- Mitch Evans climbs 10 place to P9 and demonstrates progress for the team
- Evans secures fastest lap of round 8 of the Berlin E‑Prix and moves to fourth in drivers’ championship standings
- James Calado’s race cut short after heavy contact from the GEOX Dragon of Sette Câmara who later received a penalty from the FIA Stewards.
Round 8 of the 2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E season six finale was full of progress today for Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s return to the traditional track layout at Berlin Tempelhof double‑header.
Mitch Evans climbed an impressive ten places from P19 to P9. Scything through the field with purpose he set the fastest lap of the race and with it a valuable point. The Kiwi is now focused on securing as many points as possible in the remaining three races as we reach the half‑way point in the Berlin finale.
After out qualifying his team‑mate the race was less fortunate for James Calado who, after making up an impressive 3 places on the opening lap, was an innocent victim of Sette Câmara losing control of his GEOX Dragon whilst trying to defend from Alexander Sims. Câmara made very heavy contact with the Briton, sending him spinning and causing terminal damage to his Jaguar I‑TYPE 4 which ended his race which was looking to be very promising.
The team will now build on the positive progress made and will focus on improving their qualifying performance.
A day of two halves for us ‑ we didn't optimise our qualifying performance which meant we faced a challenging race today. James did a fantastic job to make up three places in the opening lap. He was looking very strong and settling into the race when he was hit by Sette Câmara in what was a completely out of control move. This was very disappointing for James and incredibly frustrating for the team. Mitch had one of his hallmark drives through the field ‑ from P19 through to ninth with the fastest lap was fantastic progress. It's great that we've found some of the race pace we had before Berlin. We now need to work on our qualifying performance and if we can put that together we should have a strong final three races. We'll give it our all right until the end.
James Barclay
Panasonic Jaguar Racing Team Director
After a disappointing qualifying being down in P19 I had a really good feeling in the race and managed to make up 10 places and finishing P9 with a fastest lap which is a good feeling. Our first points in Berlin which is a nice step forward. Hopefully that puts is in a good way for tomorrow and we can qualify towards the front and show our true pace again.
Mitch Evans
Panasonic Jaguar Racing Driver #20
I made an amazing start ‑ I gained three places in the first lap and it was looking okay, the Jaguar I‑TYPE 4 felt on form and points could’ve been on the table. I was minding my own business, saving energy and I got hit out of nowhere really hard just into turn nine. The Dragon and he was about 50 metres behind – looked like he had some issue but it took me off and it was race over.
James Calado
Panasonic Jaguar Racing Driver #51
POINTS, PACE AND PROGRESS FOR PANASONIC JAGUAR RACING IN BERLIN
POINTS, PACE AND PROGRESS FOR PANASONIC JAGUAR RACING IN BERLIN
