2022 Extreme E Championship

The 2022 Extreme E Championship is 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 return from the previous year, with new events to be held in Chile, Uruguay and either Scotland or Senegal.[3] The latter was later cancelled on 8 April, with Sardinia postponed until July and now set to host two events.[4]

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

The following event was part of the initial calendar but was later dropped:

Original Date Event Location
9–10 July 2021 Ocean X-Prix Scotland or Senegal

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 compose 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

The following teams and drivers are currently contracted to compete in the 2022 Championship. All teams use 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
Hedda Hosås[10] 1
Lance Woolridge[11] 1
Rosberg X Racing 6 Johan Kristoffersson[12] 1
Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[12] 1
JBXE 22 Kevin Hansen[13] 1
Molly Taylor[13] 1
Genesys Andretti United Extreme E 23 Catie Munnings[14] 1
Timmy Hansen[14] 1
Xite Energy Racing 42 Oliver Bennett[15] 1
Tamara Molinaro[16] 1
Klara Andersson[15] TBC
Team X44 44 Cristina Gutiérrez[17] 1
Sébastien Loeb[17] 1
Acciona | Sainz XE Team 55 Carlos Sainz[18] 1
Laia Sanz[18] 1
McLaren XE 58 Emma Gilmour[19] 1
Tanner Foust[20] 1
Chip Ganassi Racing[21] 99 Kyle LeDuc[22] 1
Sara Price[22] 1
Abt Cupra XE[23] 125 Jutta Kleinschmidt[24] 1
Nasser Al-Attiyah[24] 1
Championship reserve drivers
Drivers Rounds
Hedda Hosås[25] 1
Romain Dumas[25] 1

Results and standings

X-Prix
Round Event Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Qualifying Overall Semi-Final 1 Semi-Final 2 Crazy Race Super Sector[N 1] Final Report
Heat 1 Heat 2
1 Desert X-Prix Rosberg X Racing Team X44 Andretti United XE Team X44 Team X44 Chip Ganassi Racing McLaren XE Rosberg X Racing Rosberg X Racing Report
2 Island X-Prix Report
3
4 Copper X-Prix Report
5 Energy X-Prix 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 2]

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

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver DES
 ISL1
 ISL2
 COP
 ENE
 Points
1 Johan Kristoffersson
Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky		 1 25
2 Carlos Sainz
Laia Sanz		 2 18
3 Cristina Gutiérrez
Sébastien Loeb		 3 15
4 Kyle LeDuc
Sara Price		 4 12
5 Emma Gilmour
Tanner Foust		 5 10
6 Oliver Bennett
Tamara Molinaro		 6 8
7 Catie Munnings
Timmy Hansen		 7 6
8 Jutta Kleinschmidt
Nasser Al-Attiyah		 8 4
9 Kevin Hansen
Molly Taylor		 9 2
10 Hedda Hosås
Lance Woolridge		 10 1
11 Christine GZ WD 0
Pos. Driver DES
 ISL1
 ISL2
 COP
 ENE
 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)

* – Fastest in Super Sector

Teams' Championship standings
Pos. Driver DES
 ISL1
 ISL2
 COP
 ENE
 Points
1 Rosberg X Racing 1* 30
2 Acciona | Sainz XE Team 2 18
3 Team X44 3 15
4 Chip Ganassi Racing 4 12
5 McLaren XE 5 10
6 Xite Energy Racing 6 8
7 Genesys Andretti United Extreme E 7 6
8 Abt Cupra XE 8 4
9 JBXE 9 2
10 Veloce Racing 10 1
Pos. Driver DES
 ISL1
 ISL2
 COP
 ENE
 Points

Notes
  1. Commercially known as the "Continental Traction Challenge".
  2. Only for the teams' championship.

References
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