Jaguar Racing is the name given to
Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover Limited (also known as JLR), and is a British multinational automobile manufacturer which produces luxury vehicles and sport utility vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover is a ...
's racing interests. It currently competes in
Formula E
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under the name Jaguar TCS Racing as a result of the partnership with
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company with its headquarters in Mumbai. It is a part of the Tata Group and operates in 150 locations across 46 countries. In July ...
.
It was previously a
Formula One
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constructor that competed in the
FIA
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Fia or FIA may also refer to: People
* Fia Backst ...
Formula One World Championship from
2000
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to
2004. In addition to
single seaters
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, the
Jaguar brand also has rich history in various forms of
sportscar racing
Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built prototypes or grand tourers based on road-going models. Broadly speaking, sports car racing is ...
, most notably with the
XJR sportscars that enjoyed high success in the
FIA World Sportscar Championship
The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992.
The championship evolved from a small collection of the most important sportscar, endurance, and road racing events in Europe and Nor ...
and also the
IMSA GT Championship
IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association. Races took place primarily in the United States, and occasionally in Canada.
History
The series was founded in 1969 by John and Peggy Bishop, and Bill ...
during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Formula One
Jaguar Racing was formed from the purchase by
Ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
of
Jackie Stewart
Sir John Young Stewart (born 11 June 1939), known as Jackie Stewart, is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. Nicknamed the "Flying Scot", he competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers' Cha ...
's
Stewart Grand Prix Formula One team in June 1999. On 14 September 1999, Ford renamed the team as part of its global marketing operations to promote their
Jaguar
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premium car company. Despite this branding, they continued to use full-works Ford Cosworth engines in the cars, no Jaguar engineering was involved and also served as Ford's official Formula One full-works team. Drivers included
Eddie Irvine
Edmund Irvine Jr. (; born 10 November 1965) is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One between 1993 and 2002, and finished runner-up in the 1999 World Drivers' Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari.
He b ...
from 2000 to 2002,
Johnny Herbert
John Paul "Johnny" Herbert (born 25 June 1964) is a British former racing driver and current television announcer for Sky Sports F1. He raced in Formula One from 1989 to 2000, for seven different teams, winning three races and placing 4th in ...
in 2000,
Luciano Burti
Luciano Pucci Burti (born 5 March 1975) is a Brazilian racing driver who briefly raced in Formula One. He is now a commentator for TV Globo.
Early career
Burti's early career saw him graduate through the usual channels and he found himself i ...
for a few races in 2001 and the
Austrian Grand Prix in 2000,
Pedro de la Rosa
Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (; born 24 February 1971) is a Spanish former Formula One driver who has participated in 107 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT teams. He made his Formula One debut on 7 March 1999, becoming ...
in 2001 and 2002,
Antônio Pizzonia
Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior (born 11 September 1980) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series. Born in Manaus, he started his car racing career in the Formula Vauxhall Junior ...
in 2003 until Hockenheim,
Mark Webber in 2003 and 2004,
Justin Wilson from Hockenheim to the end of 2003, and
Christian Klien
Christian Klien (born 7 February 1983) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One. Klien currently competes full-time in the GT World Challenge Europe for JP Motorsport.
Racing career
Bor ...
in 2004.
2000 season
The team in 2000 was managed by
Wolfgang Reitzle
Hans Wolfgang Reitzle (born 7 March 1949 in Neu-Ulm) is a German business executive.
Early life and education
After leaving his school in Ulm, Reitzle continued his education at the Technical University of Munich where he studied mechanical ...
, who was then head of
Ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
's Premier Automotive Group. The extra funding and publicity brought by becoming Ford's own team were obvious from the first race of the year. The team hired 1999 world championship runner up
Eddie Irvine
Edmund Irvine Jr. (; born 10 November 1965) is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One between 1993 and 2002, and finished runner-up in the 1999 World Drivers' Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari.
He b ...
to partner former Stewart driver
Johnny Herbert
John Paul "Johnny" Herbert (born 25 June 1964) is a British former racing driver and current television announcer for Sky Sports F1. He raced in Formula One from 1989 to 2000, for seven different teams, winning three races and placing 4th in ...
