The Andretti Autosport driver sits second in the standings – 24 points behind championship leader Pascal Wehrlein – but has not finished in the points since January when he took two second-place finishes in Diriyah.
The Brit failed to score in both Hyderabad and Sao Paulo following collisions, branding Dan Ticktum “a plonker” for the contact in the latter, while serving a penalty for a tyre pressure violation in Cape Town left him down the order.
Ahead of the Berlin E-Prix double-header this weekend at the Tempelhof Street Circuit, Dennis is under no illusions about the minimum goal that he needs to achieve to keep his title challenge alive.
“Score points. I think that’s probably the biggest aim for us right now: to try and get back on the scoring board,” said Dennis, who took victory in the opening round of the season in Mexico City.
“We had a really consistent running block from the end of Gen2 to then the start of Gen 3 of just consistently [being] in the points and that’s what we need to try and get back into now.”
Despite a clean sweep of the podium for Jaguar-powered cars in Sao Paulo, Dennis is confident that the Porsche powertrain remains the pacesetter in the championship.
However, he concedes the German manufacturer’s rivals have caught up in the new-for-2023 Gen3 era.
Source: Autosport