The Jaguar R3 is a

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competed in the

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. The car was launched on 4 January 2002. It was driven by

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, both retained from

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. A "B Specification" car named the Jaguar R3B made her debut at the

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and used for the remainder of the 2002 season. After the disappointing past two seasons, 2002 was even worse for Jaguar. The team admitted to making a lot of mistakes especially in the wind tunnel, as its calculations were wrong. After a fortuitous fourth place at the attritional Australian GP, the car's poor reliability and lack of horsepower began to show and the team slipped down the rankings; however, towards the end of the season updates were brought in and the car began to improve, culminating in Irvine scoring the team's final podium finish at

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. The team finished 7th in the Constructors' Championship, with eight points, all scored by Irvine. One of the R3s is still driven in competition regularly, by Riccardo Ponzio, in

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, who is competing in the

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season in the Open class. Ponzio continues to compete in 2022, although he drives in the F1 Class.

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