Trying to express my emotions on winning the Formula E world championship is always going to be difficult. It’s not just this year, it’s so many years of hard work that have gone in to try and become the best in the world at something.
It just means the absolute world to me and the whole Andretti Autosport team. Seeing the emotions of everyone in London at the finale was something that I never expected, just how much it meant. It was an incredible feeling and it still gives me goosebumps now thinking about becoming world champion. Being the best in Formula E is something so special. I’ll definitely never forget it.
It’s hopefully something I get to experience again, but you only ever become world champion for the first time once, and I feel like nothing will ever come close to that moment.
We left Valencia after pre-season testing thinking that we had one of the slowest powertrains, we weren’t efficient at all. We were slow, we were lacking pure pace and it was a difficult off-season. I just went into it thinking this is going to be a season at the back, so to win the opening round in Mexico was just so unexpected. When that happens it becomes even sweeter.
We then left the next rounds in Saudi Arabia thinking that we’re in the best position ever, we’ve got the most efficient powertrain, everything was in our favour. Then basically from the end of January until April I didn’t score any points.
They were all flyaways and single-header races, which means you’re away from your family so much. You are still doing all the simulator work, still doing all the preparation, and to not come home with any reward was so mentally challenging. I could see the morale in the team at times being low, there’s no denying that. You could see how much they were putting in towards it and I couldn’t deliver the results that they deserved.
Source: Autosport