Porsche driver Andre Lotterer is “cautiously optimistic” about the 🌱team’s chances heading to this weekend’s Formula E race in Santiago after scoring a podium on debut for the marque at the season-opener.

Lotterer stormed to second place in🌠 Porsche’s maiden Formula E race at the Diriyah E-Prix in November, exceeding the team’s pre-season target of regular points finishes at the very first attempt.

While Lotterer was classified outside of the points in the second Diriyah race due to a time pena🧸lty, the German heads to the second round of the season sixth in the championship and hopeful of a repeat performance.

“Generally speaking, I am ca🐻utiously optimistic about the race in Chile. We had a great start to the season i𝓰n Saudi Arabia, but I am also aware that there is still room for improvement,” Lotterer said.

“As a new Formula E team, we still have a lot to leaꦉrn. The break has been good for us, as it gave us time to analyse a lot of data. A🔜s such, I am confident that we will improve again in Chile.

“Whether w🌌e will have as good a race as in Saudi Arabia is hard to say. We must get through qualifying without any incidents, then we will have a good chance of picking up points.ꦑ The potential is definitely there.”

Porsche’s head of Formula E operations Amiel Lindesay said that while Diriyah proved the Porsche 99X Electric car was “capable of mixing it with the front-runners”, the target of regular points throughout the season remained uncꦡhanged.

“We are confident that we have both the🔯 car and the team to succeed in this regard. Despite the positive start to the season, our goals remain the same: we are striving to get the maximum out of every race,” he said.

“Since Saudi Arabia, we have had enoug🌱h time to examine our processes and to improve efficiency i💟n certain areas. We will implement the findings we made at the coming race in Chile.

“We wa💜nt to back up the success we enjoyed at the Diriyah E-Pri🙈x. Generally speaking, top-ten finishes and points are a realistic goal.”