2022 Desert X-Prix

2022 Desert X-Prix
2022 Desert X-Prix
Round 1 of 5 of the 2022 Extreme E Championship
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Race details
Date	19–20 February 2022
Location	Neom, Saudi Arabia
Course	Sand, rock
Course length	6.9 km (4.3 miles)
Distance	2 laps, 13.8 km (8.6 miles)
Pole position
Drivers	Cristina Gutiérrez ; Sébastien Loeb ;
Podium
First	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky ; Johan Kristoffersson ;
Second	Carlos Sainz ; Laia Sanz ;
Third	Sébastien Loeb ; Cristina Gutiérrez ;

Last updated January 28, 2024

The 2022 Desert X-Prix was an Extreme E off-road race that was held on 19 and 20 February 2022 in the future planned city of Neom, Saudi Arabia. It was the first round of the electric off-road racing car series' second season, and also marked the second running of the event, albeit in a different location to 2021. The final was won by Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky and Johan Kristoffersson for reigning champions Rosberg X Racing, ahead of the Acciona | Sainz XE Team and Team X44.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying 2 draw^[2]
Heat 1	Team X44	Chip Ganassi Racing	Acciona \| Sainz XE	Abt Cupra XE	Veloce Racing
Heat 2	Rosberg X Racing	Andretti United XE	Xite Energy Racing	McLaren XE	JBXE

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Q1			Q2			Combined
Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	CP	Laps	Time	CP	Combined
	1	44	Team X44	Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb	2	9:10.515	9	2	9:00.620	10	19
	2	23	Genesys Andretti United Extreme E	Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen	2	9:14.695	8	2	9:10.693	10	18
	3	99	Chip Ganassi Racing	Kyle LeDuc Sara Price	2	9:15.842	7	2	9:20.200	8	15
	4	6	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	2	9:03.604	10	2	9:26.772	4	14
	5	42	Xite Energy Racing	Tamara Molinaro Oliver Bennett	2	9:17.403	6	2	9:24.396	8	14
	6	55	Acciona \| Sainz XE Team	Laia Sanz Carlos Sainz	2	9:21.355	5	1	4:59.752	6	11
	7	22	JBXE	Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor	2	10:04.367	2	2	9:26.064	6	8
	8	58	McLaren XE	Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust	2	9:26.979	4	2	10:03.366	2	6
	9	125	Abt Cupra XE	Jutta Kleinschmidt Nasser Al-Attiyah	2	9:50.385	3	2	12:14.592	2¹	5
	10	5	Veloce Racing	Lance Woolridge Christine GZ	1	9:14.817	0	0	No time	0	0
Source:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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

Notes:

Tie-breakers were determined by Super Sector times.^[6]
^1 – Abt Cupra XE were demoted one position and deducted two intermediate points for causing a collision in heat 1 of qualifying 2.^[7]

Semi-final 1

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
	1	44	Team X44	Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb	2	9:05.107
	2	6	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	2	+7.660
3		42	Xite Energy Racing	Tamara Molinaro Oliver Bennett	2	+17.590¹	8
Source:^[8]

Notes:

^1 – Xite Energy Racing originally finished second, but later received a 10-second time penalty for taking down a waypoint flag.^[9]

Semi-final 2

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
	1	99	Chip Ganassi Racing	Kyle LeDuc Sara Price	2	9:12.337
	2	55	Acciona \| Sainz XE Team	Laia Sanz Carlos Sainz	2	+6.850
3		23	Genesys Andretti United Extreme E	Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen	1	+1 lap	6
Source:^[10]

Crazy Race

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
	1	58	McLaren XE	Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust	2	9:14.250
2		125	Abt Cupra XE	Jutta Kleinschmidt Nasser Al-Attiyah	2	+2.642	4
3		22	JBXE	Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor	2	+11.623	2
4		5	Veloce Racing	Lance Woolridge Hedda Hosås	2	+3:39.676	1
Source:^[11]

Notes:

Veloce's Christine GZ was replaced by Hedda Hosås after suffering an injury in qualifying.^[12]

Final

Pos.	No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
1	6	Rosberg X Racing	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Johan Kristoffersson	2	27:08.453	25+5¹
2	55	Acciona \| Sainz XE Team	Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz	2	+2.483	18
3	44	Team X44	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	2	+5.807	15
4	99	Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price Kyle LeDuc	2	+25.202	12
5	58	McLaren XE	Tanner Foust Emma Gilmour	0	+2 laps	10
Source:^[13]

Notes:

The race was red-flagged at the end of lap 1 after a crash for McLaren's Tanner Foust. All four other teams took the restart, with the gaps maintained.
^1 – Team awarded 5 additional points for being fastest in the Super Sector.^[14]

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References

↑ Whitfield, Steve (20 February 2022). "Desert X-Prix: Rosberg X Racing triumph in red-flagged final". Autosport . Retrieved 20 February 2022.
↑ "Doc 44 - Bulletin S02-R01-09" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
↑ "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
↑ "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
↑ "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
1 2 "07 - Combined Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
↑ "Doc 54 - Decision No. 18 - Car 125" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
↑ "03 - Classification - Semi Final 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
↑ "Doc 65 - Decision No. 21 - Car 42" (PDF). Extreme E. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
↑ "03 - Classification - Semi Final 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
↑ "03 - Classification - Crazy Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
↑ Nguyen, Justin (19 February 2022). "Christine GZ fractures foot in Q1 wreck, Hedda Hosas to sub for X Prix". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
↑ "03 - Classification - Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
↑ "07 - Continental Traction Challenge Classification - After Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

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[1] Whitfield, Steve (20 February 2022). "Desert X-Prix: Rosberg X Racing triumph in red-flagged final". Autosport . Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[2] "Doc 44 - Bulletin S02-R01-09" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[3] "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[4] "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[5] "03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[combined_QP-6] 1 2 "07 - Combined Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[7] "Doc 54 - Decision No. 18 - Car 125" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[semi1-8] "03 - Classification - Semi Final 1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[9] "Doc 65 - Decision No. 21 - Car 42" (PDF). Extreme E. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[10] "03 - Classification - Semi Final 2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[11] "03 - Classification - Crazy Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[VeloceHosas-12] Nguyen, Justin (19 February 2022). "Christine GZ fractures foot in Q1 wreck, Hedda Hosas to sub for X Prix". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

[13] "03 - Classification - Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[SSclassification-14] "07 - Continental Traction Challenge Classification - After Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

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2022 Desert X-Prix

Contents

Classification

Qualifying

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Crazy Race

Final

Related Research Articles

References

External links