Emma Gilmour in Sardinia Extreme E September
Dunedin’s Gilmour Motors dealer principal Emma Gilmour will race in the Sardinia Extreme E event for Neom McLaren with Tanner Foust on September 16 and 17.
The return to Sardinia has been announced by Extreme E after plans for Brazil or the US fell by the wayside.
The electric off-road racing event concludes the season in Chile on December 2 and 3.
McLaren founder Bruce McLaren of West Auckland, who would have been 86 on August 30, died aged 32 while testing a car in the United Kingdom.
Gilmour is well-known in New Zealand for her rallying and will be hoping for an improvement on Neom McLaren’s mid-table standing.
Acciona/Sainz XE team heads the standings with 109 points, four clear of nearest challengers and Season 1 champions Rosberg X Racing. Veloce Racing, two-time winners in 2023, are a further 10 points back in third.
Extreme E has confirmed Sardinia for Rounds 7 and 8 of Season 3, where a new course will be designed – again based in the Italian Army Training area at Capo Teulada in Sulcis-Iglesiente, and hosted in collaboration with Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI), Regione Sardegna, and the Italian Army.
Extreme E founder and chief executive Alejandro Agag says that with the extreme heat and weather patterns experienced throughout the continent, there is an important climate story to tell.
Sardinia has been hitting 46 degrees Celsius in mid-July.
Further information re the Sardina rounds will be announced soon.
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