2022 Extreme E Championship

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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 Italy return from the previous year, with new events to be held in Chile, Uruguay and either Scotland or Senegal.[3]

Round Dates Event Location
1 19–20 February 2022 Desert X-Prix Saudi Arabia Neom, Saudi Arabia
2 7–8 May 2022 Island X-Prix Italy Sardinia, Italy
3 9–10 July 2022 Ocean X-Prix Scotland Scotland or Senegal Senegal
4 10–11 September 2022 Copper X-Prix Chile Antofagasta, Chile
5 26–27 November 2022 Energy X-Prix Uruguay Punta del Este, Uruguay

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 accomodate 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.[4]

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.[5][6] Each team consists of a male and a female driver, who share a car and have equal driving duties.[7]

Team No. Drivers Rounds
United Kingdom Veloce Racing 5 Spain Christine Giampaoli Zonca[8] 1
Norway [9] 1
South Africa Lance Woolridge[10] 1
Germany Rosberg X Racing 6 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson[11] 1
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky[11] 1
United Kingdom JBXE 22 Sweden Kevin Hansen[12] 1
Australia Molly Taylor[12] 1
United States Genesys Andretti United Extreme E 23 United Kingdom Catie Munnings[13] 1
Sweden Timmy Hansen[13] 1
Spain Xite Energy Racing 42 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett[14] 1
Italy Tamara Molinaro[15] 1
Sweden Klara Andersson[14] TBC
United Kingdom Team X44 44 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez[16] 1
France Sébastien Loeb[16] 1
Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team 55 Spain Carlos Sainz[17] 1
Spain Laia Sanz[17] 1
United Kingdom McLaren XE 58 New Zealand Emma Gilmour[18] 1
United States Tanner Foust[19] 1
United States Chip Ganassi Racing[20] 99 United States Kyle LeDuc[21] 1
United States Sara Price[21] 1
Germany ABT Cupra XE[22] 125 Germany Jutta Kleinschmidt[23] 1
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah[23] 1
Championship reserve drivers
Drivers Rounds
Norway [24] 1
France Romain Dumas[24] 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 Saudi Arabia Desert X-Prix Germany Rosberg X Racing United Kingdom Team X44 United States Andretti United XE United Kingdom Team X44 United Kingdom Team X44 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United Kingdom McLaren XE Germany Rosberg X Racing Germany Rosberg X Racing Report
2 Italy Island X-Prix Report
3 Ocean X-Prix Report
4 Chile Copper X-Prix Report
5 Uruguay 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
Saudi Arabia
ISL
Italy
OCE
COP
Chile
ENE
Uruguay
Points
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
1 25
2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Laia Sanz
2 18
3 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez
France Sébastien Loeb
3 15
4 United States Kyle LeDuc
United States Sara Price
4 12
5 New Zealand Emma Gilmour
United States Tanner Foust
5 10
6 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett
Italy Tamara Molinaro
6 8
7 United Kingdom Catie Munnings
Sweden Timmy Hansen
7 6
8 Germany Jutta Kleinschmidt
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
8 4
9 Sweden Kevin Hansen
Australia Molly Taylor
9 2
10 Norway
South Africa Lance Woolridge
10 1
11 Spain Christine GZ WD 0
Pos. Driver DES
Saudi Arabia
ISL
Italy
OCE
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. Driver DES
Saudi Arabia
ISL
Italy
OCE
COP
Chile
ENE
Uruguay
Points
1 Germany Rosberg X Racing 1* 30
2 Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team 2 18
3 United Kingdom Team X44 3 15
4 United States Chip Ganassi Racing 4 12
5 United Kingdom McLaren XE 5 10
6 Spain Xite Energy Racing 6 8
7 United States Genesys Andretti United Extreme E 7 6
8 Germany Abt Cupra XE 8 4
9 United Kingdom JBXE 9 2
10 United Kingdom Veloce Racing 10 1
Pos. Driver DES
Saudi Arabia
ISL
Italy
OCE
COP
Chile
ENE
Uruguay
Points

Notes[]

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

References[]

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