From the sidelines to a race seat
One year of waiting. That’s all it took.
Jaguar TCS Racing confirmed on Tuesday that Stoffel Vandoorne will drive its second car in season 13 of Formula E, which starts in Jeddah on December 18. The Belgian spent 2026 as the British team’s reserve and development driver. Now he steps up to partner Antonio Felix da Costa, who will also race in the World Endurance Championship with Cadillac.
Vandoorne first arrived in Formula E in 2018. The new campaign will be his eighth in the series, and he knows what winning it feels like: he took the drivers’ title in 2022.
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He didn’t hide his relief. Vandoorne said his season in the background had shown him the team’s know-how and ambition from the inside, and that he was “incredibly excited” to be back racing full time in a championship he loves. He also spoke of building on the foundations the team has already laid with him.
His CV goes well beyond electric racing. Vandoorne raced in Formula 1 with McLaren from 2016 to 2018, then spent four seasons with Peugeot in the Hypercar class of the WEC.
The pairing gives Jaguar two former champions on the grid in Jeddah. For Vandoorne, it is also a second chance he wasn’t guaranteed. A reserve role rarely turns into a race seat this quickly.
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