Former Grand Prix motor racing driver David Coulthard MBE and a world famous global superstar DJ popped into Fairlie on Sunday evening for an amazing private set on the St Helena ship at Fairlie Quay.

A big party took place on board to celebrate a successful weekend's racing in the Extreme E series happening in Dumfries and Galloway.

DJ Carl Cox put on a private set enjoyed by Extreme E series guests, including David Coulthard.

Carl has been in the music business since he was in his teens.

He is a renowned British house and techno club star on the circuit, as well as radio DJ and record producer, and won and been nominated for numerous awards. Carl, who has performed electronic music for dance events worldwide, had a team on the Extreme E series which had its first podium finish so he had extra reason to celebrate.

And racing drivers, teams and guests were on board the Extreme E ship including David Coulthard, who competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between 1994 and 2008, taking 13 Grand Prix victories and 62 podium finishes.

A spokesperson for Extreme E said: "It was a bit of a post race party, with Carl Cox DJ’ing and friends of the series including David Coulthard joining our teams, partners and drivers, to celebrate a successful race weekend."

Motor racing locations include Greenland, Brazil, Senegal and Saudi Arabia - and now Scotland where the vehicles were racing across barren and challenging terrain in Dumfries and Galloway which was the latest stop in their global tour, and was broadcast live on STV.

David is the CEO of Velocity Experience Ltd who work with Extreme E to develop innovative plans for presenting  key events, with a focus on virtual and immersive experience, and has been Extreme E’s chosen live event partner since the series was launched onboard the RMS St. Helena in London in January 2019.

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The St Helena's at Fairiie Quay is a cargo ship which now transports state-of-the-art motor racing cars around the globe for the Extreme E series. See here

Extreme E’s international motor racing circuit sees motor cars being transported all over the globe to some of the most outlandish locations on the planet - and it is all made possible by its floating centrepiece and base, the St Helena.

The Glenmuckloch opencast coal mine site, near Kirkconnel, hosted the international eco-friendly rallying event over Saturday and Sunday.

Extreme E is an FIA-sanctioned international off-road racing series that uses spec silhouette electric SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicle) to race in remote parts of the world, such as the Saudi Arabian desert or the Arctic - bringing electric racing to some of the most remote corners of the planet to highlight the climate change challenges faced by different ecosystems.

Over the weekend's racing in adverse rain, Veloce Racing’s Taylor finished first after a confident drive in muddy and chalenging conditions to take a second victory for the team this season and a return to the top of the leaderboard for the British squad on home soil at the Hydro X Prix.

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Kevin Hansen and Molly Taylor led from start to finish, fending off attacks from the NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team, who secured their second-ever podium in Extreme E at also the team’s home event.

Coming in third were No.99 GMC HUMMER EV Chip Ganassi Racing, with a maiden podium for RJ Anderson and Amanda Sorensen having been in every Grand Final so far this season. 

Winners of the Redemption Race were JBXE, having seen off Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E and ABT CUPRA XE, the only other contenders on course after two DNFs. 

Kevin Hansen, Veloce Racing, said: “We had a tough weekend, much tougher than Saudi Arabia. We didn’t really have anything on our side yesterday, so to finally get into the grand final and have all our support on GridPlay really helped.

“It was nice after Friday, with our double P1s in Free Practice, to come back and actually get on top. It was a huge effort from the team to pull through in such difficult conditions. They gave me full reign for an hour before the final and quick decisions on set-up and everything. It was really cool to pull it off."