Paysafe Envision

Team Principal: Sylvain Filippi
Website: envision-racing.com/
Twitter: @envision_racing
Instagram: @envisionracing
Facebook: @EnvisionRacingFormulaE
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The Virgin Racing team was founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson and has been an integral part of the electric series since the first Formula E race in the fall of 2014. The team is the direct successor to Formula 1 racing team Virgin Racing, which was acquired by Marussia after the 2011 season. The team, based in Silverstone, UK, received technological support from DS Automobiles in the early Formula E years. Nevertheless, the "DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team" was initially still responsible for developing its own Formula E powertrain. Then DS acquired the manufacturer's license from Virgin.

After parting ways with DS at the end of the 2017/18 season, Virgin was acquired by Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Envision and started as a customer team with powertrains from Audi. Virgin managed at least one race win in each of the first six Formula E seasons thanks to Sam Bird. After Bird moved to Jaguar for the 2021 season, the team signed New Zealander Nick Cassidy as his successor.

For the 2022 season, the Virgin name disappeared completely from Formula E. The team has since called itself simply Envision Racing. For the Gen3 era, the team signed a deal with Jaguar to supply customer powertrains. While Cassidy remained with the team as a driver, Sebastien Buemi, Formula E's season two champion, was signed on as his new teammate.

Envision won the Team World Championship in 2023, whilst Cassidy also finished as runner-up in the drivers' championship. For the 2024 season, Cassidy moved to the Jaguar works team; his replacement was Robin Frijns, who had previously driven for the team from 2017 to 2022. Finishing sixth in the team standings, it was the team's worst season in its history to date. In 2025/26, Frijns was replaced by Joel Eriksson. Envision was the only team not to secure a single victory that season and finished in 7th place.

Ahead of the 2026/27 season, Paysafe became the team's new title sponsor; the team extended its contract for Jaguar customer powertrains but signed two new drivers, Maximilian Günther and Zak O'Sullivan. Sébastien Buemi remains with the team in an advisory role.