# 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.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos. | Pos. | No. | Team | Drivers | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Total | Total | Gap | Points |
| Pos. | 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 |
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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. | 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 | 3 | 55 | Acciona | Sainz XE Team | Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz | 2 | +1:06.828 | 15 |
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### Crazy Race

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

| Pos. | No. | Team | Drivers | Laps | Time | Points |
| 1 | 125 | Abt Cupra XE | Mattias Ekström Claudia Hürtgen | 1 | 5:07.187 | 8 |
| 2 | 99 | Segi TV Chip Ganassi Racing | Sara Price Kyle LeDuc | 1 | +21.716 | 5 |
| WD | 5 | Veloce Racing | Stéphane Sarrazin Jamie Chadwick | 0 | Withdrew | - |
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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.

### 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 |
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| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Points | 25 | 19 | 18 |