Extreme E inaugural electric off-road race won by Nico Rosberg’s team

Nico Rosberg’s crew won the initial race of the new electric Extraordinary E off-road collection in Saudi Arabia on Sunday when Lewis Hamilton’s X44 outfit hit difficulties and concluded 3rd in a cloud of dust.

Retired 2016 Formulation A person winner Rosberg was in Al Ula to celebrate the Desert X Prix victory with Sweden’s triple rallycross winner Johan Kristoffersson and Australian rally driver Molly Taylor.

Andretti United, operate by Michael Andretti and McLaren F1 manager Zak Brown, ended up next in the three-car last with Sweden’s Timmy Hansen and Britain’s Catie Munnings 23.73 seconds off the speed.

Hamilton’s crew of France’s nine situations environment rally winner Sebastien Loeb and Spaniard Cristina Gutierrez experienced been fastest in Saturday’s qualifying but endured steering difficulties.

The 7 situations F1 environment winner, who did not attend, despatched a superior luck message on Instagram just before the race expressing his satisfaction in what they experienced finished so much.

Jenson Button, the 2009 Formulation A person winner, concluded sixth soon after his JBXE crew unsuccessful to make the last when triple Dakar winner Carlos Sainz was fourth.

Time trials experienced started on Saturday, around a sandy and rock-strewn observe that also showcased a plunging drop amid the dunes.

Kristoffersson created the very best begin in the last, leaving the other people trailing in the dust, just before Taylor put in a sound operate soon after the handover to seal the win.

The pair experienced been fastest also in the semi-last when the identical Odyssey 21 cars went wheel to wheel for the initial time.

Sunday observed the initial multi-car collision, with Chip Ganassi’s Kyle Leduc and ABT Cupra driver Claudia Huertgen coming together.

Extraordinary E aims to spotlight climate improve and endorse sustainability by racing in distant pieces of the environment affected by global warming or struggling environmental problems.

There are five rounds ranging from places in the Arctic to the Amazon and every single crew have to discipline a male and woman driver.

The next race is in Senegal in Could.