Jaguar has kept its hard-earned 1-2 at the inaugural Madrid EPrix, after the FIA declared a no further action status on an investigation in to both Antonio Felix da Costa and Mitch Evans’ pit stops.
The investigation related the positioning of the ‘lollypop person’ holding the cars in their pit boxes during the stops which is covered by article 37.5 c of the 2025-26 Sporting Regulations.
“There was an investigation into a potential infringement and that comes about because there’s an article 37.5c, which effectively was brought about from the first time we tested pit boosts (at Jarama in November 2024)” Ian James told Formula E Notebook
The regulations states that ‘no more than two people may work on the car, plus one person assigned specifically to stop and release the car.’
It goes on to detail that ‘no other team personnel or equipment is allowed in the working area in front of the garage until the charging operation is finished.’
“It was to ensure the safety of our mechanics where there wasn’t a regulation in place previously to prevent the mechanics being on the fast lane side of the car during the pit stop. So that regulation states that mechanics need to be on the garage side of the car at all times and we were,” added James.
“So, I think it was something which had been flagged as a potential infringement but on review of the video evidence and the regulations it’s absolutely clear that there was no infringement whatsoever, so all good.”
The FIA monitor the pit stops using various camera views that are available to them, including a mandatory fixture directly above each team pit.
“They can take a look at the ones above the pit lane here; they can look at other footage that we have available.
“We’ve obviously got our own footage, our onboard footage of the cars as well, it gives a very clear view, and we took a look at a number of those different perspectives together with the stewards.”
