The Jaded Journey of Jaguar 

If only they were as good as their livery....

'Honey wake up, The mobile chicane has just uploaded''. Or 'Sorry can't land this plane right now, the mobile chicane has just uploaded'.

If Irvine *had* won the 1999 F1 Drivers' Championship while Schumacher was still recovering from his broken leg, it's probable that Ford would've sat up and paid more attention to the F1 team and thus we wouldn'tve had that infamous "Who the hell is 'Edmund Irvine?" Moment.

Jaguar’s diamond dissapearance story will forever live rent free in my head. I seriously want to find the Jaguar marketing team and why they thought putting an uninsured diamond on a race car was a good idea

Given the recent lacklustre launch liveries, and stupid F1 team names, thank you for reminding us of a team than not only had a somewhat sensible name, but also arguably the most kicking paint job in F1 history!

As usual, the smartest person in this whole situation was Sir Jackie Stewart

As Eddie Irvine said "Great idea horribly executed"

If theres one thing Jaguar didnt miss on during their operarion in F1, it is their liveries through the years. Banger after banger after banger. That leaping feline on the main air intake rounded up withe the branding of a well known alcoholic beverage and a global financial institute just hits different. That combo of green white and red sure was very recognizable.

V8 supercar driver James Courtney was a Jaguar test driver back in 2002 when he had a rear suspension failure at never 200mph that injured him badly and he never drove an F1 car again

I don't think getting Adrian Newey onboard could even save this utter catastrophe. If Gary Anderson couldn't get anything done due to Ford management constantly meddling in the operation i doubt Adrian would fair any better. Jaguar will sadly forever be one of those "what if" teams. They produced nice looking cars though.

Whenever I think of Jaguar I always remember Webber's car absolutely sleeping on his 2004 Malaysia start. What a shame. He genuinely would've been a world champion if he didn't have that consistent flaw in which he had in 2010.

Webber was the only driver who raced at Jag that left with his reputation actually enhanced.

New Chicane upload is always a winner. RIP Gil De Ferran ❤ Glad u mentioned him in this

A similar video on Toyota or even BAR/Honda would be well and Trulli welcome. Especially on Honda's case, their sudden and alarming drop in form from 2006 to 2007 is bizarre.

Never even realised the 007 sponsors on the 2002 season mirrors until this video. (Coming from a massive but completely irrelevantly to the comment itself said fan) Shows how little they must have thought about the Jaguar being in Die Another Day to only have a tiny mirror advertising! Compare it to when Goldeneye came out in 1995, most BMW racing liveries in touring cars had centre spot sponsorship. In an era when Jaguar VS Aston Martin in James Bond, such hype and potential to be the forbidden battle film fans never expected......and again, tiny mirror decals 😂

One of the best F1 creators. You can just lock into these videos for over an hour and know you’re gonna be hooked. Keep it up!

This channel is such a hidden gem. Deserves millions of subs and I can’t click these documentaries fast enough when I see them. Another fantastic video - it was a pleasure to watch and honesty this could be on Netflix. Jaguar was my ‘second team’ when they joined the grid, as I absolutely loved their livery and I always wanted them to do well. So many ‘what ifs’ attached to them. That sea of green was not as far away as they thought. If only they’d bothered building two good cars and had two competent drivers, we could all be bored of them now, instead of Red Bull.

TMC, all your videos belong in the front nose of a Jaguar at Monaco. Every single one is a gem.

The people at Jaguar have the same knowledge as someone in the third league of Bulgaria

Honda and Toyota had similar problems. An overbearing corporate headquarters who were in it to sell road cars off the back of F1 glory and who thus were incapable of hiring the right people and then letting them do the job. Renault, by contrast, initially had Briatore who, while flamboyant and rivaled Richard Nixon in certain respects, was smart enough to know what he didn't know, and let his design and engineering teams do the job they were paid for. Gary Anderson was a bloody good Technical Director and they tied both his hands behind his back, blindfolded him and then dumped him.

