CONTINENTAL TRACTION CHALLENGE

The Continental Traction Challenge will be returning in 2024 and will be crucial to the overall points total once again. The team that sets the fastest time, a combination of both the male and female drivers’ fastest times, through the allocated sector will win the Continental Traction Challenge and earn two championship points.. This will run for each of the individual race days on Saturday and Sunday.

ENOWA HYPERDRIVE

The ENOWA Hyperdrive is a push-to-pass mechanism that provides a limited boost for each driver.

Activated when the driver presses a button on their steering wheel, the ENOWA Hyperdrive will provide drivers with an increase in power for a fixed amount of time. The timing for this will be a key decision.

Both male and female drivers on each team are given the one use boost mechanism for every lap and are freely available to use it at any point on the course.

LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

Teams will field one male and one female driver, promoting gender equality and a level playing field amongst competitors. 

Each driver will complete one lap behind the wheel, with a changeover incorporated into the race format. The teams will determine which driver goes first to best suit their strategy however male and female starting drivers must be even across the season. Driver order selections are made confidentially, with competitors kept in the dark as to other teams’ choices until the last possible moment. Contests between males and females will therefore be ensured.

NATURAL CHALLENGES

X Prix circuits will also incorporate natural challenges that will leave viewers at the edge of their seats, and drivers and teams will be pushed right to the limits of their abilities; with hazards to navigate and defeat such as extreme gradients, jumps, banks, berms, pits, dunes and water splashes.