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]

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

The following events were cancelled:

Original Date Event Location
7–8 May 2022 Ocean X-Prix Scotland Scotland or Senegal Senegal
9–10 July 2022 Arctic X-Prix Greenland Greenland or Iceland 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
United Kingdom Veloce Racing 5 Spain Christine GZ[9] 1–4
Norway Hedda Hosås[10] 1
Australia Molly Taylor[11] 5
South Africa Lance Woolridge[12] 1–4
Sweden Kevin Hansen[11] 5
Germany Rosberg X Racing 6 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson[13] All
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[13] All
United Kingdom JBXE 22 Sweden Kevin Hansen[14] 1–4
Jamaica Fraser McConnell[15] 5
Australia Molly Taylor[14] 1
Norway Hedda Hosås[16] 2–5
United States Genesys Andretti United Extreme E 23 United Kingdom Catie Munnings[17] All
Sweden Timmy Hansen[17] All
Spain Xite Energy Racing 42 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett[18] 1
Germany Timo Scheider[19] 2–4
Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc[20] 5
Italy Tamara Molinaro[21] All
United Kingdom Team X44
United Kingdom X44 Vida Carbon Racing[N 1] 		44 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez[23] All
France Sébastien Loeb[23] All
Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team 55 Spain Carlos Sainz[24] All
Spain Laia Sanz[24] All
United Kingdom McLaren XE
United Kingdom Neom McLaren Extreme E[N 2] 		58 New Zealand Emma Gilmour[26] All
United States Tanner Foust[27] All
United States Chip Ganassi Racing[28]
United States GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing[N 3] 		99 United States Kyle LeDuc[29] 1–4
United States RJ Anderson[30] 5
United States Sara Price[29] All
Germany Abt Cupra XE[31] 125 Germany Jutta Kleinschmidt[32] 1–4
Sweden Klara Andersson[33][34] 4–5
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah[32] All
Championship reserve drivers
Drivers Rounds
Norway Hedda Hosås[35] 1
Sweden Klara Andersson[19] 2–4
Spain Christine GZ[36] 5
France Romain Dumas[35] 1
Jamaica Fraser McConnell[19] 2–4
Germany 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 Saudi Arabia Desert X-Prix Germany RXR United Kingdom X44 United States Andretti United United Kingdom X44 United Kingdom X44 United States Chip Ganassi United Kingdom McLaren Germany RXR Germany RXR Report
2 Italy Island X-Prix I Germany RXR Germany RXR Spain Acciona | Sainz Germany RXR Germany RXR United Kingdom JBXE United States Chip Ganassi Germany RXR United States Chip Ganassi Report
3 Italy Island X-Prix II Germany RXR Germany RXR Spain Acciona | Sainz Germany RXR Germany RXR United Kingdom X44 United States Andretti United Germany RXR Germany RXR
4 Chile Copper X-Prix Germany RXR United States Andretti United Spain Acciona | Sainz Germany RXR Germany RXR United Kingdom X44 United Kingdom McLaren United Kingdom McLaren United Kingdom X44 Report
5 Uruguay Energy X-Prix Spain Acciona | Sainz United States Andretti United United Kingdom Veloce United Kingdom Veloce United Kingdom Veloce United States Andretti United United Kingdom X44 United Kingdom X44 Germany 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
Saudi Arabia 		ISL1
Italy 		ISL2
Italy 		COP
Chile 		ENE
Uruguay 		Points
1 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez
France Sébastien Loeb 		3 6 2 1 3 73
2 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 		1 5 1 6 10 68
3 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Laia Sanz 		2 4 4 2 7 60
4 United States Sara Price 4 1 7 4 6 57
5 United States Kyle LeDuc 4 1 7 4 55
6 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 8 9 DSQ 3 1 46
7 New Zealand Emma Gilmour
United States Tanner Foust 		5 10 6 5 2 46
8 Sweden Klara Andersson 3 1 40
9 United Kingdom Catie Munnings
Sweden Timmy Hansen 		7 7 3 7 4 39
10 Sweden Kevin Hansen 9 3 8 8 5 33
11 Italy Tamara Molinaro 6 2 10 9 8 32
12 Norway Hedda Hosås 10 3 8 8 9 25
13 Germany Timo Scheider 2 10 9 21
14 Australia Molly Taylor 9 5 12
15 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett 6 8
16 United States RJ Anderson 6 8
17 South Africa Lance Woolridge 10 8 9 10 8
18 Spain Christine GZ WD 8 9 10 7
19 Germany Jutta Kleinschmidt 8 9 DSQ WD 6
20 Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc 8 4
21 Jamaica Fraser McConnell 9 2
Pos. Driver DES
Saudi Arabia 		ISL1
Italy 		ISL2
Italy 		COP
Chile 		ENE
Uruguay 		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
Saudi Arabia 		ISL1
Italy 		ISL2
Italy 		COP
Chile 		ENE
Uruguay 		Points
1 United Kingdom Team X44
United Kingdom X44 Vida Carbon Racing 		3 6 2 1 3* 86
2 Germany Rosberg X Racing 1* 5* 1* 6 10 84
3 Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team 2 4 4 2 7 66
4 United States Chip Ganassi Racing
United States GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing 		4 1 7 4 6 63
5 United Kingdom McLaren XE
United Kingdom Neom McLaren Extreme E 		5 10 6 5* 2 52
6 Germany Abt Cupra XE 8 9 DSQ 3 1 46
7 United States Genesys Andretti United Extreme E 7 7 3 7 4 45
8 Spain Xite Energy Racing 6 2 10 9 8 33
9 United Kingdom JBXE 9 3 8 8 9 27
10 United Kingdom Veloce Racing 10 8 9 10 5 18
Pos. Team DES
Saudi Arabia 		ISL1
Italy 		ISL2
Italy 		COP
Chile 		ENE
Uruguay 		Points

Notes

  1. ^ Team X44 was re-branded as X44 Vida Carbon Racing ahead of round 4 for sponsorship reasons.[22]
  2. ^ McLaren XE was re-branded as Neom McLaren Extreme E ahead of round 2 for sponsorship reasons.[25]
  3. ^ Chip Ganassi Racing was re-branded 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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