FORMULA ONE champion Nico Rosberg edged out former teammate Lewis Hamilton to claim the title of the inaugural Extreme E championship after a showdown in Dorset.
Former Mercedes F1 racer Rosberg's team, named Rosberg X Racing, claimed the title by the narrowest of margins over Hamilton's X44 team.
The first season of Extreme E came to a conclusion with the Jurassic X Prix at the Army camp in Bovington last weekend.
Hamilton and Rosberg's respective outfits finished level on points but Rosberg X Racing was awarded the title due to their three wins out of five events over the season.
Rosberg was in attendance, as was fellow Formula One star Jenson Button, for a weekend of high-octane racing on a very muddy Dorset track.
Founder and chief executive of the team, Rosberg said: “We are so delighted to be crowned the inaugural Extreme E Champions and I am really proud of the entire RXR team. The team has worked so hard all season and performed consistently, racing in some of the world’s most remote locations. To be Champions is such an honour.
“A massive congratulations to our drivers, Molly Taylor and Johan Kristoffersson, who have been excellent all season. We came into Extreme E to raise awareness of climate change, and promote sustainability, but also as a racing team, we want to win and so we will remember this feeling forever.”
Alejandro Agag, founder of Extreme E, said: “We are really happy with the first Extreme E season.
"It has not been easy in the middle of a pandemic, but we have delivered five X Prix events, and the Finale in Dorset produced some spectacular racing.
"Since our first event in Saudi Arabia we have had a lot of eventful and incredible moments ending in a brilliant title decider."
Extreme E sees teams all compete with the same model of electric vehicle in off-road races.
All teams must have a female and a male team member splitting the driving responsibilities.
The sport aims to limit the footprint of its events while choosing race locations to raise awareness for climate change issues and projects.
No spectators are allowed to attend the race weekends, with fans watching online and on TV.
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