Veloce Racing is a

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team founded by

Jean-Éric Vergne Jean-Éric Serge Raymond Vergne (; born 25 April 1990), also known by his initials JEV, is a French racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot and in Formula E for DS Penske. In formula racing, Vergne compete ...

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and

Rupert Svendsen-Cook Rupert Jack Svendsen-Cook (born 17 September 1990 in Ipswich) is a British racing driver with Norwegian family history. Career Following eight years in karting, Rupert's first step into car racing was the Formula BMW Europe series in 2008 w ...

that will compete in the all-hydrogen off-road racing championship Extreme H. Veloce formerly competed in the all-female single-seater racing series W Series and the all-electric off-road racing championship

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Extreme E

2021

Veloce joined Extreme E for its inaugural season in

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, announcing 2019 W Series champion

Jamie Chadwick Jamie Laura Chadwick (born 20 May 1998) is a British racing driver who competes for IDEC Sport Racing, IDEC Sport in the 2025 European Le Mans Series, and previously raced for Andretti Global in 2024 Indy NXT, Indy NXT. She won the inaugural 20 ...

and former F1 and

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driver

Stéphane Sarrazin Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin (born 2 November 1975) is a French racing and rally driver. He has won races across a number of single-seater, sportscar and rallying disciplines and competitions, was French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and Le ...

as their line-up. The team, racing with technical support from

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, won their first podium in the series at the

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. Veloce finished the season 7th in the teams championship with a total of 77 points.

2022

On 6 January 2022 Veloce announced that Jamie Chadwick would be replaced for the

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season by Christine GZ. At the first round of the season in

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, Christine GZ fractured her foot while competing in Q1, requiring Hedda Hosås to replace her for the remainder of the round. Prior to the 2022 Energy X-Prix, Veloce announced that Kevin Hansen and

Molly Taylor Molly Anne Taylor (born 6 May 1988) is an Australian Rallying, rally car driver. She is the 2016 Australian Rally Champion, the first and only woman to win the Australian Rally Championship and the youngest regardless of gender, and the 2021 Ex ...

would immediately "form the team's new driver pairing" for both the final race of 2022, along with the entire 2023 season. Veloce also appointed

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winner and former alpine skier

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as Extreme E team principal.

2023

Veloce won their first race at the 2023 Desert X-Prix after RXR received a 136-second penalty for speeding under a yellow flag. The team also recorded victories in both Round 04 ( 2023 Hydro X-Prix) and Round 10 ( 2023 Copper X-Prix) making it their most successful Extreme E season to date.

2024

Veloce retained Hansen and Taylor for the second consecutive season, and

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was announced as the team's title sponsor with the team being known as E.ON Veloce Racing and later E.ON Next Veloce Racing for the season. On 6 September 2024, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix, Extreme E announced that the rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix were cancelled with Veloce Racing leading the championship.

W Series

Veloce joined W Series for its second season in

, with reigning champion

and rookie

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as their inaugural driver line-up. At the second round of the season at the

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, Chadwick scored the team's first pole position, podium and win in W Series, beating

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by a tenth of a second in qualifying, and driving to a commanding victory during the race. Ahead of round 3 at

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, Veloce announced Mariella Bailey as the team's W Series team principal. During the final round of the season, with her win in the second race of the weekend at

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, Jamie Chadwick won her second W Series championship, and the first for Veloce.

Extreme H

On 11 February 2025, Veloce became the first team to confirm its entry into the FIA Extreme H World Cup, the series successor of

Results

Extreme E

Overview

''* –'' ''Indicates cancelled season.''

Complete Extreme E Results

(Races in bold indicate best qualifiers; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest super sector)

W Series

References

External links

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