Great job on putting together that video - a superb documentary with a great narrative and conclusion. I enjoyed it a lot.

This, alongside Toyota, is why I'll always say that big money funds F1 success, but it doesnt buy it

Thank to irvine to get jaguar podium

The way your videos sound to me is like ASMR. Nice work

I was waiting for this, I love your channel. Glad to have been there for nearly a year, your content is close to what CYMotorsport was doing 3/4 years back but nearly upgraded in every way, and this is no slight against the Cranky Yankee, because his content was amazing already. Keep going!

Grats on another great video! Only thing I'll say is that I always thought the negative appraisal of Irvine after it became clear that Jaguar weren't good enough was a bit overblown. Sure, he was no Schumacher, but let's not forget that, lucky or otherwise, in 1999 Eddie *was* within 6 points of Michael before Silverstone. While he always made sure to mention how much of it was because the car was so easy to drive that there was little room for Schumacher to work his overdrive-the-car magic, you also have to remember that one of the few times he put his ego on hold was whenever he showed how much of a die-hard Schumacher fan he was, so I've always gone with the assumption that he underrated himself that year. In your alternate universe alongside a more serious teammate, I reckon he would've done well enough to justify his place and maintain his interest. As you said, the drivers were really the least of Jaguar's concerns. Having a real team leader would've helped, but only after sorting out every other problem (that Schumacher managed to skip that step in his and his entourage's move to Ferrari is a big part of why he's the GOAT), and I think it's clear enough to everyone at this point that for Jaguar, getting to that point would've been a bit of a hard ask.

The Jaguar F1 team, the outfit that launched itself claiming it was going to rival the Ferrari team (at the height of the Brawn, Schumacher, Todt era). There were obviously some very self-deluded individuals at Ford's headquarters.

One of my first memories is seeing Irvine driving the Jaguar and I was immediately mesmerized by it. To this day I think it´s a shame that they never won anything not even the "biggest Manufacturer loser of the 2000´s" Award

At least the HSBC Jaguar is the best looking livery in F1's history of beautiful designs.

That was wondeful! I always regretted the fact that stewart couldn't stick around longer. They seemed like one of the few late 90's teams that actually did care enough where I think future good results were possible. I'm sure Jackie still must be pretty proud of his 3 year stint, plus the fact that you are the origin of Red Bull is pretty awesome.

That made my Saturday afternoon tea break, thanks Mr Chicane, sir. The hype was real, I remember the seasons surrounding Stewart GP/Jaguar F1 leading upto & into '00. People honestly thought Jaguar were gona challenge Ferrari & McLaren right off the bat, the media, fans, journalists etc. It was crazy, in hindsight. Within a half season, most people knew also, that Jaguar were in big trouble... It was the same in 98/99 when the rumours materialised about BAR and how they would also be immediately competitive. Jaguar were the classic case of "Too many Chiefs & not enough Indians"... Just another name to have tried and failed in the decades since I started following F1 in '88. When you consider the more successful failures of the 90s were Jordan, Prost, Minardi, Stewart, Jaguar, Toyota, BMW, BAR, Benetton to name but a few..... man what a time to be alive and have watched it all......

Amazing research, video sourcing and narration. Many thanks!

There aren’t many who can get me to sit through an hour long RU-vid video. But in the case of The Mobile Chicane, it’s pure bliss! 💁🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️

EXCELLENT VIDEO! As always! Thank you for sharing your great work.

Thank you for your hard work mate. Your videos are just flat out well done and great to watch!

Great and informative docco... well researched and narrated. Looking forward to more 🙂

Absolutely banging video! The pacing was perfect.

Why doesn't this channel have more subs!! Quality stuff and always looking forward for the next video.

