Alex joined the DS Virgin Racing Formula E team as reserve and development driver on a multi-year deal in January 2017. After an impressive debut race weekend in New York, it was announced in September 2017 that he will be a full-season race driver for 2017/2018.

Since the beginning of the inaugural season in September 2014, the series has grown rapidly in popularity, while an ever-increasing number of manufacturers are committing to the championship and producing electric powertrains.

All teams run the same chassis developed by Spark Racing Technology in association with Dallara, and batteries supplied by Williams Advanced Engineering. Manufacturers are able to build the electric motor, inverter, gearbox and cooling system. At present, each driver is required to swap to a second car in the middle of the race, but it is expected that development in battery technology will allow cars to complete a full race distance by the 2018/19 season.

Alex's team was established prior to the first season by the Virgin Group and its pioneering founder Richard Branson. It partnered with DS Automobiles, part of the PSA Group, ahead of season two. In his role, Alex conducts simulator and development work for the team throughout the season as well as racing at all rounds of the FIA Formula E Championship.

Alex will compete in the World Endurance Championship 2018 / 2019 Super Season with teammates Maxime Martin and Jonny Adam. The WEC has been run since 2012 by the Automobile Club de L'Ouest (ACO) - the organiser of the world-famous Le Mans 24 Hours - and is sanctioned by the FIA. Le Mans is the showpiece race held in June each year, but the series also includes six-hour races at other top circuits around Europe, Asia and the Americas.

The WEC is split into four classes, two for LMP prototype cars and two for production-derived GT cars. Aston Martin Racing competes in the GTE-Pro class against marques such as Ferrari, BMW and Porsche.

Aston Martin began producing cars in 1913 and made its racing debut back in 1922. In 2018 / 2019 it will campaign an Aston Martin Vantage GTE with an AMG derived 4 litre turbocharged V8 engine.

In addition to his FIA World Endurance Championship programme, Alex will be representing Aston Martin at the Nurburging 24 Hours, which takes place on May 12-13 on the famous Nurburgring Nordschleife, described by Sir Jackie Stewart as 'the green hell'.

Alex is driving the GT4-specification Aston Martin V8 Vantage with an all-British team of Jonny Adam, Jamie Chadwick and Peter Cate in the SP8 category.