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| Founded | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Teamprincipal(s) | Sylvain Filippi |
| Current series | Formula E |
| Current drivers |  Joel Eriksson Sébastien Buemi Alice Powell[N 1] |
| Noted drivers |  Nick CassidySam Bird Robin Frijns Jaime AlguersuariFabio Leimer Jean-Éric Vergne José María LópezAlex Lynn |
| Races | 148 |
| Wins | 17 |
| Podiums | 56 |
| Poles | 15 |
| Points | 1830 |
| Teams' Championships | 2022–23 |
| First entry | 2014 Beijing ePrix |
| Last entry | 2025 London ePrix |
| First win | 2014 Putrajaya ePrix |
| Last win | 2025 Monaco ePrix |
| Website | https://envision-racing.com/ |
TheEnvision Racing Formula E Team[1] is a Britishmotor racing team, based at Silverstone Park and majority-owned by Chinese wind turbine manufacturerEnvision Energy[2] that competes inFormula E.[3]
Currently, the three drivers areJoel Eriksson,Sébastien Buemi andAlice Powell.
Virgin was one of the first teams to enter Formula E; its entry was officially confirmed in December 2013.[4] Virgin partnered withPeugeot but rebadged asDS Automobiles from the2015–16 season[5] to the2017–18 season, competing asDS Virgin Racing during that time. With DS moving its support to rival teamTecheetah from the2018–19 season onwards, Virgin chose to establish a long-term customer car deal withAudi Sport.[6]
The team signed driversJaime Alguersuari andSam Bird for its inaugural season.[7] Bird scored three podiums (two of which were wins), which was enough for a fifth place in the Drivers' Championship. For the final round inLondon, which was a double-header event, the team replaced Alguersuari withFabio Leimer.[8] Virgin would finish fifth in Teams' Championship with 133 points.
For its second season, Virgin confirmedSam Bird andJean-Éric Vergne, who moved to the team fromAndretti Autosport.[9] It was the first season in partnership withPeugeot but rebadged asDS Performance. The season was fairly successful, as the team recorded four pole positions (three with Bird, one with Vergne). The team finished third in Teams' Championship with 144 points.
For the 2016–17 season, Virgin signedJosé María López to partner Bird who stayed in the team.[10] López was forced to miss theNew York City ePrix due to his commitments in theFIA WEC series. For this event, he was temporarily replaced byAlex Lynn.[11] Lynn retired from both races, but scored a pole position on his debut. Bird, on the other hand, won both of these races. Lynn was later signed to the team for the next season as a full-time driver.[12] López returned to finish the season at theMontreal ePrix and finished his last race with the team on a podium as he finished third.
Virgin improved their points score to 190 points, but it was only enough for a fourth place in Teams' Championship.
Virgin fielded Bird and the returningAlex Lynn for its fourth season. Bird was in contention for the Drivers' Championship as the main rival forJean-Éric Vergne (who competed forTecheetah at the time), however, he got overtaken byLucas di Grassi in the final weekend of the season inNew York City, thus finished third. Lynn was unable to keep up with Bird for the entire campaign and was not kept for the next season.
Virgin would finish third in Teams' Championship with 160 points. This season would mark the end of the partnership with DS.
For the 2018–19 season, as Peugeot-DS ended their partnership with the team, Virgin opted to become a customer team by switching toAudi powertrains. This move allowed the team to signRobin Frijns, an Audi factory driver, as Bird's teammate.[13] The team also signed a sponsorship deal with Chinese wind turbine manufacturerEnvision Energy, leading to the team rebrand toEnvision Virgin Racing.
The Audi e-tron FE05 powertrain proved to be very competitive, giving Virgin a chance at multiple strong results. The team would finish third in Teams' Championship with 191 points, just a point ahead ofNissan e.dams. Both Bird and Frijns would find themselves at the top of the Drivers' Championship at various points during the season, but only finished ninth and fourth respectively.
Bird and Frijns were retained for the2019–20 season along with the Audi customer deal.[14] Bird won the2019 Diriyah ePrix and got a podium in Race 1 of the2020 Berlin ePrix. Frijns had a poor start until the season stopped due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. He then scored two podiums at Race 3 and 5 of the Berlin ePrix. Bird and Frijns finished 10th and 12th respectively that season and Envision Virgin finished 4th in the Teams’ Championship.
After six seasons with the outfit, Bird left Virgin to joinJaguar Racing.[15] In July 2020, the team announced reigningSuper Formula championNick Cassidy would partner Frijns for the2020–21 season.[16]
Following the 2020–21 season Virgin left the team as a partner and the team re-branded asEnvision Racing, and introduced a new green livery for its entry. Cassidy and Frijns were retained as drivers, whileAlice Powell became the Simulator and Development Driver for the team.
The team switched from Audi toJaguar powertrains for theGen3 era. Following the departure of Frijns, Formula E championSébastien Buemi joined the team to partner Cassidy. The team had a strong performance throughout the season, with Cassidy winning 4 ePrixs and was in contention for the driver's world championship. After a race victory in the season finale ofLondon Race 2, the team has secured the Team's Championship, the first championship in the history of the team under different brands.
Frijns reunited with the team as Cassidy joined theJaguar factory team.
Both Frijns and Buemi were retained in season 11. Buemi managed to secure a race victory at race 2 of theMonaco ePrix.
Frijns was released from the team and would be replaced byJoel Eriksson.
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