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McLaren signs Ekstrom, Gutierrez to Extreme E team
After two seasons with Tanner Foust and Emma Gilmour as drivers, McLaren announced in December that the duo would be leaving the team. 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 replace them. This will be an all-new line-up as Extreme E prepares to end its current format at the end of the season. The hydrogen-based Extreme H championship, set to begin in 2025, will not run alongside the electric series. McLaren’s XE team will be led by sporting director Gary Paffett. Their goal is to compete for the championship, and the team believes that the experience and talent of Ekstrom and Gutierrez will elevate both the team and the wider McLaren Racing family.
