There’s no sugar-coating the fact that this was a disappointing season for Adam Carroll. The former A1GP champion had been selected for a place in Jaguar’s high-profile return to single-seater racing off the back of impressive performances for the team in testing, however, during the season itself more often than not Carroll found himself lingering towards the back of the field, and more importantly behind team-mate Mitch Evans.
The high point of the season came with an eighth place in Mexico City, as Panasonic Jaguar Racing opened its Formula E account with a double points finish. Carroll was also on song in New York, adding to his tally with a strong 10th place in the first race, while his run to seventh place on the grid in Montreal was a season’s best.
But these were the only real bright spots in an otherwise gloomy forecast. Carroll never seemed truly comfortable in the car and whenever the TV camera caught glimpses of him he invariably seemed to be locking one of the front brakes.
Of course the team and car played a role too. The I-type is unlikely to be the finest Formula E car the team creates and it admitted from the outset that it was playing catch-up having joined the series at least a season after its rival manufacturers.
There were also some hard to understand calls from the pitwall, such as the decision to leave him out when the rest of the field pitted under the safety car in Montreal, so it was no surprise that Carroll – a driver who on his day has gone wheel-to-wheel and beaten the likes of Lewis Hamilton – often seemed a frustrated figure in the paddock.