Emma Gilmour, Tanner Foust to feature in NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team

 

Emma Gilmour, Tanner Foust to feature in NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team

The NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team has announced that Emma Gilmour and Tanner Foust will drive for the team in Extreme E Season 3.

The pair joined the team for its inaugural season in the series in 2022 and helped NEOM McLaren Extreme E secure its first podium. It finished second in the final round of the Extreme E Season 2 campaign, the Uruguay Natural Energy X Prix in Punta del Este.

Gilmour, from New Zealand, is known for her rich experience in rallying, rallycross, cross-country rallying, and competing in the first two seasons of Extreme E. In 2016 she became the first and only female to win a New Zealand Rally Championship event.

She also won the FIA Women in Motorsport and Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) crosscountry rally selection in 2015. She is the first female driver to score a podium for McLaren, and also drove two rounds for Veloce Racing in Extreme E Season 1.

Foust is a four-time US rallycross champion (2019, 2012, 2011, 2010), has won four X Games gold medals (2013, 2010, 2007) and two Formula Drift championships (2008, 2007). The American also has a vast experience in stunt driving, ice racing, time attack and hill climb competition.

The NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team will be looking to build on their debut campaign in 2023, which begins in Saudi Arabia on 11-12 March.

Ian James, Managing Director, NEOM McLaren Electric Racing and Team Principal, NEOM McLaren Formula E Team, said: “Next season we are hoping to capitalize on the foundations we have put in place over the last year. Having Emma and Tanner remain with the team will prove invaluable as we will aim to stay on that upward trajectory as the NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team.”

Zak Brown, CEO, McLaren Racing, said: “I am delighted that Emma and Tanner will remain with McLaren for 2023. The pair have proven themselves to be strong teammates both on and off the track, which culminated in a second-place finish during the Energy X Prix.

Source: https://www.automobilsport.com/