Maserati has entered Formula E and time will tell for Formula 1

On Tuesday (January 11th), Maserati officially announced its entry into the Formula E championship in 2023, returning to the international motorsport scene after ten years. That is, from MC12 in the games of the former GT World Championship, in the early 2000s.

With the words “time will tell”, however, the CEO of the Italian company, Davide Grasso, did not rule out the possibility of Maserati returning to Formula 1 in the future.

When asked if Maserati would consider moving into another league, Grasso said: “Will the other league be led by my friend Stefano Domenicali? Is that what the rumors say? We will see. We’ll have to wait. Let’s get to Formula E, that’s a big step for us.

The F1 is undoubtedly the most important and decisive championship in car racing. It’s a great institution and Maserati won it, and it won the World Cup with Juan Manuel Fangio many years ago. So your question is not out of place. But my answer would be“.

In this case, the Formula E electric car championship fits perfectly with Maserati’s strategy. The Italian company is in the process of fully electrifying its future sports and supercars with investments from the giant Stellantis group to which it belongs (along with 13 other companies including Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia).

The new generation of its electric performance cars will bear the common name and emblem “Folgore”, which means lightning in Italian. Given the power and electrical charge of lightning, it makes sense to step into a championship that will pass to the third generation (Gen3) of its electric cars in 2023, with a 350 kW (470 hp) electric motor, a lighter weight of 800 kg and a Top speed of over 320 km / h.

Maserati’s decision was made even more sensible by the ability to get into the FE at a lower cost, as it will share many of the auto parts and their future development costs with the other Stellantis competing in the championship, DS Automobiles. The French DS won two doubles in a row ahead of last year’s Mercedes.

However, Maserati has not yet announced whether it will build its own racing team or whether it will work with one of the existing ones – such as Andretti or Venturi.

The news of Maserati’s arrival is encouraging for Formula E as Audi and BMW were eliminated at the end of last season and Mercedes will do the same this December.

The new year of Formula E starts from Saudi Arabia at the end of this month.