2024 Extreme E Championship

The 2024 Extreme E Championship was the fourth and final season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series, before the transition to hydrogen fuel cell cars for 2025.^[1][2] The season was abandoned after only 4 of the planned 10 races.^[3]

2024 Extreme E Championship

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2023

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2025 (XH)

Molly Taylor (left) and Kevin Hansen (right) were the championship leaders for Veloce Racing.

Calendar

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.^[4][5] There was 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.^[6]

On 6 September 2024, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix, Extreme E announced the cancellation of the remaining rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix, with Alejandro Agag said to be "reviewing alternative solutions" to complete the season.^[3]

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

The following events were cancelled:

Event	Location	Dates
Island X-Prix I	Sardinia, Italy	14 September 2024
		15 September 2024
Island X-Prix II		21 September 2024
		22 September 2024
Valley X-Prix	Phoenix, United States	23 November 2024
		24 November 2024

Race format

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.^[7]

Teams and drivers

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,^[8][9][10] as did Carl Cox Motorsport, who outlined intentions to return for Extreme H in 2025.^[11] 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.^[12][13] All teams used one of the identical Odyssey 21 electric SUVs manufactured by Spark Racing Technology and consisted of a male and a female driver, who shared a car and had equal driving duties.^[14]

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
E.ON Veloce Racing[15][16] E.ON Next Veloce Racing[N 1]	5	Kevin Hansen[15]	All
		Molly Taylor[15]	All
Rosberg X Racing	6	Johan Kristoffersson[17]	All
		Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[17]	All
SUN Minimeal Team[13]	8	Klara Andersson[13]	All
		Timo Scheider[13]	All
JBXE	22	Andreas Bakkerud[18]	All
		Dania Akeel[18]	1–2
		Amanda Sorensen[19]	3–4
Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E	27	Catie Munnings[20]	All
		Timmy Hansen[20]	All
Acciona | Sainz XE Team	55	Laia Sanz[21]	All
		Fraser McConnell[22]	All
Neom McLaren Extreme E Team[23]	58	Cristina Gutiérrez[24]	All
		Mattias Ekström[24]	All
Legacy Motor Club[12]	84	Gray Leadbetter[12]	All
		Travis Pastrana[12]	1–2
		Patrick O'Donovan[25]	3–4

• Before the season was abandoned, Jimmie Johnson was scheduled to race for his Legacy Motor Club team at the final six rounds.^[12][25]

Championship reserve drivers

Drivers	Rounds
Christine GZ[26]	1–2
Tamara Molinaro[27]	3–4
Patrick O'Donovan[26]	1–2
Tommi Hallman[27]	3–4

Results and standings

X-Prix

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
—	Island X-Prix I	Cancelled
—
—	Island X-Prix II	Cancelled
—
—	Valley X-Prix	Cancelled
—

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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	QH	SS
Points	25	18	15	12		8	6	4	1	2[N 3]

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

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos. Driver DES HYD 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 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

Teams' Championship standings

Pos. Team DES HYD 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 Points

Notes

1. E.ON Veloce Racing rebranded as E.ON Next Veloce Racing ahead of round 3.
2. Commercially known as the "Continental Traction Challenge".
3. Only for the teams' championship.