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Jaguar's Mexico domination shows another way to skin a cat

Mitch Evans' crushing victory in Mexico went some way to making up for a near-miss in Santiago last time out, and suggests that Jaguar could be a credible challenge to DS Techeetah in the title race

Matt Kew Feb 17, 2020, 2:34 PM

Mitch Evans looked totally at ease on his way to a four-second victory in Mexico City. But this comprehensive triumph was not one founded upon some kind of magic bullet. What he and his Jaguar team did was inherently straightforward: they learned from their mistakes.

That notion is hardly a revelation, but it was an open goal missed by their rivals - their championship-winning rivals at that - and in turn it propelled Evans to the top of the standings.

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Author Matt Kew

Matt Kew is Autosport’s F1 Editor, a role he has held since March 2022 following stints covering Formula E, Extreme E and the British Touring Car Championship.

Matt joined Autosport in 2018 to work predominantly on the magazine, but his relentless quoting of Alan Partridge meant office colleagues soon thought he would be better-suited to increased field work.

Needless to say, Matt had the last laugh when he won the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2019.

His interest in motorsport was sparked by regular trips to watch ASCAR crash around Rockingham’s banked oval.

Matt read politics and philosophy at the University of Sheffield - receiving first-class honours for his dissertation assessing the lack of female participation in top-tier motor racing.

He covered a wide variety of national race and rally meetings for Autosport as a freelancer before joining full-time. His best efforts to argue the merits of historic racing are undone by a questionable taste in music and James Bond actors.