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The 2024 Extreme E Championship was the fourth and final season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series, before the transition to hydrogen fuel cell cars for 2025. The season was abandoned after only 4 of the planned 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.
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. AbtCupra, 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 use one of the identical Odyssey 21 electric SUVs manufactured by Spark Racing Technology. Each team consists of a male and a female driver, who share a car and have equal driving duties.
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
QH
SS
Points
25
18
15
12
8
6
4
1
2
Only the best four X-Prix results count towards the drivers' championship.
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Molly Taylor (left) and Kevin Hansen (right) are the championship leaders for Veloce Racing.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Sardinia, Italy
Phoenix, United States
Kevin Hansen
Molly Taylor
Rosberg X Racing
Andreas Bakkerud
Acciona | Sainz XE Team
Fraser McConnell
Tommi Hallman