- Jaguar TCS Racing fight through the pack into the points before a fearless energy strategy didn’t pay off for the team and others around them
- Sam Bird finished in P15 while teammate Mitch Evans finished in P19
- Jaguar TCS Racing sit seventh in the teams’ standings after round three of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship
- Lights go green for round four and five of season eight in Rome on 9 and 10 April 2022
Jaguar TCS Racing were looking set for a double‑points finish with two laps remaining of the Mexico City E‑Prix. A decision by the race leaders to extend the race by another lap meant the fearless energy strategy ultimately left both Jaguar drivers and a number of other teams with an extra lap to complete. As a result Sam Bird and Mitch Evans, who had fought through the pack, finished in P15 and P19 respectively.
Neither driver was able to progress from the group stages of qualifying after a close and challenging session. Mitch missed out on a ‘duel’ by just two hundredths of a second.
Starting in P11 and P17 on the grid, New Zealander Mitch Evans and Briton Sam Bird collectively climbed 12 places into the points, showing the race pace and efficiency of the Jaguar I‑TYPE 5. Evans capitalised on his ATTACK MODE early in the race, taking three places in two minutes while Bird also climbed inside the top 10 making decisive overtakes.
A strategic decision from the Porsche team, who were leading the rest of the field, meant that the race went long and into an additional lap. This left the Jaguar TCS Racing drivers an impossible task to defend positions while trying to save enough energy to take the chequered flag.
Jaguar TCS Racing sit seventh in the teams’ standings after the third round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
Congratulations to Porsche on their first victory in Formula E. We have a race package that can compete but our issue today was that we were marginally off the pace in qualifying. We have seen how important this new qualifying format is and we haven’t been able to optimise that yet, although Mitch was just a fraction off making the duels. We took a gamble today to be aggressive and that didn’t pay off but we’re here to race and to score big points so we decided to take that risk.
“We now have a long gap of six weeks, and a lot of work to do to ensure we come back and get our championship fight back on track in Rome. We have a great team so we’ll rally together and come back fighting.
James Barclay
Jaguar TCS Racing Team Principal
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Firstly, it’s been great to be back at this incredible venue with the amazing Mexican fans. Unfortunately, the race didn’t go to plan, we were hoping to scrape back some points. We decided to take a bit of a gamble with the strategy and it didn’t quite pay off today. It’s not the race that we wanted but we have a big break now to regroup and make sure we have the performance back for the rest of the season.
Mitch Evans
Jaguar TCS Racing driver #9
This has been a really tough day. We were there in race speed but when you’re starting towards the back, it makes it really tricky. This championship is the hardest in the world. We have a long break now and I have full belief in our team that we can turn this around. We have a great team, an excellent race car and I’m really motivated for Rome.
Sam Bird
Jaguar TCS Racing driver #10
Lights go green for round four and five of season eight of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Rome on 9 and 10 April 2022.
Further information
For further information about Jaguar TCS Racing, please contact:
Emily Hogg, Media Officer, Jaguar TCS Racing
Tel: + 44 (0) 7384 532 605
Email: ehogg2@jaguarlandrover.com
Adrian Atkinson, Global PR and Communications Manager, Jaguar TCS Racing
Tel: +44 (0) 7979 554005
Email: aatkins5@jaguarlandrover.com
Notes to Editors
ABOUT JAGUAR TCS RACING
Jaguar returned to racing in October 2016, becoming the first premium manufacturer to join the all‑electric ABB FIA Formula E Championship street racing series. In season seven Jaguar TCS Racing finished runners‑up in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship teams’ standings ‑ the most successful so far in Jaguar TCS Racing’s Formula E history.
Formula E is a real‑world test bed for Jaguar with its journey to becoming an all‑electric luxury brand from 2025. Jaguar TCS Racing will deliver new sustainable technologies and set new benchmarks in quality in support of Jaguar Land Rover’s Reimagine strategy.
Jaguar TCS Racing goal is to ‘Reimagine Racing’ and together the team will test, develop, learn and collaborate, sharing insights across Jaguar Land Rover which will benefit future road car development. Specifically, learnings and technology transfer from Formula E will help ‘Reimagine” the Jaguar brand coinciding with the company’s commitment to the Gen3 era of Formula E.
As an official manufacturer team in Formula E, Jaguar TCS Racing designs its own powertrain, which includes the motor, transmission, inverter and rear suspension.
To control costs, the carbon fibre chassis and battery are common components and the same for all eleven teams. This allows the focus to be on developing electric vehicle powertrains which are efficient and lightweight which will improve the performance and range of future Jaguar Land Rover electric vehicles.
The 2021/22 Formula E season is the second season of World Championship status as granted by the FIA – the sport’s governing body. It will be the fourth and final year for the teams to be racing with the futuristic Gen2 race cars.
Teams have two race cars, one per driver, which will be used for the full race distance of 45 minutes plus 1 lap.
Beyond its all‑electric concept, Formula E is unique in the world of motorsport for its choice of venues. The championship takes place on temporary street circuits in the centre of the world’s major cities including Diriyah, Mexico City, Rome, Monaco, New York, London and ending in a double‑header race weekend in Seoul.
New Zealander, Mitch Evans finished season seven fourth in the drivers' championship and Jaguar TCS Racing finished second in the teams' standings ‑ the most successful so far in Jaguar TCS Racing’s Formula E history ‑ with eight podiums, two wins, one pole position and 177 points scored. After his first season with the team, Briton, Sam Bird finished sixth in the championship with two wins, three podiums and a pole position
Race to Innovate
Formula E remains a key priority for Jaguar Land Rover and the company’s Reimagine strategy. As the only all‑electric world championship, Formula E allows us to test and develop new electric vehicle technologies in a high‑performance environment. It continues to be the test‑bed for our Race to Innovate mission that will see Race to Road and Road to Race learnings that will help shape our electric future – a future that Jaguar is passionate about, and dedicated to for the benefit of our society, the changing landscape of mobility, sustainability and our customers.
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