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Added on the 01/06/2021 08:35:16 - Copyright : Auto Moto EN
The great Extreme E electric adventure reaches its second round, the Ocean X Prix, taking place the weekend (29-30th of May) at the mythical Lac Rose in Senegal. The ABT CUPRA XE team will compete with a winning mentality and the target of scoring as many points as possible.Despite the series of incidents in the first round of the Extreme E season, The ABT CUPRA XE team finished the first round with 13 points, enough to place the team in seventh position in the championship. It was the prize for the strength and spirit of improvement shown, and never giving up in the face of adversity.
CUPRA has spent the past four years reinventing motorsport and going out to win, developing the e-Racer – the world’s first 100% electric touring car – and recording achievements in competitions like the FIA ETCR series and Extreme E. CUPRA is a brand with racing in its DNA, with big ambitions for sustainable racing. Now CUPRA – which has the ambition to become a fully electrified brand by 2030 – is ready for the next stage of its development and will join ABT to compete in Formula E, the world’s leading electric racing competition, for the 2023 season. It’s a natural step for CUPRA as it strives to transform the racing world and prove that electrification and performance are a perfect match.ABB FIA Formula E – the world’s first all-electric FIA World Championship and the only sport that has been net-zero certified since its inception – and CUPRA share the same DNA, and both reach a diverse audience that shares a common attitude. It’s a group made up of technology and innovation enthusiasts that merge the physical and digital worlds. Like CUPRA, Formula E is present in the metaverse with an official blockchain racing game, and both brands reach individuals that value sustainability and are passionate about racing and performance.
When you’re the defending champion of a competition you have to raise your game in a big way, and that’s exactly what CUPRA has done with its new team, CUPRA EKS, where veterans Mattias Ekström and Jordi Gené join new generation racers Tom Blomqvist and Adrien Tambay. In a few days’ time, the four will make their debut on the Pau Ville street circuit in France with a common goal - to defend the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup electric touring car manufacturers’ championship title.
At the gates of the second stage of the Extreme E racing series, the ABT CUPRA XE team prepares for the challenge of the wet sand in Lac Rose, Senegal, on May 29th and 30th. After the debut in Saudi Arabia on April 3rd -4th, the expedition has had a few weeks to regain strength and strategies. CUPRA official driver and e-ambassador Mattias Ekström and the Head of CUPRA Racing, Xavi Serra, have taken the opportunity to visit the CUPRA podcast, The Impulse, to talk about this new offroad electric SUV’s competition and its importance for raising awareness about the effects of climate change.
CUPRA has decided to bring the excitement of racing tracks to the digital world by launching its own Simracing series. In collaboration with RaceRoom, the official WTCR licensed racing simulator, the brand has created the CUPRA Simracing Series, a 13-race competition where motorsport fans around the world can demonstrate their driving skills from home.
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