The scream of a V10-powered Formula 1 car reverberated around Adelaide with a Jaguar R2 being part of the Formula 1 category at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
The Jaguar made its first appearance at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival in 2025. In the iconic British racing green colours, the Jaguar was one of the star cars at the event, powered by a three-litre V10 naturally-aspirated Cosworth engine, producing over 800BHP at 18,000RPM.
The Jaguar R2 that appeared at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival was raced by Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa in Hungary, Belgium, Italy, America and Japan during the 2001 Formula 1 season, with a best result of fifth place in Italy.
When Ford withdrew its support for the Jaguar team at the end of the 2004 season, Austrian energy drink company Red Bull purchased the team. Red Bull Racing went on to become the dominant force in the modern era of Formula 1, winning multiple championships with Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen and multiple grand prix wins with Australians Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo. Red Bull Racing is still based in the same factory that once housed Jaguar, located in Milton Keynes in England.
The R2 was driven by New Zealander Andy Higgins at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival. A Formula 5000 and Formula Ford champion in New Zealand, Higgins is a regular at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival and previously drove the Leyton House CG891 Judd Formula 1 car at the event.
Watch Higgins on a lap in the Jaguar R2 at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival here: