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 Team X44
Podium
First Rosberg X Racing
Second Acciona | Sainz XE
Third Team X44

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 United Kingdom Team X44 United States Chip Ganassi Racing Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Germany Abt Cupra XE United Kingdom Veloce Racing
Heat 2 Germany Rosberg X Racing United States Andretti United XE Spain Xite Energy Racing United Kingdom McLaren XE United Kingdom JBXE
Pos. No. Team Drivers Q1 Q2 Combined
Laps Time CP Laps Time CP
  1 44 United Kingdom Team X44 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez
France Sébastien Loeb
2 9:10.515 9 2 9:00.620 10 19
  2 23 United States Genesys Andretti United Extreme E United Kingdom Catie Munnings
Sweden Timmy Hansen
2 9:14.695 8 2 9:10.693 10 18
  3 99 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Kyle LeDuc
United States Sara Price
2 9:15.842 7 2 9:20.200 8 15
  4 6 Germany Rosberg X Racing Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
2 9:03.604 10 2 9:26.772 4 14
  5 42 Spain Xite Energy Racing Italy Tamara Molinaro
United Kingdom Oliver Bennett
2 9:17.403 6 2 9:24.396 8 14
  6 55 Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team Spain Laia Sanz
Spain Carlos Sainz
2 9:21.355 5 1 4:59.752 6 11
  7 22 United Kingdom JBXE Sweden Kevin Hansen
Australia Molly Taylor
2 10:04.367 2 2 9:26.064 6 8
  8 58 United Kingdom McLaren XE New Zealand Emma Gilmour
United States Tanner Foust
2 9:26.979 4 2 10:03.366 2 6
  9 125 Germany Abt Cupra XE Germany Jutta Kleinschmidt
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
2 9:50.385 3 2 12:14.592 21 5
  10 5 United Kingdom Veloce Racing South Africa Lance Woolridge
Spain 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 United Kingdom Team X44 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez
France Sébastien Loeb
2 9:05.107
  2 6 Germany Rosberg X Racing Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
2 +7.660
3 42 Spain Xite Energy Racing Italy Tamara Molinaro
United Kingdom 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 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Kyle LeDuc
United States Sara Price
2 9:12.337
  2 55 Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team Spain Laia Sanz
Spain Carlos Sainz
2 +6.850
3 23 United States Genesys Andretti United Extreme E United Kingdom Catie Munnings
Sweden Timmy Hansen
1 +1 lap 6
Source:[10]

Crazy Race

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

Notes:

Final

Pos. No. Team Drivers Laps Time Points
1 6 Germany Rosberg X Racing Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
2 27:08.453 25+51
2 55 Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Laia Sanz
2 +2.483 18
3 44 United Kingdom Team X44 France Sébastien Loeb
Spain Cristina Gutiérrez
2 +5.807 15
4 99 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Sara Price
United States Kyle LeDuc
2 +25.202 12
5 58 United Kingdom McLaren XE United States Tanner Foust
New Zealand 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]

References

  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.
  6. ^ a b "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.
  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.
  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.
  14. ^ "07 - Continental Traction Challenge Classification - After Final Race" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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