NEW DELHI: The Formula E championship is already into it's third season and the only Indian team competing in the 'electric-car' racing series - Mahindra Racing - are enjoying their fines start till date. The Indian team are well placed in fifth position with 37 points from the first four races of the season as they get ready for back-to-back race weekends in Monaco and Paris, starting this Sunday.

Both the Mahindra drivers - Nick Heidfeld and Felix Rosenqvist - started off with podium finishes this season with the former in the Hong Kong ePrix and the latter in the Marrakesh ePrix. However, the last two races in Buenos Aires and Mexico were not so profitable for the team.

"I think in the third year of Formula E, the team have got off to their best start yet. We had two podiums in the first two races and even at Mexico, Heidfeld was running in the second place and Rosenqvist in fifth before we got entangled in someone else's accident. The only blip was the Buenos Aires ePrix, where we failed to perform," Mahindra Racing team principal Dilbagh Gill told TOI on Wednesday.

Formula E will use a modified version of the iconic Formula One track around the streets of Monte Carlo this Sunday, which is just under two kilometres in length. German driver Heidfeld will be attempting to be the first driver to take a podium in Monaco in both F1 and Formula E.

"I think we have a very competitive car this season which is suitable for both slow and high-speed circuits. Monaco is a conundrum for most of the Formula E field. Ironically, although it is also a street circuit it will be still be the closest we get to an F1 track. We have to run the car very low, unlike other tracks on the calendar, because the Monaco streets are so smooth and overtaking is very hard here. Strategy is going to be very important here," Gill felt about the Monaco circuit.

Swedish driver Rosenqvist resides in Monaco but will be making his single-seater debut here which makes Heidfeld experience of the track critical. "Experience comes in handy everywhere and it should be the same in Monaco as well. While Rosenqvist doesn't have a lot of experience here, the quality of the simulators which have improved a lot should help him. Heidfeld though will surely draw from his experience from the F1 days," Gill said about Heidfeld, who took part in 185 F1 Grand Prix.

Just six points seperate the third placed Constructors to the fifth and Mahindra Racing will be hoping that a strong show in the two French ePrix in the next two weeks will get them back into the third position that they are aiming for.

