Dutch driver Frijns enters the double-header Berlin E-Prix 2021 season finale second within the championship with solely a six-point deficit to Mercedes rival and compatriot Nyck de Vries.
This follows two podiums, ending second in each the Diriyah and Monaco E-Prix, however his lofty place places him within the unfavoured first qualifying group for the Tempelhof Airport occasion.
After two seasons at Andretti Autosport, Frijns moved to EVR as team-mate to Sam Fowl for the 2018-19 marketing campaign and scored wins within the Paris and New York Metropolis rounds.
Frijns has now agreed a brand new deal to stay at EVR for the ultimate yr of the Gen2 rules.
He stated: “I’m very completely happy to remain at Envision Virgin Racing for one more season.
“We now have an important automotive and a really gifted, devoted staff who’re doing an outstanding job. “
EVR leads the groups’ title race over Mercedes and is on target to beat the manufacturing facility Audi staff – which can stop the sequence after the German spherical – for a 3rd consecutive time period.
The privateer squad will proceed to run Audi powertrains for 2022 and is predicted to agree one other buyer engine deal ought to it stay for the Gen3 guidelines cycle beginning in 2022-23.
Robin Frijns, Envision Virgin Racing, Audi e-tron FE07
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EVR managing director and chief technical officer Sylvain Filippi added: “Retaining Robin was a transparent and a pure alternative for us.
“He has achieved so much however has a number of potential nonetheless, and we’re thrilled to have him within the staff for one more season and see what he can ship within the subsequent couple of races and, in fact, subsequent yr.
“Robin has confirmed himself time and time once more throughout the years he has competed with us.
“He’s an integral a part of our staff and has an important relationship with everybody right here.
“That, mixed together with his mature method to racing and his strategic considering, has resulted in a really stable efficiency on observe which has contributed enormously to the staff’s success.”
After Fowl’s transfer to Jaguar Racing on a multi-year deal for 2021, Tremendous GT and Tremendous Formulation champion Nick Cassidy was signed alongside Frijns for this season.
This adopted his record-breaking lap within the 2020 Marrakech rookie Formulation E check through which he topped the occasions by 0.5 seconds.
In reference to Cassidy, who sits seventh within the standings, Frijns added: “Having Nick within the staff is nice too – we work very effectively collectively and complement one another.
“The extent of ability on the Formulation E grid is extremely excessive and this championship will get harder yearly, so that you positively want one of the best staff round you to succeed.
“However I believe that, total, we’re in a really sturdy place heading into the final two races of this yr and into [2022].”
Franz Jung,chairman of the board at Envision Virgin Racing, stated: “[Frijns] is an ideal match for the staff and maintaining him onboard will even present necessary stability and continuity for the long run.”