Matthew Brabham to race in Malaysian ePrix

Matthew Brabham, grandson of three-time F1 world champion Jack Brabham, will make his Formula E debut in Malaysia this weekend after being signed up by Andretti Autosport.

At the age of 20, Brabham will be the youngest competitor in a field of mostly experienced ex-F1 and sportscar drivers and comes into the series at Putrajaya in place of Charles Pic, who finished fourth in the inaugural Beijing race.

Brabham, who won an Indy Lights race for Andretti Autosport this year, was involved in the outfit's strategic team during the opening round and is hoping he can emulate the form of Pic and his podium-winning team-mate Franck Montagny.

"It's going to be an exciting weekend to race in Malaysia, it's come about fairly quickly, but I'm ready for the challenge," the Australian-American said. "The Andretti Formula-E team worked hard on preparing these unique cars for tight street circuits and that paid dividends in China. I've been communicating closely with the engineers since then to come up with new ideas and strategies for the future races - so hopefully we can move forward again.

"Formula E caught my eye from the beginning - the technology is intriguing and to get the chance to finally race after doing some early testing is really cool. The talent and experience in the field is tremendous - it's the best that you're likely to see outside a Formula 1 World Championship race. As an up and coming driver, it's very rare that you get an opportunity to race drivers with such experience.

"I'm the youngest in the field, which is a real honor, but that doesn't mean anything when the lights go out - I'm there to do a job for Andretti Formula-E and position myself as best I can."