Jaguar Racing

Jaguar Full name Jaguar Racing F1 Team Base Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Noted staff David Pitchforth Tony Purnell Niki Lauda Bobby Rahal Noted drivers Eddie Irvine Mark Webber Previous name Stewart Grand Prix Next name Red Bull Racing Formula One World Championship career First entry 2000 Australian Grand Prix Races entered 85 Constructors' Championships 0 (Best finish: 7th in 2002-2004) Drivers' Championships 0 (Best finish: Irvine 9th in 2002) Race victories 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 Final entry 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix

Jaguar Racing was a Formula One constructor that competed in the FIA Formula One World Championship from 2000 to 2004. It was formed from the purchase by Ford of Jackie Stewart's Stewart Grand Prix Formula One team in June 1999. Ford renamed the team Jaguar Racing as part of its global marketing operations to promote their Jaguar premium car company. Despite this branding, they continued to use Cosworth engines in the cars, no Jaguar engineering was involved. During the years of Ford's ownership, the team was unable to revive its performances of 1999.

History

The team in 2000 was managed by Wolfgang Reitzle, who was then head of Ford's Premier Automotive Group. The extra funding and publicity brought by becoming Ford's own team were obvious from the first race of the year. The team hired 1999 world championship runner up Eddie Irvine to partner former Stewart driver Johnny Herbert, but the results that season did not match the results that Stewart had been able to achieve in 1999. Reitzle stepped down and was replaced by American racing champion and successful team owner Bobby Rahal for 2001.

Pedro de la Rosa driving for Jaguar at the 2001 Canadian Grand Prix.

The Jaguar R3 being driven by Eddie Irvine in 2002.

Results did not improve in 2001, and appointment of three-time FIA F1 World Champion Niki Lauda in the middle of the year did not help team morale, with the team sliding further back in the field. An abortive attempt to bring McLaren's ex-technical director Adrian Newey to Jaguar further destabilised the team, and conflict between Rahal and Lauda led to Rahal's resignation.

2002 was even worse under Lauda's stewardship, with only a resurgence later in the year in terms of results. Ford's board of directors were beginning to have major issues with the costs and benefits of running the team in Formula One, especially as it did not feature the parent company brand. Funding was reduced for 2003. Lauda and 70 other staff were made redundant, and a 2-year timeframe was given to show possible benefits.

2003 saw an improvement of form for the team, directed by John Hogan, as it benefited from good management and a more efficient usage of resources (in particular, using a wind tunnel near the factory compared to one in California). 2004 saw a stabilisation of results, but the team was unable to challenge for points on a consistent basis. Jaguar's Formula One parent company, Ford, issued a polite ultimatum as part of a reduction in sport involvement internationally. In particular, because Jaguar did not advertise the core Ford brand, there was little return of value from the enormous amount of money invested, so funding was reduced from Ford itself. Ford chose to sell the operation near the end of 2004 despite a more consistent showing in its previous two years. In mid-November 2004, energy drink company Red Bull confirmed that they had purchased the Jaguar Formula One team from Ford as an ongoing outfit. The new team, named Red Bull Racing, used the chassis and engine that would have been Jaguar's 2005 Formula 1 challenger for its first season.

The Jaguar R5 being driven by Mark Webber in 2004 - the team's last season in F1.

In Jaguar's final season, the team received publicity when two of the team's mechanics, having won an inflatable donkey from the movie Shrek from a give-away on a fizzy drink can, photographed it around the paddock at several races and set up a website for the pictures. After the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix, Bernie Ecclestone, Max Mosley, much of the sport's management, and every driver except Michael Schumacher signed the donkey, and the mechanics announced their intention to auction it on eBay and donate the proceeds to charity. For the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix, Jaguar's cars were fitted with newly designed nose cones to promote the film Ocean's Twelve. Steinmetz Group diamonds worth in excess of $250,000 USD were attached to the nose of each car, one of which allegedly went missing after Christian Klien's first lap crash.^[1]

Drivers included Eddie Irvine from 2000–2002, Johnny Herbert in 2000, Luciano Burti for a few races in 2001 and the Austrian GP in 2000, Pedro de la Rosa in 2001 and 2002, Antônio Pizzonia in 2003 until Hockenheim, Mark Webber in 2003 and 2004, Justin Wilson from Hockenheim to the end of 2003, and Christian Klien in 2004.

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points	WCC
2000	R1	Cosworth CR-2 3.0 V10	B			AUS	BRA	SMR	GBR	ESP	EUR	MON	CAN	FRA	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	MAL		4	9th
				7	Eddie Irvine	Ret	Ret	7	13	11	Ret	4	13	13	PO	10	8	10	Ret	7	8	6
					Luciano Burti										11
				8	Johnny Herbert	Ret	Ret	10	12	13	11	9	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	11	7	Ret
2001	R2	Cosworth CR-3 3.0 V10	M			AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN		9	8th
				18	Eddie Irvine	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	3	Ret	7	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret
				19	Luciano Burti	8	10	Ret	11
					Pedro de la Rosa					Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	14	12	Ret	11	Ret	5	12	Ret
2002	R3 R3B	Cosworth CR-3 3.0 V10 Cosworth CR-4 3.0 V10	M			AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	GBR	FRA	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN		8	7th
				16	Eddie Irvine	4	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3	10	9
				17	Pedro de la Rosa	8	10	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	11	11	9	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
2003	R4	Cosworth CR-5 3.0 V10	M			AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA	USA	JPN			18	7th
				14	Mark Webber	Ret	Ret	9^†	Ret	7	7	Ret	7	6	6	14	11^†	6	7	Ret	11
				15	Antônio Pizzonia	13	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	9	Ret	10^†	10	10	Ret
					Justin Wilson												Ret	Ret	Ret	8	13
2004	R5	Cosworth CR-6 3.0 V10	M			AUS	MAL	BHR	SMR	ESP	MON	EUR	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	CHN	JPN	BRA	10	7th
				14	Mark Webber	Ret	Ret	8	13	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	9	8	6	10	Ret	9	10	Ret	Ret
				15	Christian Klien	11	10	14	14	Ret	Ret	12	9	Ret	11	14	10	13	6	13	Ret	12	14

† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

See also

• Jaguar

References

1. BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/3740987.stm. Retrieved 4 December 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)