, but the results that season did not match the results that
Stewart had been able to achieve in 1999. Jaguar would finish ninth in the Constructors' Championship, only ahead of
Minardi and
Prost who both failed to score any points.
2001 season
![Pedro de la Rosa 2001 Canada](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Pedro_de_la_Rosa_2001_Canada.jpg)
Reitzle stepped down and was replaced by American racing champion and successful team owner
Bobby Rahal
Robert Woodward Rahal (born January 10, 1953) is an American former auto racing driver and team owner. As a driver he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500. He also won the 2004 ...
for 2001. Results did not improve, and the appointment of three-time F1 World Champion
Niki Lauda
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian Formula One driver and aviation entrepreneur. He was a three-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, winning in , and , and is the only driver in Formula ...
in the middle of the year did not help team morale, with the team sliding further back in the field. An abortive attempt to bring McLaren's ex-technical director
Adrian Newey
Adrian Martin Newey, (born 26 December 1958) is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the chief technical officer of the Red Bull Racing F1 team.
Newey has worked in both Formula One and IndyCar racing as a race engineer, aerodynami ...
to Jaguar further destabilised the team, and conflict between Rahal and Lauda led to Rahal's resignation. The highlight of the season, however, was Irvine scoring the team's first podium in
Monaco
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, finishing third. This allowed Jaguar to finish eighth in the Constructors' Championship.
2002 season
![Eddie Irvine 2002](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Eddie_Irvine_2002.jpg)
2002 was even worse under
Lauda's stewardship, with only a resurgence later in the year in terms of results.
Ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
's board of directors were beginning to have major issues with the costs and benefits of running the team in Formula One, especially as it did not feature the parent company brand. Irvine scored another third-place finish, this time at
Monza
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, which would ultimately be Jaguar's last podium in the sport. Jaguar would once again improve their result in the Constructors' Championship, this time finishing seventh.
2003 season
Funding was reduced for 2003.
Lauda and 70 other staff were made redundant, and a 2-year timeframe was given to show possible benefits. 2003 saw an improvement of form for the team, directed by
John Hogan, as it benefited from good management and a more efficient usage of resources (in particular, using a wind tunnel near the factory compared to one in California). A new lineup consisting of
Mark Webber and
Antônio Pizzonia
Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior (born 11 September 1980) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series. Born in Manaus, he started his car racing career in the Formula Vauxhall Junior ...
(who was later replaced by
Justin Wilson) would lead the team to seventh place in the Constructors' Championship.
2004 season
![Webber usgp 2004](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Webber_usgp_2004.jpg)
In Jaguar's final season, the team received publicity when two of the team's mechanics, having won an inflatable donkey from the movie ''
Shrek
''Shrek'' is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 book of the same name by William Steig. It is the first installment in the ''Shrek'' franchise. The film was directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenso ...
'' from a give-away on a fizzy drink can, photographed it around the paddock at several races and set up a website for the pictures. After the
2004 Brazilian Grand Prix,
Bernie Ecclestone
Bernard Charles Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is an English business magnate. He is the former chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One motor racing and controls the commercial rights to the sport, and part-owns ...
,
Max Mosley
Max Rufus Mosley (13 April 1940 – 23 May 2021) was a British racing driver, lawyer, and president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association which represents the interests of motoring organisations and ...
, much of the sport's management, and every driver except
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher (; ; born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Schumacher has a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Lewis ...
signed the donkey, and the mechanics announced their intention to auction it on
eBay
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and donate the proceeds to charity. For the
2004 Monaco Grand Prix,
Jaguar's cars were fitted with newly designed nose cones to promote the film ''
Ocean's Twelve
''Ocean's Twelve'' is a 2004 American heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by George Nolfi. The second installment in the ''Ocean's'' film trilogy franchise and the sequel to ''Ocean's Eleven'' (2001), the film features a ...
''.
Steinmetz Group Steinmetz/Steynmets is a German surname, meaning 'stonemason'. It may refer to:
People
* Ádám Steinmetz (born 1980), Hungarian water polo player
* Andrew Steinmetz (born 1965), Canadian writer
* Barnabás Steinmetz (born 1975), Hungarian water p ...
diamonds worth in excess of US$250,000 were attached to the nose of each car, one of which allegedly went missing after
Christian Klien
Christian Klien (born 7 February 1983) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One. Klien currently competes full-time in the GT World Challenge Europe for JP Motorsport.
