The Monaco ePrix was another frustrating race for the Dragon Racing team as both Loic Duval and Jerome D’Ambrosio suffered technical issues during the race and qualifying.

Duval has now had technical problems at every race this season. The Frenchmen believes that the car has good pace in it, but the drivers can’t show it because the car is prone to reliability issues.

“The race was a bad one, once again,” said Duval. “The target is to have a weekend free of problems, but we didn’t. We got disqualified from qualifying and started at the back. Even though the pace was quite good in the morning, we were sixth in practice which was positive.

“So we were expecting that we would have some pace in the race, but at the back of the grid, it was difficult to overtake. So overall we didn’t have the pace, which I think is the first time this year in the race that we were really struggling,” said Duval.

Frustrating Year

Dragon Racing have been used to fighting for podiums and race wins in the first two seasons of Formula E, but season three has only seen the team pick up 19 points from the first five races.

Due to the high amounts of reliability issues the team has had throughout the season. Optimising the car for qualifying and the race has been a struggle for the American team.

“We have lost performance to Renault e.Dams compared to past years,” said Duval. “For me, we have done five races now, and I have had problems in five out of five races.

“Formula E is so difficult that when you have problems, you don’t have time to optimise everything thoroughly. The results we are getting this year is not what we expect to be achieving.

“We should be getting top five top six, which is something we can achieve. But we don’t do everything perfectly during the weekend, and we pay it,” explained Duval.

Duval currently sits in 16th place in the driver’s championship with nine points, while D’Ambrosio is 15th with ten points.