Hamilton launch own team, Extreme E reveals schedule for FIRST season

sports history 1:31 PM 0 Comments

Extreme E unveils schedule for inaugural season 2020.

Six-Time Formula 1 world champions Lewis Hamilton has launched his own team, named X44, which will contest the inaugural Extreme E season in a major coup for the electric off-road series.

The championship, which will be operated by Formula E, had already announced the respectively designated ocean, desert, mountain, glacier and rainforest locations for its five-round initial campaign.

Hamilton will not race for his own team, with X44’s driver pairing - one female and one male, as mandated by Extreme E’s rules - yet to be announced.

Each round in XE will feature a set of head-to-head races taking place over three days on ground that has been damaged by climate change.

Extreme E 2021 calendar, Schedule dates, venues, teams, drivers list.

Lac Rose in Senegal for its Ocean race location will be the first XE off- road race in the Inaugural Extreme E championship, which will Run by Formula E, and it joins the Himalayas, Greenland, Saudi Arabia and a damaged part of the Amazon forest in Brazil, ahead of a Extreme E 2021 calendar confirmed on December 17.

Which teams are in the First season of Extreme E 2021.

X44 joins reigning Formula E teams’ champion Techeetah, Abt, Andretti/United Autosports, Chip Ganassi Racing, HWA, QEV and Veloce, as confirmed Extreme E entries for 2021.