The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team is a German racing team that competes in

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, which is organized by the

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(FIA). The team made its debut in the category at the 2019 Ad Diriyah ePrix, which started the 2019–20 season, and had their first race win at the 2022 Mexico City ePrix.

History

In July 2017,

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confirmed that they would leave the

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at the end of the season in order to focus on their

campaign, which was set to begin with the 2019–20 season. This meant that Porsche would be entering the series at the same time as the

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, though the latter already competed in the 2018–19 season through the affiliated

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team.

2019–20 season

In December 2018,

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was announced as the first driver to drive for the new team.

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was also involved in the development of the new car. Porsche were then evaluating whether to sign the inexperienced Hartley or not. In July 2019, Porsche announced the former

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driver

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as the second driver. In September, Porsche announced Simona de Silvestro and Thomas Preining as their new development drivers after Hartley got signed to the GEOX Dragon team. On 1 March 2020, Preining and

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were brought to the

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rookie test, with Preining posting the fifteenth best lap and Makowiecki ending up the slowest of all drivers who partook the test.

2020-21 season

In August 2020, it was confirmed that former

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driver

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would be joining the Porsche team for the 2020-21 season, replacing Neel Jani.

Results

;Notes * – Driver was fastest in group qualifying stage and was given one championship point. * † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Footnotes

References

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