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2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy

2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy

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The 2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy was the second and final season of the battery electric zero-emission international motor racing series supporting the FIA Formula E Championship, which started in November 2019 and ended in August 2020. The series saw entrants compete in a race-prepared Jaguar I-PACE, built by Jaguar's Special Vehicle Operations team with technical support from M-Sport, with the races taking place on selected Formula E weekends.

Sérgio Jimenez (pictured at the 2020 Mexico City ePrix) was the defending champion, this time losing to Simon Evans by just one point.

Teams and drivers

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Driver changes

  • Alice Powell joined the grid as a full-time driver, formerly competing in the inaugural race as a VIP driver.[12]
  • Fahad Algosaibi and Mashhur Bal Hejaila replaced the reigning Pro-Am Champion Bandar Alesayi and Ahmed Bin-Khanen at Saudi Racing.[12]
  • Sun Chao replaced Ziyi Zhang at Jaguar China Racing.[12]

Team changes

Mid-season changes

  • Mário Haberfeld replaced Cacá Bueno in the opening race weekend in Diriyah. Bueno returned in the following round.[11]
  • A new Japanese entry dubbed 'Team Yokohama Challenge' will field Takuma Aoki, the first disabled person to compete in an international electric race series, starting with round three at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.[17]
  • ZEG iCarros Jaguar Brazil expanded their entry to three cars prior to the Mexico City ePrix and added Adalberto Baptista to their lineup.[2]
  • Jaguar China Racing couldn't fly its standard driver lineup to Mexico City due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the team to replace them with David Cheng and a local driver Manuel Cabrera.[2]
  • The rescheduled Berlin ePrix saw Sun Chao, Yaqi Zhang (Jaguar China Racing) and Mashhur Bal Hejaila (Saudi Racing) missing the event, with the respective teams using replacement drivers.

Calendar

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Calendar changes

Regulation changes

Technical regulations

  • The "attack mode" system would be adopted from the parent series after successful trials were completed in New York City in July 2019.[24]

Pre-season

On 3 October 2019, Mark Turner was announced as the series' championship manager. Turner was formerly involved in the Audi R8 LMS Cup, Formula BMW and the SEAT Cupra Championship.[25] The new VIP car was unveiled on the same day, now sporting a black-dominated livery with cyan accents. Pre-season testing began on 28 October at the Bedford Autodrome.[26]

Results and standings

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Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in every race, and the pole position starter in each class, using the following structure:

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† – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ – Qualification was not held[N 5], therefore, no extra point was given for pole position.

See also

Footnotes

  1. Radermecker only took part in free practice session and his times were not officially recorded.[6][7][8]
  2. Ahmed Bin Khanen was originally supposed to replace Mashhur Bal Hejaila,[13] but withdrew. Spooner, a Brit[15] and the team's manager,[16] stepped in and raced under a Saudi Arabian license.[14]
  3. Each pair of dates will use a different track configuration.[20]
  4. The circuit was designed as an indoor-outdoor venue, combining the ExCeL facilities and the surrounding public roads at Royal Docks.[22]
  5. Session was cancelled due to ongoing track repairs caused by Daniel Abt's crash in Formula E's Free Practice 1. It was decided that the grid order would be based on Free Practice results, meaning that Sérgio Jimenez and Fahad Algosaibi would start from pole position in their respective classes.[27]

References

  1. Kilshaw, Jake (11 November 2019). "Juffali to Become First Saudi Woman to Race on Home Soil". e-racing365. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. "Cars & Drivers Admitted - Rounds 9-10" (PDF). Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. "Entry List Mexico v1.0" (PDF). Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. Dungan, Nick (14 February 2020). "Vincent Radermecker, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy at Mexico". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. "Round 3 - Mexico City ePrix - Free Practice - Final Classification" (PDF). Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. "Official Entry List Saudi Arabia v1.0" (PDF). Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. Klein, Jamie (18 November 2019). "Haberfeld returns to racing in Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  8. Smith, Sam (1 November 2019). "First Seven Drivers Revealed; Sanya Added to Schedule". e-racing365. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  9. "Cars & Drivers Admitted - Rounds 4-5" (PDF). Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  10. "Paul Spooner". Driver Database. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  11. "The Teams - Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY Series". Jaguar. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  12. Laurens, Pel (6 February 2020). "Takuma Aoki joins the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy". Let's Talk Motorsport. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  13. "Cars & Drivers Admitted - Rounds 6-7-8" (PDF). Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  14. "Formula E season resumes with six-race Berlin showdown". FIA Formula E. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  15. Smith, Topher (5 March 2019). "London Calling: British capital returns to calendar". Downforce Radio. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  16. Smith, Sam (4 October 2019). "Calendar Confirmed: Marrakesh Replaces Hong Kong". e-racing365. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  17. Kilshaw, Jake (10 September 2019). "Ten-Race Schedule Revealed; Attack Mode Confirmed". e-racing365. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

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