Formula E is currently the only motorsport in which Jaguar has a team, and while the brand has decades of motorsport legacy in rally, Le Mans, and Formula 1, its commitment to the all-electric series comes concurrently with the rebirth of its thoroughly rebranded production car business. Later this year, the first new production Jaguar in a long time is set to emerge, and it’s a 1,000-horsepower, all-electric four-door grand tourer, with strikingly minimalist design cues inspired by the Type 00 concept.
This past weekend, we had the privilege of joining Jaguar TCS Racing for the 2026 Miami E-Prix racing weekend, and while the victory was certainly the most exciting moment, it was just one part of an action-packed racing weekend in an uncharacteristically cold Sunshine State. Miami’s typical tropical atmosphere was somewhat marred by biting temperatures and chilling winds, which presented a challenge for teams across the grid, who were expecting different conditions in the Sunshine State.
Friday, the day before the race, saw Jaguar TCS Racing taking us along for a track walk, where we got to see the excitement build as teams analyze the surface of the track in order to prepare drivers, cars, and teams for the racing day ahead. After that, we had the chance to meet Jaguar TCS Racing drivers António Félix da Costa and Mitch Evans, as well as team principal Ian James, who also serves as the Team Principal for Defender Rally, which recently celebrated victory in the Stock category of the 2026 Dakar Rally.
While many might see Formula E as a futuristic, sustainable, electric alternative to other Formula racing, which it certainly is, as the world’s first and only sport with B Corp Certification, it also has a great deal of differences to its counterparts that make it a unique and entertaining experience to watch. Formula E powertains have the ability to switch from 300-kW rear-wheel drive to 350-kW all-wheel drive, and in qualifying, which takes place in multiple rounds, with duels deciding the final grid order, the first round takes place with the rear-wheel drive, while the duels take place with all-wheel drive. Qualifying happened on the morning of race day, and while Mitch Evans narrowly missed the cutoff for the duel stage, da Costa managed to snag third on the grid.
An early afternoon drizzle of rain made the Miami International Autodrome damp. It’s a short track, and with only 39 laps of racing, which became 41 later on, the race didn’t take very long as the Formula E cars managed sub-1-minute lap times throughout. Energy management is an important piece of the Formula E puzzle, as cars start with only 60 percent of their full battery capacity, and rely on regenerative braking throughout the race. In addition, driving flat out the whole time means that they won’t make it to the end, so conserving battery quickly becomes a crucial element of strategy.
The race started with a safety car for a few laps because of the weather, but after resetting for a standing start, the action quickly became intense. Formula E sees far more overtaking than its counterparts thanks to Attack Mode, a feature to the racing that allows drivers to utilze the 350-kW, all-wheel drive powertrain for a total of 8 minutes. Drivers have to use their Attack Mode twice during the race, but it’s up to them whether they want to split it into two four-minute sessions, or one two-minute session and one six-minute session.
Evans and da Costa quickly made their way toward the front of the pack together, battling with the rival Porsche team to make it to the front, but disaster struck when Andretti’s Felipe Drugovich hit da Costa’s car going into the last corner. While da Costa was able to continue, the crash meant he would end up finishing in eighth place. However, Evans was able to overtake the top qualifier and leader of the race, Nico Muller, in lap 27, using his second Attack Mode nearly as late as he could to stay in front, taking a first-place victory with the move.
For Evans, the win marks his fifteenth career win in Formula E, which broke a record in giving him the most career wins in Formula E history, and it also made him the fourth driver in Formula E history to surpass 1,000 points. The incredible victory was also the first with Ian James at the helm, and in the championship, Mitch Evans is sixth in the Drivers’ Championship, da Costa is fourteenth, and Jaguar TCS Racing is now seventh in the Teams’ Championship, and third in the Manufacturers’ championship. The team is now getting ready to race again in just two weeks at the Jeddah E-Prix for rounds 4 and 5 of the series, but its victory in Miami was an especially memorable and intense one, as we got to see it happen.
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