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Lopez back in single-seaters with DS Virgin

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    World Touring Car champion Jose Maria Lopez will return to single seaters next year taking the place of Jean-Eric Vergne alongside Sam Bird at DS Virgin in Formula E:

    33-year old López will replace Jean-Eric Vergne and will be a new addition to the grid in Formula E. The Argentinian comes with an impressive pedigree as current world touring car champion and leads the 2016 FIA WTCC World Championship with 244 points, having claimed six race wins already this season.

    Prior to touring cars, ‘Pechito’, as he is known to his friends, had a successful single-seater career, winning the Formula Renault Italian Championship in 2002 and a Formula Eurocup FR V6 title in 2003. He was a test driver in Formula One in 2006.

    Bird, who will enter his third season with the team, had another strong season, finishing fourth in the Drivers’ Championship with 88 points. The 29-year old picked up his third victory in FIA Formula E in Buenos Aires, where he led the pack from start to finish. As well as an impressive second place in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Bird also collected three pole positions during the 2015-16 season and in the process won the award for the highest numbers of pole positions in 2015-16.

    Amusingly the press release DS Virgin have just issued includes the following line reproduced verbatim:

    José María López said, “”

    Lost for words?

    Either way it’s great to see him back in single-seaters after his deal to drive for US F1 in 2010 never came to be.

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