- Mitch Evans climbs to P12 from qualifying P17 and secures his first public FanBoost vote
- James Calado finishes P22 after difficult qualifying and drive‑through penalty
- British team now looks ahead to the four remaining Berlin races and a familiar track layout
Round 7 was a challenging one for Panasonic Jaguar Racing at Berlin’s Tempelhof circuit today for the ABB FIA Formula E season six finale.
Despite climbing up the field from P17, Mitch Evans finished just outside of the points in P12. The Kiwi did take a small positive away from a tough day with his and the team’s first FanBoost helped by support from fans, team partners and Jaguar Land Rover employees.
James Calado had another tough day hindered by a P22 qualifying position finishing the day in P20 following a drive through penalty for a technical infringement.
The team will now look to regroup and rebuild for Rounds 8 and 9 on Saturday and Sunday with the traditional anti‑clockwise layout.
A challenging day for us as a team today. The day started well with good pace and performance in FP3 with Mitch in P4. We were looking forward to a good qualifying session but unfortunately, we didn't get the lap we felt we were capable of. Given how close the field was, it meant that the race was going to be a real challenge and that's exactly what played out. It was ultimately very difficult to make progress. We had a clean race and we made up a few positions but unfortunately not enough to get us into the points. We were definitely frustrated with the results but as a team we'll go away do our homework and our analysis and see how we can improve our qualifying and race performance. We will reset. We have lots more racing to do and our focus is to make the most of it.
James Barclay
Panasonic Jaguar Racing Team Director
It’s been an average day for us today. We didn’t have the best qualifying and I didn’t have the feeling I needed in the car. In the race we hoped to come through the filed but we lacked pace. We came here with high hopes and we’ve put a lot of work in. Clearly the others have made big jumps so we need to knuckle down and recover for the next four races.
Mitch Evans
Panasonic Jaguar Racing Driver #20
AFTER CHALLENGING DAY TEAM TURNS FOCUS TO MAXIMISING RESULTS IN REMAINING BERLIN RACES
AFTER CHALLENGING DAY TEAM TURNS FOCUS TO MAXIMISING RESULTS IN REMAINING BERLIN RACES
AFTER CHALLENGING DAY TEAM TURNS FOCUS TO MAXIMISING RESULTS IN REMAINING BERLIN RACES
We made a good start and gained some places – the Jaguar I‑TYPE 4 felt good but unfortunately I got a drive through penalty for a technical infringement which is unfortunate as the speed limit in the pits was reduced to 35 kmp/h. I pretty much lost everything at that point, so we used the race as a bit of a test for the next round and found a few little things. It was a tough day, we should forget about it now and drive forward.
