2002 Jaguar R3

This is one of the photographs I took during a visit to the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

It's the 2002 Jaguar R3 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:

2002 Jaguar R3

Pininfarina

 

In 1999 Eddie Irvine finished second in the drivers’ championship. After this he was to spend 3 seasons with Jaguar, until 2002. The second team driver in 2000 was Johnny Herbert, later briefly replaced by Luciano Burti, and in April 2001 by Pedro de la Rosa who also raced for Jaguar to the end of 2002.

For 2001 the car became R2, and for 2002 the R3, both were in effect developed versions of the original design. The best result achieved during 2002 was Irvine’s third place in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in September. This particular car was De la Rosa’s regular car during 2002, and was later used in tests in the Pininfarina wind tunnel. The colours show the air pressure around the car – blue for low, green for neutral, and red for high pressure, which created the downforce to keep the car on the road.