The 2024 Extreme E Championship was the fourth season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series. Originally planned as the final season before the transition to hydrogen fuel cell cars for 2025, it was abandoned after only 4 of 10 races.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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, as did Carl Cox Motorsport, who outlined intentions to return for Extreme H in 2025. 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. 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.
Team Drivers Rounds E.ON Veloce Racing E.ON Next Veloce Racing 5 Kevin Hansen All Molly Taylor All Rosberg X Racing 6 Johan Kristoffersson All Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All SUN Minimeal Team 8 Klara Andersson All Timo Scheider All JBXE 22 Andreas Bakkerud All Dania Akeel 1–2 Amanda Sorensen 3–4 Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E 27 Catie Munnings All Timmy Hansen All Acciona Sainz XE Team 55 Laia Sanz All Fraser McConnell All Neom McLaren Extreme E Team 58 Cristina Gutiérrez All Mattias Ekström All Legacy Motor Club 84 Gray Leadbetter All Travis Pastrana 1–2 Patrick O'Donovan 3–4 Before the season was abandoned, Jimmie Johnson was scheduled to race for his Legacy Motor Club team at the final six rounds. +Championship reserve drivers Drivers Rounds Christine GZ 1–2 Tamara Molinaro 3–4 Patrick O'Donovan 1–2 Tommi Hallman 3–4
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 Veloce RXR Acciona Sainz RXR RXR Andretti Veloce RXR 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 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 Points 25 18 15 12 8 6 4 1 2 Only the best four X-Prix results count towards the drivers' championship.
Drivers' Championship standings 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 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 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 Team DES HYD Points
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