Image
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
Download

OPPORTUNITIES BUT ULTIMATELY NO POINTS FOR JAGUAR TCS RACING IN MEXICO CITY

12 January 2025

Jaguar TCS Racing finish the 2025 Mexico City E‑Prix outside of points, a result of a qualifying lap deletion for Nick Cassidy and a racing incident, which lead to retirement for Mitch Evans. Nick Cassidy finished the race in P12 after losing out during the safety car interruptions.

  • Jaguar TCS Racing’s promising performance was impacted by late race contact for Mitch Evans, leading to retirement, and safety car interruptions for Nick Cassidy
  • Nick Cassidy climbed ten places from the back of the grid to finish in P12
  • Mitch Evans was running in the points with strong opportunity to progress in the closing stages but an issue for the Andretti driver, Nico Müller, resulted in contact with Mitch and retirement from the race
  • Mitch Evans is joint‑second in the Drivers’ World Championship standings, while Nick Cassidy is twentieth
  • Jaguar TCS Racing sit joint‑third in Teams’ World Championship and third in the Manufacturers’ Championship
  • In a Formula E first, Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will play host to rounds 3 and 4 of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World on 14 and 15 February

After both Kiwis set impressive qualifying lap times in the group stages, Mitch Evans just lost out to the Nissan of Oliver Rowland in the quarter‑final qualifying Duel. Nick Cassidy delivered an impressive lap to finish P3 in his group but unfortunately had his lap time deleted because of a technical infringement.

In front of a sell‑out crowd of Formula E fans, at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mitch lined up on the grid in P5 and put up a good fight to put himself in position to progress in the closing stages of the race. On Lap 17, Mitch took his first four minutes of Attack Mode which, for this season, triggers not only an extra 50kw of power, but also all‑wheel drive capability. With this activated, Mitch was able to climb six places to a promising P4 position. 

After the majority of the field had completed their Attack Mode activations, Mitch was in P8 with his final boost remaining and slightly up on energy to the cars in front of him. In the closing laps, as Mitch was about activate his final Attack Mode, the Andretti of Nico Müller experienced a legality cut, causing Nico to slow dramatically. Despite Mitch doing his best to react, he was unable to avoid a collision. The incident caused him to retire from the race with what looked like a great opportunity to progress in the closing laps. 

Nick Cassidy started the race at the back of the pack in P22 ‑ a challenge in any Formula E race but one which Nick and the team felt determined to make the most of. On Lap 27, Nick activated his first six minutes of Attack Mode, but any opportunity for progression with this benefit, was quickly taken away by the first Safety Car. Nick used his remaining two minutes of Attack Mode in Lap 34 before finishing the race in P12.

2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix

Today has been a rather unusual day for us, an E‑Prix with no points, something we haven’t experienced in our last 23 consecutive races. Mitch was in a strong position, with a late Attack Mode still to use and slightly up on energy but what appears to be a legality cut for the car in front of him resulted in Mitch unable to avoid contact. Nick started in P22 and we knew it would be a challenging race from this position. With all the cars around him on the same strategy, we couldn’t make the progress that we wanted to. Another good drive from Nick up to P12, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough to get into the points. We’ll now look forward to Jeddah and use this as motivation to get back to scoring strong points for Jaguar TCS Racing.

JAMES BARCLAY
JAGUAR TCS RACING TEAM PRINCIPAL

I started in fifth, so I was hoping for a better result, the race wasn’t fantastic and the incident at the end was unavoidable. I was right behind Nico but he had an issue and suddenly slowed. I tried to react but I just caught his left‑rear, so there was nothing I could really do. Overall, it was a disappointing outcome so we have work to do before the next race in Jeddah.

MITCH EVANS
JAGUAR TCS RACING DRIVER, #9
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix
2025 Mexico City E-Prix

Today has been really frustrating. As a team we made fantastic progress this weekend. We started with a challenging FP1 but made all the right steps to have a really strong car for Qualifying. I was able to get into the Duels with only delivering one push lap which was incredible, so to have my lap time deleted was really frustrating. Mexico City is a hard track to overtake on so starting from the back made it hard to progress. We will now look ahead to Jeddah and spend time in the gap continuing to improve our performance.