That was a quality hour spent. Lots of reminiscing. Thanks for making this video

The story of Jaguar is a reminder of how important proper backing for a F1 team is since Ford's mismanagement was the reason why the team floundered near the back which is a shame considering the momentum that Stewart showed in 1999. If they continued on that trajectory, seasons like Jordan's 1999 might have been possible for them but alas. It will be interesting to see how Ford will do on their return to F1 with Red Bull in the future as well since with a top team like that, I doubt they are going to make the same mistakes as last time. I am excited to also start experiencing this new year of motorsport too now that I am actively trying to follow NASCAR alongside F1. Of course, I will be keeping a very close on Lewis to see how he does in his final season with Mercedes.

By far the best f1 content on RU-vid, I always come back and rewatch vids and go on 2-3 hour binges of watching all your videos because they’re all top quality

In old F1 games I always pick the Jaguar team. I even bought some (overpriced) old jaguar merch on ebay. I love the livery sadly Jaguar never achieved anything substantly. The variety of manufacturers in the 2000s was awesome, colorful liveries together with those V10 engines

This was truly jaded... Jaguar did eventually get Adrian Newey.. except they were already Red Bull.. and the rest is history. Funny how two of F1's biggest flops, Jaguar and BAR eventually became two of the most dominant teams F1 has even seen albeit in different guises (Red Bull and Mercedes respectively).

Love your Videos, keep up the great work

I could see why many were positive. They liked Jackie Stewart and thought this was just Stewart racing with more money. Anyway perfect topic for a video like this.

Jaguar were so incredibly frustrating to watch, full of potential but run into the ground by the bean counters. As for the diamond in the nose, I never quite bought that story. It all sounded to me like the diamond was never there and the "theft" story was another move to generate yet more publicity.

Elegant liveries. Love your channel

I haven’t start the video yet but before I do it, I just want to congratulate you for your job because your material is finest!!

Was looking forward to this all week. Phenomenal work as always. Favourite livery other than the Prost and Orange Arrows. Speaking of, a video on the TWR Arrows years would be a great video idea!

Mobile chicane upload! I appreciate your efforts to get so much footage in these edits - As someone who has done editing work on the side, I know it isn't always simple and easy, especially with F1 copyright vultures hovering. I also greatly appreciate the insight and retelling of f1 history, especially a lot of these less retold stories. A lot of people can talk about McLaren's winning season, or Senna/Prost, but not much else before the 80s/90s, and especially nowadays - teams that weren't McLaren or Ferrari before 2010...

@7:26 if only Ford had agreed with Sir Jackie there. Would have been a different story. That's why Mercedes were able to enjoy so much success for so long, the brand let the race team just get on with it. Whereas Jaguar was blighted with the "it's the Ford way" nonsense.

Excellent video!

great content as always

amazing as always!

surely this will blow up your channel. i hope.

Damn, you didn't have to hit us with poetry at the end there... Amazing video :)

Well done Mobile Chicane ! Salute from the F1ian app founder ! you are one of our app sources !

that ocean's twelve thing was an advertising stunt, that didn't really happen. Nothing was stolen that day. But in any case: great video!

Haven't watched it yet but I know its gonna be a great video

thank very video 👍

If I can add a little something, Burti was recommended by Jackie

Man I aint even here to watch the video Im just mesmerized by how clean the title rolls off the tongue

Ah jaguar a team so easy to root for but they where few and far between and it is unlike Minardi or arrows who where back markers Such a title jaguar as a team you did it justice loved the video

As my parents bought a Jaguar in the early 2000s, the Jaguar Grand Prix team was my first contact with the world of motorsport.

1 hour video from Mobile Chicane on the best liveried team in the early 2000s? Sign me up.

7:22 Joe Torre gettin in the F1 game..

LETS GOOOO. I love this video. Nothin but straight quality from TheMobileChicane. I salute you for your work🫡 Also, I always feel like these companies that want to be worshipped like ferrari only see ferrari’s success as something that builds the tifosi. It’s their success, but equally important their continuation in the sport despite their constant failure that has their fans so loyal. The dedication and commitment to f1 that ferrari has is unmatched. Sure a couple titles and a dominant run will get you a loyal fan base. But you gotta stick around when things get tough for people to remain invested. Toyota, Honda, Ford, and BMW all failed to see that.

