New drivers confirmed for Jaguar I-Pace eTROPHY

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• New confirmed drivers include #simonevans, Cacá Bueno and Sérgio Jimenez
• ABB joins as Official Charging Partner
• Official acclimatisation test took place this week at #silverstone with the first competitors to join the championship
• First race confirmed to take place is on 15 December in Ad Diriyah, Saudi Arabia

Silverstone, #uk, 27 September 2018: Jaguar #racing have revealed a new wave of drivers who will take part in the inaugural #Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY, the world’s first all-electric production-based race series.

The initial teams to join the championship took delivery of their #Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY race cars at the first official acclimatisation test of the new support series to the #abb FIA Formula E Championship, held at #silverstone this week.

Cacá Bueno, five-time winner of Stock Car Brasil, and fellow Stock Car Brasil driver Sérgio Jimenez joined the grid representing #Jaguar Brazil #racing. The two-car team is co-sponsored by ZEG Environmental, a São Paolo-based company which invests in disruptive technologies and renewable energy projects and iCarros, Brazil’s largest online vehicle sales portal.

Simon Evans, brother of Panasonic #Jaguar #racing driver Mitch Evans, confirmed his participation, representing a multi-sponsor team from across the Asia Pacific region.  Katherine Legge and Bryan Sellers, driving for the US Rahal Letterman Lanigan #racing team, also took delivery of their eTROPHY cars and secured some valuable test kilometres.

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