T DHE ESERT WAITS

AExtreme E makes its long-awaited return this month, with Season3 kicking off with the traditional Desert X-Prix in the NEOM region of Saudi Arabia.

The stage is set for another year of thrilling racing and nail-biting drama, with new teams and new races to look forward to. Ten rounds of racing will take place across three different continents with some of the most challenging terrains on the planet.

After the curtain raiser in Saudi Arabia, Extreme E will descend on Scotland for the first time, with a new circuit located in the village of Sanquhar for the ‘Hydro X-Prix’. A double header in Sardinia will follow for the ‘Island X-Prix’ before two rounds of racing in either the Amazon rainforest or the USA, with the exact location to be confirmed. The season finale will the take place in Antofagasta, Chile for the Copper X-Prix.

The opening round of the season will take place on the shores of the Red Sea close to the location of the 2022 NEOM Beach Games, which hosted over 300 athletes from 25 countries.

Teams will once again face a mostly sandy terrain, though a very different challenge and location to the deserts of the series’ past two visits to Saudi Arabia.

Many of the drivers will have experienced a shoreline course before, at the Ocean X Prix in Senegal in 2021, but all will have to be at the top of their game to meet the unique demands of this terrain.