2021 Desert X-Prix Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Round 1 of 5 of the 2021 Extreme E Championship
Next Round:	2021 Ocean X-Prix
Country:	Saudi Arabia
Grand Prix:	Desert
Gp Suffix:	X-Prix
Date:	3–4 April
Year:	2021
Race No:	1
Season No:	5
Location:	Al-'Ula, Saudi Arabia
Course:	Sand, rocks
Course Km:	8.8
Course Mi:	5.4
Distance Laps:	2
Distance Km:	17.6
Distance Mi:	10.9
Pole Driver:	Sébastien Loeb
Pole Driver2:	Cristina Gutiérrez
Pole Team:	Team X44
Pole Time:	21:55.998
Pole Country:	FRA
Pole Country2:	ESP
First Driver:	Johan Kristoffersson
First Driver2:	Molly Taylor
First Team:	Rosberg X Racing
First Country:	SWE
First Country2:	AUS
Second Driver:	Timmy Hansen
Second Driver2:	Catie Munnings
Second Team:	Andretti United XE
Second Country:	SWE
Second Country2:	GBR
Third Driver:	Sébastien Loeb
Third Driver2:	Cristina Gutiérrez
Third Team:	Team X44
Third Country:	FRA
Third Country2:	ESP

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

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

Key
Colour	Advance to
Black	Semi-Final
Silver	Crazy Race
Bronze	Shootout
Gold	Final

scope=row	Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
scope=row	Points	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3

Semi-final

			Team	Drivers		Time	Points
	scope=row	1	6	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson Molly Taylor	2	11:12.950
	scope=row	2	44	Team X44	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	2	+28.910
scope=row colspan=2	3	55	Acciona Sainz XE Team	Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz	2	+1:06.828	15
Source:^[5]

Crazy Race

			Team	Drivers		Time	Points
	scope=row	1	23	Andretti United Extreme E	Timmy Hansen Catie Munnings	2	11:30.564
scope=row colspan=2	2	42	Hispano Suiza Xite Energy Team	Oliver Bennett Christine Giampaoli Zonca	2	+30.342	12
scope=row colspan=2	3	22	JBXE	Jenson Button Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	2	+1:06.662	10
Source:^[6]

Shootout

		Team	Drivers		Time	Points
scope=row	1	125	Abt Cupra XE	Mattias Ekström Claudia Hürtgen	1	5:07.187	8
scope=row	2	99	Segi TV Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price Kyle LeDuc	1	+21.716	5
scope=row	WD	5	Veloce Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Jamie Chadwick	0	Withdrew	-
Source:^[7]

Notes:

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

Final

		Team	Drivers		Time	Points
scope=row	1	6	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson Molly Taylor	2	11:29.746	25
scope=row	2	23	Andretti United Extreme E	Timmy Hansen Catie Munnings	2	+23.736	19
scope=row	3	44	Team X44	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	2	+1:38.098	18
Source:^[8]

scope=row	Position	1	2	3
scope=row	Points	25	19	18

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Kew. Matt. Rosberg X Racing team dominates Extreme E's Saudi opener. Autosport. 4 April 2021. 4 April 2021.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 1. Al Kamel Systems. en. 7 April 2021.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2. Al Kamel Systems. en. 7 April 2021.
Web site: 90 - Classification - Combined QP. Al Kamel Systems. en. 19 December 2021.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Semi Final. Al Kamel Systems. en. 19 December 2021.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Crazy Race. Al Kamel Systems. en. 19 December 2021.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Shoot Out. Al Kamel Systems. en. 7 April 2021.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Final Race. Al Kamel Systems. en. 7 April 2021.