SILVERSTONE, England – Barbadian racing sensation Zane Maloney has taken the decision to cut short his Formula 2 campaign to participate in Formula E.
Zane Maloney (center) captured his maiden Formula 2 race in Bahrain in March.Maloney, who currently sits third in the F2 drivers’ championship with two rounds remaining, will give up his shot at the title with the penultimate round in Qatar in November being his last.
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is an open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The racing series is the highest class of competition for electrically powered single-seater racing cars.
Despite wanting to finish his F2 campaign, the 20-year-old Maloney, who has signed with Formula E team Lola Cars, was only too aware of the importance of the chance he has been given.
“In one way, I wanted to win Formula 2 this year. I wanted to give myself the best chance to do that, but I live my life by the day and I understand the opportunity that I have for next year, and when I think about that opportunity, everything in the present moment kind of gets forgotten about to some extent,” Maloney said.
“So, of course, I know that coming to Formula E is a big opportunity for me and something amazing to show my skills in a world championship.
“I don’t really focus too much on the negative side of certain things. I try to focus on the positives and I only see a positive thing coming into next year,” he added.
Maloney, who won the opening two races of the Formula 2 season, said Formula E was gaining significant traction.
“In F1, IndyCar, Formula E, WEC as well, there’s not many seats that become available every year.
“There are a lot more drivers than there are seats, which makes it very difficult, and I think Formula E has always been a series that has amazing drivers, amazing manufacturers, teams. And of course, the media sees different motorsport genres a bit differently,” Maloney said.
“But within the group of motorsports, Formula E is very well recognized, and every driver that goes into it knows how difficult it is to perform, so from that side of things, I don’t really focus too much on anything other than driving a race car as fast as I can with the opportunity that I’m given.”
