2022 Extreme E Championship

2022 Extreme E Championship

Drivers' Champions:
Cristina Gutiérrez
Sébastien Loeb
Teams' Champion:
X44 Vida Carbon Racing

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Cristina Gutiérrez (left) and Sebastien Loeb (right) won the championship for Team X44.

The 2022 Extreme E Championship was the second season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series. ^[1]

Calendar

On 24 September 2021, a provisional five-round calendar was revealed, which included a return to Saudi Arabia for the season opener in February, an African event, a second Arctic X-Prix in Greenland or Iceland, and two trips to South America. ^[2] A further update was announced on 22 December 2021. Saudi Arabia and Sardinia returned from the previous year, with new events were to be held in Chile, Uruguay and either Scotland or Senegal. ^[3] The latter was later cancelled on 8 April due to logistical issues, with Sardinia postponed until July and hosting two events. ^[4]

Neom

Sardinia

Antofagasta

Punta del Este

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Locations of the 2022 races

Round	Dates	Event	Location
1	19–20 February 2022	Desert X-Prix	Neom, Saudi Arabia
2	6–7 July 2022	Island X-Prix I	Sardinia, Italy
3	9–10 July 2022	Island X-Prix II
4	24–25 September 2022	Copper X-Prix	Antofagasta, Chile
5	26–27 November 2022	Energy X-Prix	Punta del Este, Uruguay

The following events were cancelled:

Original Date	Event	Location
7–8 May 2022	Ocean X-Prix	Scotland or Senegal
9–10 July 2022	Arctic X-Prix	Greenland or Iceland

Race format

Rule changes regarding the race format were introduced for the start of the season. Qualifying now consists of one round of qualifying time trial and another of qualifying races, with the latter comprising two five-car heats. The intermediate classification points system was kept but updated to accommodate the introduction of heats (10 points for the time trial winner down to 1 for the last-placed team; 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 for the heats), but championship points are no longer awarded based on combined qualifying results, in an attempt to put the primary focus on the races. The progression to the semi-finals was also slightly tweaked: fourth and fifth now advance to semi-final 1, while sixth moves on to semi-final 2; as a new team entered the championship, four cars now composed the "crazy race". Lastly, a new scoring system akin to the one used in Formula 1, albeit with the five extra points for the "super sector", was implemented. ^[5]

Teams and drivers

All teams that competed in the 2021 championship remained in 2022, with McLaren joining to form a ten-car grid. All teams used one of the identical Odyssey 21 electric SUVs manufactured by Spark Racing Technology, with Abt Cupra XE and Chip Ganassi Racing running modified bodyworks. ^{[6] [7]} Each team consists of a male and a female driver, who share a car and have equal driving duties. ^[8]

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Veloce Racing	5	Christine GZ [9]	1–4
		Hedda Hosås [10]	1
		Molly Taylor [11]	5
		Lance Woolridge [12]	1–4
		Kevin Hansen [11]	5
Rosberg X Racing	6	Johan Kristoffersson [13]	All
		Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky [13]	All
JBXE	22	Kevin Hansen [14]	1–4
		Fraser McConnell [15]	5
		Molly Taylor [14]	1
		Hedda Hosås [16]	2–5
Genesys Andretti United Extreme E	23	Catie Munnings [17]	All
		Timmy Hansen [17]	All
Xite Energy Racing	42	Oliver Bennett [18]	1
		Timo Scheider [19]	2–4
		Ezequiel Pérez Companc [20]	5
		Tamara Molinaro [21]	All
Team X44 X44 Vida Carbon Racing [N 1]	44	Cristina Gutiérrez [23]	All
		Sébastien Loeb [23]	All
Acciona | Sainz XE Team	55	Carlos Sainz [24]	All
		Laia Sanz [24]	All
McLaren XE Neom McLaren Extreme E Team [N 2]	58	Emma Gilmour [26]	All
		Tanner Foust [27]	All
Chip Ganassi Racing [28] GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing [N 3]	99	Kyle LeDuc [29]	1–4
		RJ Anderson [30]	5
		Sara Price [29]	All
Abt Cupra XE [31]	125	Jutta Kleinschmidt [32]	1–4
		Klara Andersson [33] [34]	4–5
		Nasser Al-Attiyah [32]	All

