The 2024 Extreme E Championship was the fourth and final season of the

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series, before the transition to hydrogen fuel cell cars for 2025. The season was abandoned after only 4 of the planned 10 races.

Calendar

On 21 December 2023, the provisional 2024 season calendar was announced.

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and

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returned from the previous year, the latter as a double-header, with a first trip to the

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replacing

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as the season finale in America. There was a five-month gap between the season opener in Saudi Arabia and rounds three and four, to take place at an undisclosed location in

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, later confirmed to be

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. On 6 September 2024, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix, Extreme E announced the cancellation of the remaining rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix, with

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said to be "reviewing alternative solutions" to complete the season. The following events were cancelled:

Race format

Minor format tweaks were made to accommodate the reduced number of cars. Each qualifying heat will now consist of four cars, with 10, 8, 6 and 4 intermediate points being handed out. Combined qualifying results at the end of both segments will now see the top four cars qualify for the grand final instead of the top five. Accordingly, the bottom four qualifiers will slot in the "redemption race" to decide positions fifth to eighth. One change was made to the points system, as the winner of the redemption race will now score 12 points, as many as the fourth-placed car in the grand final.

Teams and drivers

The impending switch to hydrogen saw the grid shrink from ten to eight cars for 2024. Abt

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and

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's X44 team all left the series, as did

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, who outlined intentions to return for Extreme H in 2025. There were two new entrants:

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-led

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team

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and Swiss-owned outfit SUN Minimeal, run by former Carl Cox driver

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. All teams used one of the identical Odyssey 21 electric SUVs manufactured by

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and consisted of a male and a female driver, who shared a car and had equal driving duties. * Before the season was abandoned,

was scheduled to race for his

team at the final six rounds.

Results and standings

X-Prix

;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top eight finishers. An additional 2 points are given to the fastest team in the Super Sector over the whole weekend. The winning team and drivers in each qualifying heat also get 1 extra point. Only the best four X-Prix results count towards the drivers' championship.

Calendar

Race format

Teams and drivers

Results and standings

X-Prix

Drivers' Championship standings

Teams' Championship standings

Notes

References