A nation-versus-nation electric sportscar series has been launched under the Elite World Cup banner ahead of a projected autumn 2024 kick-off with a grid of Lotus Evijas.
The global championship, which was unveiled in Johannesburg on Monday, has been co-founded by three key players in the A1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport of 2004/05 to 2008/09.
They are engaged in final talks with Lotus Cars and parent company Geely to finalise an agreement to use the Evija, which provided the centrepiece for Monday’s launch in South Africa. “We have shared our ideas with some parties and we have strong interest already — we have people telling us they are coming in,” he told Motorsport.com.The word Elite in the name of the series refers to the profile of driver it is attempting to attract.
“That is why we are calling this the Elite World Cup, because we want the most distinguished and highest profile drivers possible from each country.”Race weekends will be made up of a sprint race on the Saturday of around 40 minutes, before a mini-endurance race of approximately one hour and 20 minutes on Sunday.
Watson explained that the decision not to follow the single-seater route had been taken to give the series a unique selling point.
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