It won’t have that exhilarating whine of an Ind圜ar, that low-flying-airplane buzz of today’s next-gen NASCAR stocker, or that ear-splitting cackle of a Top Fuel dragster. Just like no roar of the crowd, Extreme E will have no roar of the engines.
Chief marketing office Ali Russell said, “As well as the live racing, we are producing behind-the-scenes programming which delves deeper into the championship and its wider purposes concerning electrification, environment, and equality.”į1 champs Rosberg, Hamilton to Battle in Extreme E Instead, remote coverage will employ four drones, in-car cameras, and advanced technology to send footage back to one of its London offices which has become a centralized “UHD-ready” broadcast and media center.
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Series organizers have concluded that “depending on the type and location of events, fans can represent 20-50 percent of the total footprint of the event, once you consider their transport, food and beverage, and merchandising.” So Extreme E deliberately wants no spectators at races “in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint.”Įven journalists, videographers, and broadcasters are kept at bay for the same reason. That’s also ideal with so many racetracks around the world struggling to follow thoughtful public-health practices as coronavirus lingers. But one thing’s for sure: Extreme E virtually will have center stage all to itself with NASCAR and the NHRA idle for Easter observances and the 2021 Ind圜ar season not yet under way.īy design, these remote locations on Extreme E’s inaugural schedule (including Senegal, Greenland, Brazil, and Argentina) are perfect for its no-spectator policy. It’s unclear what impact this weekend’s racing in the thirsty, rocky desert will have on the worldwide racing scene. “He’s like, ‘Hey, guys, here’s what we’re doing. “Oh yeah, that’s totally Alejandro’s way. In a recent online chat with fellow International Council of Motorsport Sciences colleagues, he confirmed that Agag is in essence, throwing down to other motorsport series, challenging them to embrace another kind of green besides flags, lights, and money. “If anybody has had any experience with Alejandro, they know that’s his approach: to look at the ridiculous and make things happen,” Extreme E race director Scot Elkins said.
Noble and initially regarded as impossible or at least improbable, Agag’s marriage of responsibly inventive racing and eco-rescue is on the threshold of reality. That, in turn, if the experiment goes as planned, should promote environmental responsibility, reduce the overall climate impact from sports, promote sustainable and responsible consumption globally-yes, save the Earth. The series’ strategy is to use the race cars as research-and-development projects in the hope that their environment-compatible innovations will filter into automakers’ consumer-production market. The whole purpose of Extreme E is to spotlight some of the most remote, most damaged ecosystems on Earth to raise awareness of climate-change challenges-all while showcasing the performance capabilities of all-electric SUVs in extreme conditions. It will debut this weekend with the Desert X Prix in Al’Ula, an archeological treasure trove in the northwestern region of Saudi Arabia that’s bound to this racing enterprise by ecological forces as fierce as its sun-parched conditions. Series founder Alejandro Agag could not have timed the launch of his revolutionary off-road series brainchild, Extreme E, any more perfectly. The field will be divided into two four-car groups in each session. Day 1 consists of two qualifying sessions.
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teams are Andretti United (with Sweden’s Timmy Hansen and England’s Catie Munnings) and Segi TV Chip Ganassi Racing (with Americans Kyle LeDuc and Sara Price).
Formula 1 champions Lewis Hamilton (X44), Nico Rosberg (Rosberg Xtreme Racing), and Jenson Button (JBXE) own three teams.Extreme E, the all-electric SUV series, opens debuts April 4-5 with the Desert X Prix in Al’Ula.
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