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 provisional 2023 season calendar was announced. Saudi Arabia, Sardinia and Chile returned from the previous year, with the latter moving to December, while Scotland joined. A further race in America, to take place in either Brazil or the United States, was scheduled for September as a replacement for Uruguay.[1] This was later set to move to Argentina, but the plans fell through, with a second event in Sardinia eventually announced on 29 August 2023 to fill the slot.[2]

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 I Italy Sardinia, Italy 8 July 2023
6 9 July 2023
7 Island X-Prix II 16 September 2023
8 17 September 2023
9 Copper X-Prix Chile Antofagasta, Chile 2 December 2023
10 3 December 2023

The following event was cancelled:

Event Location Original Dates
Amazon X-Prix or TBC X-Prix Brazil Brazil, United States United States, or Argentina Argentina 16 September 2023
17 September 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.[3]

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.[4][5] Each team consists of a male and a female driver, who share a car and have equal driving duties.[6]

Team No. Drivers Rounds
United Kingdom Veloce Racing[7] 5 Sweden Kevin Hansen[8] 1–8
Australia Molly Taylor[8] 1–8
Germany Rosberg X Racing 6 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson[9] 1–8
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[9] 1–8
United Kingdom Carl Cox Motorsport[10] 8 Spain Christine GZ[11] 1–4
United States Lia Block[12] 5–8
Germany Timo Scheider[11] 1–8
United Kingdom JBXE[13] 22 Norway Hedda Hosås[13] 1–8
Finland Heikki Kovalainen[13] 1–2
Norway Andreas Bakkerud[14] 3–8
United States Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E[15] 23 United Kingdom Catie Munnings[16] 1–8
Sweden Timmy Hansen[16] 1–8
United Kingdom X44 Vida Carbon Racing[17] 44 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez[17] 1–8
Jamaica Fraser McConnell[17] 1–8
Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team[18] 55 Spain Laia Sanz[18] 1–8
Sweden Mattias Ekström[19] 1–8
United Kingdom Neom McLaren Extreme E[20] 58 New Zealand Emma Gilmour[20] 1–7
Italy Tamara Molinaro[21] 7–8
United States Tanner Foust[20] 1–8
United States GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing 99 United States Amanda Sorensen[22] 1–8
United States RJ Anderson[22] 1–8
Germany Abt Cupra XE[23] 125 Sweden Klara Andersson[23] 1–8
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah[23] 1–4
France Sébastien Loeb[24] 5–8
  • A new team called XE Sports Group was scheduled to enter the series, but deferred its entry to 2024.[25][11]
Championship reserve drivers
Drivers Rounds
Norway Andreas Bakkerud[26] 1–2
Finland Tommi Hallman[27] 3–4
United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan[28] 5–8
Italy Tamara Molinaro[26] 1–8

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 I Germany RXR United States Andretti Spain Acciona | Sainz United States Chip Ganassi Spain Acciona | Sainz United Kingdom Veloce Spain Acciona | Sainz Germany RXR Report
6 Germany RXR United Kingdom Veloce Germany RXR Spain Acciona | Sainz Germany RXR Germany Abt Cupra United States Chip Ganassi Germany RXR
7 Italy Island X-Prix II Spain Acciona | Sainz Germany Abt Cupra Spain Acciona | Sainz Germany RXR Spain Acciona | Sainz United States Andretti United States Andretti Spain Acciona | Sainz
8 Germany Abt Cupra Spain Acciona | Sainz United Kingdom X44 United States Chip Ganassi Germany Abt Cupra United Kingdom Veloce United States Chip Ganassi United Kingdom X44
9 Chile Copper X-Prix Report
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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		 ISL1
Italy		 ISL2
Italy		 COP
Chile		 Points
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky		 3 3H 5H 5 1H 1HH 4H 2 136
2 Spain Laia Sanz
Sweden Mattias Ekström		 2H 1 6 4H 2H 2H 1HH 9H 133
3 Sweden Kevin Hansen
Australia Molly Taylor		 1H 2HH 7 1H 6 7H 3 6 116
4 United States Amanda Sorensen
United States RJ Anderson		 5H 5 4 3HH 3H 4 8 4H 95
5 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez
Jamaica Fraser McConnell		 4H 6 1H 9 8 8 9 1H 85
6 Sweden Klara Andersson 9 4H 10 8 4 6 2H 3H 75
7 United Kingdom Catie Munnings
Sweden Timmy Hansen		 10 8 2 7 5H 3 6 7 69
8 France Sébastien Loeb 4 6 2H 3H 55
9 United States Tanner Foust 6 7 8 2 7 9 10 DNS 45
10 New Zealand Emma Gilmour 6 7 8 2 7 9 WD 44
11 Norway Hedda Hosås 8 10 9 6 10 5 7 5 42
12 Germany Timo Scheider 7 9 3 DNS 9 10 5 8 40
13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 9 6 10 5 7 5 37
14 Spain Christine GZ 7 9 3 DNS 23
15 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 9 4H 10 8 20
16 United States Lia Block 9 10 5 8 17
17 Finland Heikki Kovalainen 8 10 5
18 Italy Tamara Molinaro 10 DNS 1
Pos. Driver DES
Saudi Arabia		 HYD
United Kingdom		 ISL1
Italy		 ISL2
Italy		 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		 ISL1
Italy		 ISL2
Italy		 COP
Chile		 Points
1 Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team 2H* 1 6* 4H 2H* 2H 1HH 9H 139
2 Germany Rosberg X Racing 3 3H 5H 5 1H 1HH 4H 2 136
3 United Kingdom Veloce Racing 1H 2HH 7 1H* 6 7H 3 6 118
4 United States GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing 5H 5 4 3HH 3H 4* 8 4H* 99
5 United Kingdom X44 Vida Carbon Racing 4H 6* 1H 9 8 8 9 1H 87
6 Germany Abt Cupra XE 9 4H 10 8 4 6 2H 3H 75
7 United States Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E 10 8 2 7 5H 3 6* 7 71
8 United Kingdom Neom McLaren Extreme E 6 7 8 2 7 9 10 DNS 45
9 United Kingdom JBXE 8 10 9 6 10 5 7 5 42
10 United Kingdom Carl Cox Motorsport 7 9 3 DNS 9 10 5 8 40
Pos. Team DES
Saudi Arabia		 HYD
United Kingdom		 ISL1
Italy		 ISL2
Italy		 COP
Chile		 Points

Notes
  1. Qualifying 1 was cancelled due to low-lying fog that prevented the medical helicopter from flying.[29] Qualifying 2 was used to establish the overall qualifying results.
  1. Commercially known as the "Continental Traction Challenge".
  2. Only for the teams' championship.

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