Lewis Hamilton’s X44 Vida Carbon Racing Team won its first Extreme E title by beating Nico Rosberg‘s Rosberg X Racing (RXR). Extreme E is an FIA sanctioned international off-road racing series , which aims to raise awareness on climate change and build gender equality in motorsport .
The team entered the final that was missing three of the top four teams in the championship standings, including leaders RXR .
The drivers Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez finished third in Punta del Este on Sunday to beat inaugural champions RXR by two points in the final standings .
An extremely happy Cristina Gutierrez said , “I still can’t believe it. It was a very tough weekend for us, especially after my roll yesterday. The team did a crazy job with the (spare) car and Qualifying 2 was the first time we had driven it.
“As for the final, on the radio they told me someone was going to be penalized but still I didn’t know. I wanted to be sure that we won so I did not celebrate before it was official. It was a roller coaster, but it is much better than that for us as we can now believe in what we have achieved.”
Sebastien Loeb said, “We could only go and compete with everything we had and try to score maximum points. In the final, it was a critical moment because I was fourth and we needed to be third. We had some contact here and there, but there was nothing I could do to overtake.
“Cristina did a great job to stay very close to the car in front and we knew potentially we were third. At the end it was what we needed so I’m really relieved to be here and really proud to win this championship.”
Lewis Hamilton congratulated the team on Instagram .He posted , “@teamx44 I am so blown away by this come back after such a difficult day yesterday .The team rebuilding,staying positing and coming out fighting.Wow, I’m so proud of the team and these two amazing drivers.”
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