2023 Extreme E Championship

The 2023 Extreme E Championship is the third season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series.

Calendar

On 16 November 2022, the 2023 season calendar was announced:[1]

Round Event Location Dates
1 Desert X-Prix Saudi Arabia Neom, Saudi Arabia 11 March 2023
2 12 March 2023
3 Hydro X-Prix United Kingdom Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 13 May 2023
4 14 May 2023
5 Island X-Prix Italy Sardinia, Italy 8 July 2023
6 9 July 2023
7 Amazon X-Prix or TBC X-Prix Brazil Brazil or United States United States 16 September 2023
8 17 September 2023
9 Copper X-Prix Chile Antofagasta, Chile 2 December 2023
10 3 December 2023

Race format

The weekend format was tweaked again prior to the start of season three. All events will now be double-headers, with one full round taking place on Saturday and another on Sunday. Qualifying was also updated, with time trials dropped in favour of five-car races: each of the two qualifying sessions will consist of two heats. With the aim of condensing the schedule into a single day, the race format that included a pair of semi-finals, a "crazy race" and a final was discontinued. It is now the combined qualifying results that determine what team advances where, with the top five qualifiers progressing to the grand final and the bottom five to the new "redemption race". This means that qualifying now limits how many championship points an entrant can score: a team qualifying in positions one to five can be classified fifth at worst, while a team qualifying sixth or lower can only aspire to sixth at best. The points system remained largely unchanged—the only variations being a reduction from 5 to 2 points for the fastest Super Sector, and the introduction of 1 point for the winner of a qualifying heat.[2]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are currently contracted to compete in the 2023 Championship. All teams use one of the identical Odyssey 21 electric SUVs manufactured by Spark Racing Technology, with ABT Cupra XE and Chip Ganassi Racing running modified bodyworks.[3][4] Each team consists of a male and a female driver, who share a car and have equal driving duties.[5]

Team No. Drivers Rounds
United Kingdom Veloce Racing[6] 5 Sweden Kevin Hansen[7] 1–4
Australia Molly Taylor[7] 1–4
Germany Rosberg X Racing 6 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson[8] 1–4
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[8] 1–4
United Kingdom Carl Cox Motorsport[9] 8 Spain Christine GZ[10] 1–4
Germany Timo Scheider[10] 1–4
United Kingdom JBXE[11] 22 Norway Hedda Hosås[11] 1–4
Finland Heikki Kovalainen[11] 1–2
Norway Andreas Bakkerud[12] 3–4
United States Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E[13] 23 United Kingdom Catie Munnings[14] 1–4
Sweden Timmy Hansen[14] 1–4
United Kingdom X44 Vida Carbon Racing[15] 44 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez[15] 1–4
Jamaica Fraser McConnell[15] 1–4
Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team[16] 55 Spain Laia Sanz[16] 1–4
Sweden Mattias Ekström[17] 1–4
United Kingdom Neom McLaren Extreme E[18] 58 New Zealand Emma Gilmour[18] 1–4
United States Tanner Foust[18] 1–4
United States GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing 99 United States Amanda Sorensen[19] 1–4
United States RJ Anderson[19] 1–4
Germany Abt Cupra XE[20] 125 Sweden Klara Andersson[20] 1–4
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah[20] 1–4
  • A new team called XE Sports Group was scheduled to enter the series, but deferred its entry to 2024.[21][10]
Championship reserve drivers
Drivers Rounds
Norway Andreas Bakkerud[22] 1–2
Finland Tommi Hallman[23] 3–4
Italy Tamara Molinaro[22] 1–4

Results and standings

X-Prix
Round Event Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Qualifying Overall Redemption Race Super Sector[N 1] Grand Final Report
Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 1 Heat 2
1 Saudi Arabia Desert X-Prix United States Chip Ganassi United Kingdom X44 United Kingdom Veloce Spain Acciona | Sainz Spain Acciona | Sainz United Kingdom McLaren Spain Acciona | Sainz United Kingdom Veloce Report
2 United Kingdom Veloce Germany RXR United Kingdom Veloce Germany Abt Cupra United Kingdom Veloce United Kingdom X44 United Kingdom X44 Spain Acciona | Sainz
3 United Kingdom Hydro X-Prix Cancelled[lower-alpha 1] United Kingdom X44 Germany RXR United Kingdom X44 Spain Acciona | Sainz Spain Acciona | Sainz United Kingdom X44 Report
4 United States Chip Ganassi Spain Acciona | Sainz United States Chip Ganassi United Kingdom Veloce United States Chip Ganassi United Kingdom JBXE United Kingdom Veloce United Kingdom Veloce
5 Italy Island X-Prix Report
6
7 TBC
8
9 Chile Copper X-Prix Report
10
Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. An additional 2 points are given to the fastest team in the Super Sector over the whole weekend. Starting from this season, the winning team and drivers in each qualifying heat get 1 extra point.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   QH   SS 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 2[N 2]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver DES
Saudi Arabia		 HYD
United Kingdom		 ISL
Italy		 TBC
 COP
Chile		 Points
1 Sweden Kevin Hansen
Australia Molly Taylor		 1H 2HH 7 1H 78
2 Spain Laia Sanz
Sweden Mattias Ekström		 2H 1 6 4H 65
3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky		 3 3H 5H 5 52
4 United States Amanda Sorensen
United States RJ Anderson		 5H 5 4 3HH 50
5 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez
Jamaica Fraser McConnell		 4H 6 1H 9 49
6 New Zealand Emma Gilmour
United States Tanner Foust		 6 7 8 2 36
7 United Kingdom Catie Munnings
Sweden Timmy Hansen		 10 8 2 7 29
8 Spain Christine GZ
Germany Timo Scheider		 7 9 3 DNS 23
9 Sweden Klara Andersson
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah		 9 4H 10 8 20
10 Norway Hedda Hosås 8 10 9 6 15
11 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 9 6 10
12 Finland Heikki Kovalainen 8 10 5
Pos. Driver DES
Saudi Arabia		 HYD
United Kingdom		 ISL
Italy		 TBC
 COP
Chile		 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)

H – Qualifying heat winner
* – Fastest in Super Sector

Teams' Championship standings
Pos. Team DES
Saudi Arabia		 HYD
United Kingdom		 ISL
Italy		 TBC
 COP
Chile		 Points
1 United Kingdom Veloce Racing 1H 2HH 7 1H* 80
2 Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team 2H* 1 6* 4H 69
3 Germany Rosberg X Racing 3 3H 5H 5 52
4 United Kingdom X44 Vida Carbon Racing 4H 6* 1H 9 51
5 United States GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing 5H 5 4 3HH 50
6 United Kingdom Neom McLaren Extreme E 6 7 8 2 36
7 United States Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E 10 8 2 7 29
8 United Kingdom Carl Cox Motorsport 7 9 3 DNS 23
9 Germany Abt Cupra XE 9 4H 10 8 20
10 United Kingdom JBXE 8 10 9 6 15
Pos. Team DES
Saudi Arabia		 HYD
United Kingdom		 ISL
Italy		 TBC
 COP
Chile		 Points

Notes
  1. Qualifying 1 was cancelled due to low-lying fog that prevented the medical helicopter from flying.[24] Qualifying 2 was used to establish the overall qualifying results.
  1. Commercially known as the "Continental Traction Challenge".
  2. Only for the teams' championship.

References
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