53 Facts About Mitch Evans

Mitchell William Evans was born on 24 June 1994 and is a New Zealand professional racing driver.

Mitch Evans previously won the 2010 and 2011 Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand and was runner up in the 2010 Australian Drivers' Championship despite missing three races.

Mitch Evans won his first Formula E race in the 2019 Rome ePrix.

Mitch Evans moved to Formula First for the 2007 season, competing in three races of the Winter Series at Manfeild Autocourse, and ending the season eighteenth in the championship.

Mitch Evans returned to Manfield for the 2008 Winter Series, but in Formula Ford, winning seven of 12 races he contested to take the championship.

Mitch Evans won six races during the season, including doubles at Taupo and Manfield.

For 2009, Mitch Evans moved to the Australian Formula Ford Championship, and competed in the Victorian state championship.

Mitch Evans was runner-up in the standings, losing out to CAMS Rising Star Luke Ellery in the state championship, and in the national championship to his team-mate at Sonic Motor Racing Services, Nick Percat.

Mitch Evans was drafted in by Australian Formula 3 entrant Team BRM to compete for them at the final round of the season, at Sandown.

Mitch Evans was quickly on the pace, setting the fastest time in the official practice session, and third in qualifying.

However, in the second race, Mitch Evans led home his team-mate Foster to become the youngest winner of the Formula 3 Superprix, but Foster won the Australian Drivers' Championship.

At the first round, Mitch Evans took pole position and won the race, a feat that had not been achieved since Brendon Hartley made his debut in the 2005 Toyota Racing Series.

Mitch Evans added a second win at Timaru, and won the first contemporary formulae race at the new Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

Mitch Evans claimed the title at Taupo by three points, holding off New Zealander Earl Bamber who won all three races at the circuit.

Mitch Evans returned to Australian Formula 3 for the 2010 Australian Drivers' Championship, and won the first three races of the season at Wakefield Park.

Mitch Evans skipped the second round at Symmons Plains to test a Formula Abarth car at Misano in Italy.

Mitch Evans was signed to race in the 2011 GP3 Series in Europe by the MW Arden team which is co-owned by Christian Horner, and Red Bull driver Mark Webber.

Mitch Evans won the feature race at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain, having finishing sixth and seventh in the first two races at the first round which was staged at Istanbul Park in Turkey.

Mitch Evans then went into the Valencia Grand Prix in third place in the championship, and emerged leading the championship after a third in the feature and fourth in the sprint.

Mitch Evans held a four-point lead over second placed Nigel Melker for the GP3 drivers' championship and MW Arden was leading the constructors championship too.

Mitch Evans eventually finished ninth in the championship with 29 points.

Mitch Evans had wins at Valencia in Spain and on the Hockenheimring in Germany, and a second and two-thirds.

Mitch Evans took his fourth pole position of the season at the final venue, Monza in Italy, but did not complete the feature race, requiring him to start from the back of the grid in race two.

Mitch Evans worked his way through the field to seventh, but a puncture effectively ended his race, and the points for the fastest lap he recorded could not be claimed because he finished outside the top 10.

Mark Webber told the media he was very proud of his protege, and he predicted Mitch Evans would move to GP2 in 2013.

Webber's prediction was correct because Mitch Evans moved up to GP2 with Arden as teammate to the very experienced Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Mitch Evans took his maiden victory at Silverstone and then a second at Hockenheim, in what was GP2's 200th race.

On 19 August 2016, it was announced that Mitch Evans would be one of four drivers testing with Jaguar at the pre-season test at Donington Park.

In Santiago, Mitch Evans finished in 7th, behind teammate Piquet Jr, before coming in 6th in Mexico City.

Mitch Evans fought his way superbly through the field to take 4th position.

Mitch Evans had a difficult race in Paris, finishing down in 15th position, but he bounced back in Berlin to finish 6th.

Mitch Evans achieved a huge career milestone in Round 10 of the championship in Zurich, by taking his first ever Formula E pole position.

Mitch Evans retired from the first race in New York, but finished in 6th in race 2, to cement 7th in the championship, ahead of teammate Piquet Jr, 4 points ahead of Lotterer.

Mitch Evans was partnered by Nelson Piquet Jr for the second successive year.

Mitch Evans' season got off to a promising start in Ad Diriyah, finishing in 4th position, whilst teammate Piquet Jr, scored his solitary point of the season in 10th.

Mitch Evans scored points in all of the first 7 races, the only driver to do so.

Mitch Evans had to slow down during the closing stages, due to the pace during the rest of the race being faster than the Jaguar team had expected.

Mitch Evans bounced back in Monaco, to finish 7th, which became 6th after the disqualification of Antonio Felix Da Costa.

Mitch Evans did just so, finishing less than a second behind race winner Sebastien Buemi in second place.

Mitch Evans finished the season 5th overall with 105 points, helping Panasonic Jaguar take 7th in the constructor's standings.

Mitch Evans had a new teammate as Sam Bird made the move from Envision to Jaguar for the seventh season.

Mitch Evans was quick to park his own car to rush to Lynn's aid.

Mitch Evans would have 4 DNF's throughout the season, and 5 third places, with a fastest lap in the first Rome E-prix.

Mitch Evans finished third in the penultimate race in Berlin, placing him 4th in the championship.

Mitch Evans finished the season in 4th with 90 points, outscoring Bird by 3 points who finished 6th.

Mitch Evans's took his first victory of the season in the first Rome ePrix, a highly-regarded drive which saw him charge through the field from 9th on the grid to 1st, taking his second victory of the weekend the following day.

Mitch Evans took the third pole position of his Formula E career in Monaco, but was beaten by Stoffel Vandoorne to the race win.

Mitch Evans took his third race win of the season in Jakarta, where he shadowed Jean-Eric Vergne for much of the race before making an overtake for the win.

Mitch Evans won the first race in Seoul, his 4th of the season.

Mitch Evans finished the season in 2nd with 180 points, 33 behind Stoffel Vandoorne.

Fourth place on Sunday came next, before Mitch Evans finished second at Monaco, narrowly missing out to championship leader Nick Cassidy.

Mitch Evans attended Saint Kentigern College in Pakuranga, Auckland, but left at the end of 2010 to pursue his career overseas.

Mitch Evans' career has been backed financially by entrepreneur Colin Giltrap, who helped establish careers for fellow New Zealand racing drivers Scott Dixon, Chris van der Drift and Brendon Hartley.