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It’s 31 months since Formula E co-founder Alejandro Agag and Indianapolis 500 victor Gil de Ferran had their lightbulb moment. Finally, this weekend Extreme E and its RMS St Helena ‘floating paddock’ dock for a maiden Desert X-Prix event in Saudi Arabia. Their brainchild is built around three core elements, and truth be told you can pick fault with each one.

First off, the cars. Each of the nine teams signed up to this inaugural five-round season will race one of the 550bhp all-electric Odyssey 21 E-SUVs. The niobium-reinforced steel alloy tubular frame has been built by French firm

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