Racing career
Bor ...
's first lap crash. 2004 saw a stabilisation of results, but the team was unable to challenge for points on a consistent basis. Jaguar would finish seventh in the Constructors' Championship, for the third year in a row.
Jaguar's Formula One parent company, Ford, issued a polite ultimatum as part of a reduction in sport involvement internationally. In particular, because Jaguar did not advertise the core Ford brand, there was little return of value from the enormous amount of money invested, so funding was reduced from Ford itself. Ford chose to sell the operation near the end of 2004 despite a more consistent showing in its previous two years as Ford wanted to concentrate on
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...
operations on the international motorsports sector and thus Ford forced to absent from international automobile road racing for 11 years until its return in 2016 but Ford partnered
Chip Ganassi Racing GTE Pro team as their full-works partnership team in
FIA World Endurance Championship
The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...
. In mid-November 2004, energy drink company
Red Bull
Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks of Austria, Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. With 38% market share, it is the most popular energy drink brand as of 2019. Since its launch in 1987, more than 100 billion cans of Red Bull have been sold worldwid ...
confirmed that they had purchased the Jaguar Formula One team from Ford as an ongoing outfit. The new team, named
Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing, also simply known as Red Bull or RBR and currently competing as Oracle Red Bull Racing, is a Formula One racing team, racing under an Austrian licence and based in the United Kingdom. It is one of two Formula One teams owned ...
, used the chassis and engine that would have been Jaguar's 2005 Formula 1 challenger for its first season.
Formula E
Rumours of a possible Jaguar
Formula E
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is a single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The series was conceived in 2011 in Paris by FIA president Jean Todt and Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, who is ...
entry go back to the summer of 2015. Jaguar's intentions to enter Formula E were officially revealed in December of that year. Unlike its Formula One campaign, the team was to enter the series as a manufacturer, developing its own
powertrain
A drivetrain (also frequently spelled as drive train or sometimes drive-train) is the group of components that deliver mechanical power from the prime mover to the driven components. In automotive engineering, the drivetrain is the components o ...
. Jaguar made their debut in Formula E's third season, replacing the folded
Trulli GP
Trulli GP (officially Trulli Formula E Team) was a Swiss motor racing team founded by former Formula One driver and Monaco Grand Prix winner Jarno Trulli to compete in the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship for electric cars. The team competed ...
.
2016–17 season
![Mitch Evans (Jaguar Racing) at 2017 Berlin ePrix](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Mitch_Evans_%28Jaguar_Racing%29_at_2017_Berlin_ePrix.jpg)
On 19 August 2016, it was announced that Jaguar would bring
A1 GP
A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most for ...
champion
Adam Carroll Adam Carroll may refer to:
* Adam Carroll (racing driver)
Adam Carroll (born 26 October 1982) is a Northern Irish professional racing driver. He last raced in the 2016–17 Formula E season for Jaguar Racing. He has also raced for Team Ireland ...
, Le Mans champion
Harry Tincknell
Harry Tincknell (born 29 October 1991 in Exeter, Devon) is a British professional racing driver currently racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Mazda Team Joest. He won the LMP2 class on his Le Mans 24 Hour race debut i ...
and
2012
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and
2014 GP3 champions
Mitch Evans
Mitchell William Evans (born 24 June 1994) is a New Zealand professional racing driver. He currently drives for the Jaguar TCS Racing team in Formula E. In 2012, he won the GP3 Series and he raced in the GP2 Series for four years, achieving ...
and
Alex Lynn
Alexander George Lynn (born 17 September 1993) is a British racing driver. He most recently competed in Formula E, driving for Mahindra Racing in the 2021 season, winning the second race of his home ePrix in London. Lynn has also competed full- ...
to the pre-season test at
Donington Park
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, with plans for a team launch on 8 September 2016.
Carroll and Evans were subsequently signed to the team and
Panasonic
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was named as the team's main
sponsor.
Lear Corporation
Lear Corporation is an American company that manufactures automotive seating and automotive electrical systems. In 2019, it ranked #147 and in 2018, it ranked #148 on the Fortune 500 list.
