Jaguar Racing

For the manufacturer that supplies Jaguar Racing see the Jaguar Cars article.

TSC Jaguar Racing
Team Information
Based	Donington Park, UK
Début	2016 Hong Kong ePrix
Founder	Sir William Lyons
Key People	James Barclay (Team Principal) Gerd Mauser
Driver(s)	Mitch Evans (No. 9) Sam Bird (No. 10) James Calado Ho-Pin Tung Adam Carroll Nelson Piquet Jr.
Car	Jaguar I-Type V
Sponsor(s)	TCS
Website	Jaguar Racing
Team Stats
Last Season	2nd (177 pt(s))
Entries	0
Wins	0
First Win	2019 Rome E-Prix
Points	0
Poles	0
Podiums	0
Fastest Laps	0
Titles	2nd (2020/21)
Current Season
Entrant	Jaguar TCS Racing
Mitch Evans		Sam Bird
3rd (197 Pt(s))		8th (95 Pt(s))
Team Standings
– (0 Pt(s))

Jaguar Racing, formally entered as Jaguar TCS Racing (and previously as Panasonic Jaguar Racing), are a British based racing team, who compete in the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with a powertrain built in-house Jaguar Cars. An ever present in the FE Championship since their debut season in 2016/17 Jaguar Racing enjoyed their best season in 2020/21, finishing as runners-up in the Teams' Championship.

Jaguar's maiden FE campaign came earlier than planned, as the British manufacturer jumped in to replace the Trulli Formula E Team which had left the Series partway through 2015/16. Signing Mitch Evans and Adam Carroll to pilot their cars, Jaguar ended their first season in tenth in the Championship, having come close to scoring a maiden podium in their fourth race.

For 2017/18 Jaguar would retain Evans' services, while also scoring a coup by securing the services of 2014/15 Champion Nelson Piquet Jr. for the campaign. Evans would go on to claim their first podium at the 2018 Marrakesh E-Prix, as he and Piquet worked to get Jaguar into sixth in the Championship.

Evans and Piquet were retained for the 2018/19 season as the Generation 2 era began, the point at which Jaguar had initially planned to enter the series. Once again Evans proved to be Jaguar's star driver as he swept to their maiden victory at the 2019 Rome E-Prix, while Piquet left mid-season and was replaced by Alex Lynn.

The 2019/20 season saw Evans get a new teammate in the form of James Calado, with a target of challenging for the top three in the Championship. However, in-spite of some strong early season form, including a second victory for Evans, the complications surrounding the Covid-19 Pandemic would hinder the British squad, leaving them down in seventh after a poor run in the sextet of races in Berlin.

For 2020/21 Jaguar would again step up their approach, signing Sam Bird to partner Evans for the campaign, their second major coup in terms of drivers. That season saw Bird collect two victories as Jaguar climbed to second in the standings, just four behind eventual Champions Mercedes.

Background

Jaguar are a name long associated with International motorsport, and have been entering pseudo-factory efforts in major series since the 1950s, most notably at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Yet, the official Jaguar Racing team would make its first appearance as a Formula One effort in the year 2000, when Ford purchased Stewart Grand Prix. In four seasons the Jaguar Racing effort would only ever manage to challenger for minor points, before being sold to Red Bull Racing for the 2005 season, although the new marque would still use the car Jaguar had built for the season.

Formula E History

Jaguar made a shock announcement to join Formula E in December 2015, replacing the failed Trulli Formula E Team as both an entrant and a manufacturer. Concessions were made to ensure that Jaguar, who had revived their F1 racing name, would be competitive during their maiden season, with the new car christened the Jaguar I-Type I. A partnership with Williams Advanced Engineering was formed as soon as their FE entry was announced, with the new I-Type up and running by the end of January 2016.

The team's official debut would take place at the 2016 Donington Test, with Jaguar hoping to use the test to assess potential drivers for their debut season. The quartet of Mitch Evans, Alex Lynn, Harry Tincknell and Adam Carroll would all take part during the first three days of the test, with Evans and Carroll ultimately signing up to be the team's racing programme during the test. On the 8th of September 2016 the team unveiled their livery, drivers and title sponsor at their season launch at Donington Park before the cars were shipped to Hong Kong for the season opener.

