The 2025 Extreme E Championship,[1] promoted as The Final Lap,[2] was the fifth and final season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series.[3][4] Planned in the aftermath of the failed 2024 season, it consisted of a one-off farewell event held at Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia against the backdrop of the Tuwaiq mountains.[5][6] The double-header took place on 4–5 October 2025, days before the inaugural edition of the hydrogen-based, FIA-backed Extreme H World Cup.[7]
On 6 September 2024, with only 4 of 10 races in its 2024 campaign completed, Extreme E announced the cancellation of its planned remaining rounds.[10] With the season on hold, founder and CEO Alejandro Agag stated the series was "reviewing alternative solutions" to fulfil its calendar.[11]
The attempts did not come to fruition and instead, on 4 September 2025, nearly a full year later, a one-off return was announced.[12] Scheduled for early October at an undisclosed location in Saudi Arabia, later confirmed to be Qiddiya City,[13] it served as a final send-off for Extreme E before it formally passed the baton to Extreme H.[14]
The year-long hiatus and imminent hydrogen switch resulted in a significant shakeup, with five of the eight teams being new.[15][16]Acciona|Sainz and JBX remained from the 2024 grid, the former with an unchanged lineup, while Carl Cox Motorsport returned.[17] All teams used one of the identical Odyssey 21 electric SUVs manufactured by Spark Racing Technology and consisted of a male and a female driver, who shared a car and had equal driving duties.[18] The event saw Yokohama replace Continental as tyre supplier.[19]
Austrian R&D company STARD, known for building the electric Ford SuperVan, entered Extreme E for the first time and recruited Amanda Sorensen and Patrick O'Donovan.[20]
English DJ Carl Cox revived his team after a year's absence, and linked up 2023 driver Timo Scheider with Klara Andersson. Scheider also doubled up as team principal, a role he had previously held at SUN Minimeal.[22]
Jenson Button rebranded his JBXE team to JBX and joined forces with Team Monaco, a project set up by kite surfer Maxime Nocher and investor Chris Taylor.[24] They ran an all-new lineup of Christine GZ and Tommi Hallman, who made his championship debut after serving as reserve driver in 2023 and 2024.[31]
Despite being the first team to commit to Extreme H in February 2025, Veloce Racing did not appear on the final grid of either event.[32] Saudi firm Jameel Motorsport then launched a team and signed former Veloce pair Kevin Hansen and Molly Taylor.[25]
After an accident in the first qualifying heat of round one, Molly Taylor was transferred to a local hospital for checks. She was replaced by reserve driver Claire Schönborn for the rest of the day and returned for round two.[34]
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