Early stages
Lear Corporation was launched as American ...
, who used to support Jaguar in their Formula One campaign, were announced as the secondary sponsor.
In October 2016,
Gorillaz guitarist
Noodle
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became Jaguar's global ambassador, following a commercial that shows her driving in an electric open-wheeled car, before getting out and saying the experience could be improved.
For the
2016–17 season, Jaguar would finish 10th in Teams' Championship, with the best result being a double points finish of 4th and 8th at the
2017 Mexico City ePrix. Carroll along with
Andretti Andretti is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Mario Andretti (born 1940), Italian-born American father of the prominent Andretti racing family:
** Michael Andretti (born 1962), son of Mario
*** Marco A ...
's
Robin Frijns
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were the only two drivers to finish all 12 races of the season.
2017–18 season
Prior to the season, Jaguar entered a multi-year partnership with
GKN
GKN Ltd is a British multinational automotive and aerospace components business headquartered in Redditch, England. It is a long-running business known for many decades as Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds. It can trace its origins back to 1759 an ...
.
A new sponsorship deal with
Viessmann
The Viessmann Group is a German manufacturer of heating and refrigeration systems headquartered in Allendorf (Eder), Germany. With 22 production companies in 12 countries, distribution companies and representative offices in 74 countries and 120 ...
was also announced.
In an effort to boost its chances at good results, Jaguar signed
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Nelson Angelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (born July 25, 1985), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian stock car racing driver and former Formula One and Formula E driver where he was champion in the 2014–15 seaso ...
, the series' inaugural Drivers' Champion.
Piquet had the option to stay with his previous employer
NIO
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, but chose not to as a performance clause allowed him to exit the team. Evans was retained to partner Piquet, who replaced Carroll.
Ho-Pin Tung
Ho-Pin Tung (; born December 4, 1982) is a Chinese people in the Netherlands, Chinese-Dutch racing driver who races with a Chinese license.
Career
Born in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands, Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 befo ...
remained with the team for another season as a reserve driver.
At the season's first
event in Hong Kong, Jaguar scored points in both of the weekend's races and took their first podium in the series when Mitch Evans was moved up to third following a post race disqualification of
Daniel Abt
Daniel Johannes Abt (born 3 December 1992) is a German former racing driver. He has competed in such series as the German Formula Three Championship, the GP3 Series, the GP2 Series, and won the 2009 ADAC Formel Masters championship. He competed i ...
.
The team used
Paul di Resta
Paul di Resta (born 16 April 1986) is a British racing driver from Scotland, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot Sport in their LMH entry. He drove in Formula One for Force India from to , and became a reserve driver ...
and
Pietro Fittipaldi
Pietro Fittipaldi da Cruz (born 25 June 1996) is a Brazilian-American racing driver, the grandson of two-time Formula One world champion Emerson Fittipaldi and brother of racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi is racing in European Le Mans S ...
for a rookie test held in Marrakesh which followed the
2018 Marrakesh ePrix.
At the
Zürich ePrix, Evans claimed the team's maiden pole position.
Jaguar would finish 6th in Teams' Championship, with the best result being Evans' inherited third place in the second race of the
2017 Hong Kong ePrix. The team managed three double points finishes throughout the season. Both drivers finished in top 10 of the Drivers' Championship – Evans was seventh, while Piquet ended the season at ninth place. Piquet, however, also had the most retirements out of all drivers who competed in the season – he missed the chequered flag five times.
2018–19 season
![Jaguar Evans Marrakesch 2019](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Jaguar_Evans_Marrakesch_2019.jpg)
Evans and Piquet were retained for the
2018–19 season.
Ho-Pin Tung
Ho-Pin Tung (; born December 4, 1982) is a Chinese people in the Netherlands, Chinese-Dutch racing driver who races with a Chinese license.
Career
Born in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands, Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 befo ...
was also retained in his position. In addition to his reserve driver duty, Tung also served as a pundit and was part of the
Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy
The Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy was a battery electric zero-emission international motor racing series supporting the FIA Formula E Championship which ran two seasons from late 2018 to mid 2020. The series was cancelled after the 2019–20 season, du ...
broadcast team.
