Ticktum: FE drivers can have more of an identity than in F1

Former Williams and Red Bull junior Dan Ticktum believes he can show his personality more in Formula E than in the “squeaky clean” world of Formula 1.

The 22-year-old was let go by Williams in the summer of 2021 after he admitted he “opened my mouth far too many times and said things I shouldn’t have said”, referring to comments criticising Nicholas Latifi’s performances with the team, which left his chances of a seat in Formula 1 “pretty much gone” from then on.

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Ticktum has since made the move to Formula E, and he said he is enjoying the chance to drive in a series which breaks from the norms of motorsport – and he thinks it’s “ridiculous” that Formula 1 doesn’t enable drivers to show off their personalities more often.

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“It’s relatively disruptive; it fits my character a little bit,” Ticktum said to Motor Sport Magazine.

“I feel like we’re all professionals in this paddock. Everyone is allowed to have their identity a bit more than when you’re on the F1 ladder, when you have to be squeaky clean and can’t say anything, really.