Venturi has announced that Nick Heidfeld and Stephane Sarrazin will be the team's drivers for the inaugural season of the FIA Formula E Championship beginning in September.
Neither Heidfeld nor Sarrazin are strangers to the international racing scene, having both competed in various forms of motorsport including Formula 1, WRC and Le Mans.
Heidfeld, 37, said: "It's new, and new means exciting. It feels really special to be part of a starting project that is going to bring a lot to the future of racing and the automobile."
Frenchman Sarrazin, 38, said: "I am excited and motivated to sit in a totally new car with pioneering technology and to undertake a new discipline. In addition, street circuits promise a lot of close competition and fights between good drivers. You have to perform to make people dream. It's a great way to raise awareness of electric vehicles."
To date, 10 of the 20 drivers have been confirmed with Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi driving for Audi Sport Abt, Sam Bird and Jaime Alguersuari at Virgin Racing, Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok at Mahindra Racing, Franck Montagny at Andretti Autosport and Jarno Trulli at new team TrulliGP.
Venturi Automobiles, a leader in high performance electric sports cars, will offer to supply technology to the teams participating in the championship in season two, including Venturi. It is the current holder of the FIA world land speed record for an electric vehicle with 495kph (307mph in 2010) and will attempt a new world speed record this summer.
Formula E is the FIA's new fully-electric single-seater championship designed to appeal to a new generation of motorsport fans.