For the 2019 rookie test (which was once again held in Marrakesh following the
ePrix), the team opted to bring back
Pietro Fittipaldi
Pietro Fittipaldi da Cruz (born 25 June 1996) is a Brazilian-American racing driver, the grandson of two-time Formula One world champion Emerson Fittipaldi and brother of racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi is racing in European Le Mans S ...
and pair him with
Harry Tincknell
Harry Tincknell (born 29 October 1991 in Exeter, Devon) is a British professional racing driver currently racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Mazda Team Joest. He won the LMP2 class on his Le Mans 24 Hour race debut i ...
.
In March 2019, just after the inaugural
Sanya ePrix, Piquet left the team following a string of poor results (in contrast to Evans' string of points finishes) and was replaced by former
Virgin
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driver
Alex Lynn
Alexander George Lynn (born 17 September 1993) is a British racing driver. He most recently competed in Formula E, driving for Mahindra Racing in the 2021 season, winning the second race of his home ePrix in London. Lynn has also competed full- ...
. Evans managed to win the following race in
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, giving Jaguar their first win – this was also the team's first actual podium finish in the series. His teammate Lynn finished 12th on his Jaguar debut.
Evans' car was subsequently sent to the FIA headquarters in Geneva for checks to analyse one of the
wishbones and its compliance with the wishbone/arm element sealed at the homologation. No issues were found, thus the win became officially confirmed.
Evans' point-scoring streak came to an end in a rain-soaked
Paris ePrix
The Paris ePrix is an annual race of the single-seater, electrically powered Formula E championship, held in Paris, France. It was first raced in the 2015-16 season.
Circuit Circuit des Invalides
The track is in length and features 14 turns ...
, where he was the last driver to physically cross the finish line in sixteenth place, being a lap down after an unscheduled
pit stop
In motorsports, a pit stop is a pause for refuelling, new tyres, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, as a penalty, or any combination of the above. These stops occur in an area called the pits, most commonly accessed via a pit lan ...
for a new nose. Lynn was forced to retire from a promising eleventh place after an accident with
Venturi's
Edoardo Mortara
Edoardo "Edo" Mortara (born 12 January 1987) is a Swiss-Italian-French professional racing driver for Maserati MSG Racing. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he holds triple nationality from all three countries. He is a former Formula Three Euroseri ...
, effectively ending Jaguar's chances to score points in this round. As a result, this was the first race of the season where both cars failed to score points. The following race in
Monaco
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was a success, with both cars finishing on points for the first time since the opening round in
Ad Diriyah. The race also marked Lynn's first point-scoring finish for the team. The team had a strong finish to the season, with Evans picking up multiple podium finishes, which even inserted him into Drivers' Championship fight at the
Swiss ePrix, after which he found himself third in the ongoing championship with 87 points. Lynn was mostly dealing with reliability issues, most notably retiring from second place in the first
New York City
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race at the
Brooklyn Street Circuit
The Brooklyn Street Circuit is a street circuit in the Red Hook neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, adjacent to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal along Brooklyn's western coast. It was created for the New York City ePrix of the s ...
.
Despite improved form in the second half of the season, Jaguar would finish 7th in Teams' Championship with 116 points, which is down from a 6th place achieved in the previous season. Evans, however, improved his result in Drivers' Championship as he finished fifth with 105 points, only three points short from
Lucas di Grassi, who finished third. Evans was also the only driver who managed to physically cross the finish line in every race of the season, even though
Audi
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Th ...
's
Daniel Abt
Daniel Johannes Abt (born 3 December 1992) is a German former racing driver. He has competed in such series as the German Formula Three Championship, the GP3 Series, the GP2 Series, and won the 2009 ADAC Formel Masters championship. He competed i ...
was classified in every race as well (but failed to finish in
Rome
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as he retired in the final lap).
2019–20 season
![EFLT MexicoCityePrix2020-3](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/EFLT_MexicoCityePrix2020-3.jpg)
In June 2019, Jaguar began their
season six development testings with Alex Lynn and Mitch Evans. The team also tested
James Calado
James John Calado (born 13 June 1989) is a British professional racing driver from England, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He won the LMGTE Pro class of the 2017 FIA World ...
