2021 Ocean X-Prix

2021 Ocean X-Prix
2021 Ocean X-Prix
Round 2 of 5 of the 2021 Extreme E Championship
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Race details
Date	29–30 May 2021
Location	Lac Rose, Senegal
Course	Sand bars, salt beds, gravel
Course length	6.2 km (3.9 miles)
Distance	2 laps, 12.4 km (7.7 miles)
Pole position
Drivers	Sébastien Loeb ; Cristina Gutiérrez ;
Time	21:44.856
Podium
First	Molly Taylor ; Johan Kristoffersson ;
Second	Stéphane Sarrazin ; Jamie Chadwick ;
Third	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky ; Kevin Hansen ;

Last updated January 21, 2024

The 2021 Ocean X-Prix was an Extreme E off-road race that was held on 29 and 30 May 2021 in Lac Rose, Senegal. It was the second round of the electric off-road racing car series' inaugural season. The final was won by championship leaders Molly Taylor and Johan Kristoffersson for the Rosberg X Racing team, ahead of Veloce Racing and JBXE.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

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	10:47.289	2	10:57.567	4	21:44.856		12
	2	6	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson Molly Taylor	2	11:02.310	2	11:10.128	4	22:12.438	+27.582	11
	3	125	Abt Cupra XE	Mattias Ekström Jutta Kleinschmidt	2	11:13.122	2	11:07.691	4	22:20.813	+35.957	10
	4	22	JBXE	Kevin Hansen Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	2	11:13.405	2	11:12.021	4	22:25.426	+40.570	9
	5	5	Veloce Racing	Jamie Chadwick Stéphane Sarrazin	2	11:37.599	2	11:27.771	4	23:05.370	+1:20.514	8
	6	42	Xite Energy Racing	Oliver Bennett Christine GZ	2	11:52.806	2	11:43.655	4	23:36.461	+1:51.605	7
	7	99	Segi TV Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price Kyle LeDuc	2	10:51.528	2	14:50.287	4	25:41.815	+3:56.959	6+5¹
	8	23	Andretti United Extreme E	Timmy Hansen Catie Munnings	2	14:39.665	2	11:17.403	4	25:57.068	+4:12.212	5
	9	55	Acciona \| Sainz XE Team	Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz	1	12:16.845	2	11:23.131	3	23:39.976	+1 lap	4
Source:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Key
Colour	Advance to
Black	Semi-Final 1
Silver	Semi-Final 2
Bronze	Shootout
Gold	Final

Notes:

^1 – Team awarded 5 additional points for being fastest in the Super Sector.^[5]

Semi-final 1

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
	1	6	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson Molly Taylor	2	11:05.029
	2	44	Team X44	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	2	+2.262
3		125	Abt Cupra XE	Mattias Ekström Jutta Kleinschmidt	2	+3.242	12
Source:^[6]

Semi-final 2

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
	1	22	JBXE	Kevin Hansen Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	2	11:24.263
	2	5	Veloce Racing	Jamie Chadwick Stéphane Sarrazin	2	+29.703
3		42	Xite Energy Racing	Oliver Bennett Christine GZ	2	+43.241	10
Source:^[7]

Shootout

Pos.	No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
1	99	Segi TV Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price Kyle LeDuc	2	11:17.759	8
2	55	Acciona \| Sainz XE Team	Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz	2	+7.748	6
3	23	Andretti United Extreme E	Timmy Hansen Catie Munnings	2	+8.769	4
Source:^[8]

Final

Pos.	No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
1	6	Rosberg X Racing	Molly Taylor Johan Kristoffersson	2	21:52.101	25
2	5	Veloce Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Jamie Chadwick	2	+14.676	19
3	22	JBXE	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Kevin Hansen	0	+2 laps	18
4	44	Team X44	Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb	0	+2 laps	15
Source:^[9]

The race was red-flagged at the end of lap 1 to rescue the beached cars of JBXE and X44. It was resumed with a standing start with the second drivers. Only RXR's Johan Kristoffersson and Veloce's Jamie Chadwick were able to take the restart.

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References

↑ Kew, Matt (30 May 2021). "Rosberg X Racing wins Senegal Extreme E despite clash with Hamilton's X44 team". Autosport . Retrieved 30 May 2021.
↑ "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
↑ "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ "90 - Classification - Combined QP" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ "07 - Super Sector Classification - After Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
↑ "03 - Classification - Semi Final 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
↑ "03 - Classification - Semi Final 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
↑ "03 - Classification - Shoot Out" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
↑ "03 - Classification - Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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[1] Kew, Matt (30 May 2021). "Rosberg X Racing wins Senegal Extreme E despite clash with Hamilton's X44 team". Autosport . Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[2] "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[3] "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[4] "90 - Classification - Combined QP" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[5] "07 - Super Sector Classification - After Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[6] "03 - Classification - Semi Final 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[7] "03 - Classification - Semi Final 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[8] "03 - Classification - Shoot Out" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[9] "03 - Classification - Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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