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McConnell to race for Hamilton’s X44 team in Extreme E Championship
Rising RallyCross star Fraser McConnell will drive for Lewis Hamilton’s X44 Vida Carbon Racing Team in season three of the Extreme E Championship, the Jamaican announced on Instagram on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old McConnell replaces French veteran rally and rallycross driver Sebastien Loeb, who won the 2022 Extreme E alongside Cristina Gutiérrez.
“Reporting for duty @ lewishamilton,” McConnell announced in his Instagram page on Wednesday.
“So excited for this new chapter in my career racing for @teamx44 in season three of @extremeelive lin- ing up with @cris_tortu. Big shoes to fill while replacing @sebloebofficiel but I am going to give it my all.”
McConnell is the most competitively successful Jamaican driver in the history of international rallycross racing. His championship victory in the 2019 Americas RallyCross Championship marked the first and only championship win by a Jamaican driver in the series’ history.
McConnell currently competes professionally in Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in the Group E class. He made his rallycross career debut in 2018, competing in North America’s ARX2 series. In 2019, McConnell made his international racing debut
