Jean-Eric Vergne's result on Friday - a pole position and a second place - combined with the fact that both cars were in the points the following day was a form of deliverance for Eugenio Franzetti, the director of DS Performance.
"Friday was a great day for the DS Penske team," emphasised the DS Automobiles representative in the world championship.
"Our results since the start of the season, and more particularly here, demonstrate the very good level of performance of our DS E-Tense FE23.
"These points are good for morale, especially at the start of the season.
"Of course, we know that we still need to work on closing the gap with some of our rivals, but I'm confident that we'll get there.
"Now that the areas for improvement we identified have been confirmed, we'll be able to continue in the right direction."
As a challenger to Porsche and Jaguar in 2023, DS Penske had often been in the running but not really able to compete with them over the long term. However, since the start of the 2024 championship, its two cars have become more competitive.
Progress to be confirmed
Source: Autosport