Veloce becomes first multi-time winner of 2023 in Hydro X Prix 2

Attrition and low visibility due to rain and mud were key issues in Sunday’s Hydro X Prix, but Veloce Racing was not fazed in the slightest as Kevin Hansen and Molly Taylor won their second heat and led all four laps of the Grand Final to secure their second win of the Extreme E season. While it has only been four races, Veloce is already the first team in 2023 with multiple victories after taking the season opener.

In their new red livery, Veloce held off a late charge from McLaren XE, who had to settle for second in their first final of the season. Although they came up short of victory, runner-up was still a strong rebound for McLaren after being among the many victims of the heat races; during the first lap of Heat #1 in Qualifying #2, Emma Gilmour drifted into the hay bales while racing Timo Scheider who also crashed into them as did Klara Andersson while trying to avoid them.

“We had a tough weekend, much tougher than Saudi Arabia,” said Hansen. “We didn’t really have anything on our side yesterday, so to finally get into the Grand Final and have all our support on GridPlay really helped.

“It was nice after Friday, with our double P1s in Free Practice, to come back and actually get on top. It was a huge effort from the team to pull through in such difficult conditions. They gave me full rein for an hour before the Final and quick decisions on set-up and everything. It was really cool to pull it off.”

Chip Ganassi Racing joined Veloce and McLaren on the podium as the last finisher. ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team and Rosberg X Racing had wrecked together, with RXR’s Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky describing the race as a “mud-blinded final with wipers out of action”.

Saturday winner X44 struggled on Sunday as they fell behind in the first heat due to damage before crashing out of the Redemption Race. Carl Cox Motorsport failed to start the latter following the aforementioned heat accident.

Grand Final results

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	5	Veloce Racing	12:52.662	Kevin Hansen	Molly Taylor
2	58	NEOM McLaren XE	12:59.082	Tanner Foust	Emma Gilmour
3	99	GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing	13:13.153	RJ Anderson	Amanda Sorensen
4	55	ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team	DNF	Mattias Ekström	Laia Sanz
5	6	Rosberg X Racing	DNF	Johan Kristoffersson	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky

Redemption Race results

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	22	JBXE	12:19.448	Andreas Bakkerud	Hedda Hosås
2	23	Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E	12:24.416	Timmy Hansen	Catie Munnings
3	125	ABT CUPRA XE	12:49.982	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Klara Andersson
4	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	DNF	Fraser McConnell	Cristina Gutiérrez
5	8	Carl Cox Motorsport	DNS	Timo Scheider	Christine GZ

Qualifying results

Round #1

Heat #1

Finish	Number	Team	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	99	GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing	RJ Anderson	Amanda Sorensen
2	6	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
3	125	ABT CUPRA XE	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Klara Andersson
4	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	Fraser McConnell	Cristina Gutiérrez
5	8	Carl Cox Motorsport	Christine GZ	Timo Scheider

Heat #2

Finish	Number	Team	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	55	ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team	Mattias Ekström	Laia Sanz
2	58	NEOM McLaren XE	Tanner Foust	Emma Gilmour
3	5	Veloce Racing	Kevin Hansen	Molly Taylor
4	22	JBXE	Andreas Bakkerud	Hedda Hosås
5	23	Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E	Timmy Hansen	Catie Munnings

Round #2

Heat #1

Finish	Number	Team	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	99	GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing	Amanda Sorensen	RJ Anderson
2	58	NEOM McLaren XE	Emma Gilmour	Tanner Foust
3	22	JBXE	Hedda Hosås	Andreas Bakkerud
4	8	Carl Cox Motorsport †	Timo Scheider	Christine GZ
5	125	ABT CUPRA XE †	Klara Andersson	Nasser Al-Attiyah

† – Did not finish

Heat #2

Finish	Number	Team	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	5	Veloce Racing	Molly Taylor	Kevin Hansen
2	23	Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E	Catie Munnings	Timmy Hansen
3	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	Cristina Gutiérrez	Fraser McConnell
4	6	Rosberg X Racing †	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Johan Kristoffersson
5	55	ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team †	Laia Sanz	Mattias Ekström