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Mouser Electronics-Backed Piquet is Electric Car Racing's First World ChampionMouser Electronics, Inc. congratulates Nelson Piquet Jr. for capturing the first-ever FIA Formula-E championship following a thrilling final battle in the London ePrix on Sunday. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150630006559/en/ 
Mouser Electronics-sponsored driver, Nelson Piquet Jr., wins the first-ever FIA Formula-E Championship for the China Racing Team, following a thrilling final battle at the London ePrix on Sunday. Formula-E uses all-electric race cars, paving the way for future automotive technologies. Photo Credit: Charles Coates/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images The Mouser-sponsored Piquet went into London's races ranked No. 1 among the Formula-E series drivers after a commanding victory earlier this month at the Moscow ePrix. Piquet, who drives the all-electric Spark-Renault SRT_01E, which can go 0-60 in three seconds and has a top speed of 150 mph, went to London with two first-place finishes and a commanding 17-point lead in the driver championship standings over No. 2 Lucas di Grassi. In Saturday's opening round, Piquet finished fifth after an early clash with di Grassi, who crossed the line just ahead in fourth to give himself an outside chance of winning the championship. Piquet started 16th on the grid on Sunday, but managed to fight his way up to seventh in the final timings to clinch the title by just a single point ahead of Sebastien Buemi. "It was an incredible finish to an incredible year," said Todd McAtee, Mouser Vice President for Business Development, Americas. "We could not be more pleased and proud to be partners with Piquet and the entire China Racing team. "In tandem with our supplier partners, we ar excited that we could be a part of this high-tech sport that is paving the way for future automotive technologies," McAtee added. "High-tech auto racing provides the perfect platform to raise awareness for Mouser and our industry-leading partners." Mouser is sponsoring the China Racing Formula-E Team this year in partnership with its valued partners Molex and Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. Formula-E is a new FIA global racing series featuring cars powered exclusively by electricity. It represents a vision for the future of the motor sports industry over the coming decades, serving as a framework for research and development around the electric vehicle. To learn about the series and the drivers, visit the website at http://www.mouser.com/formula-e. Fans can vote on FanBoost for Piquet (or their favorite drivers). The three drivers with the most votes win FanBoost. The live leaderboard shows how each driver is performing and updates every time a new vote is cast. Racing fans can learn more about FanBoost at http://www.mouser.com/formula-e. At the Moscow ePrix on June 6, Piquet quickly took the lead from the second he left the grid. He broke away and led the race by as much as five seconds with 15 laps remaining, before managing his energy to eventually win by two seconds. He also took the top prize in California at the Long Beach ePrix in April after back-to-back podium finishes in Uruguay and Argentina. To watch a YouTube (News - Alert) video from the race in Moscow, click here. With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering the newest technologies. Mouser offers customers 21 global support locations and stocks the world's widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics' website is updated many times per day and searches more than 10 million products to locate over 4 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools. About Mouser Electronics Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 4 million products online from more than 500 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 500,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.mouser.com. Trademarks Mouser and Mouser Electronics are registered trademarks of Mouser Electronics, Inc. All other products, logos, and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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