The 2022 Extreme E Championship was the second season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series.
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. 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. The latter was later cancelled on 8 April due to logistical issues, with Sardinia postponed until July and hosting two events.
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.
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. Each team consists of a male and a female driver, who share a car and have equal driving duties.
Team Drivers Rounds Veloce Racing 5 Christine GZ 1–4 Hedda Hosås 1 Molly Taylor 5 Lance Woolridge 1–4 Kevin Hansen 5 Rosberg X Racing 6 Johan Kristoffersson All Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All JBXE 22 Kevin Hansen 1–4 Fraser McConnell 5 Molly Taylor 1 Hedda Hosås 2–5 Genesys Andretti United Extreme E 23 Catie Munnings All Timmy Hansen All Xite Energy Racing 42 Oliver Bennett 1 Timo Scheider 2–4 Ezequiel Pérez Companc 5 Tamara Molinaro All Team X44 X44 Vida Carbon Racing 44 Cristina Gutiérrez All Sébastien Loeb All Acciona Sainz XE Team 55 Carlos Sainz All Laia Sanz All McLaren XE Neom McLaren Extreme E Team 58 Emma Gilmour All Tanner Foust All Chip Ganassi Racing GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing 99 Kyle LeDuc 1–4 RJ Anderson 5 Sara Price All Abt Cupra XE 125 Jutta Kleinschmidt 1–4 Klara Andersson 4–5 Nasser Al-Attiyah All Klara Andersson was scheduled to compete for Xite Energy Racing, but did not appear at any rounds. +Championship reserve drivers Drivers Rounds Hedda Hosås 1 Klara Andersson 2–4 Christine GZ 5 Romain Dumas 1 Fraser McConnell 2–4 Timo Scheider 5
Results and standings X-Prix Round Event Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Qualifying Overall Semi-Final 1 Semi-Final 2 Crazy Race Final 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 Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 5 Only the best four X-Prix results count towards the drivers' championship.
Drivers' Championship standings Driver DES ISL1 ISL2 COP ENE Points 1 Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb 3 6 2 1 3 2 Johan Kristoffersson Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 1 5 1 6 10 3 Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz 2 4 4 2 7 4 Sara Price 4 1 7 4 6 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 8 Klara Andersson 3 1 40 9 Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen 7 7 3 7 4 10 Kevin Hansen 9 3 8 8 5 11 Tamara Molinaro 6 2 10 9 8 12 Hedda Hosås 10 3 8 8 9 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 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 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 Team DES ISL1 ISL2 COP ENE Points
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