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

Nico Rosberg’s workforce gained the 1st race of the new electric Severe E off-highway sequence in Saudi Arabia on Sunday although Lewis Hamilton’s X44 outfit hit issues and completed third in a cloud of dust.

Retired 2016 Formula 1 winner Rosberg was in Al Ula to rejoice the Desert X Prix victory with Sweden’s triple rallycross winner Johan Kristoffersson and Australian rally driver Molly Taylor.

Andretti United, run by Michael Andretti and McLaren F1 manager Zak Brown, have been second in the 3-car last with Sweden’s Timmy Hansen and Britain’s Catie Munnings 23.seventy three seconds off the tempo.

Hamilton’s workforce of France’s 9 occasions entire world rally winner Sebastien Loeb and Spaniard Cristina Gutierrez experienced been fastest in Saturday’s qualifying but suffered steering issues.

The 7 occasions F1 entire world winner, who did not show up at, sent a superior luck message on Instagram just before the race expressing his pride in what they experienced accomplished so significantly.

Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula 1 winner, completed sixth after his JBXE workforce unsuccessful to make the last although triple Dakar winner Carlos Sainz was fourth.

Time trials experienced began on Saturday, about a sandy and rock-strewn monitor that also featured a plunging drop amid the dunes.

Kristoffersson manufactured the best start off in the last, leaving the other individuals trailing in the dust, just before Taylor put in a stable run after the handover to seal the acquire.

The pair experienced been fastest also in the semi-last when the identical Odyssey 21 cars went wheel to wheel for the 1st time.

Sunday observed the 1st multi-car collision, with Chip Ganassi’s Kyle Leduc and ABT Cupra driver Claudia Huertgen coming collectively.

Severe E aims to emphasize climate improve and endorse sustainability by racing in remote components of the entire world afflicted by global warming or suffering environmental hurt.

There are five rounds ranging from destinations in the Arctic to the Amazon and each and every workforce need to discipline a male and woman driver.

The future race is in Senegal in May possibly.