2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy

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 will end 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.

2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy
Pro Champion: Simon Evans
Pro-Am Champion: Fahad Algosaibi
Previous: 2018–19 Next: none
Parent series:
Formula E
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
Team Class No. Drivers Rounds
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
N/A
G
 71 Vincent Radermecker[6] 3[N 1]
Full-time entries
ZEG iCarros Jaguar Brazil[9][10]
P
 0 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
P Pro
PA Pro-Am
G Guest

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
Round City Country Circuit Date
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 21 March 2020
Rome  Italy Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR 4 April 2020
Paris  France Circuit des Invalides 18 April 2020
New York City  United States Brooklyn Street Circuit 11 July 2020
London  United Kingdom ExCeL London[N 4] 25 July 2020
26 July 2020

Calendar changes
  • The Diriyah ePrix was expanded to two races.
  • The Monaco ePrix did not return for this season as the event is run biennially.
  • The Hong Kong ePrix, scheduled for 1 March, was scrapped due to political protests in the city.[23] The event was supposed to be replaced by the returning Sanya ePrix.
  • Any races scheduled after 1 March 2020 were initially postponed and then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic until it was announced that the Berlin ePrix will host all of the remaining races in August.[21]

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
Round Race Qualifying · Pole position Race
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

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:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Pole
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Pos. Driver DIR
 MEX‡
 BER
 BER
 BER
 Pts
Pro class
1 Simon Evans 11 22 22 33 22 33 11 11 11 22 163
2 Sérgio Jimenez 22 11 11 44 11 11 22 22 22 33 162
3 Cacá Bueno 74 11 33 22 33 33 33 11 111
4 Alice Powell 33 33 85 65 76 55 55 106 55 44 70
5 Nick Foster 22 54 117† 44 Ret 44 55 49
6 Takuma Aoki 53 97 97 76 87 75 97 77 42
7 Gregory Segers 76 65 44 76 44 66 66 42
8 Mário Haberfeld 84 74 16
9 Manuel Cabrera Ret 0
Pro-Am class
1 Fahad Algosaibi 62 Ret 41 81 81 61 91 51 82 112 171
2 Adalberto Baptista 62 102 113 103 102 93 103 81 109
3 Paul Spooner 113 102 92 113 82 71 Ret 87
4 Yaqi Zhang 41 51 42
5 Sun Chao 73 62 26
6 Mashhur Bal Hejaila 94 83 Ret 19
7 David Cheng Ret 0
8 Ahmed Bin Khanen WD WD 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Mario Domínguez 3
Abbie Eaton 51 41 8 6 6
Oliver Webb 5 4
Sven Förster 122 91
Reema Juffali 102 Ret
Jessica Hawkins 111 102
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Superscript – Position within class

† – 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
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  11. Klein, Jamie (18 November 2019). "Haberfeld returns to racing in Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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  21. "LOCKDOWN SHOWDOWN: JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY SERIES TO GET BACK ON TRACK IN BERLIN IN AUGUST". Jaguar Racing. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  22. Smith, Topher (March 5, 2019). "London Calling: British capital returns to calendar". Downforce Radio.
  23. Smith, Sam (4 October 2019). "Calendar Confirmed: Marrakesh Replaces Hong Kong". e-racing365. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  24. Kilshaw, Jake (10 September 2019). "Ten-Race Schedule Revealed; Attack Mode Confirmed". e-racing365. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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  26. @JaguarRacing (28 October 2019). "Today official @Jaguar #IPACE #eTROPHY testing got underway as some returning and new faces are set to drive our all-electric touring car!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. @JaguarRacing (15 February 2020). "Due to barrier replacements after @FIAFormulaE Free Practice 1, the @Jaguar #IPACE #eTROPHY Qualifying Session has been cancelled. We'll be back Live for the full race from 2.05pm CST, with drivers lining up on the grid based on yesterday's FP1 times" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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