Mitch Evans in action on the streets of Paris. Photo / Panasonic Jaguar Racing
Panasonic Jaguar Racing made it a hat-trick of points-scoring races in the centre of the French capital today. Drivers Mitch Evans and Adam Carroll finished in P9 and P15 respectively, scoring two championship points in the Qatar Airways Paris ePrix.
These valuable points mean the British team leap to
P8 in the team standings at the halfway point of their debut season, with six FIA Formula E races remaining.
Racing around the historic Les Invalides complex, the Paris ePrix was a stop-start race. A number of incidents caused safety cars and periods of full course yellow flags, challenging the Jaguar team to adapt their race strategy and react to the events on track.
Evans and Carroll lined up on the grid in P8 and P19 respectively. When a competitor collision on lap 16 lap triggered a full course yellow flag, the Jaguar duo pitted early to take advantage of the slow moving cars on track.
This strategy promoted Adam Carroll to P15 when he returned to racing but he was given a drive-through penalty for completing his pit stop, less than one second under the minimum time. Carroll finished the Paris ePrix in P15.
