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Jaguar Racing launches first F1 car, January 2000

SINCE IT marked Jaguar’s return to the highest echelons of motorsport since 1991 and its final season in sportscar racing, the reveal of Jaguar’s first F1 car, the R1, at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on January 25, 2000, was a momentous occasion. It marked a new and important step in the company’s long history, giving it the ability to add F1 success to its many other victories. “Jaguar is a natural and logical challenger in Formula 1,” explained the company’s then chairman, Dr Wolfgang Reitzle, at the event. “For over 50 years we have been constant winners in motorsport. We have won Le Mans seven times. We have won Daytona. We have won the World Sportscar Championship and we have won the Monte Carlo Rally and the Coupe des…

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Jaguar World (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2025

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