Another excellent video - nice to see my favourite non-current F1 driver get featured! (#mynumberonedriver) Can't wait for the next one!

thanks for these outstanding videos, I seem to notice that you are a big fan of the Simpsons

In addition to everything everyone said so far in the comments, I want to congratulate you for pronouncing Gil de Ferran in a more proper way, not "Gheel de Ferran" like several other people do. Good to see his name being brought up too. And gosh, what an amazing video. Being super young at the time, I was always fascinated by how gorgeous the car was (I was in the grandstand right where Webber crashed in 2003, Interlagos!). Only a few years later. as I grew older and learned more about the sport, I'd realize how much of a messy corporate project that was...

There was no way Jaguar would have mmaaged to sign Frentzen ir Coulthard on their first season. Irvine was probbaly the best they could do. Maybe with Fisichella or Wurz alongside him

Can’t wait until you make one on Cadillac Andretti’s aspiration to have a seat at the High Table in 10yrs.

32:33 the most dangerous thing I have ever seen

The JJJ 😂

Can't help but think Mr. Newey leaving RB is a not so subtle F You to Ford Motor Company

excellent video again. just a suggestion, maybe tweak the title format so that “casual” viewers know this is F1 history. youll get there. everything else is excellent already.

Brilliant

If anyone ever comes into an F1 team and says “we need to do it the (insert name) way!” Run.

26:30 "I understand that, without my agreement..."

You could make a video on David Pitchforth's involvement in the team alone, sabotaging the design of the R3, forcing out Lauda & Steiner and feeding Autosport the "Ford super team" story less than a week before the team were put up for sale and making Autosport look like utter chumps in the process!

So, Red Bull teams up with Ford again, I see touble on the hoorizon

Wake up babe, the man has bacc

Jaguar was theb1st team insupported when i started watching F1 (purely down to the livery as any 10 year old would decide who to support) and when the team was sold to red bull i switched to williams thinking what can am energy drink team achive........i still support williams to this very day.

this is why you should NEVER enter f1 with a corprativist approach/mindset

Ford looked at it like the road cars it builds, leave parts for specialists when F1 is a team game and they should have left them to do the job to improve, i remember Anderson saying about they had found an massive improvement with a front wing he called ford and told them it had sliced half a second off there lap times, it took ford 2 months to sign off on the budget to build that new wing by then everyone else had found that and a bit more. Good luck red bull i hope its them calling the odds and not the blue oval!

Sorry can't go out tonight Why? The Mobile Chicane has uploaded

A video on toyota would be cool !

James Acaster shoutout

Guess who's back?! 🎉

OK I’m only through 2002 and the beginning of it at that, but is every position going to get a different person every year? How could a team ever succeed with a revolving door everywhere?

They were never going to win anything with a ford engine.

Still one of my favourite liveries of all time, earliest were the best. The team was stylish but poorly run.

For a racefan who was a bigtime Stewart fan...the Jaguar time was heartbreaking.Stewart was so on the rise...then thump...it all turned to meh :(

Why do I feel like there’s a team in blue who’s effectively the modern day equivalent of these hapless lot…😉😂😂

greetings chicane man

like already without watching

Superb piece of work. Ford/Jaaaaag and Toyota trying to impose their conservative corporate cultures on the fast paced and often rough and tumble world of F1 was never going to work. Decisions need to be made ASAP, not after a committee meeting or a call to Dearborn/Tokyo for approval

As a huge Ford fan since birth: Screw Fords motorsport plan. They removed support from all motorsport genres after 1998 except F1, WRC and Nascar. What did they have to show for it? Ford had recently had an Escort on the podium in the highest class of rallycross for 6 seasons in a row. 2 of the was ERC champions! But no, Ford showed them the door. Only WRC or F1 or get ouit. The hubris of the Ford excecs still make me fume with anger.

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