2021 Desert X-Prix
Round 1 of 5 of the 2021 Extreme E Championship
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Race details
Date 3–4 April 2021
Location Al-'Ula, Saudi Arabia
Course Sand, rocks
Course length 8.8 km (5.4 miles)
Distance 2 laps, 17.6 km (10.9 miles)
Pole position
Drivers
Team X44
Time 21:55.998
Podium
First
Rosberg X Racing
Second
Andretti United XE
Third
Team X44

The 2021 Desert X-Prix was an Extreme E off-road race that was held on 3 and 4 April 2021 in Al-'Ula, Saudi Arabia. It was the first Championship round of the electric off-road racing car series' inaugural season. The final was won by Johan Kristoffersson and Molly Taylor for the Rosberg X Racing team, ahead of Andretti United Extreme E and Team X44.[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Team Drivers Q1 Q2 Total Gap Points
Laps Time Laps Time Laps Time
  1 44 United Kingdom Team X44 France Sébastien Loeb
Spain Cristina Gutiérrez		 2 10:48.067 2 11:07.931 4 21:55.998 12
  2 55 Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Laia Sanz		 2 11:16.231 2 11:20.864 4 22:37.095 +41.097 11
  3 6 Germany Rosberg X Racing Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Australia Molly Taylor		 2 10:43.565 2 12:03.258 4 22:46.823 +50.825 10
  4 23 United States Andretti United Extreme E Sweden Timmy Hansen
United Kingdom Catie Munnings		 2 11:31.603 2 11:32.931 4 23:04.534 +1:08.536 9
  5 42 Spain Hispano Suiza Xite Energy Team Spain Christine Giampaoli Zonca
United Kingdom Oliver Bennett		 2 13:09.038 2 12:01.694 4 25:10.732 +3:14.734 8
  6 22 United Kingdom JBXE United Kingdom Jenson Button
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky		 2 12:22.426 2 14:02.952 4 26:25.378 +4:29.380 7
  7 99 United States Segi TV Chip Ganassi Racing United States Kyle LeDuc
United States Sara Price		 2 13:33.674 0 No time 2 13:33.674 +2 laps 6
  8 125 Germany Abt Cupra XE Sweden Mattias Ekström
Germany Claudia Hürtgen		 1 4:42.210 0 No time 1 4:42.210 +3 laps 5
  9 5 United Kingdom Veloce Racing France Stéphane Sarrazin
United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick		 0 No time 0 No time 0 No time +4 laps 4
Source:[2][3][4]
Key
ColourAdvance to
BlackSemi-Final
SilverCrazy Race
BronzeShootout
GoldFinal
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Points 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3

Semi-final

Pos. No. Team Drivers Laps Time Points
  1 6 Germany Rosberg X Racing Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Australia Molly Taylor		 2 11:12.950
  2 44 United Kingdom Team X44 France Sébastien Loeb
Spain Cristina Gutiérrez		 2 +28.910
3 55 Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Laia Sanz		 2 +1:06.828 15
Source:[5]

Crazy Race

Pos. No. Team Drivers Laps Time Points
  1 23 United States Andretti United Extreme E Sweden Timmy Hansen
United Kingdom Catie Munnings		 2 11:30.564
2 42 Spain Hispano Suiza Xite Energy Team United Kingdom Oliver Bennett
Spain Christine Giampaoli Zonca		 2 +30.342 12
3 22 United Kingdom JBXE United Kingdom Jenson Button
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky		 2 +1:06.662 10
Source:[6]

Shootout

Pos. No. Team Drivers Laps Time Points
1 125 Germany Abt Cupra XE Sweden Mattias Ekström
Germany Claudia Hürtgen		 11 5:07.187 8
2 99 United States Segi TV Chip Ganassi Racing United States Sara Price
United States Kyle LeDuc		 11 +21.716 52
WD 5 United Kingdom Veloce Racing France Stéphane Sarrazin
United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick		 0 Withdrew -
Source:[7]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Retired after crashing on lap 2.
  • ^2  – Chip Ganassi Racing and Kyle LeDuc received a 1 championship point penalty for causing a collision.[7]

Final

Pos. No. Team Drivers Laps Time Points
1 6 Germany Rosberg X Racing Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Australia Molly Taylor		 2 11:29.746 25
2 23 United States Andretti United Extreme E Sweden Timmy Hansen
United Kingdom Catie Munnings		 2 +23.736 19
3 44 United Kingdom Team X44 France Sébastien Loeb
Spain Cristina Gutiérrez		 2 +1:38.098 18
Source:[8]
Position 1 2 3
Points 25 19 18

References

  1. ↑ Kew, Matt (4 April 2021). "Rosberg X Racing team dominates Extreme E's Saudi opener". Autosport. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "90 - Classification - Combined QP" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "03 - Classification - Semi Final" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "03 - Classification - Crazy Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  7. 1 2 "03 - Classification - Shoot Out" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "03 - Classification - Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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