Podcast Extreme E Off Track

The 3rd season of Extreme E is underway! Join James Baldwin and Michael Lamonato for a full team by team debrief of Rounds 1 and 2 in Saudi Arabia for the Desert X Prix. -- Follow Extreme E -- Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok | Twitter | Snapchat -- Follow James -- James Baldwin Produced by James Baldwin for Extreme E…

When you think of the legendary Carl Cox - you don’t think of a man obsessed with cars, extracting mega horsepower or supporting a NZ sidecar team. But what you do expect is his ability to energise a room, draw attention to whatever it is that he’s passionate about and bring joy to millions - which is clearly evident in this episode. Carl sat down …

Extreme E is back for Season 3! Join James Baldwin and Michael Lamonato as they bring you up to speed with the driver and team changes, as well as the new sporting format for 2023. Special guests Timo Scheider (Carl Cox Motorsport), Emma Gilmour (Neom McLaren) & James Taylor (Extreme E) also drop in for their thoughts on the season ahead! -- Follow…

The Championship is done for 2022, but not without a huge amount of drama, rolls and thrills. Join James, Michael and Freya for a full debrief of all the action in Punta del Este. -- Follow Extreme E -- Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok | Twitter | Snapchat -- Follow James, Freya & Michael -- James Baldwin | Freya Brolsma | Michael …

It’s the fifth and final round of the Extreme E championship and Off Track previews the Energy X Prix. With 4 teams in contention for the title of Champion, it's going to be a brilliant weekend to watch! Read more about the Course reveal here Read Prof Richard Washington's thoughts ahead of the final round -- Follow Extreme E -- Website | Instagram…

Hedda Hosås is one of the most dedicated drivers in the world today. With a passion for motorsport and a family of rev heads behind her, Hedda's accession onto the world stage is not a surprising one. But with Christine GZ’s accident at the Desert X Prix this year, Hedda went from being a development and reserve driver, to the main seat at Veloce R…

Tamara Molinaro is as determined a racer as you’ll ever meet. Born into a motorsport family, her passion for rallying was sealed when she got into her first rally car on ice — and with a couple of pillows on the seat — at just 11 years old. Then there was no turning back. European Rally Championship, WRC, rallycross, Italian Gravel Rally Championsh…

There is every reason that Timmy Hansen was always going to be quick. From parents with exceptional motorsport pedigree, to team mates like Kevin Magnussen in karts & Sebastian Loeb in Rallycross, with an overarching hunger to do his family proud - Timmy represents the very best of what being born into a motorsport family can do. The 2019 World Ral…

In this episode of Off Track; The championship lives on to the final round of the season, Michael tries to find the windscreen wipers and James gives out his own dropped flag penalties. -- Follow Extreme E -- Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok | Twitter | Snapchat -- Follow James, Freya & Michael -- James Baldwin | Freya Brolsma | Mi…

It’s the fourth round of the Extreme E championship and Off Track previews the Copper X Prix. Championship driver Fraser McConnell joins James to preview the track, whilst Michael & Freya take a look at the championship so far, why we're racing in Chile and suggest other extreme places for the series to race in the future! -- Follow Extreme E -- We…

Lance Woolridge is one of the nicest guys in the world of motorsport. A passion for all things fast was passed down from his father, but it wasn't handed to him - Lance had to work hard for his passion and continues to do so today, keeping a business running whilst chasing the top step of the podium. James and Freya sat down with Lance at Veloce's …

If you watch sport, it's likely that you've either seen Laura Winter presenting a piece to camera, heard her voice watching videos online or read her words in magazines, papers or online articles. In fact, it's probably easier to ask what sports Laura isn't involved with, with an impressive line up of presenting positions under her belt. But it was…

If you had told Emma Gilmour a year ago that she would be driving for the outfit that bears the name of New Zealand automotive royalty, she'd almost have certainly not believed you. But now, Emma is part of an elite line up of drivers at the Woking based squad, representing one of the biggest shifts in diversity in motorsport, by being the first fe…

Rosberg X Racing extends their championship lead as their title rivals struggle for consistency over two tough rounds in Sardinia. James, Freya and Michael wrap up the Neom Island X Prix double-header by debating what goes into a good Scandinavian breakfast, whether being flat is a real emotional state and who got stuck in the goo, which is a techn…

It’s the second and third round of the Extreme E championship and Off Track previews the Island X Prix. Fraser McConnell gives his analysis of the Sardinia course and James, Michael & Freya pick their favourites ahead of the double header. -- Follow Extreme E -- Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok | Twitter | Snapchat -- Follow James,…

If you can think of a car, Tanner Foust has almost certainly driven it, almost certainly sideways and probably on camera. So presented with the opportunity to drive the Spark Odyssey 21, there was only ever going to be one answer. The Rallycross and Formula Drift champion, X Games gold medallist, Top Gear host, decorated stunt driver — we could go …

Off Track brings you great stories, amazing insights and a lot of laughs from the people on and off the track in Extreme E. In each episode James Baldwin, Freya Brolsma and Michael Lamonato chat with some of the biggest names in the paddock, as well previewing and reviewing the X-Prix races through the season. -- Follow Extreme E -- Website | Insta…

