Jaguar's electric racing programme began in 2016 with a team built from its own chassis and powertrain, and went on to win the 2023-24 teams' championship and set the Formula E win record.
Jaguar Racing is Jaguar Land Rover's Formula E team, which began in 2016-17 with its own chassis and powertrain. It won the 2023-24 teams' championship and holds the series record for race wins.
Jaguar Racing is the name given to Jaguar Land Rover's racing interests, and its main programme is in Formula E, where the brand competes as Jaguar TCS Racing for sponsorship reasons. The team won the 2023-24 Formula E World Teams' Championship and holds the record for most race wins, after its 24th win at the 2026 Jeddah ePrix.
What is Jaguar Racing?
Jaguar Racing covers the racing interests of Jaguar Land Rover. Its Formula E programme is the best-known part of that work, and it has been a serious contender in the series since its early seasons.
The team's record includes teams' titles, race wins and a long list of drivers who have passed through its cars. Its story is one of steady building, with a run of strong seasons in the Gen3 era.
A Formula E team built on its own chassis and powertrain, now the series' record holder for race wins.
How did the team begin?
In December 2015 Jaguar said it would enter Formula E with a team that built its own chassis and powertrain. Panasonic came on as lead sponsor, with Lear Corporation as a secondary partner, and the team signed Gorillaz guitarist Noodle as a team ambassador.
Jaguar made its debut in the 2016-17 season, replacing the folded Trulli team. It signed A1 GP champion Adam Carroll and 2012 GP3 champion Mitch Evans as its drivers, and it finished 10th in the Teams' Championship that year.
Carroll was one of only two drivers to finish all 12 races that season, alongside Andretti's Robin Frijns. That reliability gave the new team a steady base to build on.
What happened in the 2017-18 season?
Jaguar signed Nelson Piquet Jr., the series' inaugural Drivers' Champion, for 2017-18. Evans was retained, and he replaced Carroll as Piquet's teammate. At the season's first event in Hong Kong, Jaguar scored points in both races and took its first podium when Evans was promoted to third after a disqualification.
Evans claimed the team's maiden pole position at the Zurich ePrix that season. Jaguar finished sixth in the Teams' Championship, and Evans was seventh in the drivers' standings, with Piquet ninth after missing the chequered flag five times.
How did the first win come about?
Alex Lynn replaced Piquet in March 2019, after a string of poor results. Evans won the following race in Rome, which gave Jaguar its first win and its first actual podium finish in the series.
Evans was briefly third in the championship with 87 points during that stretch.
Evans's car was sent to the FIA headquarters in Geneva for checks on one of its wishbones. No issues were found, so the win was officially confirmed. The team finished seventh in the 2018-19 Teams' Championship with 116 points, while Evans finished fifth in the drivers' standings with 105 points.
Evans was also the only driver to physically cross the finish line in every race of that season, although Audi's Daniel Abt was classified in every race too.
What were the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons like?
In 2019-20 Evans gave Jaguar its second win at the Mexico City ePrix, and Jaguar's season ended with 81 points and a seventh place in the Teams' Championship. Jaguar confirmed Evans as its first driver after a multi-year contract, and Calado joined as his teammate.
For 2020-21 Sam Bird joined the team, and Jaguar unveiled the I-Type 5 car. Bird won his first race in a Jaguar at the Diriyah ePrix, and Evans finished third in the same double-header after defending his position over Rene Rast.
Bird's first win for Jaguar came after he started from third and passed Sergio Sette Camara at the start, then moved past pole-sitter Robin Frijns, his former Virgin teammate.
That season was the team's most successful to date. Jaguar finished second in the Teams' Championship with 177 points, after leading it on two occasions. Bird scored both of the season's wins, and Evans scored five of the six podiums that were added.
How did the Gen3 era begin?
On 2 November 2021 the team rebranded as Jaguar TCS Racing, with Bird and Evans retained. In 2022-23 the team entered the Gen3 era, and it changed its visual look from teal to white, with black as the main colour.
Jaguar-powered cars were initially uncompetitive against Porsche-powered teams in race conditions, but they slowly took over. The team scored poles, podiums and wins, and it lost the 2022-23 Teams' Championship by 12 points to Envision. Evans finished third in the drivers' championship.
The 2022-23 season opened with Bird out early in Mexico City, and Evans eighth after a crash in practice. The pairing was tested early, but the team kept developing its cars through the season.
Why was 2023-24 the team's best season?
