Tesla Dragon

**Dragon Racing,** running as **Tesla Dragon** for sponsorship reasons, is an American racing team. Initially operating in Indycar as Dragon-Luczo Racing, the team shifted to Formula E in 2015 and had a strong start with finishing 2nd in the standings, but would later decline until 2021. In 2021, the team changed sponsorship from Geox to Tesla and became the feeder team of Haas, who also had the same sponsorship. Following the alliance, Dragon won their first ever title, and double, in 2023 with Mart Soosaar and Jason Leung driving. In the following years, the team had established themselves as a top team in the grid, always battling for wins and titles, but from 2027 they started experiencing some ups and downs in performance, but remaining still a threat. However, from 2033, the team has been experiencing a decline in form and in 2037 they failed to score a single point for the first time in their existence.

## Origins and Formula E History

Dragon-Luczo Racing was formed in 2007 by Jay Penske and Stephen Luczo. The team debuted in Indycar in 2007 with support from Penske and finished 5th in Indy 500 on their first ever attempt with Chase Briscoe. However, the following years when the team became a full-time venture were a bit diffucilt with sometimes even failing to qualify for race. in 2013, the team scored their first IndyCar podiums with Sebastian Bourdais, but left the series in the end of the year to focus on their upcoming Formula E campaign in 2015. Their first year in the sport saw them finishing 2nd in the standings and 4th in the next, but from the following years, the team started to struggle and ultimately fell down in the back of the grid.

## 2020: Last year as a privateer

For 2020, with the new regulations coming, the team signed two completely new drivers, Norman Power and Mario Leduc. The team was decent in the midfield, with Power finishing in 13th with 32 points and Leduc scoring 22 points. Dragon finished 10th with 54 points in what was an average year.

## 2021-2023: Alliance with Tesla and winning their first titles

In 2021, Dragon signed an alliance with Tesla, thus dropping Geox as the title sponsors and switching to the electric vehicle company. Also, due to Tesla also investing in Formula Earth team Haas, the newly rebranded Tesla Dragon became Haas's new feeder team. The new alliance also saw an increase in budget, support from Haas and more pace on the track. For 2021, Power was kept for one more year and Mart Soosaar was signed from BMW Andretti. Soosaar was very competitive and managed to finish 4th in the standings with 1 win. Power finished 9th and scored his only podium on the opening race. Power was dropped for 2022 and replaced with Andelko Peric while Soosaar stayed. Soosaar improved on his second year with the team and finished 3rd with two wins. Peric also scored 2 wins, but struggled for consistency and finished 8th.

For 2023, Soosaar was kept and the team signed promising Jason Leung who had impressed with Virgin. 2023 was Dragon's all-time best year, with the team having the best car of the grid and eventually storming the grid to win their first titles on both drivers and teams. Soosaar, who even missed two races due to injury, scored 5 wins and won the title, thus becoming the only driver in Formula International to win the title without competing in all 16 races of the year. Leung scored 4 wins and helped the team win the double for the first time ever. Simone Cimorelli had filled for Soosaar in the two races where he was absent but struggled in both.

## 2024-2026: Established frontrunners

For 2024, Soosaar was kept again as Leung moved to Formula Earth and the team also signed Edvin Beqiri on loan from McLaren. The team this time was outclassed by Racing Point and Nissan but managed to score 2 wins, one from Beqiri and one from Soosaar. The latter had mysteriously left the paddock, then for unknown reasons and missed the majority of the season. Test driver Eugene Stanley filled in and scored a podium on his debut race. In 2025, Soosaar returned full-time in the sport and Beqiri, whose loan expired, was replaced by former Formula Earth star Sergio Perez. Soosaar finished 3rd and the ageing Perez 4th in his last year as an active driver. Dragon scored 6 wins this year, three from each driver. For 2026, Soosaar was kept for one more year and Norman Power returned for a secont stint. Soosaar scored the team's only win of the year while Power scored only 2 podiums and also picked up an injury, missing four races. Finnish youngster Onni Korhonen filled in and managed to pick up 3 podiums in the four races he took part.

