After running the inaugural season in 2021 for ABT CUPRA, Mattias Ekström will make his return to Extreme E with ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team as his Audi Dakar colleague Carlos Sainz continues to recover from his vertebrae injuries.
RJ Anderson will return to Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2023 Extreme E season, while Formula DRIFT and UTV racer Amanda Sorensen will be his team-mate.
Extreme E weekends will now consist of two races for a ten-round 2023 season, with qualifying heats and racing all condensed into a single day and the introduction of a make-up race.
After finishing runner-up in the 2022 Extreme E Championship, Rosberg X Racing will retain the Swedish duo of Johan Kristoffersson and Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky for 2023.
Andretti United XE has been renamed Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E after partner ALTAWKILAT, a Saudi automotive company, increased support to take over naming rights. United Autosports will maintain their ownership in the team despite being dropped from the branding.
Speaking to Autosport, Extreme E executive James Taylor said the new hydrogen counterpart Extreme H will use a “Generation 2” chassis with goals of a shakedown by June.
After ending the 2022 Extreme E season with their first win, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Klara Andersson will return to a new-look ABT CUPRA XE in 2023.
Former DTM and Formula E driver Gary Paffett, who was Mercedes-EQ’s advisor until their absorption by McLaren, has been named Sporting Director of their Extreme E arm.
Two weeks after setting Dakar Rally stage records, Sébastien Loeb will hope to break the Race of Champions win record. He will team up with reigning ETCR champion Adrien Tambay to create Team France for the Nations Cup.
DJ Carl Cox, who runs a motorcycle and drag racing team, will dip his feet into Extreme E in 2023. Carl Cox Motorsport is the second new team for the upcoming XE season.
Longtime rallycross rivals Travis Pastrana and Tanner Foust will team up to represent the United States at the Race of Champions in 2023.
During the 2022 Extreme E season finale, the series introduced a pair of rescue vehicles developed by Chip Ganassi Racing based on the Storm SRTV utilised by the United States military.
After ending their inaugural season with a podium, McLaren XE will keep Emma Gilmour and Tanner Foust in their lineup for the 2023 Extreme E season.
A disastrous weekend for points leader Rosberg X Racing combined with a podium were enough to secure the 2022 Extreme E championship for X44 Vida Carbon Racing.
The Extreme E championship drama only intensified on Sunday as X44 kept their title hopes alive while points leader Rosberg X Racing has been disqualified.
Extreme E points leader Rosberg X Racing failed to finish their heat race while second-placed X44 finished at the back in theirs, shaking up the title picture entering Sunday’s final races.
The top two in the Extreme E championship suffered rollovers in the round of qualifying, leaving ACCIONA | Sainz to top the session.
