Hedda Hosas answers JBXE call for Sardinia
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With Molly Taylor not returning to JBXE for the Island X Prix double, Veloce reserve Hedda Hosås will once again take up substitute duties as team-mate to Kevin Hansen.
The NEOM Island X Prix will début ENOWA Hyperdrive, which gives teams a fixed boost, and tweak the Traction Challenge so that both drivers in a team must contribute to get the best time through the super sector.
After racing the Desert X Prix with JBXE on a one-race deal, Molly Taylor will not return to the team for the upcoming Island X Prix as she focuses on “future projects”.
XITE Energy Racing has a new lineup for the Island X Prix as Timo Scheider and Tamara Molinaro take over the car from now-Nitro Rallycross driver Oliver Bennett and XE Championship Driver Klara Andersson.
Extreme E driver Laia Sanz will use the World Rallycross RX2e to help refine her four-wheel skills in her main category as she is scheduled to run multiple races for 2022.
NEOM’s ties to Extreme E continue to grow as the Saudi project’s energy supplier ENOWA has become the series’ “green hydrogen power partner”. XE plans to launch a hydrogen-based championship in 2024.
In a series of Extreme E head-to-head time trials on the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s Hillclimb, Veloce Racing’s Max Fewtrell and Jamie Chadwick defeated Andretti United XE’s Timmy Hansen and Catie Munnings.
Controversial Saudi “eco-city” NEOM will hold the naming rights to McLaren’s Formula E and Extreme E teams, with the combined effort being called NEOM McLaren Electric Racing.
Nico Rosberg has not done much race car driving since retiring in 2016, but he found a chance to return to the driver’s seat with his Extreme E team Rosberg X Racing during testing.
The electric Extreme E and Nitro Rallycross Group E will be represented at the Goodwood Festival of Speed as Andretti United and Veloce bring their ODYSSEY 21s and XITE Energy Racing shows off the FC1-X.
Rally and Extreme E driver Catie Munnings will make the jump to rallycross as she enters the FIA RX2e Championship’s World RX of Sweden in July.
With testing right around the corner ahead of the next Extreme E race in Sardinia, Christine GZ has been deemed medically fit to return to racing after breaking her foot in Saudi Arabia.
Romain Grosjean, off-road racer? A video posted by Extreme E of a chat between him and Catie Munnings showed interest in the series and the legendary Baja 1000.
XE Sports Group, a new Extreme E organisation supported by Australian ex-footballer Tim Cahill, will join the series for the 2023 season.
Season 1 of Extreme E’s documentary series Race for the Planet, which documents the inaugural 2021 campaign, will make its home release on Amazon Prime Video in the United Kingdom and Ireland this early summer.
For her STCC and Extreme E successes, Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky has become the first female driver to receive the Motor Prince’s Medal, awarded to top Swedish racers.
In an interview with Extreme E, Kevin Hansen shined light on his vertebra injury sustained in the Desert X Prix and his eventual rehabilitation.
