DS Virgin’s Sam Bird has been the one to take it to defending champion and current championship leader Sebastien Buemi in the opening two rounds of the season and Bird has no plans of letting off.
The British driver’s excited to be back in Buenos Aires but knows there’s work to be done if he’s to win the Buenos Aires ePrix two seasons in a row.
“I’m not going there thinking I’m going to win just because I won last year,” Bird informed Current E.
“I’m excited to get back there. It’s a circuit I’ve been strong at in the first two seasons. I’m confident but not over confident. You have to respect the circuit itself and the competitors I’m up against.”
Bird was unlucky not to bag a least a podium in the season opener in Hong Kong, with a technical glitch dropping him out of the fight for the win. However, in Marrakesh it was a happier time for Brit, but Bird was disappointed with the result despite bringing his DS Virgin home in second place.
“So far this season, I’ve been the one to take it to Seb [Buemi]. I think Hong Kong was a missed win. Marrakesh – I was disappointed with second place,” added Bird.
Now coming off of a three-month winter break, Bird has stated the team is in a better position than they were at the opening two rounds of the seasons following work on the handling of the car and power output over the winter break.
“When I got off the podium in Marrakesh, there were some things that were bothering me – our car, how it was working and so on. We had a meeting that evening,” said Bird.
“The guys took the things that Pechito [Jose Maria Lopez] and I said. We’ve worked hard on those aspects: the mechanical handling of the car and some of the fundamental programming, such as power output. I believe we’ve made some strides forward. We’re in better shape than in the first two races – though every other team will be thinking the same of course.”
