Wednesday 11th November

Jaguar takes the wraps off Gen4 I-Type

Let's take a break from that electric Jaguar for a second, and talk about the latest Formula E racer... 

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While it seems like every season of Formula E is touted as a really important one, the upcoming Gen4 era of the championship does seem like quite a big deal. Not least because they’re now actually very fast, with 800hp sending the latest all-wheel drive machines to 62mph in less than two seconds and onto 200mph. The bad old days of changing machines mid race, competing with narrow-tracked, weedy race cars and watching an I-Pace eTrophy support race are long gone, replaced by the purposeful sort of battery powered open wheeled racers we always imagined Formula E would feature.

This is Jaguar’s, the I-Type 08, to be campaigned by reigning Formula E Teams’ World Champions Jaguar TCS Racing and driven by António Félix da Costa and Stoffel Vandoorne. After a decade in the sport, and with so much attention on the brand at the moment, the 2026-27 season would be a great one for Jaguar to really stake a claim on the championship with what’s being called its ‘most advanced competition car ever’. Maybe a Type 01 safety car might be a good idea… 

Speaking of the new Jag, the announcement of the I-Type 08 came with the assertion that ‘already proven technology on-track has directly enhanced development of the Type 01.’ While it’s hard to imagine FE fans caring too much about the new super Jag (and vice versa), this was the tech transfer always promised from a top tier electric series. And, in fairness, look where both battery powered road cars and racers have come since the championship kicked off in 2014 - both are unrecognisable. 

The upcoming season starts at Jeddah in December, before moving across the world - Tokyo, Miami, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Madrid, Monaco - in a 21-race season. The British round will see two races at Brands Hatch, moving Formula E away from an urban environment and to a more traditional motorsport setting. 

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[Puddenchucker]

Regardless of its propulsion system, that's a good looking race car.

[dukeboy749r]

Agreed, a good looking car.

[Quickmoose]

Yep, a grid full of them in different liveries will get my attention, and wit that much performance, they'll go well too.... what will they sound like though?

[smilo996]

Very impressive. Technology is moving along apace. Nice looking car.

[NGK210]

If it were designed by the same team that penned the Typo1, this Formula E car would have the dimensions of a WEC racer

[wc98]

That's a stunning looking race car, certainly better looking than any F1 car in the last twenty years, imo of course.

[Pablo_Picasso]

Racing at brands hatch next season as well! Think it will be good to see them there rather than central London.

Pablo

[martin12345]

Nice looking race car - the series is in real transition now as with the power they have they have clearly moved beyond some of the "micky mouse" inner city "tracks" that were created and were safe enough for the slower earlier cars
Is this a good development for the series and will they attract audiences to travel out of the cities and to real race tracks - I have no idea and it will be interesting to see

At the moment I find Formula E really hard to watch as with the "gimicks" which they have used to try to create interest (extra power for periods of time, nominal re-charge stops......) I end up having no clue who is really doing well and who isn't. Personally I think as they evolve to more "serious" cars and race tracks they also need to evolve to more "classic" racing - but then the dilema is that if they do this, will they loose their audience

Time will tell I guess ..........................

[BrownEaredDog]

Pablo_Picasso said:

Racing at brands hatch next season as well! Think it will be good to see them there rather than central London.

Pablo

Really? Maybe it's time for me to give FE another watch. I didn't mind it before, but the street tracks were a little boring. I assume it'll be Brands Indy?

[Frankychops]

its a series that no one watches, makes for dull racing. the lack of interest/comments on here show thats its not even worth PH putting on here.

[Mammasaid]

BrownEaredDog said:

Pablo_Picasso said:

Racing at brands hatch next season as well! Think it will be good to see them there rather than central London. Pablo

Really? Maybe it's time for me to give FE another watch. I didn't mind it before, but the street tracks were a little boring. I assume it'll be Brands Indy?

Nope, full GP circuit albeit with revisions to add regen points and slow the cars at certain points https://e-formula.news/news/formula-e-news/formula...

[Dombilano]

She's a looker

[Mr Tidy]

Frankychops said:

its a series that no one watches, makes for dull racing. the lack of interest/comments on here show thats its not even worth PH putting on here.

Exactly this!

That car may look good , Brands GP circuit is fantastic, but I'm still not interested in watching Formula E.

[EvPa]

NGK210 said:

If it were designed by the same team that penned the Typo1, this Formula E car would have the dimensions of a WEC racer

While narrower than a WEC Hypercar (180cm vs 200cm, F1s are 190cm now) and sporting a slightly shorter wheelbase (308cm vs 315cm, F1s are 340cm), those Gen4 cars are actually much longer (554cm vs 500cm, even F1s are marginally shorter at 550cm!).

Edited by EvPa on Thursday 12th November 07:36

[nismo48]

Nice looking race car, does it make fake F1 sounds

[RacerMike]

BrownEaredDog said:

Pablo_Picasso said:

Racing at brands hatch next season as well! Think it will be good to see them there rather than central London.

Pablo

Really? Maybe it's time for me to give FE another watch. I didn't mind it before, but the street tracks were a little boring. I assume it'll be Brands Indy?

GP circuit as well! And they're at some other big circuits this season too. Jeddah is the first round, then Mexico City, COTA, Miami, Zandvoort and Shanghai GP circuits. There's still some street circuits mixed in but the cars are actually quick now and should be closer to something like Formula 2.

[EvPa]

RacerMike said:

the cars are actually quick now and should be closer to something like Formula 2.

Top speed is the same as F2 and lap times should be comparable but they are much quicker 0-100 and 0-200, even quicker than current F1.

[Clad-Hach]

It looks great...very nice, but is the racing good.

See the thing with racing...it doesn't matter what kind of vehicle is used and how fast it goes its the actual racing that's important, Christ I would stand and watch lawn mower racing if the action was good.

I agree with the F1 purists the the sound they make is a huge part of the experience but F1 produced some dead boring races even in the so called "golden years" of the V10's and V12's.

So if these full size Scalextric cars produce good racing...I am in.

[Stu78]

I can't express enough how much I hate the new Jaguar typeface. It's awful. I know it's irrational but it makes my skin crawl. Poor Jaguar.

[evilspike]

That'll be a good sight watching them peel down Paddock Hill bend. Wonder if the drivers instinctively duck when going under the bridge approaching Hawthorns? I still do...