Maserati Monaco Sports Group Racing is a Monegasque racing team that competes in Formula E, which is organized by the

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(FIA). The team was formed from

Venturi Racing Venturi Racing (formerly Venturi Formula E Team) is a Monegasque motor racing team controlled by Scott Swid (Chairman and principal owner) and José M Aznar Botella. The team competes in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Venturi Racing ...

and made its debut in the series in the 2022–23 season.

History

On 10 January 2022, Maserati announced that it would enter Formula E as a manufacturer, in partnership with a yet-to-be-announced team. Its debut in the electric single-seater category was scheduled for the 2022–23 season, marking its return to single-seater racing after 65 years, when the manufacturer had last competed in

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. As a result, Maserati would become the first Italian constructor and manufacturer to compete in Formula E. Maserati's entry was made possible due to an amendment in the Formula E regulations, which allowed two brands owned by the same group to rebadge and share a powertrain. As such, Maserati would use rebadged powertrains designed and developed by

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, another brand of parent group Stellantis, which has been present in Formula E since the 2015–16 season. Subsequently, on 7 April 2022, an agreement was announced for a multi-year partnership between Maserati and

for the Maserati Formula E team to operate from Venturi's base and structure in

Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

. With this deal, the Venturi name, which had been present on the Formula E grid since its inaugural season, would be retired. However, most of Venturi's remaining structure would remain.

2022–23 season

On 3 November, the team confirmed

Edoardo Mortara Edoardo "Edo" Mortara (born 12 January 1987) is a Swiss-Italian-French professional racing driver for Maserati MSG Racing. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he holds triple nationality from all three countries. He is a former Formula Three Euroseri ...

and

Maximilian Günther Maximilian Günther (born 2 July 1997) is a German racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Maserati MSG Racing. Günther has previously driven in Formula 2 with Arden and for Dragon Racing, BMW i Andretti and Nissan e.dams in Formu ...

for the 2022–23 Formula E World Championship. Maserati MSG Racing made its ePrix debut at the 2023 Mexico City ePrix. Mortara retired after colliding with the barriers on lap 18 and Günther ended the race in 11th place.

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