In 2023-24 Nick Cassidy replaced Bird to partner Evans. The team had its best season to date, with two wins from each of its drivers, and it went into the final round in London on the brink of winning all three titles.
Jaguar won both the Teams' Championship and the new manufacturers' trophy, but it missed the drivers' title to Pascal Wehrlein. A puncture for Cassidy and a missed attack mode activation by Evans left the two drivers second and third in the standings.
What happened in 2024-25 and 2025-26?
For 2024-25 the team kept Cassidy and Evans as its lineup. Jaguar was forced to miss the first day of pre-season testing because of a cost cap penalty from the previous season, but Evans still set the fastest time of the test.
The cost cap penalty did not stop the team from testing hard, and the same lineup carried into the new season.
In that test Cassidy was 11th fastest, while Evans set the fastest time of the test with a 1:27.461 lap.
The team's 24th race win came at the 2026 Jeddah ePrix, which gave it the record for most wins in the championship's history. That milestone followed its years of steady development in the Gen3 cars.
Who drove for the team?
Jaguar's driver line-up has been built around a few core names. Mitch Evans was with the team from its debut and signed a series of multi-year extensions, while Sam Bird joined for 2020-21 and Nick Cassidy replaced him for 2023-24. Together they gave the team a strong pairing through the Gen3 era.
Behind the race drivers the team kept a deep bench of reserves and test drivers. Alex Lynn returned as a reserve and test driver in 2020 after leaving for Mahindra, Tom Blomqvist became reserve in July 2020, and Sacha Fenestraz came back as a reserve in February 2021. Tom Dillmann joined in May 2021 as a second reserve, and Norman Nato took the reserve and simulator role in January 2022.
Jamie Chadwick and Sacha Fenestraz were picked for the 2020 Marrakesh rookie test, and Joel Eriksson and Dillmann remained as test, reserve and simulator drivers for 2023-24. Ho-Pin Tung, who had been the reserve in the earlier seasons, became the team's global ambassador in 2020 while staying in the I-Pace eTrophy commentary team.
How did leadership and partners change?
Thierry Bollore succeeded Gerd Maeuser as chairman when Maeuser stepped down after the 2021 season. Bollore later stepped down as Jaguar Land Rover CEO in November 2022, and Barclay became the sole official authority in the team heading into the Gen3 era.
On the commercial side, Castrol became a partner in 2019, returning to Jaguar's motorsport activities after a near 30-year absence. Panasonic was the lead sponsor at the start, and the team quietly split from its title sponsor in October 2020 while using its own name, Jaguar Racing.
Jaguar also committed to Formula E for the next set of rules in July 2021, which kept the team on the grid until 2026. Evans signed another multi-year extension in August 2021, a sign of the stability the team wanted.
What was the I-Pace eTrophy?
The Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy was a support series that Jaguar Racing set up for the 2018-19 season. It offered an Arrive and Drive package for up to 20 drivers at each race, and it included a different VIP driver at every venue.
The series was cancelled after the 2019-20 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It remained a visible part of the brand's Formula E presence during its short run.
What are the team's key results at a glance?
| Season | Driver or team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | Team | 10th in the Teams' Championship, debut season |
| 2017-18 | Mitch Evans | Maiden pole at Zurich and first podium |
| 2019 | Mitch Evans | First win, at the Rome ePrix |
| 2020 | Mitch Evans | Second win, at the Mexico City ePrix |
| 2021 | Sam Bird | Two wins, team second in the Teams' Championship |
| 2022-23 | Mitch Evans | Third in the drivers' championship |
| 2023-24 | Team | Teams' championship and manufacturers' trophy |
| 2026 | Team | 24th race win, at the Jeddah ePrix |
Why does Jaguar Racing matter?
Jaguar Racing matters because it shows how a car maker can enter Formula E with its own chassis and powertrain, and build a team that goes on to lead the series in race wins. Its title and its record show what a patient programme can achieve.
Its Gen3 years show a team that learned from early setbacks, and its results against Porsche-powered rivals made it a serious title contender. Race wins remain the clearest measure of that long-term progress.
The team also shows how sponsorship and branding can change without changing the underlying programme. Its name has moved from Jaguar Racing to Jaguar TCS Racing, but the cars, the engineers and the drivers have kept the same core goals.
Alex Lynn's arrival in 2019 was followed by a difficult stretch of races, and he finished 12th on his Jaguar debut. He later retired from a promising eleventh place in Paris after an accident, and the team's points hopes ended that weekend. Another reliability setback followed at the first New York City race, where he retired from second place at the Brooklyn Street Circuit.
