Jaguar’s Evans ends Formula E pre-season testing fastest

Jaguar’s Mitch Evans finished the final day of pre-season testing at Jarama quickest ahead of Kiro’s Dan Ticktum and reigning Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein.

Evans topped the final session on Friday morning with a 1m27.461s, the fastest lap recorded by the all-electric championship over the last three days of testing, which left him 0.141s clear of Ticktum.

The result was the first time this week that reigning teams’ champions Jaguar has occupied top spot, with Porsche-powered cars finishing fastest in two out of the six sessions that have been held.

David Beckmann posted the fastest lap on Thursday morning for Kiro, the team having been rebranded from ERT last year as well as switching to using a Porsche powertrain as opposed to its own bespoke unit for the upcoming season.

Despite impressive times, neither Ticktum nor Beckmann have been signed by the team yet but a decision on the driver line-up is expected in the week leading up to the season-opener in Sao Paulo on 7 December.

Antonio Felix da Costa posted the fastest time on the opening day for the factory Porsche team, while Wehrlein also led home his team-mate during the 24-lap simulation race.

Dan Ticktum, Kiro Race Co

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Formula E rookie Zane Maloney, who was unable to compete in Thursday’s simulation race due to a technical fault which left his Lola/Yamaha-powered Abt stranded on the grid, headed Friday’s times during the early running before slipping to eighth.

Full-time rookie Taylor Barnard finished Friday’s session in fourth for McLaren, just 0.319s behind Evans’s best, ahead of Beckmann, Nissan’s Oliver Rowland and Maserati MSG’s Stoffel Vandoorne.

The second Maserati MSG of Jake Hughes had finished fastest on Wednesday morning, with Maximilian Guenther (DS Penske) and Nyck de Vries (Mahindra) also ending quickest throughout the week.

Any further improvement in the final five minutes on Friday was denied after Guenther found the gravel at Turn 3, bringing out the only red flag of the session.

An all-female test is due to take place on Friday afternoon with all teams required to run at least one driver and a total of 18 set to compete in the three-hour session.

This includes three-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick, who once again tests with Jaguar having done so in 2020, as well as current F1 Academy points leader Abbi Pulling.

The 21-year-old Briton is on the cusp of the title in the all-female series with this year’s champion set to be given a fully-funded drive in the UK’s GB3 Championship with Rodin for the 2025 season.

Formula E Jarama pre-season testing - Friday morning results


Cla	Driver	#	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	M. Evans Jaguar Racing	9	41	1'27.461		161.146
2	D. Ticktum Kiro Race Co	33	37	+0.141 1'27.602	0.141	160.886
3	P. Wehrlein Porsche Team	1	39	+0.197 1'27.658	0.056	160.783
4	T. Barnard McLaren	5	47	+0.319 1'27.780	0.122	160.560
5	D. Beckmann Kiro Race Co	3	39	+0.378 1'27.839	0.059	160.452
6	O. Rowland Nissan e.Dams	23	40	+0.512 1'27.973	0.134	160.208
7	S. Vandoorne Maserati Racing	2	40	+0.544 1'28.005	0.032	160.149
8	Z. Maloney LOLA YAMAHA ABT FORMULA E TEAM	22	39	+0.815 1'28.276	0.271	159.658
9	A. Felix da Costa Porsche Team	13	30	+0.826 1'28.287	0.011	159.638
10	N. Nato Nissan e.Dams	17	36	+0.903 1'28.364	0.077	159.499
11	N. Cassidy Jaguar Racing	37	37	+0.921 1'28.382	0.018	159.466
12	M. Gunther DS Penske	7	30	+0.972 1'28.433	0.051	159.374
13	J. Dennis Andretti Formula E	27	41	+1.025 1'28.486	0.053	159.279
14	S. Bird McLaren	8	40	+1.068 1'28.529	0.043	159.202
15	S. Buemi Envision Racing	16	32	+1.155 1'28.616	0.087	159.045
16	L. di Grassi LOLA YAMAHA ABT FORMULA E TEAM	11	42	+1.227 1'28.688	0.072	158.916
17	R. Frijns Envision Racing	4	36	+1.357 1'28.818	0.130	158.684
18	N. Mueller Andretti Formula E	51	35	+1.442 1'28.903	0.085	158.532
19	J. Vergne DS Penske	25	32	+1.654 1'29.115	0.212	158.155
20	J. Hughes Maserati Racing	55	38	+1.810 1'29.271	0.156	157.878
21	E. Mortara Mahindra Racing	48	40	+6.850 1'34.311	5.040	149.441
22	N. de Vries Mahindra Racing	21	29	+6.874 1'34.335	0.024	149.403
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