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]
Johan Kristoffersson and Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky won round one for Kristoffersson's KMS outfit,[8] while Catie Munnings and Andreas Bakkerud won the last ever Extreme E race for Team Hansen.[9]
Calendar
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]
Teams and drivers
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]
Driver and team changes
- 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]
- After Rosberg X Racing disbanded at the end of 2024,[30] two-time champion Johan Kristoffersson set up his own XE and XH squad for himself and teammate Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky. Kristoffersson Motorsport (KMS) also entered a second car in collaboration with talent agency EVEN Management, fielding the Norwegian duo of returnee Hedda Hosås and rookie Ole Christian Veiby.[28]
- 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]
- As Andretti Global ended its Extreme E involvement, Timmy Hansen stepped up and brought his father's FIA World Rallycross Championship team Hansen Motorsport to the grid. He secured the services of long-term teammate Catie Munnings and former JBXE driver Andreas Bakkerud.[27]
- Legacy Motor Club and McLaren did not return to Extreme E, with the latter also pulling out of Formula E.[33]
- Mid-season changes
- 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]
Results and standings
X-Prix
Round one
Round two
See also
References
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- ^ Day, James (8 October 2025). "The FIA and Extreme H launch world's first hydrogen-powered World Cup". Goodwood Road & Racing. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ Lister, Matt (8 October 2025). "Extreme H: Final teams and drivers grid for hydrogen's first World Cup". Driving Hydrogen. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
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- ^ a b c Awan, Zahra (30 September 2025). "Extreme E and FIA Extreme H World Cup announce two more teams". pmw-magazine.com. Professional Motorsport World. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
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- ^ a b c d Wilde, Dominik (24 September 2025). "Carl Cox Motorsport to return for Extreme E/Extreme H events in Saudi Arabia". RACER.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Jenson Button's JBX Confirmed for FIA Extreme H World Cup". Extreme E - The Electric Odyssey. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Jameel Motorsport launches first Saudi team in Extreme E and FIA Extreme H World Cup". Arab News. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "A year on from the rally that changed Claire Schönborn's life". WRC.com. FIA World Rally Championship. 7 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Team Hansen Ready to Make History at FIA Extreme H World Cup". Fuel Cells Works. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d Aspetorp, Jonas (30 September 2025). "KMS dubblar upp i Extreme: "En bra kombination"". Arvika Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b Wirtz, Tobias (3 October 2025). "Countdown to "The Final Lap": All news about the Desert X Prix of Extreme E". e-Formula.news. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ König, Svenja (15 October 2025). "Extreme E team Rosberg X Racing disbands". e-Formula.news. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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- ^ "Jameel Motorsport tops Desert X Prix Race 2 Qualifying after dramatic Saudi comeback". EV Powered. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia
STARD[20]
Patrick O'Donovan[21]
Amanda Sorensen[20]
Klara Andersson[22]
Timo Scheider[22]
Christine GZ[24]
Tommi Hallman[24]
Fraser McConnell[17]
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Molly Taylor[25]
Andreas Bakkerud[27]
Adrien Tambay[29]
