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McLaren signs Ekstrom, Gutierrez to Extreme E team
After two seasons with Tanner Foust and Emma Gilmour, McLaren announced in December that they would be leaving the team after achieving their best finish of second place in the 2022 Energy X-Prix in Uruguay and Scotland’s Hydro X-Prix last season. Mattias Ekstrom, who raced for the Acciona Sanz team last year, and Cristina Gutierrez, the 2022 XE champion with Lewis Hamilton’s X44 team, will now form an all-new line-up. The Extreme E series will end its current form at the end of the season and be replaced by a hydrogen-based championship in 2025. This signing demonstrates McLaren’s commitment to the series, as stated by team boss Ian James, who believes Ekstrom and Gutierrez will elevate the team.
