11 Facts About Jaguar Racing

1.

Jaguar Racing is the name given to Jaguar Land Rover's racing interests.

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2.

Jaguar Racing was formed from the purchase by Ford of Jackie Stewart's Stewart Grand Prix Formula One team in June 1999.

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In particular, because Jaguar Racing did not advertise the core Ford brand, there was little return of value from the enormous amount of money invested, so funding was reduced from Ford itself.

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4.

Jaguar Racing made their debut in Formula E's third season, replacing the folded Trulli GP.

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5.

On 19 August 2016, it was announced that Jaguar Racing would bring A1 GP champion Adam Carroll, Le Mans champion Harry Tincknell and 2012 and 2014 GP3 champions Mitch Evans and Alex Lynn to the pre-season test at Donington Park, with plans for a team launch on 8 September 2016.

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6.

At the season's first event in Hong Kong, Jaguar Racing scored points in both of the weekend's races and took their first podium in the series when Mitch Evans was moved up to third following a post race disqualification of Daniel Abt.

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7.

In June 2019, Jaguar Racing began their season six development testings with Alex Lynn and Mitch Evans.

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8.

Calado's final race for Jaguar Racing would be the fourth Berlin race as 2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps prevented him from attending the final two races, in which the new reserve Blomqvist would take his place.

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9.

In October 2020, Jaguar unveiled the development version of the I-Type 5 car, with the team only referencing to itself as Jaguar Racing, quietly splitting with the title sponsor Panasonic.

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10.

Jaguar Racing tried to check on Lynn, who was later taken to hospital.

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11.

On 2 November 2021, the team announced their latest rebranding to Jaguar TCS Racing along with confirming the unchanged driver lineup of Bird and Evans.

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