- Jaguar Racing leave Valencia without any points but are looking forward to the Monaco E-Prix
- Mitch Evans and Sam Bird were unfortunate to have wet conditions in their group one qualifying session which meant today’s race would be a significant challenge to secure a points finish
- Sam Bird remains joint third in the ABB FIA Formula E Drivers’ World Championship with 43 points. Mitch Evans remains fifth in the championship with 39 points.
- Jaguar Racing sit second in the ABB FIA Formula E Teams’ World Championship
- The lights turn green for the seventh round of the Formula E World Championship on the iconic streets of Monaco on 8 May 2021
The second round of the double-header in Valencia saw both Jaguar Racing drivers in qualifying group one. While Mitch Evans came second in the group, with significant track evolution due to the track drying out, qualifying results saw teams in group four set lap times 2.3 seconds quicker than drivers in group one.
Mitch Evans and Sam Bird started the sixth round of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in P19 and P20 respectively. After the chaos of yesterday’s race and starting from the back of the grid, the team implemented a race strategy that showed promise but unfortunately didn’t work out today in a race which was incredibly hard to make progress and favoured the teams and drivers who qualified in the top six positions.
Mitch Evans made decisive moves to carve his way through the pack from P19 to P9 showing the fast pace of the Jaguar I-TYPE 5, before dropping back to conserve energy for a race which could have potentially run a lap longer. He eventually finished out of the points in P15.
Briton, Sam Bird, also climbed up the order, overtaking several drivers including former teammate Robin Frijns and Nico Müller before finishing P14.
Sam Bird remains joint third in the ABB FIA Formula E Drivers’ World Championship with 43 points. Kiwi, Mitch Evans also remains fifth in the championship with 39 points.
Jaguar Racing are second in the team standings of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
JAGUAR RACING - VALENCIA E-PRIX - ROUND 6
JAGUAR RACING - VALENCIA E-PRIX - ROUND 6
JAGUAR RACING - VALENCIA E-PRIX - ROUND 6
A wet to drying track in group one qualifying was always going to mean a good qualifying result wasn’t possible. With it being the second race and after the learnings of yesterday for all teams it also meant that it would mean a significant challenge to make our way into a points scoring finish today. Our strategy very nearly paid off though with both Mitch and Sam fighting through the field and threatening to secure a double top ten finish. Unfortunately we weren’t able to translate this potential into the end result but we once again showed as a team we are racers and push to make progress. Sometimes, the days where you are less successful are the days where you learn the most. We’ll be taking these learnings and putting them into our preparations for Monaco. We’re really looking forward to racing on this iconic circuit and hopefully putting the Jaguar I-TYPE 5 back into the points.
James Barclay
Team Director, Jaguar Racing
Very disappointing weekend for myself and for Jaguar Racing. Fortunately, from a damage limitation point of view, the people around us didn’t score huge points either. I’m really looking forward to Monaco and hopefully we can score some points there.
Sam Bird
Jaguar Racing driver, #10
Our pace was good today but some of the strategy calls didn’t work out in our favour. We were really compromised a lot with the drying track conditions in qualifying. It’s nothing too major to worry about so we’re going to go away, take these learnings and focus on a a clean run in Monaco.
Mitch Evans
Jaguar Racing driver, #20
The lights turn green for the seventh round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship on the iconic streets of Monaco on 8 May 2021.
