Adrian Newey with his team in the Extreme E Championship

So far, we’ve been accustomed to Newey serving on teams owned by others, but now he’s embarking on a series with his own team Extreme E, which is mainly based on the claim that racing can also be environmentally friendly. The XNUMX-year-old will, as they wrote on the website, The "main visionary" of the Veloce team, and the first race awaits them in February 2021.

Adrian Newey otherwise he has been serving at Red Bull Racing, and one of his most important creations can certainly be considered a winning car with which Sebastian Vettel between 2010 and 2013 four-time world champion.

Adrian Newey and Jean-Eric Vergne joined forces and together formed a team in the “ecologically sound” Extreme E. competition - Photo: Veloce

Alongside Newey, they will be on the Veloce team, which is also closely linked to the organization Fast Esports, in leadership positions (and in the ownership structure) as well Newey's son Harrison and a two-time championship winner Formula E, Jean-Eric Vergne.  Vergne said: “As soon as I saw the concept, I knew I was going to be there. I believe that with our actions we will make sure that the voice about the necessity of nature conservation will surround the world. "

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Introduction of the Extreme E series car.

Priority Extreme E, in which they will compete with electric four-wheel drive SUVs, according to the first husband of the Formula E competition, Alejandro Agaga, should take place in five extreme locations, including Greenland, V Himalayas, near the equator and on the (as yet undefined) an island in the Indian Ocean. For now, they are with the team Veloce already confirmed Venturi, A.B.T. in Hwa.

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