The Jaguar brand currently competes in Formula E under the name Jaguar TCS Racing for sponsorship reasons. It won the 2023–24 and 2025–26 Formula E World Teams' Championships.

From to , Jaguar competed in Formula One. Its best finish was in the Constructors' Championship was 7th, which it achieved three times, from 2002 to 2004. The team was subsequently sold to Red Bull, which renamed the team to Red Bull Racing.

The Jaguar brand also has rich history in various forms of sportscar racing, most notably with the C-Type, D-Type, and E-Type at the 24 Hours of Le Mans during the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the XJR sportscars in the FIA World Sportscar Championship and IMSA GT Championship during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Sports car racing 1950s XJR sportscars

The Jaguar XJR sportscars were a series of sports prototypes that competed in the World Sportscar Championship and IMSA GT Championship between 1984 and 1993. These cars enjoyed high success, with some of the highlights being:

Silk Cut Jaguar winning the 1987 World Sportscar Championship with the XJR-8; Silk Cut Jaguar winning the 1988 World Sportscar Championship, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the XJR-9; Castrol Jaguar winning the 1988 24 Hours of Daytona with the XJR-9; Silk Cut Jaguar winning the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans with the XJR-12; Castrol Jaguar winning the 1990 24 Hours of Daytona with the XJR-12; Silk Cut Jaguar winning the 1991 World Sportscar Championship with the XJR-14 and XJR-12; Justin Law winning the 2008 and 2010 editions of Le Mans Legend with the XJR-12 and XJR-9 respectively.

GT2

In 2009, RSR Racing revealed the new Jaguar XKR GT2 car, which the team was to enter the American Le Mans Series' GT2 class with.

RSR first raced the XKR in the 2010 American Le Mans Series with Paul Gentilozzi, Ryan Dalziel and Marc Goossens. They finished last in the GT class with five points. They also visited that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, but retired early into the race. The team then entered another season in the American Le Mans Series with Cristiano da Matta and Bruno Junqueira, this time finishing ninth (second last) with six points.

GT3 The first GT3 iteration of the XKR was developed by Apex Motorsport, which ran these cars in the FIA GT3 European Championship (from 2007 to 2009).

Jaguar then had a fairly long run in the Blancpain GT Series, with the Switzerland-based racing outfit Emil Frey Racing fielding multiple Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3 cars. Those were an in-house development by Emil Frey Racing, with approval from Jaguar, that conformed to full FIA GT3 regulations. The car debuted in the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series and finished its run in the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. For its farewell season, the car was moved to the Silver Cup and won the championship with the lineup of Alex Fontana, Mikaël Grenier and Adrian Zaugg. It was also third overall in the Endurance Cup Team Rankings. In the previous seasons, the XKRs were run exclusively in the Pro Cup, with the team fielding two cars instead of one in the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

GT4

A new entry to the British GT Championship, named Invictus Games Racing and financed by James Holder, fielded two new Jaguar cars for the 2018 season. Despite conforming to standard GT4 regulations, the Jaguar F-Type SVR GT4 was run exclusively in British GT and was not expected to be made available to other customers. The GT4 iteration was developed by Jaguar Land Rover's SVO division.

Invictus ran two cars in the 2018 season, both in Pro-Am class. Jason Wolfe and Matthew George were the full-time professional drivers of these cars, while Steve McCulley, Paul Vice, Ben Norfolk and Basil Rawlinson have been selected as the amateur drivers. The entry was reduced to a single car for the 2019 season, with George, McCulley and Vice staying in the team.

The Invictus team disbanded prior to the 2020 season. In February 2020, both cars along with spare parts were auctioned via Silverstone Auctions and eventually sold for £213,750.

Formula One

Formula E

Racecars YearCarImageCategory1951Jaguar C-TypeCompetition-Sports car1954Jaguar D-TypeSports racing car1962Jaguar E-TypeSports car1983Jaguar XJR-5IMSA GTP1985Jaguar XJR-6Group C1Jaguar XJR-7IMSA GTP1987Jaguar XJR-8Group C11988Jaguar XJR-9Group C1Jaguar XJSGroup B1989Jaguar XJR-10IMSA GTP1990Jaguar XJR-11Group C1Jaguar XJR-12Group C11991Jaguar XJR-14Group C1Jaguar XJR-16IMSA GTP1992Jaguar XJR-17Group C11995Jaguar XJ220Group GT21996Jaguar XJ220 GTGroup GT12000Jaguar R1Formula One2001Jaguar R2Formula One2002Jaguar R3Formula One2003Jaguar R4Formula One2004Jaguar R5Formula One2009Jaguar XKRTA2010Jaguar XKRLM GTE2016Jaguar I-Type 1Formula E2017Jaguar I-Type 2Formula E2018Jaguar I-Type 3Formula EJaguar I-Pace eTrophyJaguar I-Pace eTrophy2019Jaguar I-Type 4Formula E2020Jaguar I-Type 5Formula E2022Jaguar I-Type 6Formula E2024Jaguar I-Type 7Formula E

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