Jamie Alguersuari is confident that Virgin Racing have a winning car in Berlin this weekend. The Spaniard wants to grow on his strong pace that showed throughout the Monaco ePrix practice and qualifying session, but the Spanish driver was unable to make it round the first corner in the race.

Despite not being able to show his race pace, Alguersuari is hopeful that the pace he showed in practice in Monaco will help him in his attempt to get his first podium in Formula E.

“We could have won the race in Monaco, but I had a ten-place grid penalty for changing the gearbox and I was affected with the red flag in qualifying. In practice, my long-run and short-run pace was good and the car is very different now and I think it’s a winning one,” said Alguersuari

Alguersuari also thinks that energy consumption will be very difficult to manage in Berlin, The Spanish driver believes that it will be more difficult than it was in Monaco where it was high on energy consumption. However, if drivers begin to struggle on energy management they are more than likely to be overtaken in the race, as there is plenty of room for quicker cars to drive past.

“Energy consumption will be more difficult than Monaco, at the same time you have more areas to recover that lost energy. There are also many places that you can overtake so it should be a better track for recovery than in Monaco,” said Alguersuari.

The 25-year old is confident that he can achieve his first podium in Berlin. He feels Virgin Racing has a car that is more than capable of winning this race or challenging for a podium.

“We have a quick car and for sure my target is a podium, but we have what it takes to win this race. I have no penalties and I think we can win the race and I am confident that we can. We are started to get control of the car now, it’s probably to late in the championship, but I am confident that we can win,” said Alguersuari