Extreme E will return for a one-off event dubbed the ‘Final Lap’ ahead of the inaugural FIA Extreme H World Cup competition in Saudi Arabia next month.Taking place on October 4-5, the event will follow the format of a typical Extreme E round, with eight teams taking part in a...

Lewis Hamilton’s X44 team has confirmed it won’t be participating in Extreme E this year, bringing an end to its three-year stay in the all-electric off-road category.While not linked to the recent news of Hamilton’s impending move to Ferrari, the team’s participation in this year was thrown into doubt when...

The prospect of two trips to Sardinia in a single year is a dream scenario. For Fraser McConnell however, it was something of a nightmare.The Mediterranean Island seemingly cursed McConnell, teammate Cristina Gutierrez, and their X44 Vida Carbon Racing team. For the first three of four Island X Prix races...

Extreme E premiered season two of its documentary, "Race for the Planet," this week at an exclusive event at Electric Cinema in London that included RACER among its invited guests.The documentary series, co-produced by Extreme E and NEO Studios, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the second season of the all-electric...

Lewis Hamilton’s X44 Extreme E team heads into its third season in the all-electric off-road series with two aims – another championship title, and the longer-term objective of pushing for diversity and inclusion in motorsport.Hamilton, along with his charitable foundation Mission44 and the Royal Academy of Engineering, launched the Hamilton...

Fraser McConnell will replace Sebastien Loeb at Lewis Hamilton’s Team X44 in Extreme E this season, with the nine-time World Rally Champion departing the series.Loeb, who alongside Cristina Gutierrez at X44, has six podiums from 10 starts in Extreme E – including overall event victories in the UK (Season 1)...

Lewis Hamilton’s X44 won the 2022 Extreme E championship in a nail-biting final as Abt Cupra secured its first win in the series.After a dramatic qualifying session that left the main championship challengers facing an uphill struggle going into the final day, X44’s Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez needed a...

Veloce Racing’s new driver pairing of Kevin Hansen and Molly Taylor took top qualifying spot on their first time out at Extreme E’s Energy X Prix as the main championship challengers endured a torrid day.Both Rosberg X Racing and Team X44 failed to finish the first part of qualifying –...

Andretti United set the pace on the first day of Extreme E's Energy X Prix in Uruguay, the team of Timmy Hansen and Catie Munnings topping the times after two practice sessions on the series’ first-ever grassland course.The duo's combined four-lap time of 10m2.248s in the second session of the...

X44 Vida Carbon Racing, the Extreme E team owned by Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton, scored its first Extreme E victory of 2022 in a wild Copper X Prix final in Chile.The four-lap contest on the 3.05km/1.9-mile course in the Antofagasta desert ended with confusion over the winner, with on-the...