Extreme E: Team Rosberg X Racing takes overall victory 🎥
STRONG PERFORMANCE Johan Kristoffersson (Sweden) and Molly Taylor (Australia) from the Rosberg X Racing team have won the first season of Extreme E. With three wins from five races, a fourth place in the final was enough for them.
The Extreme E will be contested with 400 kW (550 hp) electric unit buggies of the Odyssee 21 type.
Molly Taylor, Johan Kristoffersson and the Rosberg X Racing team of former Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg are the first champions in the history of the Extreme E electric SUV racing series. However, the title decision at the Jura X Prix in Dorset, England, turned into a nail-biter.
With fourth place in the final, Molly Taylor and Johan Kristoffersson achieved exactly the position needed to win the title. In the overall standings, the duo closes the season with 155 points, level on points with Cristina Gutierrez and Sebastien Loeb from Lewis Hamilton's Team X44, who claimed their first victory in Extreme E at the final race.
Race in remote areas of the world
The new race series was all about sustainability and was to be held without spectators in remote areas of the world in order to draw attention to climate change and, above all, to the local environmental problems of the region in question.
Due to the pandemic, the last two races took place on European soil. Originally, races were planned in the Amazon region and Patagonia in South America. Another special feature: one man and one woman each form a team.
Cupra to start again with Abt Sportsline in 2022
Despite the somewhat different premiere season, Cupra remains loyal to Extreme E. The brand will continue to compete with Abt Sportsline. Next year, an evolutionary version of the 400 kW (550 hp) Cupra Abt XE1 based on the Tavascan Extreme E concept car will be used.
Next year's driver pairing has not yet been decided. This year, it was Jutta Kleinschmidt and Mattias Ekström who finished the inaugural season in fifth place overall after the round in Great Britain.
Extreme E now says goodbye to a winter break lasting just nine weeks. The opener of the second season is scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia on February 19 and 20, 2022