, a potential candidate for the second seat. On 26 September, Jaguar formally confirmed Evans as their first driver as he signed a multi-year contract with the team. This will be Evans' fourth consecutive season with Jaguar.
On 2 October, Calado was confirmed as Evans' teammate. On the same day, Jaguar also unveiled the new ''I-Type 4'' along with
Castrol
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as its new partner, which returns to Jaguar's motorsport activities after a near 30-year absence.
On 7 January 2020, it was announced that
Alex Lynn
Alexander George Lynn (born 17 September 1993) is a British racing driver. He most recently competed in Formula E, driving for Mahindra Racing in the 2021 season, winning the second race of his home ePrix in London. Lynn has also competed full- ...
was brought back to the team to become a reserve and test driver. With this move,
Ho-Pin Tung
Ho-Pin Tung (; born December 4, 1982) is a Chinese people in the Netherlands, Chinese-Dutch racing driver who races with a Chinese license.
Career
Born in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands, Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 befo ...
, Jaguar's previous reserve driver, became the Jaguar Racing Global Ambassador while also remaining in the I-Pace eTrophy commentary team.
At the
Mexico City ePrix
The Mexico City ePrix is an annual race of the single-seater, electrically powered Formula E championship, held in Mexico City, Mexico. It was first raced in the 2015–16 season.
Circuit
The ePrix is held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodr ...
, Evans gave Jaguar their second Formula E win while also picking up a second consecutive bonus point for being the fastest driver in group qualifying stage. Calado finished ninth, but was later disqualified for a technical infringement. On 19 February, Jaguar announced
Jamie Chadwick
Jamie Laura Chadwick (born 20 May 1998) is a British racing driver who races for Andretti Autosport in Indy NXT. She won the inaugural W Series season in 2019, before retaining her title in 2021 and 2022. She currently holds the records for ...
as the first of the two selected drivers for the third annual
Marrakesh
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rookie test. On the following day,
Sacha Fenestraz
Sacha Fenestraz Jules (born 28 July 1999) is a French-Argentine racing driver currently competing in the Super Formula Championship with Kondō Racing. He is the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion. Currently, he drives for the Nissan F ...
was announced to join Chadwick for the rookie test. On 30 July, Jaguar announced
Tom Blomqvist
Tom Leonard Blomqvist (born 30 November 1993) is a New Zealand-based, Britain-born Swedish professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver, currently racing in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship with Meyer Shank Racing. Blomqvist ...
as its new reserve driver, after Lynn got signed to Mahindra Racing and leaving Jaguar in the process.
Calado's final race for Jaguar would be the 2020 Berlin ePrix (races 3 and 4), fourth Berlin race as 2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps prevented him from attending the final two races, in which the new reserve Blomqvist would take his place.
After an unsuccessful season finale in 2020 Berlin ePrix, Berlin, Jaguar would only score 81 points in their campaign, finishing 7th in Teams' Championship once again.
2020–21 season
On 14 July 2020, Jaguar became the first team to announce its driver lineup for the 2020–21 season after signing Sam Bird to the team. Bird would finish the ongoing 2019–20 Formula E season, 2019–20 season with Envision Virgin Racing before completing the switch.
Evans continues with the team as he signed a multi-year contract prior to the 2019–20 season.
In October 2020, Jaguar unveiled the development version of the ''I-Type 5'' car, with the team only referencing to itself as Jaguar Racing, quietly splitting with the title sponsor Panasonic.
On 27 November, the team held a virtual launch of the ''I-Type 5'' along with the drivers presentation, revealing new sponsors and announcing the car numbers.
In February 2021,
Sacha Fenestraz
Sacha Fenestraz Jules (born 28 July 1999) is a French-Argentine racing driver currently competing in the Super Formula Championship with Kondō Racing. He is the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion. Currently, he drives for the Nissan F ...
returned to the team as a reserve driver, replacing Blomqvist who joined NIO 333 FE Team, NIO 333 as a full-time driver.