• Klara Andersson was scheduled to compete for Xite Energy Racing, but did not appear at any rounds. ^[18]

Championship reserve drivers

Drivers	Rounds
Hedda Hosås [35]	1
Klara Andersson [19]	2–4
Christine GZ [36]	5
Romain Dumas [35]	1
Fraser McConnell [19]	2–4
Timo Scheider [36]	5

Results and standings

X-Prix

Round	Event	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 2		Qualifying Overall	Semi-Final 1	Semi-Final 2	Crazy Race	Super Sector [N 4]	Final	Report
			Heat 1	Heat 2
1	Desert X-Prix	RXR	X44	Andretti United	X44	X44	Chip Ganassi	McLaren	RXR	RXR	Report
2	Island X-Prix I	RXR	RXR	Acciona | Sainz	RXR	RXR	JBXE	Chip Ganassi	RXR	Chip Ganassi	Report
3	Island X-Prix II	RXR	RXR	Acciona | Sainz	RXR	RXR	X44	Andretti United	RXR	RXR
4	Copper X-Prix	RXR	Andretti United	Acciona | Sainz	RXR	RXR	X44	McLaren	McLaren	X44	Report
5	Energy X-Prix	Acciona | Sainz	Andretti United	Veloce	Veloce	Veloce	Andretti United	X44	X44	Abt Cupra	Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. An additional 5 points are given to the fastest team in the Super Sector over the whole weekend.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	SS
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	5 [N 5]

Only the best four X-Prix results count towards the drivers' championship.

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos. Driver DES ISL1 ISL2 COP ENE Points 1 Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb 3 6 2 1 3 73 2 Johan Kristoffersson Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 1 5 1 6 10 68 3 Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz 2 4 4 2 7 60 4 Sara Price 4 1 7 4 6 57 5 Kyle LeDuc 4 1 7 4 55 6 Nasser Al-Attiyah 8 9 DSQ 3 1 46 7 Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust 5 10 6 5 2 46 8 Klara Andersson 3 1 40 9 Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen 7 7 3 7 4 39 10 Kevin Hansen 9 3 8 8 5 33 11 Tamara Molinaro 6 2 10 9 8 32 12 Hedda Hosås 10 3 8 8 9 25 13 Timo Scheider 2 10 9 21 14 Molly Taylor 9 5 12 15 Oliver Bennett 6 8 16 RJ Anderson 6 8 17 Lance Woolridge 10 8 9 10 8 18 Christine GZ WD 8 9 10 7 19 Jutta Kleinschmidt 8 9 DSQ WD 6 20 Ezequiel Pérez Companc 8 4 21 Fraser McConnell 9 2 Pos. Driver DES ISL1 ISL2 COP ENE Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) * – Fastest in Super Sector

Teams' Championship standings

Pos. Team DES ISL1 ISL2 COP ENE Points 1 Team X44 X44 Vida Carbon Racing 3 6 2 1 3* 86 2 Rosberg X Racing 1* 5* 1* 6 10 84 3 Acciona | Sainz XE Team 2 4 4 2 7 66 4 Chip Ganassi Racing GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing 4 1 7 4 6 63 5 McLaren XE Neom McLaren Extreme E Team 5 10 6 5* 2 52 6 Abt Cupra XE 8 9 DSQ 3 1 46 7 Genesys Andretti United Extreme E 7 7 3 7 4 45 8 Xite Energy Racing 6 2 10 9 8 33 9 JBXE 9 3 8 8 9 27 10 Veloce Racing 10 8 9 10 5 18 Pos. Team DES ISL1 ISL2 COP ENE Points

Notes

1. Team X44 rebranded as X44 Vida Carbon Racing ahead of round 4 for sponsorship reasons. ^[22]
2. McLaren XE rebranded as Neom McLaren Extreme E Team ahead of round 2 for sponsorship reasons. ^[25]
3. Chip Ganassi Racing rebranded as GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing ahead of round 2 for sponsorship reasons. ^[7]
4. Commercially known as the "Continental Traction Challenge".
5. Only for the teams' championship.

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External links

• Official website