Successful Season Opener for ZF Motorsports

In the fourth season of the FIA Formula E, the German racer Maro Engel and his teammate Edoardo Mortara (Italy) have already established leading scores in the points for ZF partner Venturi nine times. Venturi started this season with a newly developed transmission from ZF and is currently in 7th place in the team ranking. The coming season, which is to start in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the end of the year, holds even more excitement in store. Venturi landed a real coup in the driver’s seat with the commitment of Formula 1 star Felipe Massa (Brazil). In the new season, Massa will be entering the race with an electric driveline developed entirely by ZF, which, in addition to the transmission, also includes an electric motor, an inverter and power electronics.

In the US, ZF has been an official partner of the IMSA SportsCar Championship since 2014. In this role, it equips many teams with shock absorbers and clutches. In the prestigious GTLM class, another ZF partner is in first place in the current manufacturer classification: Porsche Motorsport. Porsche won two of the four previous season races and also took third place on the podium in the other two races.

In addition to Porsche’s US activities, ZF also supports the Porsche Motorsport Juniors, the official young talent driver program from Porsche for up-and-coming works drivers. Two Porsche Motorsport Juniors are competing in the international Porsche Supercup, which is part of the supporting program for European Formula 1 Racing. The Porsche Talent Pool is new to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany this year. Here, young drivers are given the opportunity to be sponsored by Porsche and, if they perform well, the chance of getting one of the sought-after spots as a Porsche Motorsport Junior. These young drivers are also supported by ZF as part of the partnership on the way to a professional career in motorsports.