Oliver Bennett

Oliver Roy Bennett (born 7 November 1992) is a rallycross driver from Bristol, United Kingdom. He is the co-founder of the Xite Energy drink company, and competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship and Extreme E for the Xite Energy Racing team.

Early career

Bennett started his racing career competing in motocross from the age of eight, through to 18 when he competed in the European MX championship.

An accident left Barrett unable to continue competition on two wheels so he made the move to four wheels competing in Rallycross.

Rallycross In 2016, Bennett made his debut in British Rallycross Championship racing an ex-OSME Ford Fiesta.

In 2017, Bennett finished on the podium seven out of nine races and despite scoring the most points that season, he narrowly miss out on the overall title due to dropped point scores; he also got his first taste of World Rallycross action at Lydden Hill in a one-off race.

Towards the end of the 2017 season, Bennett's team XITE Racing built a rallycross spec BMW MINI Cooper Supercar to compete in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, debuting it in the first round of the British Rallycross season at Silverstone.

Bennett's 2018 World RX season started at the first round in Barcelona where he finished with a 15th position in a tough line up and wet conditions.

The team continued their development of the car throughout the year, before Bennett made his Americas Rallycross debut, narrowly missing on semi-finals in his three appearances.

Following the end of the 2018 World RX season, Bennett made his Gymkhana GRiD debut in Cape Town, South Africa.

In 2019, Bennett would enter the FIA World Rallycross Championship once again, backed by XITE Energy and automotive social media site Drive Tribe.

Dirt Rally 2.0 Bennett's Ford Fiesta rallycross car along with the XITE Racing Mini SX1 is available as a playable car in the Dirt Rally 2.0 game from Codemasters.

Racing record

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results Supercar/RX1 Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WRX Points 2017 Oliver Bennett Ford Fiesta BAR POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT GER RSA 39th 0 2018 Oliver Bennett BMW MINI Cooper BAR POR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT USA GER RSA 39th -3 2019 Xite Racing Mini Cooper ABU BAR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT RSA 20th 12b 2020 Oliver Bennett Mini Cooper SX1 SWE SWE FIN FIN LAT LAT BAR BAR 21st 11 2021 Oliver Bennett Mini Cooper BAR12 SWE FRA LAT LAT BEL PRT GER GER 22nd 8

a Loss of 10 championship points – stewards' decision

b Loss of 10 championship points – stewards' decision

Complete Extreme E results (key) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 2021 Hispano-Suiza Xite Energy Team Spark ODYSSEY 21 DESQ DESR 9th Xite Energy Racing OCEQ OCER ARCQ ARCR ISLQ ISLR JURQ JURR 2022 Xite Energy Racing Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES ISL1 ISL2 COP ENE 15th 8