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
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.
Racing record
Career summary
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 Supabarn100000NC† 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 Racing15502129682nd 2022 Toyota Finance 86 Championship Giltrap Group Motorsport196331110742nd 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 (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team Car Class12345678910 Points 2018–19 Team Asia New Zealand Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY P ADR1 MEX6 HKG4 SYX2 RME3 PAR4 MCO4 BER3 NYC3 NYC4 4th 106 2019–20 Team Asia New Zealand Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY P ADR1 ADR2 MEX2 BER3 BER2 BER3 BER1 BER1 BER1 BER2 1st 163
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