9-time rally world champion Sebastien Loeb will race within the new Excessive E off-road electrical collection subsequent yr for a staff owned by seven-time System One world champion Lewis Hamilton.

The 2 are probably the most profitable drivers of all time of their respective collection.

Frenchman Loeb, 46, can be partnered by 29-year-old Spanish racer Cristina Gutierrez, a four-times finisher within the Dakar Rally.

Each staff within the collection, which goals to lift consciousness about local weather change by racing in a number of the world’s most distant and harsh environments, will need to have a male and a feminine driver.

“They’re each unbelievable drivers and I am trying ahead to seeing what they will do on the market at every race,” mentioned Hamilton in an X44 staff assertion.

“Cristina is an upcoming expertise with an important future forward of her, and Sébastien is a driver I’ve admired for thus a few years so I am so proud and excited to have them on board.”

Each drivers have examined the Odyssey 21 automotive on off-road levels.

Loeb is not going to be the one world rally champion within the area, with Spain’s double champion and triple Dakar winner Carlos Sainz driving for his personal staff.

Hamilton’s former Mercedes staff mate and 2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg additionally has a staff within the collection run by System E founder Alejandro Agag.

“Becoming a member of staff X44 is a chance for me to proceed to do what I like, which is race, and I am trying ahead to competing in an electrical car,” Loeb mentioned.

The primary race is scheduled for the Saudi Arabian desert in March.

Different rounds can be in Senegal, Greenland, the Brazilian rain forest and Argentine glaciers of Tierra del Fuego.