After the great success it achieved in the inaugural season in 2021, the "Extreme E" Championship returns with a stronger and more attractive in its second season, to bear a major title in its inaugural stage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the "Desert Xpre" award that will be launched in "NEOM" 5 days later (February 19-20).

"Race for Earth" is the title that will decorate the new racing series in its second edition, which continues to present its lofty message, and its focus is on addressing climate change through sport, which meets with "Vision 2030" and the pioneering "NEOM" project to build an ecosystem High-performance, and with the Kingdom's commitment to developing and encouraging sustainability technologies and systems.

So, from the deserts of "NEOM", the launch will be where the huge project that includes exceptional cities and a main destination for visitors and an inspiring site for all adventure sports, with its wide red sand, wonderful sandstone formations, and historical wall art of civilizations dating back thousands of years.

And the choice of "NEOM" as a primary site by "Xtreme E" was not only because of its picturesque desert scenery and the great cultural and societal transformation it represents, but also because this tournament aims to shed light on the causes of desertification and loss of biodiversity, and the importance of resilience in this region, in addition to The NEOM terrain will also ensure a robust test drive for drivers and the all-electric Odyssey 21, which will be driven by a male and female driver from each team over two days of competition.

After the race in AlUla, home to the world's largest sand desert, and the hub of global motorsport, it will be in full swing with the inaugural race expected to be intense in a season in which teams are expected to take the challenge to a higher level in an attempt to copy the achievement of the title-winning Rosberg X Racing team. The first edition of the tournament.

Each team participates with a driver and a female driver within the general tendency to encourage equality and equal opportunity between competitors, and each driver and female driver will complete one lap, with the adoption of switching according to the racing formula, and the team determines the driver who starts first to best suit its strategy, where the selection is made in secret to keep the competitors Unaware of each other's choices until the moment the cars hit the starting line.

From here, competition between males and females is guaranteed, and each driver will receive a 'Hyperdrive' boost on each lap of the race, which is activated when the driver presses a button on the steering wheel, giving him a power boost for a set amount of time.

The competitions are divided over Saturday and Sunday, with each team participating in two time trials on Saturday, in the first qualifying round and the second round of trials.

On Sunday there will be a thrilling race, as well as the semi-finals and final, and each time trial consists of two laps - one lap led by the driver and the other led by the driver.

Saturday's qualifying sessions consist of two rounds of time trials, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, and the team's starting order is determined by a lottery.

All time trials consist of two rounds with the team giving the advantage of changing drivers, and the times recorded in the morning session will equal the classification points, meaning that the first place holder gets 9 points, the second place gets 8, and the third gets 7 points, which is the same thing that is approved in the afternoon With rating points awarded according to the same scale.

The total number of classification points determines the order of the qualifying rounds, and from the trial rounds, the teams that ranked first, fifth and sixth will qualify for the first semi-final, while the second, third and fourth placed teams will qualify for the semi-final No. 2.

As for the teams that occupy positions from 7 to 9, for example, they move to the exciting race.

On Sunday, there will be four races: the enthusiastic race, the first semi-final, the second semi-final, and the final. Three cars compete in each race, and the two first places in each semi-final, in addition to the winner of the enthusiastic race, will qualify for the final.

The pole position in the final will be determined by the fans through the GridPlay voting system, but the fifth team that reaches the final after qualifying from the thrilling race is out of options in the voting system.