The CUPRA ABT XE team has finished the first Extreme E season in fifth position after an intense fight for the top places in the Jurassic X Prix, the final round of the year, held in Dorset (United Kingdom). It was the competition’s most extreme race so far, with rain, fog, mud and very difficult visibility conditions.<br />Mattias Ekström and Jutta Kleinschmidt demonstrated the pace of the e-CUPRA ABT XE1 throughout the weekend: they were second in practice and fourth in qualifying, with the team participating in the second semi-final. Second place would have been enough for CUPRA to qualify for the grand final, but an unfortunate incident with a rival while Ekström was at the wheel caused serious mechanical damage to the e-CUPRA ABT XE1.<br /><br />As a result, the team had to settle for third place in and was therefore unable to reach the final. The team’s goal was to improve on its second-place finish two months ago at the Sardinia (Italy) event.