## 2027-2034: Ups and downs

Soosaar announced his retirement from the sport as he revealed he was diagnosed with cancer, which also was the reason why he sat out most of 2024. For 2027, the team signed Beqiri, this time on a permanent basis, and McLaren draftee Josephin Yashin. Beqiri finished 5th and scored the team's only win while also enjoying a run of 5 successive podiums towards the end of the year Yashin scored 2 podiums but missed the last 4 races due to injury. Cimorelli returned as a replacement and scored a podium on the last race of the year.

For 2028, Beqiri was retained and Felix Neurether was signed. 2028 was a setback for the team, with both cars falining to finish in the top 10. Beqiri scored the team's only podium in the last race while Neurether struggled and also picked up an injury missing 5 races. Youngster Mark Fouert filled for him and scoed a few points. 2029 was an improvement with the same lineup, but while Beqiri finished 6th and scored a best result of 2nd, Neurether, who also scored a podium, struggled again and finished outside of the top 10. In 2030, the team saw a new lineup, Fouert being given a full-time contract and American prospect Robbie Holzman. 2030 was an improvement, with both rookies scoring podiums and finishing 6th and 7th. 2031 was a better improvement, with Fouert finishing 4th and scoring 3 wins, and Holzman finishing again 7th with a few podiums.

For 2032, Fouert had left to join Mercedes in Formula Earth, while Holzman was kept for a last year before promotion to Haas. Onni Korhonen returned for a second stint. The team struggled this time. While Holzman finished 8th and was decent, Korhonen underperformed and finished way down in 15th. Alberto Matadores also filled for the injured Korhonen for a few races, scoring 5 points. Holzman was promoted to Haas for 2033 and was replaced with Tomas Aguilar while Korhonen was retained. The team this time was stuck in the midfield, with Korhonen beating easily the Honduran rookie. Korhonen moved to Geely Nio for 2034 and Aguilar was retained with Harold Nuts moving from the withdrawing Andretti team. Aguilar showed glimpses of his huge potential and finished 8th while Nuts finished in the lower half of the standings.

## 2035-present: Decline and resurgence

Aguilar was promoted to Haas and was replaced with new draftee James Sorensen, while Nuts was retained. Sorensen showed flashes of potential and scored the team's only win but struggled with the otherwise weak car while Nuts struggled to score points in first palce. Sorensen improved drastically for 2036, scoring 55 points and one win, but Nuts struggled and scored 4 points, which led to his ousting from the team.

2037 was a new low for the once succesful team, with having a very poor car. Sorensen was kept and Justin McQueen was signed from Racing Point. Despite their talent, the team was unable to score points for the first time in their career and finished last.

The team's fortunes however changed in 2038, with the car's pace improving drastically. Sorensen scored another win and managed to battle occasionaly with the frontrunners and finished in a strong seventh place. McQueen on the other hand struggled for pace and expressed later his unhappiness at the team, citing their inability to develop him. Following this, in 2039 McQueen was replaced by Haas loanee Andrew Cho. 2039 was another solid season, with Sorensen scoring another win and finishing in the top 10 and Cho scoring a podium on his debut season, although he did struggle through the course of it and finished in the lower midfield. 2040 was also similar, with Sorensen continuing to score wins and Cho showing improvements.

## Notable Drivers

* Norman Power (2020-2021, 2026)
* Mario Leduc (2020)
* Mart Soosaar (2021-2026)
* Andelko Peric (2022)
* Jason Leung (2023)
* Simone Cimorelli (2023, 2027)
* Edvin Beqiri (2024, 2027-2029)
* Eugene Stanley (2024)
* Sergio Perez (2025)
* Onni Korhonen (2026, 2032-2033)
* Josephin Yashin (2027)
* Felix Neurether (2028-2029)
* Mark Fouert (2028, 2030-2031)
* Robbie Holzman (2030-2032)
* Alberto Matadores (2032)
* Tomas Aguilar (2033-2034)
* Harold Nuts (2034-2036)
* James Sorensen (2035-2040)
* Justin McQueen (2037-2038)
* Andrew Cho (2039-present)