The Hydro X Prix will consist of two rounds across Saturday and Sunday, located inside the restored former Glenmuckloch opencast coal mine in Dumfries and Galloway, which is being transformed into a Pumped Storage Hydropower plant and wind farm.
The series will use its platform to bring awareness to the site transformation as well as launching its latest environmental legacy programme, focused on restoration of the nearby River Nith and preservation of Atlantic salmon, which has been affected by rising water temperatures and changing rainfall patterns.
The layout and conditions that the drivers will face couldn’t be more contrasting from the dry desert of Saudi Arabia at the season-opener, with the surface including a mixture of grass, gravel and clay. The course, which features a downhill descent into a quarry, will be fast, narrow and technical. And with the strong possibility of rain to be thrown into the mix, drivers will have everything thrown at them on an evolving layout.
The revised race format for season three will continue this weekend after being well received last time out. Single-car qualifying has been replaced with five-car qualifying heats, with combined results from two qualifying sessions determining which teams progress to the grand final and the five teams that miss out taking part in a separate redemption race.
Source: Autosport