MITCH EVANS ENDS POINTS-SCORING RUN IN CHAOTIC PARIS E-PRIX

Topping the times in FP2 again showed that the Jaguar I-TYPE 3 has front-running pace. It was our first time qualifying in group one with Mitch, so that was a learning for us. Unfortunately, we didn’t quite get everything out of the car to make it through to Super Pole. It felt like a good lap but there was a lot of track evolution in the session. As a team, we all learnt a lot and we’ll take that with us for the forthcoming races. Mitch will learn from that too and we’ll come back stronger. Today things were somewhat out of our control with the first wet Formula E race and a number of drivers were reckless which cost us a good points result, but in Monaco we’ll come back strong and look to get back on the podium.

I was strong in FP2 this morning, which meant I went into qualifying with confidence – the car was working really well. Going out in group one for qualifying we knew wasn’t going to be optimum, but when you’re top five in the Championship that’s just the way it is. Nothing stood out as going wrong – the lap was clean, it just wasn’t fast enough. It’s disappointing and obviously a big contrast compared to Rome. The race was absolute mayhem in the rain. Alex and I were looking strong, so it was a shame to have the wing damage as we could have been in the points. I was hoping for a nice recovery – we’ve managed to come from the back in previous races – but it wasn’t to be today. I’m looking forward to going back to Monaco, my home town. The Jaguar I-TYPE 3 is working well, even though qualifying didn’t show that today. I’m confident that we can be back again.

It was a frustrating day for us in Paris. We were having a steady race, the car felt good before the heavens opened and then the race totally changed. We were picking up places – naturally there were a lot of incidents, but we were in a great P11 position before I was taken out with just ten minutes until the end of the race. The weather conditions weren’t helping but I think there was a lot of overly ambitious driving out there today. Qualifying wasn’t what we were hoping for because we have shown good pace in Rome and earlier today as well. We’ll do some investigation as to why we didn’t maximise our package in qualifying, but as soon as the race started, both me and Mitch were flying through the field. The conditions were, maybe, the craziest I have ever experienced in my career so far. Now it is time to get back in the simulator and focus on Monaco.