Jaguar Achieves Podium in Monaco At the halfway point of the season, Jaguar TCS Racing currently lies in 4th position overall in the championship and Mitch Evans remains fourth in the drivers’ standings. Round 6 Monaco The track was slightly revised, with the reprofiled Nouvelle Chicane used in 2021 being scrapped, making this the first time the traditional Monaco Grand Prix layout was used in Formula E. Mitch Evans took his third Pole position in the World Championship and started the race at the front of the grid. The New Zealander held the lead of the E-Prix for the first 20 minutes. Leading the pack and towing the field behind cost Mitch valuable energy and he was forced to slow and recover (energy) during the second half of the race. Following strategic overtakes, Mitch was able to take the second spot on the famous podium. Former Formula 1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne won the race to claim the lead of the championship. Teammate, Sam Bird’s bad luck continued with a collision which broke the track rod and ended his race after 13 minutes. Round 7 Berlin On the Berlin Tempelhof airfield, Mitch Evans and Sam Bird lined up ninth and fifteenth on the grid respectively after a disappointing qualifying session. Both drivers performed impressive opening laps with Mitch gaining two places and Sam gaining four.
Both drivers and their Jaguar I-TYPE 5’s showed excellent energy management during the race which allowed them to make key moves forward in the final stages. Mitch Evans gained four places to finish fifth with teammate Sam Bird gaining eight places to finish seventh. In doing so they collected 16 valuable points for Jaguar. Round 8 Berlin Mitch Evans lined up in ninth on the grid, with teammate Sam Bird in fourteenth after again having a disappointing qualifying session. Mitch Evans held his position for the first ten minutes of the race before making an impressive overtake on Jean- Éric Vergne. The Kiwi fought hard to keep up momentum, but the abrasive track surface combined with heat of Berlin meant his rear tyres started to struggle and he began losing pace towards the end of the race.
Mitch was able to keep fighting and finished in tenth – the final point scoring position. Sam Bird had a challenging opening few laps which saw him pushed wide and lose several positions early in the race. A solid energy strategy and an efficient Jaguar I-TYPE 5, enabled him to climb back through the field to finish in eleventh – just outside the points. Mitch Evans is currently fourth in the drivers’ standings while Sam Bird remains in twelfth. Jaguar TCS Racing remain fourth in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship teams’ standings. The ninth round of the 2022 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship takes place on the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia for the first time on 4 June 2022.
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Information for this story from Jaguar TCS Racing.
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