The 2023 Extreme E Championship was 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. 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.
Round Event Location Dates 1 Desert X-Prix Neom, Saudi Arabia 11 March 2023 2 12 March 2023 3 Hydro X-Prix Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 13 May 2023 4 14 May 2023 5 Island X-Prix I 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 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, United States, or 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.
Teams and drivers All teams that competed in the 2022 championship remained in 2023, with the exception of Xite Energy Racing which was taken over by English DJ Carl Cox. 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. Each team consists of a male and a female driver, who share a car and have equal driving duties.
Team Drivers Rounds Veloce Racing 5 Kevin Hansen All Molly Taylor All Rosberg X Racing 6 Johan Kristoffersson All Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All Carl Cox Motorsport 8 Christine GZ 1–4 Lia Block 5–10 Timo Scheider All JBXE 22 Hedda Hosås 1–8 Tamara Molinaro 9–10 Heikki Kovalainen 1–2 Andreas Bakkerud 3–10 Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E 23 Catie Munnings All Timmy Hansen All X44 Vida Carbon Racing 44 Cristina Gutiérrez All Fraser McConnell All Acciona Sainz XE Team 55 Laia Sanz All Mattias Ekström All Neom McLaren Extreme E Team 58 Emma Gilmour 1–7 Tamara Molinaro 7–8 Hedda Hosås 9–10 Tanner Foust All GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing 99 Amanda Sorensen All RJ Anderson All Abt Cupra XE 125 Klara Andersson All Nasser Al-Attiyah 1–4 Sébastien Loeb 5–8 Adrien Tambay 9–10 A new team called XE Sports Group was scheduled to enter the series with backing from Australian footballer Tim Cahill, but deferred its entry to 2024. +Championship reserve drivers Drivers Rounds Andreas Bakkerud 1–2 Tommi Hallman 3–4 Patrick O'Donovan 5–10 Tamara Molinaro 1–8 Christine GZ 9–10
Results and standings
X-Prix Round Event Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Qualifying Overall Redemption Race Grand Final Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 1 Heat 2 1 Desert X-Prix Chip Ganassi X44 Veloce Acciona Sainz Acciona Sainz McLaren Acciona Sainz Veloce 2 Veloce RXR Veloce Abt Cupra Veloce X44 X44 Acciona Sainz 3 Hydro X-Prix Cancelled X44 RXR X44 Acciona Sainz Acciona Sainz X44 4 Chip Ganassi Acciona Sainz Chip Ganassi Veloce Chip Ganassi JBXE Veloce Veloce 5 Island X-Prix I RXR Andretti Acciona Sainz Chip Ganassi Acciona Sainz Veloce Acciona Sainz RXR 6 RXR Veloce RXR Acciona Sainz RXR Abt Cupra Chip Ganassi RXR 7 Island X-Prix II Acciona Sainz Abt Cupra Acciona Sainz RXR Acciona Sainz Andretti Andretti Acciona Sainz 8 Abt Cupra Acciona Sainz X44 Chip Ganassi Abt Cupra Veloce Chip Ganassi X44 9 Copper X-Prix Veloce X44 Acciona Sainz RXR X44 Carl Cox RXR RXR 10 McLaren Acciona Sainz Veloce X44 Acciona Sainz Chip Ganassi X44 Veloce
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 Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 2 Only the best four X-Prix results count towards the drivers' championship.
Drivers' Championship standings Driver DES HYD ISL1 ISL2 COP Points 1 Johan Kristoffersson Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 3 3H 5H 5 1H 1HH 4H 2 1H 2 2 Laia Sanz Mattias Ekström 2H 1 6 4H 2H 2H 1HH 9H 2H 4H 3 Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor 1H 2HH 7 1H 6 7H 3 6 5H 1H 4 Cristina Gutiérrez Fraser McConnell 4H 6 1H 9 8 8 9 1H 3H 3H 5 Amanda Sorensen RJ Anderson 5H 5 4 3HH 3H 4 8 4H 7 6 6 Klara Andersson 9 4H 10 8 4 6 2H 3H DNS 7 7 Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen 10 8 2 7 5H 3 6 7 DNS WD 69 8 Tanner Foust 6 7 8 2 7 9 10 DNS 4 5H 9 Hedda Hosås 8 10 9 6 10 5 7 5 4 5H 10 Sébastien Loeb 4 6 2H 3H 55 11 Timo Scheider 7 9 3 DNS 9 10 5 8 6 9 12 Andreas Bakkerud 9 6 10 5 7 5 8 8 45 13 Emma Gilmour 6 7 8 2 7 9 WD 44 14 Lia Block 9 10 5 8 6 9 27 15 Christine GZ 7 9 3 DNS 23 16 Nasser Al-Attiyah 9 4H 10 8 20 17 Tamara Molinaro 10 DNS 8 8 9 18 Adrien Tambay DNS 7 6 19 Heikki Kovalainen 8 10 5 Driver DES HYD ISL1 ISL2 COP 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 Team DES HYD ISL1 ISL2 COP Points 1 Rosberg X Racing 3 3H 5H 5 1H 1HH 4H 2 1H* 2 182 2 Acciona Sainz XE Team 2H* 1 6* 4H 2H* 2H 1HH 9H 2H 4H 171 3 Veloce Racing 1H 2HH 7 1H* 6 7H 3 6 5H 1H 155 4 X44 Vida Carbon Racing 4H 6* 1H 9 8 8 9 1H 3H 3H* 121 5 GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing 5H 5 4 3HH 3H 4* 8 4H* 7 6 113 6 Abt Cupra XE 9 4H 10 8 4 6 2H 3H DNS 7 81 7 Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E 10 8 2 7 5H 3 6* 7 DNS WD 71 8 Neom McLaren Extreme E Team 6 7 8 2 7 9 10 DNS 4 5H 68 9 Carl Cox Motorsport 7 9 3 DNS 9 10 5 8 6 9 50 10 JBXE 8 10 9 6 10 5 7 5 8 8 50 Team DES HYD ISL1 ISL2 COP Points
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