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THE JAGUAR #05

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Discover a different side to Eva Green | Will your next taxi be a self-driven Jaguar I-PACE? | What it takes to break a lap record at the  Nürburgring Nordschleife | The petrolheads racing in Jaguar’s new all-electric race series | Up close with the latest special edition of the XE and XF: the 300 SPORT

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RACING WHY A BONA FIDE MOTORSPORT LEGEND AND A PETROLHEAD RACER SIGNED UP TO BE THE FIRST RACING TEAM IN JAGUAR’S NEW PURE-ELECTRIC SERIES STORY: Guy Bird PHOTOGRAPHY: NICK DIMBLEBY In racing you’re always looking for the advantage,” says American motorsport legend and race team owner Bobby Rahal. “Our team has always been an early adopter, so hoisting the electric flag by joining the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY series just kind of fits.” The three-time IndyCar champion and Indianapolis 500 winner’s team, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, was the first to sign up to join Jaguar’s new single-make championship, which begins in December 2018. (And yes, the Letterman in the title does relate to the involvement of famous US talk-show host David Letterman. Rahal appeared on Letterman’s TV programme after winning the 1986 Indy championship; the two struck up a strong friendship that led to their business involvement in the current team.) Rahal, 65, has a long-standing relationship with Jaguar too: he held a management role in the brand’s Formula One team of the early-2000s; has run a Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Pennsylvania since 2001; owned a ’61 E-type convertible and has driven various classic racing Jaguars. So his latest step seems a natural progression. “I’m pleased to be selling the I-PACE as a dealer and entering it into racing THE JAGUAR 71

 

JAGUAR MAGAZINE

 

Jaguar Magazine celebrates creativity in all its forms, with exclusive features that inspire sensory excitement, from beautiful design to cutting-edge technology.

In this issue, we explore the art of creativity from the Brazilian masters who devised the graceful art of Capoeira, to the Irish artists mixing new culture with old. You will also discover the creative line that links Victorian wallpaper to the iPhone. While the multi-talented actor and performer, Riz Ahmed, explains why it is the right time to reveal his true self to the world.

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