GERMAN TEAM TO COMPETE IN JAGUAR I-PACE eTROPHY

9 November 2018

Jaguar today announced a further entrant to the Jaguar I‑PACE eTROPHY championship. Viessmann Jaguar I‑PACE eTROPHY Team Germany will compete in the first season, which will begin on 15 December in Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. At a press conference in Munich, the team introduced driver Célia Martin and announced title sponsor Viessmann, as well as partnerships with Auto Motor und Sport, Telekom Sport and ProSieben.

Martin, who has previously worked as a test driver for the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 on the Nürburgring Nordschleife sees this as her first major career jump. 

"I'm an ambitious person and I want to prove that as a rookie I have the potential to be in the top group. The I‑PACE eTROPHY is a completely new series, a world first. It fascinates me to work on it,"

Célia Martin
TEAM GERMANY, eTROPHY DRIVER

Christian Danner, ex‑Formula 1 driver and head of the Jaguar Driving Academy has been appointed sport director for the team, and television presenter Andrea Kaiser will act as personal coach to Célia Martin.

 

Martin attended the acclimatisation test at Silverstone in September, as well as the second pre‑season test at Rockingham in October.

 

The Jaguar I‑PACE eTROPHY will be the official support race to ABB FIA Formula E from season five onwards. The championship, a world first, will take place over 10 rounds in nine global cities, with up to 20 entrants competing for a prize fund in excess of £500,000.

 

Final entrants and details of where to watch the championship around the world will be announced shortly.

Further information

For further information about Jaguar I‑PACE eTROPHY, please contact:

Emma Fahy, PR & Communications Manager, Jaguar I‑PACE eTROPHY

Tel: + 44 7384 532 566

Email: emma.fahy@jaguarracing.com

Adrian Atkinson, Global PR Manager, Jaguar Racing

Tel:  +44 7979 554 005

 

 

 

Notes to Editors

JAGUAR I‑PACE eTROPHY

After becoming the first premium manufacturer to enter the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in 2016, Jaguar has now created the world’s first production battery electric vehicle race series – the Jaguar I‑PACE eTROPHY. The history‑making championship is the official support race to the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, with up to 20 cars taking to the grid from season five onwards. The series supports the launch of the Jaguar I‑PACE, Jaguar’s first battery electric vehicle, and reinforces Jaguar Land Rover’s future electrification strategy, commitment to electric street racing and ‘Race to Innovate’ mission. Championship partners include official tyre supplier Michelin, official charging partner ABB, technical partner Sabelt, and official clothing supplier One All Sports.