2021 Desert X-Prix

2021 Desert X-Prix
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	Sébastien Loeb; Cristina Gutiérrez;
Time	21:55.998
Podium
First	Johan Kristoffersson; Molly Taylor;
Second	Timmy Hansen; Catie Munnings;
Third	Sébastien Loeb; Cristina Gutiérrez;

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

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Q1		Q2		Total		Gap	Points
Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Laps	Time	Laps	Time	Gap	Points
	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]

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

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]

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]

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]

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

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

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