The 2021 Diriyah ePrix, Diriyah ePrix double-header saw the team scoring two podium finishes and two retirements. In the first race, Evans finished third after successfully defending his position over René Rast. Bird retired from the race following a collision with
Alex Lynn
Alexander George Lynn (born 17 September 1993) is a British racing driver. He most recently competed in Formula E, driving for Mahindra Racing in the 2021 season, winning the second race of his home ePrix in London. Lynn has also competed full- ...
, who was later given a penalty for the incident. In the following race, Bird won his first race in the Jaguar overalls after starting from third and successfully overtaking Dragon Racing, Dragon's Sérgio Sette Câmara at the start and later the pole-sitter
Robin Frijns
Robin Frijns (born 7 August 1991) is a Dutch motor racing driver. He is the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion, and the first driver to have won the series in his debut season since Robert Kubica in 2005. Frijns is currently competing in F ...
, his former Virgin Racing teammate. The race however ended prematurely Red flag (racing), red-flagged due to Alex Lynn being involved in a huge collision with Evans, who retired in the process. He tried to check on Lynn, who was later taken to hospital. After this race, Jaguar moved to the lead in Teams' Championship for the very first time. At the 2021 Valencia ePrix, Valencia ePrix double-header, the team lost its lead in Teams' Championship as it failed to score a single point after poor qualifying performances in both races due to wet conditions in their qualifying group.
In May 2021, Tom Dillmann joined the team as a second reserve driver, returning to the sport after previously competing for Venturi Racing, Venturi and NIO 333 FE Team, NIO.
On 22 July 2021,
Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover Limited (also known as JLR), and is a British multinational automobile manufacturer which produces luxury vehicles and sport utility vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover is a ...
formally committed to Formula E for the next set of rules which are set to keep Jaguar Racing on the grid until 2026. Then on 3 August, it was announced that Evans signed another multi-year extension with the team. Before the 2021 Berlin ePrix, Berlin ePrix, it was announced that Gerd Mäuser would step down from his role as a chairman after the season with Thierry Bolloré succeeding him in the role. In their most successful season to date, Jaguar Racing finished second in Teams' Championship with 177 points, having led it on two separate occasions (the second one being before the final round), with two victories scored by Bird and further six podium finishes, five of which scored by Evans who as a result scored the most podium finishes out of anyone that season.
2021–22 season
On 2 November 2021, the team announced their latest rebranding to Jaguar TCS Racing along with confirming the unchanged driver lineup of Bird and Evans. Thierry Bolloré was also confirmed as the team's new chairman.
On 17 January 2022, Norman Nato was announced as Jaguar's new reserve and simulator driver, joining Tom Dillmann and replacing
Sacha Fenestraz
Sacha Fenestraz Jules (born 28 July 1999) is a French-Argentine racing driver currently competing in the Super Formula Championship with Kondō Racing. He is the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion. Currently, he drives for the Nissan F ...
.
On 8 February 2022, it was announced that Jaguar would become powertrain suppliers for Envision Racing over the duration of the Gen3 era of Formula E which is set to start with the 2022–23 Formula E season, 2022–23 season.
After a poor start to the season, Jaguar recovered at the 2022 Rome ePrix, Rome ePrix where Evans got a double victory. Bird was also looking for a double points finish, but he was forced to retire from the second race. At the inaugural 2022 Jakarta ePrix, Jakarta ePrix, Evans added another win to his resume, remaining fourth in the championship, but getting closer to his title rivals that gained advantage on him after a less successful 2022 Berlin ePrix, Berlin ePrix double-header.
Sponsors
Sports car racing
XJR sportscars
![Jaguar XJR9](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Jaguar_XJR9.jpg)
The Jaguar XJR sportscars were a series of sports prototypes that competed in the World Sportscar Championship and
IMSA GT Championship
IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association. Races took place primarily in the United States, and occasionally in Canada.
