Distinctive new all-electric collection will see SUV vehicles race in 5 areas across the globe which can be being affected by local weather change; each race stay on Sky Sports activities, beginning with Desert X Prix in March; staff house owners embody Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg
Final Up to date: 12/01/21 12:09pm
Sky Sports activities will present each spherical of the inaugural Excessive E season stay in 2021 after signing a one-year settlement.
The brand new off-road collection will see electrical SUV vehicles race in 5 distant areas world wide which can be being impacted by local weather change, and staff house owners embody Method 1 world champions Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
Highlighting a wide range of points across the local weather disaster by a singular motorsport journey, Excessive E will go to arctic, desert, rainforest, glacier and coastal territories.
Sky Sports activities will broadcast all 5 of the Excessive E-Prix’s stay – beginning with the Desert X Prix on March 20-21 – with protection particulars to be introduced in the end.
• 20-21 March 2021: Saudi Arabia (Desert X Prix)
• 29-30 Might 2021: Senegal (Ocean X Prix)
• 28-29 August 2021: Greenland (Arctic X Prix)
• 23-24 October 2021: Brazil (Amazon X Prix)
• 11-12 December 2021: Argentina (Glacier X Prix)
Sky Sports activities and Excessive E share many frequent objectives relating to sustainability and local weather change.
In February 2020 Sky set its total enterprise ambition to change into internet zero carbon by 2030 and later that yr introduced Sky Sports’ ‘Season of Sustainability’, that talks on to sports activities followers encouraging them to make easy, on a regular basis modifications to scale back their carbon footprint as a part of the Sky Zero marketing campaign.
“We’re actually happy so as to add Excessive E to our portfolio of stay sport,” stated Rob Webster, Sky Sports activities Managing Director.
“The collection not solely brings an thrilling new racing circuit to the calendar of our motorsport followers, but in addition carries an essential message round local weather change. At Sky, we consider that our voice and attain can play an important position in empowering our clients, companions and business friends to construct a greater world.”
Excessive E additionally promotes inclusion in sport with all groups that includes a female and male driver – a primary for motorsport.
There are 9 groups signed up for the collection, together with seven-time F1 champion Hamilton’s Staff X44.
9-time world rally champion Sebastian Loeb will drive for Hamilton’s staff throughout Excessive E’s debut season, whereas different high-profile racing stars concerned embody rally legend Carlos Sainz and W Sequence champion Jamie Chadwick.
Ali Russell, Chief Advertising Officer at Excessive E, stated: “Sky Sports activities is likely one of the main sports activities broadcasters on the planet and I am delighted it’ll present Excessive E.
“The UK and Eire has an enormous urge for food for motorsport and with the assistance of Sky Sports activities, we are going to attain a large viewers by this partnership.
“However our collaboration is about much more than airing thrilling racing, as we share a typical mission across the setting, it’s unbelievable to see the nice work Sky is doing round its enterprise practices and investments to guard our planet. Via our reveals we are going to spotlight the local weather disaster and what we as a championship is doing to assist, and the way everybody could make a distinction.”
