They were old enemies in the past and the Extreme E He wanted their rivalry to be revived for the second year in a row, beyond what they experienced at the time in Formula 1. After an agonizing end in the first campaign of the electric contest where Rosberg’s team took the title ( by the victory score) tied on points with that of Hamilton, both structures risk everything again in a scenario where Cristina Gutiérrez and Loeb will go all out with the aim of changing the script that was written during the outcome of the first campaign. “It is difficult, but it is not impossible”, The Burgos assured AS, before beginning a final decisive assault in which they are seen for options.
The fight for the crown is on only 17 points (83 for the RxR compared to 66 for the X44) and luck will once again be decisive, as was demonstrated in Chile. In this scenario, Rosberg’s couple had their first match point, but a breakdown just before the start of the final left them out of the game delaying an alirón that perhaps it should not be for them this season. They started with controversy after a touch of Kristofferson with Carlos Sainz that ruined the options of the Acciona team in the inaugural event and afterwards, they kept a level that also seemed unattainable for fortune until, for the first time in two years, they experienced the bitter face of the competition.
Despite what that abandonment meant at the time, Cristina Gutiérrez herself hopes that the title is now decided on the track but both the Burgos team and the Rosberg structure must take into account that they will not be alone in this fight. Carlos Sainz made it very clear before arriving in Uruguay: “Our objective is clear: fight for victory”, and if both the man from Madrid and Laia Sanz go for it, in addition to other structures such as Cupra or McLaren, they will also do so for a runner-up that Cristina and Loeb should not neglect. His advantage with the Acciona partner is only six points and risk more than necessary thinking about the title, it can take its toll on them.
However, the intention of all the rivals will be to finish the course in the best possible way and in the case of Carlos Sainz and Laia a good result will be a declaration of intent towards a 2023, which they intend to make their own: “We would like to end the season in the best possible way, the most brilliant way possible, and that this also serves as a bit of a starting signal for next year where obviously we would like to fight seriously for the championship”. For now, they will do so for their first victory in the series and the drivers’ title.