2000 Jaguar R1

I took this photograph at the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

It's the 2000 Jaguar R1 with a 3 litre V10 Ford Cosworth engine. Ford had taken over the Stewart Racing Team after the 1999 season and the resulting cars were badged as Jaguars, Johnny Herbert being retained as one of the drivers and teamed with Eddie Irvine. The car didn't have much success, but the team persevered for the next four seasons without any great improvement and were taken over by the Red Bull Racing Team in 2005. The board at the side of the car reads as follows:

2000 Jaguar R1

The Jaguar R1 was the chassis with which the

Jaguar Racing Formula One team competed in

the 2000 Formula One season, and the first

Jaguar-badged car after Ford’s purchase of the

Stewart team the previous year.

The car proved largely disappointing, despite

flashes of promise. It generally proved difficult

to drive and suffered from an unreliable

gearbox. Eddie Irvine, the 1999 championship

runner-up could only score 4 points, placing

the team ninth overall in the Constructors’

Championship.

The R1 was the last F1 car that Johnny Herbert

raced, the experienced Englishman retiring at

the end of the season. It was also the car in

which Luciano Burti made his race debut.