ACTION | SAINZ XE Team will face the third and fourth rounds of the championship this weekend Extreme Etaking place in a new enclave for the tournament: Scotland. The venue chosen is an old open-air coal mine that promises to be one of the most impressive circuits on the entire calendar.
the team, Laia Sanz and Mattias Ekstrom Arrived at Scotland championship co-leaders after the inaugural event of Saudi Arabia, where they won the first victory in team history and the second place that left them with a total of 46 points in the standings. This is the best start of the season so far for the Spanish team.
Two months after the race Neom, Extreme E is back to its old ways with a Hydro X-Prix in Scotland which will focus on energy transfer. And the site chosen for the test, the old coal mine glenmucklochwhich is in the process of being modified to become a reversible hydroelectric plant.
Scotland is a world leader in clean energy. 97% of its electricity production comes from renewable sources and the country wants half of its national energy consumption to come from these sources as soon as 2030. It also covers mobility, where his ambition is for cars with combustion engines to stop being sold after 2032.
the scene of Hydro X-Prix will provide a wide range of technical challenges to the drivers of the championship. In the same location is the aforementioned hydroelectric plant of 1,600 MWh and also a wind farm 33.6 MW.
Pilots working on a plantation of 1,200 trees
The Extreme E pilots will help plant 1,200 trees and build fencing as part of an environmental conservation program run by the Nith Catchment Fishery Trust, which aims to reduce soil erosion and help provide more shade to the rivers of the region and thus help moderate the water temperature. The big beneficiary of this action is the Atlantic salmon, which come to the rivers to spawn.
Laia Sanz: “We will try to remain as competitive as we have been”
“I’m really excited and looking forward to running the Hydro X-Prix. Scotland is a country I really like. I’ve had the opportunity to compete here in trials and it’s a place I love. A few years ago I ran we are in Dorset and this week we are also expecting rain and mud. We have to fight hard, like we did in Saudi Arabia. We will work hard and try to stay as competitive as ever. That is our goal and we will go this.”
Ekström: “Going to Scotland is very special for me”
“Coming to Scotland was very special for me, because I had never been here. I saw that everything is very green and it is a country where you can have both sun and rain and mud, because that is the nature of the weather of This area. This It should rain this weekend, but I wouldn’t mind if it were dry too. It’s good to enter the race as championship leaders. My goal is for us to fight at the top all year and fight for the championship, although it’s too early because there are still four weekends and eight races. We have to be disciplined and do everything to maintain the pace we showed in Saudi Arabia.”
Carlos Sainz: “We really want it”
“After our good results in the Desert X-Prix, we are really looking forward to the second round of the championship. The Hydro X-Prix will take place in a setting that until now has not been in the Extreme E. schedule so we know what kind of track and the terrain we’re in. Being in Scotland we know we can expect a lot of mud but we just have to confirm it. We’re excited and looking forward to it after our victory in Neom and we want to defend the shared lead we have now in the championship. Laia and Mattias can’t wait to get into Odyssey 21!”
Source: La Verdad
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