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Jaguar powered cars again finished on the podium in both races on the streets of Rome.

Rome Round 13 -Snapshot (15 July)

◊ Jaguar powered cars finished first and second in Rome race 1.

◊ Nick Cassidy (Envision Jaguar Racing) lies 1st in the drivers’ standings while Mitch Evans (Jaguar Racing) lies 3rd.

◊ Envision is first in the team standings while Jaguar are third.

Jaguar’s Mitch Evans took a sensational victory in the first race of the Rome double-header with Envision Jaguar Racing Nick Cassidy finishing second.

The qualifying session saw Jaguar secure a dominant one-two for the race with Mitch Evans heading his team-mate, Sam Bird.

The start saw the Jaguar duo Bird and Evans battle it out hard as the pair approached the first corner. Bird managed to get the jump on Evans, who then launched multiple attacks for the lead. However, on lap 8, Bird’s race turned into a nightmare as the Briton lost the rear of his Jaguar at a fast section of the track with several drivers unable to react in time and collected Bird’s Jaguar, resulting in 6 retirees. The race was red-flagged and delayed the race for almost an hour.

After the restart Evans battled for the lead and with four laps to go, Evans got in front and controlled proceedings to snatch his third victory in Rome, with Cassidy finishing a close second resulting in a Jaguar powertrain 1-2 showcasing the competitive performance of the Jaguar I-TYPE 6.

To watch the 15-minute highlights of the race goto: Rome Formula E Round 14 Rome Round 14 -Snapshot (16 July)

Mitch Evans progressed through to the semi-finals and eventually lined up on the grid in fourth, with Sam in fifth. Nick Cassidy lined up in second place.

From the start Nick Cassidy, Mitch Evans and Sam Bird hung on to their starting position, however on Lap 2, Cassidy was eager to overtake the race leader on the outside of Turn 7, but as the pair battled it out, Evans misjudged his braking point and ran into the back of Cassidy. With the pair first unable to get their cars going again, the Safety Car was deployed.

The incident caused significant damage to the car of both Kiwis, meaning that they had to dive into the pits for new front wings. With the safety car leaving the track just after two laps, yesterday’s winner Evans had no time to close in on

News Flash

The final race of the season has just concluded in London with Envision Racing, Jaguar’s customer team, taking the Teams’ FIA Formula E World Championship just ahead of Jaguar TCS Racing.

Both teams finished well clear of third placed USA team, Avalanche Andretti Formula E.

Jaguar supplied Envision with powertrains for Formula E’s Gen3 regulations and Jaguar can be proud of their Jaguar I-Type 6 race car and powertrains, given that their cars collectively won 8 of the 16 races. the pack and retired after just two more laps.

In the Drivers’ Championship, British driver Jake Dennis (Avalanche Andretti Formula E) won the title from Kiwi Nick Cassidy (Envision Jaguar Racing) and Kiwi Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) who finished just 2 points behind Nick.

Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy were both unlucky not to win the title given they were clearly the dominate drivers throughout the year with untimely accidents, not of their making, costing either, the ultimate title. .

Sam Bird moved up to third following the accident and throughout the rest of the 24-lap race battled with the leader. While the Jaguar racer appeared to have more pace than the two leading drivers, he was unable to capitalize on them and finished third with Envision Racing driver Buemi finishing in P4 with both drivers earning valuable points for their teams.

To watch the 15-minute highlights of the race goto: Rome Formula E Round 15. The last races in the 2023 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will be held in London with a double-header on 29th and 30th of July .

Editor: Information for this story sourced from Jaguar TCS Racing and the official FIA Formula E World Championship site.

You joined in the first year of the Club and are member number 65. Do you remember much of the early days regarding the formation of the club?

Before the club was formed, on Sunday mornings I used to drive over in the 1.5 litre Mark IV to Ian Forrester’s home in Eden Hills to give the car a run. There were other Jaguar enthusiasts such as Peter & Chris Holland and Phil Smart there. We mainly talked about car issues but there was discussion about forming a Club, and eventually that is what happened

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