Abbi Pulling has joined the Nissan Formula E team

Abbi Pulling has joined the Nissan Formula E team as their rookie and simulator driver on a multi-year agreement.

This new role involves Pulling taking part in rookie tests, working to optimise the Season 12 FE car on the new Dynisma simulator, and event preparation.

The announcement comes after Pulling impressed at the all women’s FE test session in Madrid last November where the driver from Gosberton topped the times.

Pulling - who attended Bourne Academy - said: "I’m really excited to be joining Nissan Formula E Team and extending our collaboration together, after driving for the squad during the all-women’s test in Jarama.

"Everything the team did for me during the test was so professional.

"The time and effort put in to make sure I was prepared was great to see and the crew were patient with me as a rookie.

"The GEN3 Evo car is so unique, especially the 350kW mode in all-wheel drive which was very fun to use.

"It’s different from anything I’ve driven before and it took some time to adjust to the increased power.

"I’m looking forward to my work in the simulator and to take the car on track as well when the opportunities arise."

Tommaso Volpe, managing director and team principal at Nissan, said: "We’re very pleased to welcome Abbi to the team as our official rookie and simulator driver on a multi-year agreement.

"We were very impressed with her speed, commitment, and professionalism during the all-women’s test in Madrid last November, and we’re very happy to extend and formalise our collaboration.

"She is very talented – she was able to adapt incredibly quickly to the car and comfortably top the timesheets, which is difficult in every category but even more so in Formula E, so she is the perfect candidate to join us in this role.

"Abbi will have many responsibilities in the position we’ve created for her; we want to give her as much experience as possible and we are confident that this long-term, continued collaboration will be very beneficial both for the team and for Abbi, to keep developing as a more complete driver.”

Pulling - who won the F1 Academy title last season - will be working in this new role alongside racing in the GB3 Championship where she sits 17th in the standings.