2022 Copper X-Prix Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Round 4 of 5 of the 2022 Extreme E Championship
Previous Round:	2022 Island X-Prix
Next Round:	2022 Energy X-Prix
Country:	Chile
Grand Prix:	Copper
Gp Suffix:	X-Prix
Date:	24–25 September
Year:	2022
Official Name:	2022 Antofagasta Minerals Copper X-Prix
Race No:	4
Season No:	5
Location:	Calama, Chile
Course:	Rocks, gravel
Course Km:	3.05
Course Mi:	1.9
Distance Laps:	4
Distance Km:	12.2
Distance Mi:	7.6
Pole Driver:	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
Pole Driver2:	Johan Kristoffersson
Pole Team:	Rosberg X Racing
Pole Country:	SWE
Pole Country2:	SWE
First Driver:	Sébastien Loeb
First Driver2:	Cristina Gutiérrez
First Team:	X44
First Country:	FRA
First Country2:	ESP
Second Driver:	Carlos Sainz
Second Driver2:	Laia Sanz
Second Country:	ESP
Second Country2:	ESP
Third Driver:	Nasser Al-Attiyah
Third Driver2:	Klara Andersson
Third Team:	Abt Cupra XE
Third Country:	QAT
Third Country2:	SWE

The 2022 Copper X-Prix (formally the 2022 Antofagasta Minerals Copper X-Prix) was an Extreme E off-road race that was held on 24 and 25 September 2022 in the small mining city of Calama, in the Atacama Desert in the Chilean region of Antofagasta. It was the fourth round of the electric off-road racing car series' second season, and also marked not only the first running of the event, but also the first time the series visited South America, after planned trips to Brazil and Argentina were cancelled in 2021. The final was won by Sébastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez for X44 Vida Carbon Racing after a penalty for on-track winners Neom McLaren Extreme E. Acciona Sainz XE Team and Abt Cupra XE rounded out the podium.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying 2 draw^[2]
Heat 1	Rosberg X Racing	Chip Ganassi Racing	Xite Energy Racing	Veloce Racing	Andretti United XE
Heat 2	X44	McLaren XE	Abt Cupra XE	Acciona Sainz XE	JBXE

			Team	Drivers	Q1			Q2
			Team	Drivers		Time			Time
	scope=row	1	6	Rosberg X Racing	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Johan Kristoffersson	data-sort-value="1"	4	data-sort-value="1"	8:49.216	data-sort-value="1" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	10	data-sort-value="2"	4	data-sort-value="2"	10:18.574	data-sort-value="2" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	8	data-sort-value="1" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	18
	scope=row	2	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb	data-sort-value="2"	4	data-sort-value="2"	8:54.815	data-sort-value="2" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	9	data-sort-value="2"	4	data-sort-value="2"	9:12.265	data-sort-value="2" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	8	data-sort-value="2" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	17
	scope=row	3	99	GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price Kyle LeDuc	data-sort-value="3"	4	data-sort-value="3"	8:58.966	data-sort-value="3" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	8	data-sort-value="3"	4	data-sort-value="3"	13:35.886	data-sort-value="3" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	6	data-sort-value="3" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	14
	scope=row	4	55	Acciona Sainz XE Team	Laia Sanz Carlos Sainz	data-sort-value="8"	4	data-sort-value="8"	9:21.650	data-sort-value="8" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	3	data-sort-value="1"	4	data-sort-value="1"	9:03.763	data-sort-value="1" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	10	data-sort-value="5" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	13
	scope=row	5	23	Genesys Andretti United Extreme E	Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen	data-sort-value="9"	4	data-sort-value="9"	9:56.232	data-sort-value="9" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	2	data-sort-value="1"	4	data-sort-value="1"	9:55.443	data-sort-value="1" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	10	data-sort-value="4" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	12
	scope=row	6	125	Abt Cupra XE	Klara Andersson Nasser Al-Attiyah	data-sort-value="6"	4	data-sort-value="6"	9:09.760	data-sort-value="6" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	5	data-sort-value="3"	4	data-sort-value="3"	9:13.796	data-sort-value="3" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	6	data-sort-value="7" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	11
	scope=row	7	58	Neom McLaren Extreme E	Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust	data-sort-value="4"	4	data-sort-value="4"	9:00.016	data-sort-value="4" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	7	data-sort-value="5"	4	data-sort-value="5"	9:26.935	data-sort-value="5" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	2	data-sort-value="8" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	9
	scope=row	8	42	Xite Energy Racing	Tamara Molinaro Timo Scheider	data-sort-value="5"	4	data-sort-value="5"	9:04.669	data-sort-value="5" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	6	data-sort-value="6"	2	data-sort-value="6"	7:52.633	data-sort-value="6" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	0	data-sort-value="9" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	6
	scope=row	9	22	JBXE	Kevin Hansen Hedda Hosås	data-sort-value="10"	4	data-sort-value="10"	10:06.886	data-sort-value="10" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	1	data-sort-value="4"	4	data-sort-value="4"	9:18.338	data-sort-value="4" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	4	data-sort-value="6" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	5
	scope=row	10	5	Veloce Racing	Christine GZ Lance Woolridge	data-sort-value="7"	4	data-sort-value="7"	9:15.304	data-sort-value="7" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	4	data-sort-value="7"	0	data-sort-value="7"	No time	data-sort-value="7" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	0	data-sort-value="10" align=center style="font-size: 120%"	4
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]

