After a disappointing weekend at the Paris ePrix, Jaguar Racing is looking forward to the next round of the 2017/18 Formula E season in Berlin where the team aims to return to the points.
A difficult race in Paris saw Jaguar leave the French capital without a single point, ending the British marque's record of scoring points on every circuit on the Season Four calendar.
The team's day began under difficult circumstances after crashes in first and second practice for Nelson Piquet Jr prevented the inaugural series champion from taking part in qualifying while a gearbox change for Mitch Evans handed the Kiwi a 10 place grid penalty.
With both Jaguar drivers starting at the back end of the field, the team's fortunes did not improve in the race, with Evans getting caught up in a first lap accident with Tom Blomqvist to finish in 15th while Piquet retired for the third race in succession following a seatbelt issue.
“It has been really challenging for the team but I have to thank everyone for the effort to get both cars on to the grid," said James Barclay, Team Director of Panasonic Jaguar Racing.
"Nelson’s accidents in practice and Mitch’s grid penalty really compromised our opportunity for more points.
"Nelson was making good progress in the race but after a successful car change his belts became loose which we need to investigate. On Mitch’s side, after the first lap he drove with great pace but was never really going to be able to catch up after the extra stop for a new nose cone.
"We have learnt valuable lessons and now look forward to a fresh start in Berlin,” he added.
Evans highlighted qualifying as one of the biggest challenges that he faced in Paris, with his poor result meaning that he was dropped back further down the grid after the application of his 10-place penalty:
"Qualifying was a bit of a challenge," he said. "I made a good start to the race however the damage to my front wing led to my stop.
"The pace was strong, stronger than some of the guys at the front but it didn’t go in our favour. The pace is there so let’s start afresh in Berlin.”
Piquet pinned a large portion of responsibility on himself to explain Jaguar's poor result in Paris, with his accidents in FP1 and FP2 both proving to be costly errors:
“No points for the team which is a shame," he said. "I made the team’s life difficult this morning with two accidents and no luck in the race.
"My crew were incredible to turn both cars around in record time. I had seatbelt issues for the second race in a row and had to retire so not a great day all round.”