Lotus engineering has paired up with JBXE Racing for this year’s extreme E off-road racing series. The British brand will act as the team’s technical partner, providing engineering expertise throughout the inaugural season, which begins on 3 April.
JBXE Racing was founded by 2009 formula One world champion Jenson Button, who will also drive in the 2021 series. He’s joined by multiple Scandinavian Touring car race-winner Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky.

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Button said: “Extreme E is a distinct and exciting formula, full of world firsts and challenges, and to announce that a brand such as Lotus engineering is coming on this journey with us is a happy moment for myself and the team. We are very thrilled about our new technical partnership and can’t wait to show what we can do in the first race this weekend.”
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Matt Windle, Managing director of Lotus, said: “We are on the cusp of an exciting new era of electrified motorsport, and we’re pleased to support the JBXE team as technical Partner. The complex technicalities of EV racing present a fascinating challenge, and using our learnings from much more than a decade of electrifying sports cars – many recently with the Lotus Evija hypercar – we can bring important knowledge to the team.”