2024 Extreme E Championship: Difference between revisions

The 2024 Extreme E Championship is the fourth season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series. This will be the last season that the series uses battery-electric powertrains, before the transition to hydrogen fuel cell cars for the 2025 season.^[1][2]

On 21 December 2023, the provisional 2024 season calendar was announced. Saudi Arabia and Sardinia returned from the previous year, the latter as a double-header, with a first trip to the United States replacing Chile as the season finale in America.^[3][4] There will be a five-month gap between the season opener in Saudi Arabia and rounds three and four, to take place at an undisclosed location in Europe, later confirmed to be Scotland.^[5]

Round	Event	Location	Dates
1	Desert X-Prix	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	17 February 2024
2			18 February 2024
3	Hydro X-Prix	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland	13 July 2024
4			14 July 2024
5	Island X-Prix I	Sardinia, Italy	14 September 2024 CANCELLED
6			15 September 2024 - CANCELLED
7	Island X-Prix II		21 September 2024 - CANCELLED
8			22 September 2024 - CANCELLED
9	Valley X-Prix	Phoenix, United States	23 November 2024 - CANCELLED
10			24 November 2024 - CANCELLED

Minor format tweaks were made to accommodate the reduced number of cars. Each qualifying heat will now consist of four cars, with 10, 8, 6 and 4 intermediate points being handed out. Combined qualifying results at the end of both segments will now see the top four cars qualify for the grand final instead of the top five. Accordingly, the bottom four qualifiers will slot in the "redemption race" to decide positions fifth to eighth. One change was made to the points system, as the winner of the redemption race will now score 12 points, as many as the fourth-placed car in the grand final.^[6]

The impending switch to hydrogen saw the grid shrink from ten to eight cars for 2024. Abt Cupra, Chip Ganassi Racing and Lewis Hamilton's X44 team all left the series,^[7][8][9] as did Carl Cox Motorsport, who outlined intentions to return for Extreme H in 2025.^[10] There were two new entrants: Jimmie Johnson-led NASCAR team Legacy Motor Club and Swiss-owned outfit SUN Minimeal, run by former Carl Cox driver Timo Scheider.^[11][12] 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.^[13]

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
E.ON Veloce Racing[14][15] E.ON Next Veloce Racing[N 1]	5	Kevin Hansen[14]	1–4
		Molly Taylor[14]	1–4
Rosberg X Racing	6	Johan Kristoffersson[16]	1–4
		Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[16]	1–4
SUN Minimeal Team[12]	8	Klara Andersson[12]	1–4
		Timo Scheider[12]	1–4
JBXE	22	Andreas Bakkerud[17]	1–4
		Dania Akeel[17]	1–2
		Amanda Sorensen[18]	3–4
Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E	27	Catie Munnings[19]	1–4
		Timmy Hansen[19]	1–4
Acciona | Sainz XE Team	55	Laia Sanz[20]	1–4
		Fraser McConnell[21]	1–4
Neom McLaren Extreme E Team[22]	58	Cristina Gutiérrez[23]	1–4
		Mattias Ekström[23]	1–4
Legacy Motor Club[11]	84	Gray Leadbetter[11]	1–4
		Travis Pastrana[11]	1–2
		Patrick O'Donovan[24]	3–4
		Jimmie Johnson[11]	TBC

Championship reserve drivers

Drivers	Rounds
Christine GZ[25]	1–2
Tamara Molinaro[26]	3–4
Patrick O'Donovan[25]	1–2
Tommi Hallman[26]	3–4

Round	Event	Qualifying 1		Qualifying 2		Qualifying Overall	Redemption Race	Super Sector[N 2]	Grand Final	Report
		Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 1	Heat 2
1	Desert X-Prix	Veloce	RXR	Acciona | Sainz	RXR	RXR	Andretti	Veloce	RXR	Report
2		RXR	Acciona | Sainz	Andretti	RXR	RXR	McLaren	Legacy M.C.	Acciona | Sainz
3	Hydro X-Prix	Veloce	Andretti	Veloce	RXR	Veloce	Legacy M.C.	Veloce	Veloce	Report
4		JBXE	RXR	Acciona | Sainz	Legacy M.C.	Acciona | Sainz	McLaren	Acciona | Sainz	Veloce
5	Island X-Prix I									Report
6
7	Island X-Prix II
8
9	Valley X-Prix									Report
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Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top eight finishers. An additional 2 points are given to the fastest team in the Super Sector over the whole weekend. The winning team and drivers in each qualifying heat also get 1 extra point.

Only the best four X-Prix results count towards the drivers' championship.

Pos. Driver DES HYD ISL1 ISL2 VAL Points 1 Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor 3H 3 1HH 1 83 2 Fraser McConnell Laia Sanz 4H 1H 2 2H 76 3 Johan Kristoffersson Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 1HH 4HH 4H 4H 67 4 Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen 5 2H 3H 3 62 5 Cristina Gutiérrez Mattias Ekström 2 5 8 5 46 6 Gray Leadbetter 6 6 5 6H 37 7 Klara Andersson Timo Scheider 8 7 6 7 24 8 Patrick O'Donovan 5 6H 21 9 Andreas Bakkerud 7 8 7 8H 21 10 Travis Pastrana 6 6 16 11 Amanda Sorensen 7 8H 11 12 Dania Akeel 7 8 10 Pos. Driver DES HYD ISL1 ISL2 VAL Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) H – Qualifying heat winner * – Fastest in Super Sector

Pos. Team DES HYD ISL1 ISL2 VAL Points 1 E.ON Veloce Racing E.ON Next Veloce Racing 3H* 3 1HH* 1 87 2 Acciona | Sainz XE Team 4H 1H 2 2H* 78 3 Rosberg X Racing 1HH 4HH 4H 4H 67 4 Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E 5 2H 3H 3 62 5 Neom McLaren Extreme E Team 2 5 8 5 46 6 Legacy Motor Club 6 6* 5 6H 39 7 SUN Minimeal Team 8 7 6 7 24 8 JBXE 7 8 7 8H 21 Pos. Team DES HYD ISL1 ISL2 VAL Points