History
The series was founded in 1969 by John and Peggy Bishop, and Bill ...
between 1984 and 1993. These cars enjoyed high success, with some of the highlights being:
* Silk Cut Jaguar winning the 1987 World Sportscar Championship season, 1987 World Sportscar Championship with the Jaguar XJR-8, XJR-8;
* Silk Cut Jaguar winning the 1988 World Sportscar Championship season, 1988 World Sportscar Championship, including the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the Jaguar XJR-9, XJR-9;
* Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Castrol Jaguar winning the 1988 24 Hours of Daytona with the Jaguar XJR-9, XJR-9;
* Silk Cut Jaguar winning the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Jaguar XJR-12, XJR-12;
* Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Castrol Jaguar winning the 1990 24 Hours of Daytona with the Jaguar XJR-12, XJR-12;
* Silk Cut Jaguar winning the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season, 1991 World Sportscar Championship with the Jaguar XJR-14, XJR-14 and Jaguar XJR-12, XJR-12;
* Justin Law winning the 2008 and 2010 editions of Le Mans Legend with the Jaguar XJR-12, XJR-12 and Jaguar XJR-9, XJR-9 respectively.
GT2
![PLM 2011 99 RSR Jaguar 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/PLM_2011_99_RSR_Jaguar_2.jpg)
In 2009, RSR Racing revealed the new Jaguar XK (X150), Jaguar XKR GT2 car, which the team was to enter the American Le Mans Series' LM GTE, GT2 class with.
RSR first raced the XKR in the 2010 American Le Mans Series with Paul Gentilozzi, Ryan Dalziel and Marc Goossens. They finished last in the GT class with five points. They also visited that year's 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans, but retired early into the race. The team then entered 2011 American Le Mans Series, another season in the American Le Mans Series with Cristiano da Matta and Bruno Junqueira, this time finishing ninth (second last) with six points.
GT3
The first Group GT3, GT3 iteration of the XKR was developed by Apex Motorsport, which ran these cars in the FIA GT3 European Championship (from 2007 to 2009).
Jaguar then had a fairly long run in the Blancpain GT Series, with the Switzerland-based racing outfit Emil Frey Racing fielding multiple Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3 cars. Those were an in-house development by Emil Frey Racing, with approval from Jaguar, that conformed to full Group GT3, FIA GT3 regulations. The car debuted in the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series and finished its run in the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. For its farewell season, the car was moved to the Silver Cup and won the championship with the lineup of Alex Fontana, Mikaël Grenier and Adrian Zaugg. It was also third overall in the Endurance Cup Team Rankings. In the previous seasons, the XKRs were run exclusively in the Pro Cup, with the team fielding two cars instead of one in the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, 2016 and 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, 2017 seasons.
GT4
![Jaguar F-Type GT4 (43993074381)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Jaguar_F-Type_GT4_%2843993074381%29.jpg)
A new entry to the British GT Championship, named Invictus Games Racing and financed by James Holder (businessman), James Holder, fielded two new Jaguar cars for the 2018 British GT Championship, 2018 season. Despite conforming to standard GT4 European Series, GT4 regulations, the Jaguar F-Type#F-Type SVR (2016–present), Jaguar F-Type SVR GT4 was run exclusively in British GT and was not expected to be made available to other customers. The GT4 iteration was developed by
Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover Limited (also known as JLR), and is a British multinational automobile manufacturer which produces luxury vehicles and sport utility vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover is a ...
's SVO division.
Invictus ran two cars in the 2018 British GT Championship, 2018 season, both in Pro-Am class. Jason Wolfe (racing driver), Jason Wolfe and Matthew George were the full-time professional drivers of these cars, while Steve McCulley, Paul Vice, Ben Norfolk and Basil Rawlinson have been selected as the amateur drivers.
The entry was reduced to a single car for the 2019 British GT Championship, 2019 season, with George, McCulley and Vice staying in the team.
The Invictus team disbanded prior to the 2020 British GT Championship, 2020 season. In February 2020, both cars along with spare parts were auctioned via Silverstone Auctions and eventually sold for £213,750.
I-Pace eTrophy
For the 2018–19 Formula E season, 2018–19 season, Jaguar Racing launched a support series for Formula E, dubbed the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY. The series operated an 'Arrive and Drive' package for up to 20 drivers at each race, including a different VIP driver at every venue. The series would be cancelled after the 2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy, 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Complete Formula One results
As an engine supplier
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As a constructor
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;Notes:
* – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete Formula E results
(:Template:Motorsport driver results legend, key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
;Notes:
* – Driver was fastest in group qualifying stage and was given one championship point.
* † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
See also
* Jaguar Cars
Footnotes
References
External links
*
Jaguar Racing Official US website
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