Dragon Racing have had a solid start to the season, but the American team seem to be struggling with finding out the best way to set up their cars.

The team looked set for a midfield battle for the entire season in pres season testing. The team struggled to get close to the top 5 in testing.

The pre season form was replicated in Beijing, as the team brought their cars home in 6th and 7th position respectably, which brought some solid points for the team.

However, when Formula E touched down in Putrajaya, Dragon Racing were a completely different team. Oriol Servia put his Dragon Racing car in second place with his teammate Jerome d’ Ambrosio finishing in third in qualifying.

However, it would be the mistakes from the team, which would cause the team to miss out on a huge opportunity to score some big points from the race weekend.

Firstly the great qualifying session was destroyed when Ambrosio had to start from the back of the grid, after going over the maximum power usage in qualifying. In the race Servia had a problem in the pit stop. Servia’s second car could not find 1st gear. The team were in the pit lane for 18 seconds longer than they wanted to be, which cost them a podium position, as Servia finished 18 seconds off the leaders.

D’Ambrosio did a great job to finish in fifth position, after coming from the back grid and Servia finished the race in seventh place. The team were able to show that they are a team that will finish in the points, but they could of achieved so much more in Putrajaya.

Despite the teams good form in Putrajaya, the team went back to their ordinary pace in Punta Del Este. Both drivers finished in the points, but only in 8th an 9th places. The team admitted to having a few set up problems in Punta Del Este, which they were hoping to learn more about in the in-season test the following day in Uruguay.

However, the team struggled again in Buenos Aires with Servia picking up only a single point and Ambrosio would finish the race in 15th a lap behind the leaders. The team struggled to find the correct setup for the car in Argentina. The team have also struggled to find a balance between recovering energy and driving at a fast enough speed to challenge for the lead of the race.

Dragon Racing will be hoping to learn from the data they have going into the Miami ePrix, so they can have a performance similar to the one they have had in Putrajaya.