Mitch qualified in P5, making it through to the Duels but lost out to McLaren's Taylor Barnard in the Quarter-Finals stage by just 0.014s. Nick narrowly missed out on the Duels by just over a tenth of a second, ensuring he started the night race in P9.

In an incident-packed first lap along the 3km Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Mitch was involved in contact with Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein and the Mahindra of Nyck de Vries, causing damage to his front wing. After trying to continue, the Jaguar TCS Racing #9 was forced to pit for repairs which resulted in Mitch dropping a lap down and receiving a five-second time penalty for the contact. Rather than retire the car Mitch and the team used the remainder of the race to learn as much as possible for Round 4.

Meanwhile, Nick Cassidy and the team also had a challenging race. In the initial phases Nick and his Jaguar I-TYPE 7 looked strong, but quickly faced technical difficulties which significantly affected his performance. Managing the issue Nick and team did their best to minimise the loss of positions and in the end just missed out on championship points, finishing P11 at the end of what was a difficult race.

Round 4 and the second race of the Jeddah E-Prix double-header weekend gets underway at 20:05 AST.

James Barclay, Jaguar TCS Racing Team Principal, said: “Despite the team’s incredibly hard work today we did not translate that into the result that we were capable of. Our day started with a disruptive FP2 session that was red flagged twice, affecting our run plans and qualifying preparations. All things considered Mitch did a great job to progress to the quarter final duel and Nick, hindered by a settings issue, just missed out on the duels. In the race, opening lap contact determined Mitch’s result. Going a lap down so early to repair the damage and our eventual penalty meant the race turned into a test for him and the team. In Formula E the margins are sometimes so close and today that caught Mitch and the team out. Nick had a really difficult and long race nursing an issue from the second lap, which cost him crucial acceleration and top speed. A sitting duck, he dropped back but impressively didn’t give up and only just missed out on the points.

“So, overall, a tough day for us all, but it’s the hardest days when you learn the most and our focus overnight is going to be on the areas where we lost out today so we can come back stronger.”

Jaguar TCS Racing driver Mitch Evans, #9: “Unfortunately it was a race that was over before it really got started. I got a good launch off the line but unfortunately ran into the back of Wehrlein when he was battling for position. I then misjudged trying to pass Nyck de Vries and damaged my front wing, which caused me to lose performance.  I had to pit for repairs and that meant I dropped a lap down. Hopefully we will be able to extract more performance heading into the second race.”

Jaguar TCS Racing driver Nick Cassidy, #37: “We had some problems in the race today, I was down on power to those around me and the team could see it from the garage but we unfortunately couldn’t improve it during the race. It’s disappointing to start in ninth and finish eleventh so we know we have some work to do. We’ll regroup this evening and go again.”

Round 4 of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship takes place TODAY, 15 February 2025 at 20:05 AST