NICK CASSIDY
JAGUAR TCS RACING DRIVER, #37

Mitch Evans is joint‑second in the Drivers’ World Championship standings with 25 points, while teammate Nick Cassidy is twentieth.

Jaguar TCS Racing sit joint‑third in Teams’ World Championship and third in the Manufacturers’ Championship

Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 14 and 15 February.

Further information

For further information about Jaguar TCS Racing, please contact:

 

Rose Jackson, Senior Communications Officer, Jaguar TCS Racing  
Tel: (+44) 7384 244 015
Email: rjackso9@jaguarlandrover.com 

 

Emily Hogg, Global PR and Communications Manager, Jaguar TCS Racing

Tel: (+44) 7384 532 605

Email: ehogg2@jaguarlandrover.com 

Notes to Editors

ABOUT JAGUAR TCS RACING 

Jaguar returned to racing in October 2016, becoming the first luxury manufacturer to join the all‑electric ABB FIA Formula E Championship. 

 

In 2024, Jaguar TCS Racing won the ABB FIA Formula E Teams’ World Championship, Jaguar’s first World Championship win since 1991. Jaguar also won the newly created Manufacturer’s Trophy with the I‑TYPE 6 – Jaguar’s all‑electric GEN3 Formula E race car. 

 

Jaguar TCS Racing drivers Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy finished second and third respectively in the 2024 Drivers’ World Championship. Both Mitch and Nick will compete again for Jaguar TCS Racing in Season 11, as Formula E moves into the GEN3 Evo era. Spanning Seasons 11 and 12, GEN3 Evo will see further technical advancements to the world’s only net carbon zero all‑electric race cars including new powertrains and the adoption of all‑wheel‑drive in certain phases of qualifying and racing.   

 

Jaguar TCS Racing have also confirmed a long‑term commitment to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship by signing to participate in the GEN4 era, set to commence in 2026 and running through seasons 13‑16. 

Beyond its all‑electric concept, Formula E is unique in the world of motorsport for its choice of venues. The 2024/2025 World Championship will see many events take place on temporary street circuits in the centre of the world’s major cities including, São Paulo, Diriyah, Tokyo and Monaco. Additional new venues include Miami, with the season finale again set to play out across a double‑header race weekend in London. 

As an official manufacturer team in Formula E, Jaguar TCS Racing designs its own powertrain, which includes the motor generator unit, transmission, inverter, and rear suspension. Jaguar, via its long‑term Formula E technical partner Fortescue Zero, will also supply Envision Racing with its powertrain for the GEN3 Evo era. 

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 efficient and lightweight electric vehicle powertrains which will improve the performance and range of future JLR electric vehicles. 

Formula E remains a key priority for JLR and the company’s Reimagine strategy. As the premier all‑electric world championship, Formula E allows the team to test and develop new electric vehicle technologies in a high‑performance environment. It continues to be the test bed for the team’s Race to Innovate mission that will see Race to Road and Road to Race learnings that will help shape Jaguar’s all‑electric future. 

Through our Race to Inspire mission, Jaguar TCS Racing are committed to inspiring the future generation by using the race programme to create a positive impact on our planet and the communities in which we race. From competing in the world’s first net zero carbon race car to supporting and training the next generation of engineers and motorsport professionals. 

For more information, visit https://media.jaguarracing.com/

About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 

TCS is an IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization that has been digitally transforming many of the world's largest businesses for over 56 years. A long‑standing strategic technology partner of JLR, TCS leverages advanced technologies to help the race team accelerate their electrification journey, win races, and create a more sustainable future. TCS works to build better futures and uses learnings from the racetrack to transform the mobility ecosystem. A part of the Tata Group, TCS has over 612,000 consultants worldwide.    

Previous