Mitch Evans
Born in Auckland, Evans was a champion karter in both restricted 100cc karts, and also won the CIK Trophy of New Zealand at JICA level.Retained by MW Arden for the 2012 GP3 Season,[10] Evans began with a win in the feature race at the opening round of the championship in Spain.Evans worked his way through the field to seventh, but a puncture effectively ended his race, and the points for the fastest lap he recorded could not be claimed because he finished outside the top 10.In the second race of the season in Hong Kong, Evans took his & Jaguar's first ever Formula E podium, finishing 3rd in after Daniel Abt's disqualification.In Punta Del Este, Evans qualified in Superpole, but had his time disallowed for a technical infringement & had to start at the back of the grid.For much of the Rome ePrix, Evans was on target for a podium finish, battling with André Lotterer & Lucas di Grassi, but towards the closing stages, he ran out of usable energy & came home in 9th.Evans achieved a huge career milestone in Round 10 of the championship in Zurich, by taking his first ever Formula E pole position.He also had to slow down during the closing stages, due to the pace during the rest of the race being faster than the Jaguar team had expected.For the first of the two New York City races, Evans qualified in 13th, knowing that his best chance to keep his title hopes alive would be to push through the field.In the weekend's second qualifying session, Evans placed 8th & was set for points until a penultimate lap collision with Lucas di Grassi ended all hopes, although since Robin Frijns won the race he wouldn't have taken it anyway.[18] The season started well with a podium finish in the opening race, however he was involved in a huge crash the following day which saw rival Alex Lynn vault over Evans' car & land upside down in the runoff area.Evans was on course to win the following Monaco ePrix until the last lap in which he was overtaken by António Félix Da Costa who had more usable energy & being passed on the line by Robin Frijns who finished second.[21] In the final race of the season the next day, Evans started third and didn't move from the grid and was hit by Edoardo Mortara, eliminating him from the championship fight.[26] After another disappointing result in Cape Town, where the Kiwi was unable to profit from his fourth place in qualifying due to a penalty for a car-related overuse of power, Evans kickstarted his title challenge by winning the São Paulo ePrix, in what he described as a "very special moment".[32][33] Jakarta proved more turbulent, with Evans retiring owing to a mistake by Bird which resulted in another collision on Saturday, though the New Zealander would bounce back by finishing third on Sunday.[34][35] Following a fourth place in Portland Evans dominated the opening race at the Rome ePrix, scoring pole, setting the fastest lap, and taking victory as title rival Jake Dennis miscalculated his energy use and fell behind the Jaguar driver.[36] This work would be undone by Evans the subsequent day, when he collided into the back of Cassidy during the opening stages of the race, taking both out of contention.[37] He received a five-place grid penalty for the first race of the London ePrix, demoting him from pole position to sixth on Saturday.Evans attended Saint Kentigern College in Pakuranga, Auckland, but left at the end of 2010 to pursue his career overseas.2010 E. Gutiérrez 2011 V. Bottas 2012 M. Evans 2013 D. Kvyat 2014 A. Lynn 2015 E. Ocon 2016 C. Leclerc 2017 G. Russell 2018 A. Hubert 2019 R. Shwartzman 2020 O. Piastri 2021 D. Hauger 2022 V. Martins 2023 G. Bortoleto 2024 L. Fornaroli