Billy Monger to be one of the drivers.

https://bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/50455272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 30 May, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

 

 

 

 

Just read in Autocar that Lewis Hamilton is going to be putting a team into Extreme E.

 

 

Edited 17 September, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

 

 

 

F1 drivers always need more money for appearing and they must be looking for something to be involved in that could be more exciting than F1 or other motorsports with laps of a track that only changes with the weather.

 

http://autosport.com/fe/news/152585/bottas-and-verne-complete-first-extreme-e-test

 

https://www.planetf1.com/news/valtteri-bottas-extreme-e-test

 

 

 

 

Edited 6 October, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

 Bottas, and others, involvement was secret but it got out.

Nico Rosberg launches his Extreme-E team.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/nico-rosberg-lewis-hamilton-extreme-e

 

 

https://racer.com/2020/12/03/extreme-e-teams-get-to-grips-with-odyssey-21-in-first-tests

 

 

https://racer.com/category/off-road/extreme-e

 

 

 

Edited 8 December, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

Button to race XE for his own team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 15 March, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

 

 

 

With sound off is the way to watch!!      That is horrible IMO.

 

 

 

Extreme-E from Saudi Arabia is on the BBC Red Button Saturday 3rd April from 7am -8.30am.

Qualifying 1 & 2.

 

12.00-13.30 

Qualifying 3&4

 

Sunday 4th.

7am-8.30am

Semi-Final & Crazy Race.

14.30- 16.28 4/8 Live Extreme E coverage.

 

then 16.28-18.30.

 

& very likely at other times this will be repeated.

 

EDIT,

Coverage continued after 8.30 am.

There were crashes during the first programme. 

Edited 3 April, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

Did I misread or did only 6 cars survive qually?

Yes, there are only 9 cars and 2 badly damaged.  Started today with 8 cars.

 

The commentary was pretty duff yesterday IMO and better today with someone that can pass on some good info. 

Thank goodness for Karun Chandhok.

I wandered if he was planned as just being there on the 2nd day or if they crapped themselves during yesterday.

David Coulthard as a celebrity to talk to while he was visiting was a waste of time, as would be having him as a commentator.

 

The Driver Pictures and names and other graphics had been enlarged today i think as they were pretty pathetic yesterday.

 

The 'Votes' for favourites seems to be as crappy as with Formula-E.

 

What i notice is they keep showing the remote location, the track, but not a good overview of the whole camp / pits / travelling roadshow.

That will be because they are not wanting to show just how many ICE vehicles are required to run the event.

 

Also today there was not much of a deal made about yesterdays crashes.

That will not be the image that they want Extreme-E to be about by having the images showing.

Edited 4 April, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

Guys, I've just had a "really great idea". Lets have a "new form of motorsport" that combines the worst features of Formula E, rallycross and stage rallying in a single championship.

Business proposal to the sponsors must have been,

"Lets create work for 'Sports People' & the media while we all have a jolly around the world letting rich people get some tax breaks while pretending it is about conserving the world and we say we are not just making memories but leaving a legacy where we visit."

 

To make it relevant we will have built 2 seat Space Frame buggies with bodywork the teams can mod a little and we will call them EV SUV's.

Edited 4 April, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

Billy Monger didn't get a drive then?

Motor sport looks likely to die soon. No internal combustion = no interest for me.

I think he will have found out just how hard walking on sand, snow/ice etc with 2 artificial legs is even if you are a below knee amputee.

As it is though getting in and out the car for driver changes would have been easy from a wheel chair without the legs on and using hand controls in the car.

Round 2, from Senagal.

Today it is on ITV, so now. 

3pm-5pm,  

I watched this and couldn't believe how bad it was. It was so boring that I wanted to go and watch this year's Monaco GP again.

Don't worry. I read that 2 of this years rounds have just cancelled.

https://espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/31612737/extreme-e-south-america-race-posponed-due-to-covid-19

If Scotland was to be an alternative venue then there would have to be a big drop in the number of Covid Positive tests and more of an opening up of areas.

Someone must of been working hard to get that story out.

 

I read that McLaren Racing is getting involved in 2022.

Also read about the Space Frame SUV's.    Still waiting for an explanation why they want to make out that a 2 seater buggy has anything to do with SUV's.

Edited 13 June, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot