Jaguar F1 Cars

This is a photograph that I took at the Donington Park Museum in September 2014 and shows the Jaguar cars that competed in Formula One racing from 2000 to 2002, each with a 3 litre V10 Ford Cosworth engine, after Ford had  taken over the Stewart Racing Team in 1999.

On the left is the Jaguar R1 with which the team competed in the 2000 Formula One season but which 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.

 

On the right is the 2001 Jaguar R2 which was driven for the whole of that season by Eddie Irvine with Luciano Burti driving the second car in the first four races and Pedro de la Rosa taking over that car for the remainder of the season. Eddie Irvine posted the best result for the team with a third place in the Monaco Grand Prix.

 

In the middle is the 2002 Jaguar R3 driven by Eddie Irvine and Pedro de la Rosa, the best finish being third place for Eddie Irvine in the Italian Grand Prix. 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.

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.

Jaguar R1

This car was part of a display at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000 covering 50 years of Grand Prix racing.

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.