Veloce repeats in Scotland at Hydro X Prix 1

Veloce Racing was near perfect on Saturday as they won both of their heat races and the Hydro X Prix‘s first Grand Final to secure their maiden win of the 2024 Extreme E season.

After sweeping Friday’s practices, the racing itself started on a sour note for Veloce when Molly Taylor was spun by Timo Scheider early in the first heat and falling to last. She managed to recover and catch the top two by the time she swapped out with Kevin Hansen, who passed Andreas Bakkerud and Scheider. The duo then won the second heat despite a five-second penalty for Hansen colliding with Bakkerud.

Taylor launched to the lead in the Grand Final and never relinquished it for Veloce’s second Hydro X Prix win after claiming the Sunday event in 2023. ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team followed. Andretti XE rounded out the podium after escaping contact with points leader Rosberg X Racing that knocked the latter out.

“In our first race we had to work really hard for it after an unlucky start, and again in the second race we had to do some overtaking to get through to the front, but that is where we really showed our pace,” said Hansen. “In the Final, Molly secured a mega start to get the lead, which made my life a lot easier. From there we both just tried to manage the race and manage the gap to the ACCIONA | SAINZ XE Team behind.

“All of last year I ended up starting in the Finals, so to actually cross the finish line to win today was an amazing feeling, and hopefully we can do the same tomorrow.”

Legacy Motor Club won the Redemption Race in Patrick O’Donovan‘s competition début. Scheider and Klara Andersson finished second for SUN Minimeal Team, rebounding after Andersson rolled multiple times at the end of the first heat. McLaren XE exited with an electrical issue caused by course debris that hit an external kill switch while Mattias Ekström was on course.

Grand Final results

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	5	E.ON NEXT Veloce Racing	8:58.930	Molly Taylor	Kevin Hansen
2	55	ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team	9:00.365	Laia Sanz	Fraser McConnell
3	27	Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E	9:20.583*	Timmy Hansen	Catie Munnings
4	6	Rosberg X Racing	DNF	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Johan Kristoffersson

* – Received a penalty

Redemption Race results

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	84	Legacy Motor Club	9:48.880	Patrick O’Donovan	Gray Leadbetter
2	8	SUN Minimeal Team	9:52.413	Timo Scheider	Klara Andersson
3	22	JBXE	11:15.703	Amanda Sorensen	Andreas Bakkerud
4	58	NEOM McLaren XE	DNF	Mattias Ekström	Cristina Gutiérrez

Qualifying results

Round #1

Heat #1

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	5	E.ON NEXT Veloce Racing	9:20.011	Molly Taylor	Kevin Hansen
2	22	JBXE	9:41.155	Amanda Sorensen	Andreas Bakkerud
3	8	SUN Minimeal Team	10:18.567*	Timo Scheider	Klara Andersson
4	84	Legacy Motor Club	11:32.160	Patrick O’Donovan	Gray Leadbetter

Heat #2

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	27	Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E	9:15.491	Timmy Hansen	Catie Munnings
2	55	ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team	9:22.703	Laia Sanz	Fraser McConnell
3	58	NEOM McLaren XE	9:33.729*	Mattias Ekström	Cristina Gutiérrez
4	6	Rosberg X Racing	9:42.661*	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Johan Kristoffersson

Round #2

Heat #1

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	5	E.ON NEXT Veloce Racing	9:05.213*	Kevin Hansen	Molly Taylor
2	55	ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team	9:07.170	Fraser McConnell	Laia Sanz
3	22	JBXE	9:09.351	Andreas Bakkerud	Amanda Sorensen
4	58	NEOM McLaren XE	9:20.230*	Cristina Gutiérrez	Mattias Ekström

Heat #2

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	6	Rosberg X Racing	9:06.746	Johan Kristoffersson	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
2	8	SUN Minimeal Team	9:09.750	Klara Andersson	Timo Scheider
3	27	Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E	9:15.338	Catie Munnings	Timmy Hansen
4	84	Legacy Motor Club	9:28.442	Gray Leadbetter	Patrick O’Donovan