Virgin Racing have had a strong start to the season and currently sit in second in the constructors championship.

The team have had to work extremely hard to work their way towards the top end of the grid, as they were slightly off the pace of E.Dams and Audi Sport Abt going into Beijing.

In Beijing, Sam Bird was able to get on the podium but his teammate Jamie Alguersuari finished outside the points in 11th place.

However, in the huge gap between Beijing and Putrajaya, the team found some good pace in the car which ultimately led to Sam Bird being victorious in Putrajaya. Alguersuari had another tough race, but the Spanish driver picked up two points for his team by finishing in 9th place.

In Punta Del Este, Alguersuari had a much better race, as he finished in a strong 5th position, but for Sam Bird it would be a day to forgot after he missed his breaking point at the first chicane and slammed into the barriers.

The team was on for another strong race in Buenos Aires. Alguersuari was attacked in the last couple of laps of the race by Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Abt, which cost the Spanish driver a chance to finish on the podium. Sam Bird was also on course to win the ePrix, but the British driver had a problem in the pit stop as his second car could not select first gear. Once Sam got going again, he was in such a rush to get out he missed the red light at the end of the pit-lane, which resulted in him being penalised with a drive-through penalty.

This caused the British driver to finish the race in 7th place. Bird has been speaking to Formula E Zone about how he thinks that sometimes it is pot luck that wins you races in Formula E rather than driver error, as some drivers are having problems in the pit stops which go unnoticed on TV.

“It is all down to the pit stop. Races are won and lost there. It is not down to driver error, unfortunately, its normally down to pot luck at the moment, which is part of Formula E being a brand new series and a brand new concept. I think these problems will be ironed out once Formula E gets older.” said Bird.

Although, Sam admits that his team have done extremely well in the first four races as he looked back on his season so far.

“It has been smooth, The pit stop in Argentina was not ideal and what happened in Punta Del Este was defiantly not ideal. We have shown very good race pace overall, we can improve our qualifying speed a little bit. But I think we are in a good place, obviously it can’t be bad we are second in the championship. All in all its been a decent start to the championship.”

Bird and Alguersuari will be hoping to continue their good form in Miami tomorrow as the cars hit the track once again for round five of the championship.