Jumping the Gun: 2017/18

For the 2017/18 season Jaguar would sign season one Champion Nelson Piquet Jr. to partner Mitch Evans, while also completing a major redesign of their I-Type powertrain. Those two would complete a successful pre-season test with the team, before Piquet matched the team's best ever result with fourth at the 2017 Hong Kong E-Prix I. Evans then went one better the following day, inheriting third place in the second Hong Kong after Daniel Abt was disqualified, to claim Jaguar's first FE podium.

Another first for the team would follow in Marrakech, with Piquet claiming their maiden fastest lap, before Pietro Fittipaldi and Paul di Resta impressed with table topping times in the 2018 Rookie Test. A double score then followed in Santiago as Evans and Piquet fought for sixth and seventh, with Piquet then claiming his third fourth of the season in Mexico City. Unfortunately for Piquet that would be as good as it got, with the Brazilian ace retiring from five of the remaining seven races, with at least two instances of loose belts.

Evans' form would also be struck in the following races, although the Kiwi would continue to pick up points finishes. Indeed, Evans proved to have impressive qualifying form, and duly claimed a historic pole position in Zürich, becoming the first man to start a race in Switzerland from pole since José Froilán González in 1954. Unfortunately for him, the Jaguar's race pace was not strong enough in Zürich, with Evans slipping to seventh in the race amid the FCY chaos towards the end of the afternoon.

Evans' quali form carried over into the New York City E-Prix, with the Kiwi again starting from the front row, only to suffer a drive shaft failure as he pulled out of his grid slot. Piquet would also retire from the race after accidentally switching his second I-Type II off after the car swap, costing the team valuable points in the Teams' Championship. Indeed, Jaguar entered the final day in a fight for fourth with Mahindra Racing and Renault e.Dams, but ultimately had to settle for sixth after a race long fight with the former.

The Mk III: 2018/19

Jaguar would continue to pursue their FE dreams in 2018/19, with Evans and Piquet retained for the fifth FE season. Indeed, the Jaguar project would expand to a support series, dubbed the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy, although this would not have any influence on their FE team. Indeed, the Jaguar squad would enjoy a strong start to the season, with Evans narrowly missing out on a podium finish at the 2018 Ad Diriyah E-Prix, while Piquet also scored.

A quiet Marrakech E-Prix saw Evans finish ninth, before claiming sixth in Santiago and Piquet failed to score in either race. Indeed, Piquet's season would soon turn sour, with the Brazilian ace retiring from the following three rounds, including a huge shunt in the 2019 Mexico City E-Prix that saw the #3 Jaguar spiral through the air. Indeed, further issues for Piquet in Hong Kong and Sanya prompted the Brazilian to leave the team, citing his commitments to the Brazilian Stock Car Championship as the reason for his departure.

Piquet's sudden departure saw Jaguar hire Alex Lynn to partner Evans for the rest of the campaign, with the British racer making his Jaguar debut at the 2019 Rome E-Prix. That race would ultimately prove to be breakthrough for Jaguar, for Evans would fight his way to victory with a late move on André Lotterer, claiming both his and Jaguar's maiden FE triumph. Yet, hopes of building upon that win and launch a title challenge were immediately hindered at the Paris E-Prix a few weeks later, with Evans failing to score while Lynn retired while fighting for points.

After a quiet battle in Monte Carlo, where Lynn claimed his first points having run just behind Evans throughout, Jaguar would endure another pointless race in Berlin, with Lynn once again retiring while fighting in the top ten. Evans duly bounced back to fight for victory in Bern later that month, although ultimately had to settle for second to Jean-Éric Vergne despite his best efforts to lunge past the Frenchman in the closing stages. That result would leave Evans as an outside contender for the Drivers' Championship, although Jaguar were too far back to challenge for the Teams' title.

