Founded | 2007 |
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Founder(s) |
Jay Penske Stephen J. Luczo |
Base | Los Angeles, California and Donington Park, UK. |
Team principal(s) | Jay Penske |
Current series | FIA Formula E |
Former series | IndyCar Series |
Current drivers |
Mike Conway Loïc Duval Jérôme d'Ambrosio |
Website | http://www.dragonracing.com |
Dragon Racing (formerly Luczo-Dragon Racing) is an American auto racing team, involved in many areas of motorsport. The Dragon Racing team competed in the IndyCar Series from 2007 until 2014, and in 2014 Dragon Racing became one of the founding FIA Formula E teams. Dragon Racing was founded in 2007 by Jay Penske and Stephen J. Luczo. Dragon Racing is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the largest EV (electrical vehicle) market in the world, and has additional operations in Great Britain at the Donington Park racing circuit.
Notable Dragon Racing drivers include Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Sébastien Bourdais, Loïc Duval, Ryan Briscoe, Paul Tracy and Tomas Scheckter.
Dragon Racing is currently competing in the Formula E Championship. The Penske led team finished 2nd (runner-up) in the inaugural 2014-15 Formula E season with drivers Loïc Duval and Jérôme d'Ambrosio. Dragon Racing have won two races in Formula E. Jérôme d'Ambrosio took victory at the 2015 Berlin ePrix after Lucas di Grassi was disqualified with Loïc Duval finishing in third, and d'Ambrosio was again awarded the victory at the 2016 Mexico ePrix, again after di Grassi was disqualified after the race had finished.
The Dragon Racing team's motto or slogan is the Latin phrase: E Pluribus Unum (out of many, there is one)
Dragon Racing started the inaugural 2014-15 Formula E season with drivers Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Oriol Servià. After four rounds Servià retired from racing in order to take up an executive position within the team, he was replaced by French driver Loïc Duval. The two drivers remained with the team the rest of the season as well as the two following seasons.