{"id":3872,"date":"2026-10-12T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:39:27","slug":"formula-es-youngest-winner-barnard-joins-fortescue-zero-for-2027-gen4-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/formula-e\/formula-es-youngest-winner-barnard-joins-fortescue-zero-for-2027-gen4-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula E&#8217;s youngest winner Barnard joins Fortescue Zero for 2027 GEN4 debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Taylor Barnard has joined Fortescue Zero Racing<\/strong> for the 2026\/27 Formula E World Championship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 22-year-old Briton leaves DS Penske after becoming the youngest race winner in Formula E history.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fortescue Zero will make its championship debut as the new GEN4 regulations come into effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortescue Zero Racing has confirmed <strong>Taylor Barnard as its first driver for the 2026\/27 Formula E World Championship<\/strong>, securing one of the category&#8217;s leading young talents ahead of its debut in the new GEN4 era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 22-year-old British driver joins the Australian operation after his breakthrough campaign with DS Penske, during which he became the youngest race winner in the history of the electric single-seater championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barnard has established several age-related records since making his Formula E debut in Monaco in 2024, initially replacing Sam Bird at short notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He subsequently became the championship&#8217;s youngest pole-sitter, podium finisher and points scorer before adding the youngest race-winner record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Barnard begins new chapter after DS Penske departure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barnard arrives at Fortescue Zero with <strong>36 Formula E starts, six podium finishes, two pole positions and one victory<\/strong>, giving the new team a driver with proven experience despite his age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m incredibly excited to join Fortescue Zero Racing and be part of building something from the ground up,&#8221; Barnard said in the team&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The signing follows the conclusion of his time with DS Penske at the end of the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortescue Zero enters Formula E with a background in advanced engineering and electrification, including its previous association with Williams Advanced Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company also serves as an official supplier of Formula E&#8217;s PIT BOOST technology, giving it an existing technical relationship with the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GEN4 era begins with new team and driver line-up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026\/27 season marks the introduction of Formula E&#8217;s GEN4 regulations, bringing a new generation of electric racing machinery to the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortescue Zero will enter during this technical transition, with Barnard becoming the first confirmed member of its race-driver line-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team has not yet announced the identity of its second driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barnard&#8217;s signing adds another confirmed name to the <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/formula-e\/\">Formula E driver market<\/a> ahead of the championship&#8217;s next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British driver Taylor Barnard becomes Fortescue Zero Racing&#8217;s first confirmed signing for the 2026\/27 Formula E season as the Australian team prepares to enter the championship at the start of the GEN4 era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020308825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Taylor Barnard","42wp_featured_image_credits":"Formula E","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":93,"location":""}],"footnotes":"","42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[39],"tags":[23,588,189,223],"42wp_author":[93],"class_list":["post-3872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-e","tag-formula-e","tag-fortescue-zero","tag-gen4","tag-taylor-barnard","42wp_author-marcos-gil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3873,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872\/revisions\/3873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020308825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3872"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=3872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}