A second straight second place finish for Evans followed at the 2019 New York City E-Prix I, despite tyre concerns late on dropping him off the back of race winner Sébastien Buemi. It also ensured that Evans remained in the title fight ahead of the Second Race, although a poor qualifying result left him down in eighth while needing to win the race outright. That, ultimately, proved immaterial, for Evans would crash out of the race on the final lap while fighting with fellow title pretender Lucas di Grassi.

That left Evans in fifth in the Drivers' Championship, while Jaguar themselves claimed 116 points and seventh in the Teams' Championship.

Efficient Evolution?: 2019/20

The summer of 2019 saw Jaguar fight hard to retain their new lead driver Evans, with the New Zealander ultimately partnered by Ferrari WEC racer James Calado. The duo subsequently debuted the new I-Type IV at the 2019 Valencia Test, and showed strong one lap and race pace in what was billed as "Jaguar's lightest powertrain".

Formula E Record

The tables below show Jaguar Racing's full record in the FIA Formula E Championship.

Formula E Entries

The table below given and overview of Jaguar Racing's entries in Formula E:

Jaguar Racing's overall Formula E Record
Season	Official name	No.	Drivers	DC Pos.	DC Pts.	Car	TC Pos.	TC Pts.
2016/17	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	47	Adam Carroll	21st	5	Jaguar I-Type I	10th	27
		20	Mitch Evans	14th	22
2017/18	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	9th	51	Jaguar I-Type II	6th	119
		20	Mitch Evans	7th	68
2018/19	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	22nd	1	Jaguar I-Type III	7th	116
			Alex Lynn	18th	10
		20	Mitch Evans	5th	105
2019/20	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	20	Mitch Evans	7th	71	Jaguar I-Type IV	7th	81
		51	James Calado	19th	10
			Tom Blomqvist	26th	0
2020/21	Jaguar Racing	10	Sam Bird	6th	87	Jaguar I-Type V	2nd	177
		20	Mitch Evans	4th	90
2021/22	Jaguar TCS Racing	9	Mitch Evans	2nd	180	Jaguar I-Type V	4th	231
		10	Sam Bird	13th	51

Career Results

Listed below are the full career results of Jaguar Racing:

FIA Formula E Championship Record
Year	Driver	Rounds																Pos.	Pts.
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
2016/17																		10th	27
	Carroll	12th	14th	17th	8th	14th	15th	15th	16th	10th	11th	16th	14th
	Evans	Ret	17th	13th	4th	10th	9th	Ret	17th	Ret	Ret	7th	12th
2017/18																		6th	119
	Piquet	4th	12th	4th	6th	4th	Ret	Ret	Ret	12th	Ret	Ret	7th
	Evans	12th	3rd	11th	7th	6th	4th	9th	15th	6th	7th	Ret	6th
2018/19																		7th	116
	Piquet	10th	14th	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret
	Evans	4th	9th	6th	7th	7th	9th	1st	16th	6th	12th	2nd	2nd	17th
	Lynn							12th	Ret	8th	Ret	7th	Ret	16th
2019/20																		7th	81
	Evans	10th	18th	3rdG	1stG	6th	13th	12th	9th	7th	7th	11th
	Calado	16th	7th	8th	DSQ	16th	15th	20th	Ret	17th
	Blomqvist										12th	17th
2020/21																		2nd	177
	Bird	Ret	1st	2nd	Ret	DSQ	14th	7th	Ret	12th	9th	1stG	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th
	Evans	3rd	Ret	3rd	6th	Ret	15th	3rd	8th	9th	Ret	13th	14th	3rd	3rd	Ret
2021/22																		4th	231
	Bird	4th	15th	15th	5th	Ret	Ret	7th	11th	9th	9th	7th	5th	Ret	8th
	Evans	10th	21st	19th	1st	1st	2nd	5th	10th	1st	3rd	11th	3rd	5th	Ret	1st	7th
	Nato															13th	14th

Results Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Second		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Third		DNS	Did Not Start
7th	Points Finish		16th	Non-Points Finish
NC	Not Classified		CAN	Race Cancelled
INJ	Driver Injured		Italics	Fastest Lap
Bold	Pole Position		G	Group Fastest Lap

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