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.
Team | Class | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Jaguar VIP Car | G | 1 | Reema Juffali [1] | 1–2 |
Mario Domínguez [2] | 3 | |||
Oliver Webb [3] | 4–5 | |||
Abbie Eaton [3] | 6–8 | |||
Sven Förster [3] | 9–10 | |||
2 | Abbie Eaton [4] | 1–2 | ||
Jessica Hawkins [5] | 9–10 | |||
Jaguar Team Junior | G | 71 | Vincent Radermecker [6] | 3 [N 1] |
Full-time entries | ||||
ZEG iCarros Jaguar Brazil [9] [10] | P | 3 | Mário Haberfeld [11] | 1–2 |
Cacá Bueno [12] | 3–10 | |||
10 | Sérgio Jimenez [12] | All | ||
PA | 18 | Adalberto Baptista [2] | 3–10 | |
Jaguar ran racing eTROPHY Team Germany [9] | P | 7 | Alice Powell [12] | All |
Jaguar China Racing [9] | PA | 8 | Sun Chao [12] | 1–2 |
David Cheng [2] | 3 | |||
P | Gregory Segers [13] | 4–10 | ||
PA | 9 | Yaqi Zhang [12] | 1–2 | |
P | Manuel Cabrera [2] | 3 | ||
Nick Foster [13] | 4–10 | |||
Saudi Racing [9] | PA | 13 | Fahad Algosaibi [12] | All |
34 | Mashhur Bal Hejaila [12] | 1–3 | ||
Paul Spooner [14] [N 2] | 4–10 | |||
Team Yokohama Challenge [17] | P | 24 | Takuma Aoki [17] | 3–10 |
Team Asia New Zealand [4] | P | 99 | Simon Evans [4] | All |
Source: [10] [6] [14] [18] [5] |
Icon | Class |
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P | Pro |
PA | Pro-Am |
G | Guest |
Round | City | Country | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Diriyah | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh Street Circuit | 22 November 2019 |
2 | 23 November 2019 | |||
3 | Mexico City | Mexico | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 15 February 2020 |
4 | Berlin | Germany | Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit [N 3] | 5 August 2020 |
5 | 6 August 2020 | |||
6 | 8 August 2020 | |||
7 | 9 August 2020 | |||
8 | ||||
9 | 12 August 2020 | |||
10 | 13 August 2020 | |||
Source: [9] [21] | ||||
CAN | Sanya | China | Haitang Bay Circuit | |
Rome | Italy | Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR | ||
Paris | France | Circuit des Invalides | ||
New York City | United States | Brooklyn Street Circuit | ||
London | United Kingdom | ExCeL London [N 4] | ||
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]
Round | Race | Qualifying · Pole position | Race | |||
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Pro | Pro-Am | Fastest lap | Winning Pro | Winning Pro-Am | ||
1 | Diriyah | Simon Evans | Yaqi Zhang | Alice Powell | Simon Evans | Yaqi Zhang |
2 | Sérgio Jimenez | Yaqi Zhang | Sérgio Jimenez | Sérgio Jimenez | Yaqi Zhang | |
3 | Mexico City | Session cancelled [N 5] | Cacá Bueno | Sérgio Jimenez | Fahad Algosaibi | |
4 | Berlin | Cacá Bueno | Fahad Algosaibi | Cacá Bueno | Cacá Bueno | Fahad Algosaibi |
5 | Cacá Bueno | Fahad Algosaibi | Oliver Webb | Sérgio Jimenez | Fahad Algosaibi | |
6 | Berlin | Sérgio Jimenez | Fahad Algosaibi | Nick Foster | Sérgio Jimenez | Fahad Algosaibi |
7 | Sérgio Jimenez | Fahad Algosaibi | Gregory Segers | Simon Evans | Fahad Algosaibi | |
8 | Reverse grid race [21] | Simon Evans | Simon Evans | Fahad Algosaibi | ||
9 | Berlin | Cacá Bueno | Fahad Algosaibi | Sérgio Jimenez | Simon Evans | Paul Spooner |
10 | Cacá Bueno | Fahad Algosaibi | Simon Evans | Cacá Bueno | Adalberto Baptista | |
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in every race, and the pole position starter in each class, using the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
† – 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.
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