Founded | January 2021 |
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No. | 22 |
Nation | United Kingdom |
Founder(s) | Jenson Button |
Current series | Extreme E |
Current drivers | Andreas Bakkerud Tamara Molinaro |
Noted drivers | Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Jenson Button Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor Heikki Kovalainen Hedda Hosås |
Races | 16 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 5 |
Best qualifiers | 0 |
Super sectors | 0 |
Points | 154 |
First entry | 2021 Desert X-Prix |
Last entry | 2023 Island X-Prix 2 |
Website | https://www.jbxe.co/ |
JBXE is an Extreme E racing team. The team was founded by the 2009 Formula One World Champion, Jenson Button, and takes part in the series that is highlighting the impacts of climate change. [1]
In January 2021, it was announced that Jenson Button had founded his own team for the newly established racing series. The name "JBXE" takes its name from the initials of Jenson Button, with the XE standing for Extreme E. It was initially announced that Button would be driving in the team himself [2] alongside Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky. However, Button decided to step down as the driver of his own team after the team's debut race and was replaced by Kevin Hansen. [3] With a second-place finish in the final race of the inaugural season, JBXE secured third place overall, beating the Andretti United Extreme E by 2 points.
In the 2022 season, Molly Taylor (round 1), Hedda Hosås (rounds 2 to 5), Kevin Hansen (rounds 1 to 4) and Fraser McConnell (round 5) raced for JBXE. The team finished the season in ninth place.
JBXE retained Hosås and signed Heikki Kovalainen for the 2023 season. [4] Andreas Bakkerud replaced Kovalainen from round 3 til the end of the season. [5] Hosås moved to McLaren XE for the final two rounds of the season to replace Emma Gilmour and was replaced in turn by championship reserve driver Tamara Molinaro. [6] [7]
Year | Name | Car | Tyres | No. | G. | Drivers | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. |
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2021 | JBXE | Spark Odyssey 21 | C | 22. | F | Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky | (1–5) | 119 | 3rd |
M | Jenson Button | (1) | |||||||
Kevin Hansen | (2–5) | ||||||||
2022 | JBXE | Spark Odyssey 21 | C | 22. | F | Molly Taylor | (1) | 27 | 9th |
Hedda Hosås | (2–5) | ||||||||
M | Kevin Hansen | (1–4) | |||||||
Fraser McConnell | (5) | ||||||||
2023 | JBXE | Spark Odyssey 21 | C | 22. | F | Hedda Hosås | (1–6) | 26* | 10th* |
Tamara Molinaro | (TBC) | ||||||||
M | Heikki Kovalainen | (1–2) | |||||||
Andreas Bakkerud | (3–6) |
Year | Series | Races | Wins | Pod. | B/Qual. | S/S | Pts. | Pos. |
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2021 | Extreme E | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 3rd |
2022 | Extreme E | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9th |
2023 | Extreme E | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8* | 10th* |
Total | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 154 | – |
(Races in bold indicate best qualifiers; races in italics indicate fastest super sector)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | Pos. |
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2021 | JBXE | DES 6 | OCE 3 | ARC 2 | ISL 3 | JUR 2 | 119 | 3rd | |||||
2022 | JBXE | DES 9 | ISL1 3 | ISL2 8 | COP 8 | ENE 9 | 27 | 9th | |||||
2023 | JBXE | DES1 8 | DES2 10 | HYD1 9 | HYD2 6 | ISL1 10 | ISL2 5 | TBA | TBA | COP1 | COP2 | 26* | 10th* |
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