Overview
- Jaguar's GEN4 proto_TYPE, unveiled Thursday, will run at Paul Ricard next week alongside Porsche, Stellantis/Opel and the FIA/Spark test car.
- Jaguar's simulator predicts 277 km/h before braking at Monaco's Nouvelle chicane in the high-downforce 600 kW spec.
- Gen4 expands what teams must build in-house, with Jaguar developing its own motor, inverter, gearbox, suspension and brake-by-wire systems.
- Nissan and Lola will attend but will not demo cars at Paul Ricard due to development schedules, team leaders said.
- Homologation is due at the end of September with pre-season tests in early November and a December season start, as group testing continues.