With Mahindra currently being fifth in the constructor’s championship, the Indian squad certainly had a better start into the season compared to last year. Regarding the development for the third generation of Formula E car, the team is expecting an even bigger leap for next season.

“We are definitely on development target “, Mahindra driver Nick Heidfeld told us exclusively. “I’m looking forward to it and we’ll have even bigger changes to the car made than ahead of the current season.”

Daniel Abt gave away last weekend that his German Abt team was going to test their season three challenger this week. Mahindra, however, has not been on the track with their new car yet, Formula E Zone can reveal.

“We have a date set for testing”, Heidfeld comments, but doesn’t want to give an exact date. Last year, the Indian team worked at a Spanish track in L’Ametlla de Mar together with Campos, who are running the team.

Big steps forward

Currently, Mahindra seems to be working on improving both the the dampers and the software. “The dampers are one of the few areas, which we are allowed to work on. I think in comparison to the top teams we have some things to catch up on”, Heidfeld adds.

After the tests in Punta del Este last December, Heidfeld’s team mate Bruno Senna told ‘Motorsport.com’ about the team having improved on the software side as well, although they couldn’t apply their codes to the car due to the lack of time in preparation to the race.