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Simon Evans
NationalityNew Zealand New Zealander
Born (1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 34)
Related toMitch Evans (brother)
V8SuperTourer career
Debut season2012
Current teamTeam 4
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number4
Starts14
Wins9
Poles0
Fastest laps3
Best finish1st in 2014-15

Simon Evans (born 12 November 1990) is a racing driver from New Zealand and is the Champion of the 2019-2020 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy season having driven for Team Asia New Zealand. He is the brother of Formula E racer Mitch Evans.

Career

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In 2012, the all-new V8SuperTourer category was launched and Evans secured an endurance drive with Kayne Scott for Farmer Racing Services. The pair achieved a podium at the Pukekohe 500. In 2013, Evans took over Scott's entry and raced the full season. Evans would finish 16th overall, with only a single podium over the season. In 2014, Evans claimed seven podium finishes and finished runner up behind four-time Bathurst 1000 winner, Greg Murphy. Evans would then win what would prove to be the final season for the V8SuperTourer category. Achieving nine wins from twelve races, it was a dominant display, and an eventual precursor for the NZ Touring Car Championship.

Following this season, Evans signed with Super Black Racing to contend the V8 Supercar Dunlop Series for 2015. Whilst Evans achieved modest results in his first full-time season overseas, it wasn't enough to secure him a drive for the following season. Other international campaigns included a guest drive in the Audi Sport TT Cup event at the Nürburgring in 2016, as well as a full-season stint in the Chinese-based FRD LMP3 Series.

After the V8SuperTourer category merged with the New Zealand V8s, the NZ Touring Car Championship was born. Evans would contend the next two championships, with performances equally as dominant as what was demonstrated in the final V8SuperTourers season. He would win 23 out of the 38 races he contended, and claim both championships before leaving the category in 2017.

In 2018, Evans joined Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy, a closed-wheel feeder series to Formula E, where his brother Mitch also races for the Jaguar team. He won his first race in Saudi Arabia, racing at the same weekend as Formula E series.[1]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007-08 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship 19 1 0 0 2 765 7th
2008-09 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship 21 0 0 2 3 956 6th
2009-10 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge New Zealand Evans Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 527 13th
2010-11 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup 6 1 0 0 1 272 18th
2010-11 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge New Zealand Evans Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 567 7th
2011-12 New Zealand V8 Tulloch Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 485 7th
2012 V8SuperTourer Farmer Racing Services 5 0 0 0 1 801 27th
2013 V8SuperTourer Farmer Racing Services 21 0 0 0 1 1548 16th
2014 V8SuperTourer Team 4 13 0 0 3 7 836 2nd
2014-15 V8 SuperTourer Team 4 12 9 5 0 11 1357 1st
2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series Super Black Racing 16 0 0 0 0 961 9th
2015-16 NZ Touring Cars Championship Team 4 20 10 7 11 16 1372 1st
2016 Audi Sport TT Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2016-17 NZ Touring Cars Championship Team 4 18 13 6 13 16 1272 1st
2017 FRD LMP3 Series PTRS 8 0 0 0 1 45 7th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Supabarn 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2018-19 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Team Asia New Zealand 10 1 1 0 5 106 4th
2019-20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Team Asia New Zealand 10 4 1 2 10 163 1st
2021 Toyota Finance 86 Championship Giltrap Racing 15 5 0 2 12 968 2nd
2022 Toyota Finance 86 Championship Giltrap Group Motorsport 19 6 3 3 11 1074 2nd
SRO GT Anniversary Kelly-Moss Road and Race

† As he was a guest driver, Evans was ineligible to score points.

Complete Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 D.C. Points
2018–19 Team Asia New Zealand Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY P ADR
11 		MEX
65 		HKG
44 		SYX
22 		RME
33 		PAR
44 		MCO
44 		BER
33 		NYC
33 		NYC
44 		4th 106
2019–20 Team Asia New Zealand Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY P ADR
11 		ADR
22 		MEX
22 		BER
33 		BER
22 		BER
33 		BER
11 		BER
11 		BER
11 		BER
22 		1st 163

References

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  1. ^ "Motorsport: Formula E set for Kiwi invasion?". Newshub. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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