Semi-final 1

			Team	Drivers		Time	Points
scope=row colspan=2	1	6	Rosberg X Racing	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Johan Kristoffersson	4	9:04.370	8
	scope=row	2	55	Acciona Sainz XE Team	Laia Sanz Carlos Sainz	4	+6.439
scope=row colspan=2	3	23	Genesys Andretti United Extreme E	Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen	4	+16.791	6
Source:^[7]

Semi-final 2

			Team	Drivers		Time	Points
	scope=row	1	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb	4	9:02.840
	scope=row	2	125	Abt Cupra XE	Klara Andersson Nasser Al-Attiyah	4	+3.519
	scope=row	3	99	GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price Kyle LeDuc	4	+6.314
Source:^[8]

Crazy Race

			Team	Drivers		Time	Points
	scope=row	1	58	Neom McLaren Extreme E	Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust	4	9:12.588
scope=row colspan=2	2	22	JBXE	Kevin Hansen Hedda Hosås	4	+15.042	4
scope=row colspan=2	3	42	Xite Energy Racing	Tamara Molinaro Timo Scheider	4	+19.474	2
scope=row colspan=2	4	5	Veloce Racing	Christine GZ Lance Woolridge	4	+2:17.762	1
Source:^[9]

Final

		Team	Drivers		Time	Points
scope=row	1	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	4	8:59.728	25
scope=row	2	55	Acciona Sainz XE Team	Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz	4	+6.093	18
scope=row	3	125	Abt Cupra XE	Nasser Al-Attiyah Klara Andersson	4	+8.612	15
scope=row	4	99	GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing	Kyle LeDuc Sara Price	4	+10.159	12
scope=row	5	58	Neom McLaren Extreme E	Tanner Foust Emma Gilmour	4	+18.935	10+5
Source:^[10]

Notes:

– Rosberg X Racing qualified for the final by virtue of winning semi-final 1, but technical issues meant they could not start the race. According to the sporting regulations, GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing, who were first reserves, took their place on the grid. As such, Rosberg X Racing were recognised as sixth-place finishers, while Chip Ganassi Racing would score points based on their position in the final.^[11]
– Team awarded 5 additional points for being fastest in the Super Sector.^[12]
– Neom McLaren Extreme E finished first on the road, but received a pair of 10-second time penalties for dropping two waypoint flags that relegated them to last place. GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing originally finished third and were briefly up to second due to McLaren's penalty, but later received a 5-second time penalty themselves for missing a waypoint.^[10]

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Turner. Kevin. Copper X-Prix: Hamilton's X44 squad takes Extreme E win after McLaren penalty. Autosport. 25 September 2022. 26 September 2022.
Web site: Doc 54 - Bulletin S02-R04-09. Extreme E. 2022-09-26.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 1. Al Kamel Systems. en. 26 September 2022.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 1. Al Kamel Systems. en. 26 September 2022.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 2. Al Kamel Systems. en. 26 September 2022.
Web site: 07 - Combined Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 2. Al Kamel Systems. en. 26 September 2022.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Semi Final 1. Al Kamel Systems. en. 26 September 2022.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Semi Final 2. Al Kamel Systems. en. 26 September 2022.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Crazy Race. Al Kamel Systems. en. 26 September 2022.
Web site: 03 - Classification - Final Race - Amended. Al Kamel Systems. en. 26 September 2022.
Web site: X44 Vida Carbon Racing claim first win of Extreme E Season 2 as title fight goes down to the wire. Extreme E - The Electric Odyssey. 25 September 2022.
Web site: 07 - Continental Traction Challenge Classification - After Final Race. Al Kamel Systems. en. 26 September 2022.