An Introduction to Extreme E Trivia Quiz

Answer: Formula E

Agag has been a racing fan for a very long time. He owned a team in the now-defunct GP2 Series, and maintained close friendships with former F1 personnel Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone.

Answer: Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia

The first Extreme E race was the Desert X-Prix in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, held in April 2021. This also started a tradition of the first Extreme E race being held in Saudi Arabia. The race was won by the Rosberg X Racing team.

Answer: True

This was done to be more inclusive and to celebrate gender equality. Among the female drivers who have competed in Extreme E are Molly Taylor, the 2009 British Ladies Rally Champion and the first woman to win the Australian Rally Championship, and two-time Italian Gravel Championship winner Tamara Molinaro.

Answer: Double header races

With the introduction of double header races for the 2023 season, two separate races are held at each location: one on Saturday and the other on Sunday. The semi-final and crazy race format was also replaced with a qualifying race format: on race day, two qualifying races, both having two heats, are held.

The combined results of the qualifying races decide whether a team qualifies to the final or to the "Redemption Race", where the bottom five teams compete.to gain championship points. The winner of the overall race gets 25 points, and the winner of the Redemption Race gets 8 points.

Answer: Mountain X-Prix (Nepal)

The Mountain X-Prix was cancelled due to the "difficulty of getting to the race venue". The rest of the races were cancelled, except the Ocean X-Prix, which was set to open the season - it was just postponed and became the second race after the Desert X-Prix!

Answer: India

Christine Giampaoli Zonca, known simply as Christine GZ, was born in Pundicherry, India, and grew up in Canary Islands, Spain (and even represents Spain in Extreme E). Among the teams she has competed with are Xite Energy Racing, JBXE Racing and Carl Cox Motorsport.

Answer: McLaren

McLaren is a legendary racing team founded by New Zealand-born Bruce McLaren in 1963. The first Extreme E drivers for McLaren were Tanner Foust and Emma Gilmour. Gilmour became the first woman to ever drive for McLaren in any series. McLaren used the race number 58 in the 2022 season as a tribute to Bruce McLaren.

Answer: Reserve drivers

Many championship drivers have gone on to drive in Extreme E full-time, including Andreas Bakkerud, Tamara Molinaro, and Klara Andersson. Championship Drivers help test tracks for any safety concerns, and also serve as reserve/replacement drivers if a driver is unable to participate in an event.

Answer: Greenland

The 2021 Arctic X-Prix was the first motorsport event ever hosted in Greenland. The race was held between the 28th and the 29th of August on a track around the Russell Glacier.

Answer: X44

X44 is a team owned by Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. In the first two seasons, WRC legend Sebastien Loeb and Cross-Country Rally World Cup winner Cristina Gutierrez drove for the team. For season 3, Loeb was replaced by Jamaican driver Fraser McConnell as Loeb went to drive for the ABT Cupra team.