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TICKTUM AND GIOVINAZZI HEADLINE ROOKIE CROP

Of the three rookie drivers gracing the 2022 Formula E grid, the two with arguably the biggest draw have found seats with the historically unfancied teams in the championship.

Dragon Penske Autosport has snared the services of Antonio Giovinazzi following his departure from Alfa Romeo’s F1 team, while Dan Ticktum has called time on FIA Formula 2 to join NIO 333 alongside the enduring Oliver Turvey. There’s two ways of cutting it: either they’ve both got low-pressure environments in which to learn Formula E’s intricacies and nuances, or they’re set for a season of struggle with equipment that will seldom offer opportunities for decently sized points hauls. The two drivers are also up against it in terms of mileage, having had to call their pre-season testing programmes short and hot-foot it to Saudi Arabia for their F1 and F2 duties.

“The car is really different from F1, or the cars I’ve been in over the past few years,” Giovinazzi explains. “[On the first day] I was really sort of confused and had a lot of things to learn. But the