> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.the-race.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Lynn sees Mahindra as chance to join Formula E elite - URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/lynn-sees-mahindra-as-chance-to-join-formula-e-elite/ - Published: 2020-11-25T10:18:12.000Z - Updated: 2023-09-16T17:39:54.000Z - Description: Alex Lynn says he is ready to fight for Formula E victories after being confirmed as Alexander Sims’ team-mate at Mahindra for the 2021 season - Author: Sam Smith - Tags: Formula E, #image-center-center Alex Lynn says he is ready to fight for Formula E victories after being confirmed as Alexander Sims’ team-mate at Mahindra for the 2021 season. The former Virgin and Jaguar driver will get his first full-time Formula E programme since the 2017-18 season when he partnered Sam Bird at DS Virgin Racing. Lynn took over from Pascal Wehrlein at Mahindra in Formula E earlier this year for the last six races of the season – all held at the Berlin Tempelhof Airport – as Wehrlein stepped aside [ahead of his move to Porsche next season](https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/porsche-announces-wehrlein-our-verdict-on-its-driver-choice/). Having impressed during his Berlin outings in August when he was the joint best qualifier with Robin Frijns, Lynn averaged sixth place on the starting grid across the Tempelhof races and took a best finish of fifth in the penultimate race. ![Lynn Mahindra Formula E 2020](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2020/11/Spacesuit-Media-Lou-Johnson-218117-copy.jpg) Lynn has shared the development of the new Mahindra M7ELECTRO [with Sims](https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/bmw-convert-sims-tries-mahindra-formula-e-car-for-first-time/) and told The Race that he feels ready to take a breakthrough win in the category. “My ambitions in Formula E are pretty big and I feel like I am ready to achieve the results that not only Dilbagh wants but what I want. I want to win a race,” he said. “Certainly I am aiming to win races this season, be on the podium, be in Super Pole every week and that’s what we will be turning up for every single weekend. “Not to beat around the bush but I think that now is the time to really put down some results on paper and I feel very ready to achieve those.” Although Lynn was not confirmed at Mahindra until Wednesday, the reality is that he has long since had the seat. ![Lynn Mahindra Formula E 2020](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2020/11/Spacesuit-Media-218256-copy.jpg) He attributes both his performances at Berlin – where he scored three points less than his team-mate Jerome d’Ambrosio managed all season – and his smooth transition at Mahindra to the close working relationship he has forged with his side of the engineering team. “I did feel very grateful that the team I was joining were very welcoming,” he said. “But also my own mini-team that I also work with, my race engineer Cyril \[Blais\] and my performance engineer Saqib \[Khan\], we started off like a house on fire as a small unit and I’ve got those guys to thank a lot for how I got up to speed in the car. “I did feel we were going to be good even though it was coming in at the deep-end. “There wasn’t a point where I felt we couldn’t do the job and I really, really felt that there was something good happening in the team and everyone had worked really hard in the lockdown and that gave me a lot of internal confidence actually.” ![Spacesuit Media Lou Johnson 173174](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2020/11/Spacesuit-Media-Lou-Johnson-173174.jpg) Mahindra team principal, Dilbagh Gill says that Lynn’s performances in Berlin surpassed the teams expectations. Gill, who missed the Berlin races [after testing positive for COVID-19](https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/mahindra-formula-e-boss-gill-tests-positive-for-covid-19/) just before, says that Lynn soon became “an integral team member”. “We set some internal goals for Alex at Berlin and he nailed it, we couldn’t have expected more from him,” said Gill. “Race pace wasn’t our strength last year but Alex sort of continuously improved in the six races and brought in some useful points.” Several changes have been made to the Mahindra operation in the off-season with Gill [recruiting former Mercedes-Benz High Performance Powertrains team leader](https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/mahindra-recruits-ex-mercedes-hpp-man-for-key-role/) Josef Holden. [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2020/09/Spacesuit-Media-Shiv-Gohil-203905-300x200.jpg)](https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/mahindra-recruits-ex-mercedes-hpp-man-for-key-role/) Mahindra recruits ex-Mercedes HPP man for key role [Read more](https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/mahindra-recruits-ex-mercedes-hpp-man-for-key-role/) The outfit has also recently moved into new premises in Banbury which features two driver-in-the-loop simulators and design offices. But perhaps the biggest change is its technical collaboration on the power unit with the ZF engineering company, which according to Gill is already baring fruit. “We are looking at season seven as hitting the reset button and having a re-start and we are cautiously optimistic,” said Gill. “What we have seen in terms of testing from ZF is a fantastic powertrain and I think those guys have really gone above and beyond our expectations especially during the pandemic period. “There has been considerable progress.” ## 2021 Formula E driver line-up so far **DS Techeetah:** *Antonio Felix da Costa, Jean-Eric Vergne* **Nissan e.Dams:** Sebastien Buemi, Oliver Rowland **Mercedes:** Stoffel Vandoorne, Nyck de Vries **Envision Virgin:** Robin Frijns, Nick Cassidy **BMW i Andretti:** Maximilian Guenther, Jake Dennis **Audi Sport Abt:** Lucas di Grassi, Rene Rast **Jaguar:** Sam Bird, Mitch Evans **Porsche:** Andre Lotterer, Pascal Wehrlein **Mahindra:** Alexander Sims, Alex Lynn **Venturi:** Edoardo Mortara, Norman Nato **Dragon:** Sergio Sette Camara, *Nico Mueller* **NIO333:** Oliver Turvey, Tom Blomqvist *Drivers in italics rumoured or not yet officially confirmed*