Mercedes is “keeping both feet firmly on the ground” despite its impressive start to life in Formula E ahead of this weekend’s third roun♛d in Santiago, C🌼hile.

Mer♔cedes made its full Formula E debut at the 2019-20 season-opener at the end of November in Sau♔di Arabia, where it scored two podium finishes to take an early lead in the teams’ championship.

The result far exceeded its pre-season e🉐xpectations, giving drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries a boost ahead of the campaigඣn’s resumption on Saturday.

Mer🍸cedes Formula E chief Ian James said that while the result offered “great motivation” to the team, it would not be g🃏etting ahead of itself and resetting its sights heading to Santiago.

“Not only did Nyck and Stoffel do an outstanding🐲 job, but the whole team has shown what they are capable of. Besides finishing with two podiums, we showed a certain level of consiste💃ncy in our performance,” James said.

“However, you could see what Formula E is about: races are unpredictable and the qualify🥀ing format provides its own, unique challenge.

"Over the last weeks, we have had a close look at all we learned during our first races. For Chile, we want to continue on this path.🌄 It's now about retaining the necessary focus.

“Unlike in Saudi, the 🌳high temperatureꦍs in Santiago will certainly be a challenge. Therefore, we stick with our original goal to finish with both cars in the points. Above all, the team just wants to get racing again.”

James’ thoughts were echoed by de Vries, who took sixth in the opening race as Vandoorne picked up a brace of podium finis💦hes, and conceded he was disappointed not to have continued𒁏 the season sooner than the two-month break.

“We've had a short break since the Diriyah season opener, but I would have preferred it to have been not quite so long. I thought we were 𒀰well prepared for Saudi Arabia and had a good weekend, which is why I would have liked to have contiꦡnued racing and to have built on our success straightaway,” de Vries said.

“But at the same time, it was also nice to relax a little after a hard year. I would love to take the momentum of a good first weekend with me into the rest of the season but we are well aware of the chal𒊎lenges that now face us and know just how strong the competition is.

“That's why we're taking things one step at a time and keeping both feet firmly on the ground. We intend to focus on the task in hand and not allow ourselve𒁃s to be deluded by our positive start.”