De𝓡fending Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne says he is heading into this weekend's Marrakesh E-Prix "hungry for more" after narrowly missing out on victory in last moღnth's Ad Diriyah season-opener.

Ve♏rgne bounced back💮 from a mid-race drive-through penalty following a software issue to finish second in the Ad Diriyah E-Prix behind Antonio🎐 Felix da Costa, having tried and failed to find a way past the BMW driver on the final lap of the race.

The pace of DS Techeetah left much of the field tipping Vergne's team as the early pace-setter in Season 5, but the Frenchman is eager to prove these credentials in🍬 Marrakesh this weekend.

"Being so close to the victory in the first round has left me very hungry for more, and it’s what my focus is all about right 💎now," Vergne said.

"Marrakesh hasn’👍t been a good track for us in 𒆙the past so I’m hoping that we can change that and leave Morocco on a high note this year.

"It still a very long way to go and we know that we need to continue to be razor sharp for the rest of the sea🏅son."

Techeetah team principal Mark Preston was left pleased with how the new partners൲hip with DS played out on debut in Ad Diriyah, but remained wary looking ahead to the race in Marrakesh.

"We had a really good first race together as a new team, and it was a proud moment to watch everyth💛ing come together during the race weekend," Pre💮ston said.

"We definitely had our challenges, and I think we pretty much had every curve b🤡all there was thrown at us, but the team handled them very well and came out on top.

“Ad Diriyah was a great start t🤡o the season for us but we now l🍌ook to our next challenge, the Marrakesh E-Prix which we believe will shake up the grid further.

"Having raced at the circuit previously will give us some adv🔴antage but as it’s the first time that we take the DS E-TENꦕSE FE19 there, we will have a lot of work to do."