Fortescue Zero will be a part of the FIA Components E World Championship as a full buyer entry for the 2026/27 season, taking on Penske’s Components E operations and working Jaguar powertrains within the upcoming GEN4 period.
Topic to FEO and FIA approval, the newly created Fortescue Zero racing and innovation workforce intends to turn out to be the primary Australian-owned outfit on the Components E grid.
The high-performance engineering arm—previously Williams Superior Engineering—has served as a long-standing technical associate to the collection, supplying battery intelligence and performing because the official Pit Increase supplier throughout latest seasons.
“For greater than a decade Fortescue Zero has been the brains behind a few of the groundbreaking applied sciences powering and remodeling electrical racing,” mentioned Gus Pichot, Fortescue Development and Power CEO.
“Now, we’re going to point out the world how we will compete on the monitor as properly. Progressing from the pit lane to the grid is the following chapter in our motorsports story. We’re right here to race, to win and to innovate.”
Fortescue Zero acquired an current Components E workforce
To safe its grid slot, Fortescue acquired Jay Penske’s Components E operation. Penske expressed confidence within the handover, stating: “Fortescue Zero has a transparent ambition for electrical expertise and motorsport and we all know it’ll construct upon the nice foundations we’ve laid and result in future success.”
The workforce will compete as a buyer outfit powered by Jaguar’s GEN4 powertrain.
Components E CEO Jeff Dodds welcomed the transfer, highlighting Fortescue Zero’s position as a necessary expertise associate because the championship’s inception.
“Components E is pushing electrical racing to a different degree, creating utterly new engineering challenges,” added Travis Hester, Fortescue Zero Electromobility CTO.
“That’s precisely the place we wish to be, on the entrance of the grid, fixing troublesome issues and discovering the following aggressive benefit.”
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