2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy explained

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.

Teams and drivers

Team	Class		Drivers	Rounds
Jaguar VIP Car	G	1	Reema Juffali^[1]	1–2
			Mario Domínguez^[2]	3
			Oliver Webb^[3]	4–5
			Abbie Eaton	6–8
			Sven Förster	9–10
		2	Abbie Eaton^[4]	1–2
			Jessica Hawkins^[5]	9–10
Jaguar Team Junior	G	71	Vincent Radermecker	3
Full-time entries
ZEG Jaguar Brazil^[6] ^[7]	P	3	Mário Haberfeld^[8]	1–2
			Cacá Bueno^[9]	3–10
		10	Sérgio Jimenez	All
	PA	18	Adalberto Baptista	3–10
Jaguar ran racing eTROPHY Team Germany	P	7	Alice Powell	All
Jaguar China Racing	PA	8	Sun Chao	1–2
			David Cheng	3
	P		Gregory Segers^[10]	4–10
	PA	9	Yaqi Zhang	1–2
	P		Manuel Cabrera	3
			Nick Foster	4–10
Saudi Racing	PA	13	Fahad Algosaibi	All
		34	Mashhur Bal Hejaila	1–3
			Paul Spooner^[11]	4–10
Team Yokohama Challenge^[12]	P	24	Takuma Aoki	3–10
Team Asia New Zealand	P	99	Simon Evans	All
Source:^[13] ^[14]

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.^[9]
• Fahad Algosaibi and Mashhur Bal Hejaila replaced the reigning Pro-Am Champion Bandar Alesayi and Ahmed Bin-Khanen at Saudi Racing.^[9]
• Sun Chao replaced Ziyi Zhang at Jaguar China Racing.^[9]

Team changes

• Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, who previously competed in the Pro class, will not return to the series.
• Team Germany has moved to the Pro class after replacing Célia Martin with Alice Powell.^[15]

Mid-season changes

• Mário Haberfeld replaced Cacá Bueno in the opening race weekend in Diriyah. Bueno returned in the following round.^[8]
• 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.^[12]
• ZEG 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			Riyadh Street Circuit	22 November 2019
2				23 November 2019
3	Mexico City			15 February 2020
4	Berlin		Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit	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:^[16]
	Sanya		Haitang Bay Circuit
	Rome		Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR
	Paris		Circuit des Invalides
	New York City		Brooklyn Street Circuit
			ExCeL London

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.^[17] 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.^[16]

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.^[18]

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.^[19] 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.^[20]

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			Fahad Algosaibi
4	Berlin	Cacá Bueno	Fahad Algosaibi	Cacá Bueno		Fahad Algosaibi
5		Cacá Bueno	Fahad Algosaibi	Oliver Webb		Fahad Algosaibi
6	Berlin		Fahad Algosaibi	Nick Foster		Fahad Algosaibi
7		Sérgio Jimenez	Fahad Algosaibi	Gregory Segers		Fahad Algosaibi
8		Reverse grid race			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

Driver DIR MEX‡ BER BER BER valign=middle Pro class 1 Simon Evans 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 163 2 Sérgio Jimenez 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 162 3 Cacá Bueno 7 1 3 2 3 3 3 1 111 4 Alice Powell 3 3 8 6 7 5 5 10 5 4 70 5 Nick Foster 2 5 11† 4 Ret 4 5 49 6 Takuma Aoki 5 9 9 7 8 7 9 7 42 7 Gregory Segers 7 6 4 7 4 6 6 42 8 Mário Haberfeld 8 7 16 9 Manuel Cabrera Ret 0 Pro-Am class 1 Fahad Algosaibi 6 Ret 4 8 8 6 9 5 8 11 171 2 Adalberto Baptista 6 10 11 10 10 9 10 8 109 3 Paul Spooner 11 10 9 11 8 7 Ret 87 4 Yaqi Zhang 4 5 42 5 Sun Chao 7 6 26 6 Mashhur Bal Hejaila 9 8 Ret 19 7 David Cheng Ret 0 8 Ahmed Bin Khanen WD WD 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Mario Domínguez 3 Abbie Eaton 5 4 8 6 6 Oliver Webb 5 4 Sven Förster 12 9 Reema Juffali 10 Ret Jessica Hawkins 11 10

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, therefore, no extra point was given for pole position.

See also

• Formula E
• Electric motorsport

Notes and References

1. News: Juffali to Become First Saudi Woman to Race on Home Soil. e-racing365. Jake. Kilshaw. 11 November 2019. 11 November 2019.
2. Web site: Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Returns in Mexico City With Extended Grid. Jaguar Racing. 12 February 2020. 12 February 2020.
3. Web site: VIP Drivers Announced for the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy 'Lockdown Showdown' in Berlin. Jaguar Racing. 24 July 2020. 5 August 2020.
4. Web site: Simon Evans Returns, Abbie Eaton and Mario Háberfeld Complete the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Grid for the Double Header Opening Weekend in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Jaguar Racing. 18 November 2019. 18 November 2019.
5. Web site: Cars & Drivers Admitted - Rounds 9-10. Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager . 12 August 2020. 12 August 2020.
6. Web site: Sérgio Jimenez Returns to Defend Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Title. Jaguar Racing. 1 November 2019. 1 November 2019.
7. Web site: Official Entry List Saudi Arabia v1.0. Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager. 21 November 2019. 21 November 2019.
8. Web site: Haberfeld returns to racing in Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy. Klein. Jamie. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 18 November 2019. 18 November 2019.
9. News: First Seven Drivers Revealed; Sanya Added to Schedule. e-racing365. Sam. Smith. 1 November 2019. 1 November 2019.
10. Web site: Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Returns for Seven Race Lockdown Showdown in Berlin. Jaguar Racing. 31 July 2020. 5 August 2020.
11. Web site: Cars & Drivers Admitted - Rounds 4-5. Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager . 4 August 2020. 12 August 2020.
12. Web site: Takuma Aoki joins the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy. Laurens. Pel. Let's Talk Motorsport. 6 February 2020. 6 February 2020.
13. Web site: Entry List Mexico v1.0. Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager . 14 February 2020. 15 February 2020.
14. Web site: Cars & Drivers Admitted - Rounds 6-7-8. Mark Turner, Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Series Manager . 8 August 2020. 12 August 2020.
15. Web site: Frauen-Power: Deutsches Jaguar ran racing eTrophy-Team setzt auch in der neuen Saison auf weibliche Talente und Nachwuchstalente am Steuer. Jaguar Racing. de. 7 November 2019. 26 November 2019.
16. Web site: LOCKDOWN SHOWDOWN: JAGUAR I-PACE ETROPHY SERIES TO GET BACK ON TRACK IN BERLIN IN AUGUST. Jaguar Racing. 17 June 2020. 24 June 2020.
17. News: Smith. Sam. Calendar Confirmed: Marrakesh Replaces Hong Kong. 5 October 2019. e-racing365. 4 October 2019.
18. Web site: Ten-Race Schedule Revealed; Attack Mode Confirmed. Kilshaw. Jake. e-racing365. 10 September 2019. 10 September 2019. 20 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190920064115/https://e-racing365.com/i-pace-etrophy/ten-race-schedule-revealed-attack-mode-confirmed/. dead.
19. Web site: Mark Turner Announced as New Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Championship Manager. Jaguar Racing. 3 October 2019. 29 October 2019.
20. JaguarRacing . 1188878568522178562 . 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! .