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A positive attitude is propelling the highly-motivated HWA RACELAB team towards the fifth race of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, which will take place this coming Sunday in Hong Kong. The official test drives after the race in Mexico proved very useful and the team now has reason to hope for an improved performance at the upcoming E-Prix.

• Comments from Gary Paffett and Stoffel Vandoorne ahead of the race in in Hong Kong
• Ulrich Fritz: “Our priority is to experience a weekend free of incidents.”
• Facts and schedule for the E-Prix in Hong Kong

The team is complete, HWA AG is ready for a new era. After decades of success in international motorsport, the experts from Affalterbach will compete at another high class of single-seater racing. In addition to sporting successes, the involvement in the new series aims to prepare talents for the path to professional motorsport.

• 360-degree philosophy in training the drivers
• Thomas Strick: “Our aim is to mature young drivers into the champions of the future.”

The third driver has been decided. 24-year-old Brit Jake Hughes will be the team-mate of Keyvan Andres and Bent Viscaal in HWA RACELAB’s Formula 3 team. He has already brought home multiple wins in the predecessor series of the FIA Formula 3 Championship. 

• Jake Hughes: “I couldn’t pass up this opportunity.”
• Thomas Strick: “Jake is a stroke of luck for us.”

Highly-rated Dutch driver Bent Viscaal will drive for HWA RACELAB in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship. The talented 19-year-old can already look back on positive experiences with one German team.

• Bent Viscaal: "For me, it is all about learning as much as possible.“
• Thomas Strick: "Bent has shown his huge potential in the past."

HWA RACELAB continues to get valuable kilometres of racing under its belt in the team's rookie season in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship: the new team completed the full race distance with both cars for the first time in an eventful fourth round of the season, the Mexico City E-Prix. However, 16th place for Gary Paffett and 18th for Stoffel Vandoorne was again short of the team's own expectations, as they failed to score their first points in Formula E.

• 16th place for Gary Paffett, 18th for Stoffel Vandoorne
• Gary Paffett: "We gathered more data and will continue our race to catch up."
• Stoffel Vandoorne: "We came through a few tough hours today."
• Ulrich Fritz: " The race was pretty chaotic and there was not much in there for us."