The German driver enters the two races in Saudi Arabia having taken fourth place in the season-opening Mexico City E-Prix earlier this month, where he was the only non-Jaguar or Porsche powertrain user to finish inside the top five.
Having remained in the leading group throughout after starting third, Guenther is hopeful that his and the team’s good start to the season can continue.
“Definitely we don’t arrive here as the favourites, that’s definitely the Jaguar and the Porsche cars,” said Guenther, who finished Thursday’s FP1 session ninth.
“Based on Mexico we closed some of the gap and we are in position to fight against them, to compete against them. We were very strong in qualifying and the race was competitive [in Mexico].
“It was only one race, so we need to keep focused on extracting the most from our package.
“It’s a very different track here and I guess a proper trend of performance we will see after a few races in.”
Last season Guenther claimed one win in Jakarta and a further three podiums during the campaign, but failed to score a single point in the opening six races en route to seventh overall in the standings.
Source: Autosport