The 2024 Extreme E Championship is the fourth season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series and the last season that the series uses battery-electric powertrains, before the transition to hydrogen fuel cell cars for the 2025 season.[1][2]
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.[3][4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
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.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Sardinia, Italy
Phoenix, United States
Kevin Hansen[15]
Molly Taylor[15]
Rosberg X Racing
Andreas Bakkerud[18]
Acciona | Sainz XE Team
Fraser McConnell[22]
Tommi Hallman[27]