| Simon Evans | ||
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| File:Simon Evans.png | ||
| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality |  New Zealander
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| P.O.B. | Auckland, North Island, New Zealand | |
| D.O.B. | 12 November 1990 | |
| Début |  2018 Ad Diriyah eTrophy Race
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| Best | 1st (2019/20) | |
| eTrophy Career | ||
| Total Entries | 20 (20 Starts) | |
| Wins | Points | Poles |
| 5 | 269 | 2 |
| Fastest Laps | 4 | |
| Podiums | 15 | |
Simon Evans (born 12 November 1990) is a New Zealand born racing driver, who was the Pro Champion in the 2019/20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series with Team Asia New Zealand.[1] Evans, whose younger brother Mitch competed in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, would make history by winning the 2018 Ad Diriyah eTrophy Race, the first ever eTrophy race to be staged.[2]
Evans would go on to finish in fourth in the 2018/19 championship, with Diriyah his only triumph.[3] The following season saw Evans claim four wins and finish every single race on the podium, resulting in the New Zealander taking the title on the final day, overhauling Sérgio Jimenez by a single point.[1]
Background[]
Evans' career would begin in his native New Zealand, with the young Kiwi battling through the karting ranks ahead of his younger brother Mitch.[4] The Kiwi subsequently progressed to the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship in 2007, and claimed a maiden win en-route to seventh in the Championship.[4] He repeated his exploits in New Zealand FF in 2008/09, before moving to the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge New Zealand.[4]
The Kiwi Challenge[]
Ultimately Evans would stay in his native New Zealand as his younger brother hunted down a career in Europe, bouncing between several series.[4] In 2012 Evans would join the newly launched V8SuperTourer Championship, and would go on to claim the title in the 2014/15 season.[4] Evans followed that with a move the the NZ Touring Cars Championship in 2015/16, with Evans duly winning that title after claiming victory in half of the season's races.[4]
Evans successfully defended his NZ TCC crown in 2016/17, before moving into the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy in 2018.[4]
Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy History[]
Evans would entertain an entry into the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy after the series' launch in September 2017, with a group of sponsors agreeing to support him.[3] Evans duly joined the recently formed Team Asia New Zealand team, which would successfully apply to become an entrant in the 2018/19 eTrophy championship, with Evans as their sole driver.[3] Evans would repay their faith at the opening race of the season, battling to victory from pole at the 2018 Ad Diriyah eTrophy Race with the New Zealander largely unchallenged throughout.[2]
National Ambassador: 2018/19[]
The following round in Mexico City saw Evans run outside the podium places after falling behind the lead Pro-Am car, before a run to fourth in Hong Kong.[5] Evans would rebound in Sanya, however, fighting to second and narrowly missing out on victory to Cacá Bueno after a late duel.[6] The New Zealander then secured second on the grid for the battle of Rome, although he would be bumped back to third by Bryan Sellers at the start, and was unable to get back ahead.[7]
The race in Paris saw Evans set the fastest lap, although the New Zealander would only secure fourth, a second behind the podium places.[8] Another fourth place in Monaco would follow for Evans, before he returned to the podium in Berlin having stalked the two leading Jaguar Brazil cars throughout.[9] Another podium finish for Evans would follow in the first New York City race, before the New Zealander rounded out the campaign with a fourth place, leaving him in fourth in the Pro Championship.[10]
The Final Champion: 2019/20[]
Full Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Record[]
Shown below are a series of tables outlining Simon Evans's career in the eTrophy in statistical form.
Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Entries[]
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Simon Evans during their eTrophy career:
| Simon Evans's Overall Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Record | ||||||
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| Year | Class | Entrant | No. | Car | Pos. | Pts. |
| 2018/19 | PRO | Team Asia New Zealand[3]
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99 | Jaguar I-Pace | 4th | 106 |
| 2019/20 | PRO | Team Asia New Zealand[1]
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99 | Jaguar I-Pace | 1st | 163 |
Career Results[]
Below is a table showing Simon Evans's full eTrophy record.
| Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Record | ||||||||||||
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| Year | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
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4th | 106 |
| 1st | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | |||
| 2019/20 |
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1st | 163 |
| 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |||
References[]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSEva19A - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Andrew van de Burgt, 'Evans wins inaugural Jaguar eTrophy race', motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 15/12/2018), https://www.motorsport.com/jaguar-i-pace-etrophy/news/evans-wins-inaugural-jaguar-etrophy-race/4313452/, (Accessed 16/12/2018)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sam Smith, 'Mitch Evans’ Brother Simon to Race in Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media, LLC., 27/09/2018), https://e-racing365.com/i-pace-etrophy/mitch-evans-brother-to-race-in-jaguar-i-pace-etrophy/, (Accessed 11/12/2018)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 'Simon Evans', driverdb.com, (DriverDB AB, 2019), https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/simon-evans/, (Accessed 07/02/2019)
- ↑ Jake Kilshaw, 'Legge Leads Lights-to-Flag in Mexico City', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media LLC., 16/02/2019), https://e-racing365.com/i-pace-etrophy/legge-leads-lights-to-flag-in-mexico-city/, (Accessed 17/02/2019)
- ↑ John Dagys, 'Bueno Claims Sanya Win',, e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media, LLC., 23/03/2019), https://e-racing365.com/i-pace-etrophy/bueno-claims-sanya-win/, (Accessed 14/04/2019)
- ↑ Nathan Hine, 'JIMENEZ HOLDS OFF SELLERS TO WIN WET JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY RACE IN ROME', thecheckeredflag.co.uk, (The Checkered Flag, 14/04/2019), https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2019/04/jimenez-holds-off-sellers-to-win-wet-jaguar-i-pace-etrophy-race-in-rome/, (Accessed 15/04/2019)
- ↑ Nathan Hine, 'SELLERS BECOMES FIRST REPEAT WINNER IN JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY RACE IN PARIS', thecheckeredflag.co.uk, (The Checkered Flag, 29/04/2019), https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2019/04/sellers-becomes-first-repeat-winner-in-jaguar-i-pace-etrophy-race-in-paris/, (Accessed 30/04/2019)
- ↑ Tom Cairns, 'BUENO WINS IN BERLIN AS JIMENEZ TAKES OVER JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD', thecheckeredflag.co.uk, (The Checkered Flag, 28/05/2019), https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2019/05/bueno-wins-in-berlin-as-jimenez-takes-over-championship-lead/, (Accessed 06/06/2019)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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| 2018/19 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy |
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| Entrants |
| Jaguar Brazil Racing • Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing • Saudi Racing • Team Asia New Zealand • Team China • TWR Techeetah • Viessman Jaguar Team Germany |
| Manufacturers and Tyres |
| Jaguar • Michelin |
| Cars |
| Jaguar I-Pace |
| Pro Drivers |
| 0 Cacá Bueno • 3 Katherine Legge • 6 Bryan Sellers • 10 Sérgio Jimenez • 18 Stefan Rzadzinski • 77 Adam Carroll • 99 Simon Evans |
| Pro-Am Drivers |
| 7 Célia Martin • 8 Tao Wang • 9 Yaqi Zhang • 11 Qi Lin • 12 Bandar Alesayi • 15 Ziyi Zhang • 24 Ahmed Bin Khanen |
| Guest Drivers |
| Alice Powell • Salvador Duran • Darryl O'Young • David Cheng • Luca Salvadori • Archie Hamilton • Anthony Beltoise • Jens Dralle • Mark Hacking |
| Races |
| Diriyah • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Sanya • Rome • Paris • Monaco • Berlin • New York 1 • New York 2 |
| Related Content |
| 2019/20 • 2018/19 Formula E Championship |
| 2019/20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy |
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| Entrants |
| Jaguar China Racing • Jaguar Team Germany • Saudi Racing • Team Asia New Zealand • Team Yokohama Challenge • ZEG iCarros Jaguar Brazil |
| Manufacturers and Tyres |
| Jaguar • Michelin |
| Cars |
| Jaguar I-Pace |
| Pro Drivers |
| 0 Mário Haberfeld/Cacá Bueno • 7 Alice Powell • 8 Gregory Segers • 9 Manuel Cabrera/Nick Foster • 10 Sérgio Jimenez • 24 Takuma Aoki • 99 Simon Evans |
| Pro-Am Drivers |
| 8 Chao Sun/David Cheng • 9 Yaqi Zhang • 13 Fahad Algosaibi • 18 Adalberto Baptista • 34 Mashhur Bal Hejaila/Paul Spooner |
| Guest Drivers |
| Reema Juffali • Mario Domínguez • Oliver Webb • Abbie Eaton • Sven Förster • Jessica Hawkins • Vincent Radermecker |
| Races |
| Diriyah 1 • Diriyah 2 • Mexico City • Berlin 1 • Berlin 2 • Berlin 3 • Berlin 4 • Berlin 5 • Berlin 6 • Berlin 7 |
| Related Content |
| 2018/19 • 2019/20 Formula E Championship |