. Félix da Costa took the team's first win in Buenos Aires, and the team ultimately finished in seventh place in the teams' championship.
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