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Revision as of 19:07, 2 April 2021

The 2021 Extreme E Championship will be the inaugural season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series. It is scheduled to start on 3 April with the Desert X-Prix in Saudi Arabia.[1]

Calendar

A provisional race schedule was announced on 17 December 2019, which would have seen a season start in January 2021 with an event in Senegal.[2] But because of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic the start of the season was pushed back to spring 2021, and a race in Ushuaia, Argentina was presented to replace a Nepal-based event.[3]

Round Dates Event Location
1 3–4 April 2021 Desert X-Prix Saudi Arabia AlUla, Saudi Arabia
2 29–30 May 2021 Ocean X-Prix Senegal Lac Rose, Senegal
3 28–29 August 2021 Arctic X-Prix Greenland Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
4 23–24 October 2021 Amazon X-Prix Brazil Santarém, Brazil
5 11–12 December 2021 Glacier X-Prix Argentina Ushuaia, Argentina

Entries

Extreme E car: the Odyssey 21

The following teams and drivers are competing in the 2021 Championship. All teams use one of the identical Odyssey 21 electric SUVs manufactured by Spark Racing Technology. Each team consists of a male and a female driver, who share a car and have equal driving duties.[4]

Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Veloce Racing[5] 5 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick[6] 1
France Stéphane Sarrazin[7] 1
Germany Rosberg X Racing[8] 6 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson[9] 1
Australia Molly Taylor[10] 1
United Kingdom JBXE[11] 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button[11] 1
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[12] 1
United States Andretti United Extreme E[13][14] 23 Sweden Timmy Hansen[15] 1
United Kingdom Catie Munnings[15] 1
Spain Hispano-Suiza Xite Energy Team[16] 42 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett[16] 1
Spain Christine Giampaoli Zonca[16] 1
United Kingdom Team X44[17] 44 France Sébastien Loeb[18] 1
Spain Cristina Gutiérrez[18] 1
Spain Acciona Sainz XE Team[19] 55 Spain Carlos Sainz[19] 1
Spain Laia Sanz[19] 1
United States SEGI TV Chip Ganassi Racing[20] 99 United States Sara Price[20] 1
United States Kyle LeDuc[21] 1
Germany Abt Cupra XE[22] 125 Sweden Mattias Ekström[23] 1
Germany Claudia Hürtgen[22] 1

References

  1. ^ "One month until Extreme E series crowns its first ever race champion in Saudi Arabia". automobilsport.com. 2021-03-04.
  2. ^ "Extreme E unveils schedule for inaugural season". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  3. ^ "Argentina replaces Nepal, first Extreme E round delayed". dirtfish.com. 2020-10-26.
  4. ^ "Extreme E takes lead on gender equality in motorsport". extreme-e.com. 2020-04-20.
  5. ^ Lewis, Niamh (19 September 2019). "Adrian Newey: Formula 1 designer to join Extreme E". Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Jamie Chadwick to race in Extreme E with Veloce". bbc.com. 2020-11-25.
  7. ^ "Veloce completes its Extreme E line-up with Sarrazin". dirtfish.com. 2021-01-21.
  8. ^ "Nico Rosberg to launch own Extreme E team". bbc.com. 2020-10-22.
  9. ^ "Rallycross champion Johan Kristoffersson will drive for Nico Rosberg in Extreme E". nbcsports.com. 2020-12-02.
  10. ^ "Taylor joins Rosberg Extreme E squad". motorsport.com. 2020-12-09.
  11. ^ a b "Jenson Button joins Extreme E as driver and team owner for 2021 season". skysports.com. 2021-01-25.
  12. ^ "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky joins JBXE". extreme-e.com. 2021-03-12.
  13. ^ "Andretti Autosport Joins Extreme E Team". Extreme E. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Introducing Andretti United Extreme E Team". Extreme E. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Andretti United Extreme E confirms drivers Catie Munnings and Timmy Hansen". extreme-e.com. 2020-09-28.
  16. ^ a b c "Hispano Suiza replaces HWA in debut season of Extreme E". motorsportweek.com. 2020-12-15.
  17. ^ "Lewis Hamilton founds Extreme E team". extreme-e.com. 2020-09-08.
  18. ^ a b "Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E team hires Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez". bbc.co.uk. 2020-11-12.
  19. ^ a b c "ACCIONA, Carlos Sainz and QEV Technologies team up to compete in Extreme E". extreme-e.com. 2020-11-30.
  20. ^ a b "Chip Ganassi Racing Commits to Extreme E". Extreme E. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Chip Ganassi Racing confirm Extreme E driver line-up with Kyle LeDuc signing". www.extreme-e.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  22. ^ a b "Claudia Hürtgen completes ABT CUPRA XE driver line-up". Extreme E. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  23. ^ "ABT confirms Mattias Ekström as male driver and CUPRA as main partner". Extreme E. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.