NextEV has revealed a new test livery ahead of next month’s collective running at Donington Park. The colours are a drastic deviation from the turquoise colour scheme seen in the second half of season one and throughout the second season. IT’s a little bit like a milk bottle has met a BAC Mono but we like it a lot.

The team reports that 11 days of testing have been completed successfully with its new powertrain, named the “NextEV 700R”. Oliver Turvey, Nelson Piquet and Ben Hanley have all driven the car, with the team expecting to retain Turvey and Piquet in season three.

After a disappointing second season which Nelson Piquet unable to defend his first season drivers’ title, NextEV has been going through a period of transition, leaving no stone unturned in a bid to return to the top (which includes change of name, with “TCR” now gone).

The team revealed a fresh, white livery on its Facebook page on Friday, featuring the hashtag “DestinationVictory” on the top of the chassis and relatively few sponsors. The season three double front wing does not make an appearance, as testing by most teams appears to have been complete without the part. Constructors had 15 private test days to use before the end of July.

Test liveries are nothing new in racing. Red Bull ran a camouflage livery during F1 preseason testing in 2015, while the Renault e.dams Formula E team experimented with several different liveries over the course of 2015 preseason testing.

Dragon Racing is expected to feature a mostly-white livery following its partnership with Faraday Future so it remains to be seen whether NextEV keeps this one. But we like it.

The NextEV Formula E team has successfully completed 11 full days of testing with its 2016/2017 challenger. Clocking up thousands of miles on the technical Calafat Circuit in Spain, driving duties have been split between Nelson Piquet, Oliver Turvey and Ben Hanley.

The squad has focused on the development of its all-new powertrain, the NextEV 700R, as well as set-up programmes. The tight, twisty circuit at Calafat was selected due to the similar characteristics it has to the street tracks that the FIA Formula E Championship races on.

The private preseason testing programme has now concluded and the NextEV Formula E team will next be seen on track at the official series tests at Donington Park in the UK from 23-25 August and 5-7 September.

Luke Smith