Desert X Prix 2021 - motor sports (not really) meets environmental protection
Greetings, friends of motor racing. In today's blog post, I'd like to share some thoughts on Extreme E, which held its first race on the Easter weekend with the Desert X Prix. My conclusion after the debut of the racing series: As good as the idea was, THIS implementation was nothing but a big pile of sh.... And there's nothing to sugarcoat about it at all. Sporting chaos without any value It all started in the days leading up to the X Prix: within just one week, the race series completely overhauled its race format and scoring - twice! The two races with four and five cars respectively became three races with three cars each, the qualifying races became time trials. The third and last race before the final, the "Shoot Out", was not even broadcasted. The change of the race format was probably too spontaneous to change the streaming schedule. And why it is called "Shoot Out"? All three participants - if the cars are still (off-)roadworthy - have already b...