Jaguar TCS Racing Reveal the Jaguar I-Type 08 - Antonio Felix da Costa, Racing Driver, Jaguar TCS Racing

It's a special one this time to see this brand new car, this new Type 08. Obviously, it's my second year with Jaguar and there's a big color change. We've gone from black, white and gold to blue. And it's exciting. It kind of brings a new identity to the whole team. I think the car looks amazing. It looks fast. And I can't wait to see how it looks under a podium. That would be a really cool way to get our season started. But we know the challenges ahead. And as a team, we're all very conscious of the hard work ahead of us. But yeah, super excited to get this journey going. Well, that is a difficult question to answer before we actually go racing. So a lot of new regulations this year. We have a lot more power, four-wheel drive all the time. So the whole race is going to be done with the four-wheel drive. And we have to see what kind of element in the racing it will bring, how it will change. We start to create our own ideas and preempt what we think it's going to look like. But until we actually go racing for the first time. That's where the big learning curve is going to start and I think our team is made full of talented people who are ready to adapt and quick learners. So I believe that's going to be key in the first few races to learn as quick as we can, as much as we can, and progress. This car is a real step forward in terms of performance. Obviously that will have an impact on us as racing drivers, as human beings. Everything's just going to happen a lot faster. That's something as a racing driver we all love, more grip, more power, that's like music to our ears. But definitely a lot more physical on our neck, on our core. We're going through the corners a lot quicker. We are seriously getting fast now. And then mentally, you know, Formula E is like playing chess at high speed. I know we've been saying this for a while, but the cars keep getting quicker and more complicated. So our job in the car just gets... It just gets busier and a lot of numbers to look at with all the energy management that we do and the race strategies that we go through. So I really believe that to be good in this new Gen 4 car, you need to have spare capacity in your head as you're going at 300 kph. So something I try to work on, I try to get myself ready with a team in the simulator, in the gym, just being aware of everything that's around me and hopefully we'll be ready to... to produce some good results. I mean, for obvious reasons, being present and being the first person to ever drive the Type 01, the new Jaguar, in New York for the launch was amazing. I mean, Jaguar is a brand with so much history, heritage, and to be part of this, of probably the brand's biggest rebrand and reintroducing a new car to the world, being part of that was an honor. And then, very honestly speaking, I think the car looks amazing. It just, you drop your jaw when you look at it, it's big, it's got a presence, and it drives amazingly, it's got a lot of power, again, as racing drivers, we do love that, so, I mean, all of that combined, and to do it in such an amazing city like New York, it's... Honestly, that's an event that's going to stay with me for a long time. So, Jaguar TCS Racing is a team, I think it's the most winning team in Formula E history. So, we can't, those are the goals that we set for ourselves. Is it going to be easy? Absolutely not. Where are we going to start off the season? We don't know. But one thing that I know is that... This team and this season where we won the team's championship as well, we didn't have an easy start to the season but that will never stop us from keeping on believing, hard working and getting there in the end and that's what we did this year. This team has gone through difficult moments in the past and they've always prevailed and changed things around so I don't know where we're gonna start off, it's a very new adventure for everyone. But I do know that we will be fighting for wins in the near future and we have to aim for those big results. I've raced against Stoff since 2012, we've fought for championships together. He's a friend, we respect each other and it's going to be great to share the team with Stoff. I've been lucky with some teammates in the past and I think Stoff is going to fit right into that group of people that I get to. share my colors with it and and you know i i i believe that it's important to wear the team shirt where it's strong when we want to deliver for for this team and i think me and Stoff will share that passion and of course we want to beat each other we both want to win the driver's championship but i think if that's done with respect the big winner in the end is Jaguar TCS Racing So that's hopefully it's going to be.