Hispano Suiza, the maker of the electric Carmen, will race in next year’s Extreme E Championship with drivers Oliver Bennet and Christine Giampaoli Zonca. The car manufacturer has partnered with energy drink company Xite Energy and recently unveiled the vehicle it will race with, which is dubbed the HS Extreme E. Like all other racers in the series, it is based on the Odyssey 21 that produces 550 hp and can sprint to 100 km/h in just 4.5 seconds. Extreme E teams cannot mess with the mechanical parts of the vehicle but they can customize the bodywork.
As for the drivers, 28-year-old Oliver
Bennett has competed in the British Rallycross and World Rallycross
championships, while 27-year-old Christine Giampaoli Zonca has raced in the
World Rally Championship, the Baja 1000, and the Andalucia Road to Dakar Rally.
Other entries in the inaugural 2021 season
of the Extreme E series include Cupra, a team led by Lewis Hamilton and another
led by his former Mercedes F1 teammate Nico Rosberg.
