Lewis Hamilton Talks About His Extreme E Team - X44

The FIA Extreme E Off-Road Racing Championship kicks off early next year. In anticipation of that, here is the most recently announced team owner talking about what the series means to him. Enjoy!

“Six-Time Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton today announced the launch of his very own race team, X44, which will make its debut in Extreme E, the ground breaking new electric off-road racing series. Named with reference to Lewis’s own racing number, X44 will enter Season 1 of the Extreme E Championship, with its first X Prix race scheduled to take place in early 2021. As one of the most successful racing drivers of all time, Lewis will use his knowledge and champion’s mentality, to develop his own team for the first time. Instead of getting behind the wheel, Lewis will use his role as founder to put his learnings into practise and create a dedicated and competitive team. X44 and its Extreme E competitors will race electric vehicles in five remote locations; arctic, desert, rainforest, glacier, and coastal; which are already damaged or severely under threat of climate change from a range of serious issues including melting ice caps, deforestation, desertification and rising sea levels.”