No.99 GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing won a dramatic Crazy Race to take the fifth spot in the NEOM Island X Prix I Final after a ten second penalty denied ABT CUPRA XE the victory.
ABT CUPRA XE stormed off the line to take the lead, chased down by Sara Price for No.99 GMC Hummer EV as Emma Gilmour crashed the NEOM McLaren Extreme E car, putting the team out of contention.
Nasser Al-Attiyah extended the lead for ABT CUPRA as the three remaining teams fought for the last spot in the NEOM Island X Prix I Final.
Veloce Racing’s Lance Woolridge surged into second place when Price spun her ODYSSEY 21, edging past the American as she reversed back onto the track.
Woolridge then went the wrong way on course, handing over an even more comfortable lead to Al-Attiyah, who entered the Switch Zone nearly 20 seconds ahead of the chasing pack.
Kyle LeDuc tussled with Christine GZ on the second lap as he desperately tried to get past the Veloce Racing car to begin hunting down Jutta Kleinschmidt up front.
The American soon secured second place, and managed to bring the gap to Kleinschmidt down to under 10 seconds come the end of the race. This meant that when the time penalty came for ABT CUPRA, No.99 GMC HUMMER EV jumped into first by 0.128 seconds to join the Final.
