How Evans pounced for Jaguar in a Sao Paulo slipstreaming chess match

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Stefan Mackley

Mar 27, 2023, 11:19 AM

Jaguar halted the Porsche domination at the start of the new Formula E era, as Mitch Evans led an all-big cat-powered podium trio on the series’ first trip to Sao Paulo. In a race nobody wanted to lead, Evans picked his moment to pounce while championship frontrunners Pascal Wehrlein and Jake Dennis hit trouble

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“It was just amazing to go toe-to-toe with these guys and try and outsmart each other, and we always said it’s like playing chess out there.”

If the inaugural Sao Paulo E-Prix had indeed been the equivalent of a chess match, there’s no doubt that Mitch Evans would have been granted the rank of Grandmaster, as the Kiwi judged his moves to perfection en route to victory – his and Jaguar’s first of the season.

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A proud Yorkshireman, Stefan Mackley is Autosport's National Deputy Editor. Having graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a degree in sports journalism he spent nearly four years working on local newspapers in Wiltshire - during which time he became an NQJ-qualified journalist and cut his teeth covering club racing at Castle Combe in his spare time.

Making the jump into motorsport journalism full-time, he joined the national desk for both Autosport magazine and Motorsport News in 2017 before becoming National Deputy Editor for the former in 2020.

His passion for motorsport stems from watching Formula 1 as a child with his father and is matched only by his love for Star Wars.

A better journalist than racing driver, he has so far competed in the Citroen C1 24 Hours and 116 Trophy with hopes of racing more machinery in 2021 and beyond.