{"id":203135,"date":"2025-10-10T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/203135\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:33:08","slug":"felipe-drugovich-reacts-to-f1-snub-after-joining-formula-e-i-know-my-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/203135\/","title":{"rendered":"Felipe Drugovich reacts to F1 snub after joining Formula E: \u2018I know my worth\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Felipe Drugovich<\/a> insists he \u201cknows his worth\u201d having opted to switch to Formula E<\/a> next year after a frustrating three years on the sidelines in F1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brazilian driver Drugovich, who won the 2022 F2 title before joining Aston Martin<\/a> as a reserve driver, spent three largely frustrating years on the sidelines \u2013 as he told The Independent <\/a>\u2013 and was unable to land a permanent spot on the F1 grid.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old impressed in various practice sessions and test outings, previously setting lap times quicker than Aston Martin race drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, but both of whom are signed on at Aston until the end of next year.<\/p>\n

Other options, such as new team Cadillac, failed to materialise and therefore, Drugovich has decided to move to the all-electric world championship series Formula E, with Andretti<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got really close many, many times [to F1],\u201d Drugovich said, following his move to Andretti. \u201cIt\u2019s something I needed to keep for myself, know how much I\u2019m worth and how much I can do on track. Hopefully, I can deliver in places that give me the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy I have this opportunity. It\u2019s [Formula E] a championship of massive calibre and people are racing at really high levels. I\u2019m really looking forward to the competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels very good [to] finally get the rust a little bit off my body and get back to racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andretti won the Formula E drivers\u2019 championship in 2023 with Jake Dennis and the British driver will be Drugovich\u2019s teammate for the new season, which starts in Drugovich\u2019s homeland, Brazil, on Saturday 6 December with the Sao Paulo ePrix.<\/p>\n

\"Drugovich<\/p>\n

Drugovich won the 2022 F2 title but could not land a seat in F1 (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Drugovich has raced at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans event in the last two years, and competed in the European Le Mans Series in 2024, but has otherwise been short of competitive time on the track.<\/p>\n

Asked what he will find tough in Formula E, Drugovich replied: \u201cI think the stuff that is most difficult is just reading the races a little bit, how you need to manage the energy throughout every race and the way you\u2019re racing and where you\u2019re positioning the car in every corner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to be happy in the car. I need to be comfortable with the car. And I think also that can bring me a lot of good result, just being easy-going and in an enjoyable mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2025-26 Formula E season is the final campaign for the Gen3 Evo breed of car and will be an 18-round season starting in Sao Paulo on 6 December and ending at the ExCeL Centre in London on 16 August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Felipe Drugovich insists he \u201cknows his worth\u201d having opted to switch to Formula E next year after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[2495,64,63,817,17669,845,813,126528,816,10310,85,126529],"class_list":["post-203135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-aston-martin","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-felipe-drugovich","tag-fernando-alonso","tag-formula-1","tag-formula-e","tag-formula1","tag-lance-stroll","tag-sports","tag-the-independent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}