Since Season 3, Jaguar Racing has been displaying some brilliant performances in Formula E. Team Boss James Barclay spoke to Editor Andrea Perilli about the team's journey in the series so far, analysing the performance, the lineup, and discussing the expectations the team has for the next races.

When a brand as prestigious and respected as Jaguar announces its return to the world of racing, you can clearly feel the excitement in the air. And when they announce they are joining such a straight-forward championship like Formula E, you can see how important the future is for the British marque.

Early in Season 2, the announcement came. In the following races, it was not uncommon seeing the figure of James Barclay in the paddock, preparing for what would be the long-awaited return of Jaguar Racing to motorsports.

And when Season 3 kicked off, things did materialise: the Big Cat was back in the fight.

“In our first year, we were new to the formula. We have a lot of very good people here but with Formula E, one of the challenges is that you can't go and do endless testing so as a new team, your only opportunity really is to learn on the racetracks, and that's what last year was about”.

There are various factors which differentiate Formula E from other more traditional forms of racing. One aspect which is particularly noted by everyone involved in the fully-electric championship, is the tightness of the schedules the series runs with. Upon their arrival to Formula E, the team became aware of this.

“Fundamentally, the car was the big area [to learn from], we had a very short lead time. We actually only had four months to design, develop and homologate our car, so incredibly tight period of time”, comments Barclay.

The first couple of races did not see Jaguar Racing at the front; given the complexity of the cars and the championship itself, it would have been rather surprising to see them up in the fight as early as in the first three races. However, it is step by step how you make progress, and already in the fourth round, the team was scoring points with both Evans and Carroll, who were also new to the championship.

The strong performances displayed, in spite of not finishing the championship where they would have wished to, surely gave Jaguar Racing the aim to push hard for the next season and be properly back into the fight.

“For this season, season two for us, we had a much longer lead time so we were learning a lot about what it would take to be successful in the formula from a car point of view”, says the Englishman. “And the car is a significant step forward”.