Izabella Rekiel was excited to join Extreme E as its inaugural impact correspondent, but to take part this globe-trotting Australian DJ would have to change her life by spending the entire season aboard the St Helena. In telling the story of the ship, its crew and their voyage around the world Izy saw firsthand the devastation being wrought by clim…

As a teenager Christine GZ knew she loved motorsport. She had only one problem: she didn't know what it was. But a chance meeting with an A92 Corolla in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands set her on a cross-continental odyssey that would eventually lead her to Extreme E. Along the way she taught herself to weld, became a mozzarella dealer, went to…

When Oli Bennett puts his mind to something, he makes it happen, and the owner of inaugural Extreme E team Xite Energy Racing has his sights set on success. But the rallycross ace is aiming for victory off track as well as on it. The fitness fanatic with a background in nutrition and a brain for business has brewed Xite Energy in pursuit of not onl…

Rosberg X Racing scrapes home to the inaugural Extreme E championship despite a Jurassic X Prix clean sweep for Team X44. We hear from the victorious Johan Kristoffersson and Molly Taylor and from runners-up Cristina Gutiérrez and Sébastien Loeb, while James and Michael debrief the weekend from the never-ending mud of the Dorset course. Join the Co…

It’s the championship decider between Rosberg X Racing and X44 at the Jurassic X Prix. Timo Scheider and Tamara Molinaro give us their analysis of the Bovington course, Extreme E commentators Jennie Gow and Andrew Coley refuse to pick a favourite for the title, and James and Michael talk about free-living beavers and get stuck in some mud. Join the…

Jutta Kleinschmidt has always had smarts, but did she have skills? At age 30 she decided she had to know, and she traded her high-flying engineering job at BMW for the dust and sand of the Dakar. The rest is history: she smashed through the glass ceiling of the male-dominated off-road scene to become the first and so far only woman to win the Dakar…

If you had to pick Alejandro Agag’s spirit animal, you probably wouldn’t choose the donkey, yet it’s to the attitude of this humble farmyard animal that the Extreme E CEO credits his success: don’t get distracted and keep your eyes on the prize. But no common donkey could have made itself the youngest person elected to European Parliament, and a la…

Catie Munnings’ rise has been as rapid as her pace behind the wheel, and whether it’s debuting in the European Rally Championship while still taking her final-year exams or becoming a TV presenter to fund her racing career, there’s nothing she does by half measures. In 2021 she’s had a new reason to go flat out, taking up a position as one of Andre…

Rosberg X Racing puts one hand on the Extreme E championship with victory in the Enel X Island X Prix after the car-destroying Sardinia course broke steering and hearts at Chip Ganassi Racing. We hear from Professor Lucy Woodall on the role of climate change in the natural disasters afflicting the Mediterranean. James and Michael come up with a new…

James and Michael spell out the championship picture with series commentator Andrew Coley ahead of the Enel X Island X Prix, Tamara Molinaro and Timo Scheider give us the inside line on the Sardinia course, and Professor Lucy Woodall explains the importance of Seagrass and blue carbon in our battle with climate change. -- Follow Extreme E -- Websit…

You can’t keep Sara Price away from racing, even if she has to take some detours to get there. When the global financial crisis derailed her meteoric motocross rise, she opened her own auto paint business. Then she became a stuntwoman. And eventually she transitioned to car racing, and her irresistible rise continued. The stars were aligned for Sar…

Even if you’ve never seen his face, you’ve almost certainly heard his voice: Scot Elkins’ dulcet tones grace not only Extreme E as the voice of the race director but an impressively large array of other high-profile motorsport series the world over. If you had to define Scot’s motorsport career, it might boil down to one word: yes. Never afraid to …

There’s nothing Timo Scheider won’t try. A karting champion before he was even allowed to race in his native Germany, he’s an endurance-race winner, a Le Mans podium-getter and a two-time DTM champion. So when Extreme E beckoned as a new challenge, Timo had to be involved, and he’s now a key part of the team responsible for laying out the champions…

Catie Munnings and Timmy Hansen score their maiden Extreme E victory in an epic Arctic duel with Molly Taylor and Johan Kristoffersson, Carlos Duarte sums up the climate change threat posed by Greenland’s receding ice sheet, and James and Michael apologise for accidentally cursing two teams in Kangerlussuaq. -- Follow Extreme E -- Website | Instagr…

Timo Scheider gives us the inside line on Arctic X Prix course, Carlos Duarte explains why Greenland is at the centre of climate change, and James and Michael run through the format changes for this weekend in Kangerlussuaq. -- Follow Extreme E -- Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok | Twitter | Snapchat -- Follow James and Michael -- …

Molly Taylor started life wanting to represent Australia as an Olympic equestrian rider, but after her first taste of racing she traded horses for horsepower on her way to the 2016 Australian Rally Championship title with Subaru, following in her mother's championship-winning footsteps. But now she has her eyes on an all-new prize. Hand-selected by…