2021 Desert X-Prix

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]

2021 Desert X-Prix
Round 1 of 5 of the 2021 Extreme E Championship Next race →
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	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	Team X44
Time	21:55.998
Podium
First	Johan Kristoffersson Molly Taylor	Rosberg X Racing
Second	Timmy Hansen Catie Munnings	Andretti United XE
Third	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	Team X44

Classification

Qualifying

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

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

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	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson Molly Taylor	2	11:12.950
	2	44	Team X44	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	2	+28.910
3		55	Acciona | Sainz XE Team	Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz	2	+1:06.828	15
Source:[5]

Crazy Race

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

Shootout

Pos.	No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
1	125	Abt Cupra XE	Mattias Ekström Claudia Hürtgen	11	5:07.187	8
2	99	Segi TV Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price Kyle LeDuc	11	+21.716	52
WD	5	Veloce Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin 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	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson Molly Taylor	2	11:29.746	25
2	23	Andretti United Extreme E	Timmy Hansen Catie Munnings	2	+23.736	19
3	44	Team X44	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	2	+1:38.098	18
Source:[8]

Position	1	2	3
Points	25	19	18