Marco Engel has completed the Formula E 🦩driver line-up at Ve🀅nturi for the 2016-17 championship and joins alongside the retained Stephane Sarrazin.

The long-time Mercedes-AMG factory driver has exper🗹ience in DTM and V8 Supercars but will be making his Formula E debut at the season opener in Hong Koꦦng in October.

Engel, who is current FIA GT World Cup Champion and 2016 Nurburgring 24 Hour winner, is relishing the chance of♒ joining the all-electric series and taking on the new challenge.

"After giving me the op🐲portunity to develop their new car, Venturi, a top team in Formula-E, offered me the chance to participate in the championship. I am very happy." Engel, who replaces Mike Conway in Venturi's line-up, said. "Efficient cars, great drivers, important manufacturers, races in big cities: the series is already a success and as a driver it's very important to be part of it."

"It is a great satisfaction to welcome Marco" Franck Baldet, the team coordinator, said. "He is already deeply involved in the team through the season 3 car preparation. He knows our new engine - the VM 200 - FE - 02. He did most of the testing sessions accumulating hundreds of kilometers behind the wheel🍌.

"He is efficient and accurate ⛄in his comment🐻s to our engineers, always available for the exchange that will increase the performance of the vehicle."