2022 Desert X-Prix Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Round 1 of 5 of the 2022 Extreme E Championship
Next Round:	2022 Island X-Prix
Country:	Saudi Arabia
Grand Prix:	Desert
Gp Suffix:	X-Prix
Date:	19–20 February
Year:	2022
Race No:	1
Season No:	5
Location:	Neom, Saudi Arabia
Course:	Sand, rock
Course Km:	6.9
Course Mi:	4.3
Distance Laps:	2
Distance Km:	13.8
Distance Mi:	8.6
Pole Driver:	Cristina Gutiérrez
Pole Driver2:	Sébastien Loeb
Pole Team:	Team X44
Pole Country:	ESP
Pole Country2:	FRA
First Driver:	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
First Driver2:	Johan Kristoffersson
First Team:	Rosberg X Racing
First Country:	SWE
First Country2:	SWE
Second Driver:	Carlos Sainz
Second Driver2:	Laia Sanz
Second Country:	ESP
Second Country2:	ESP
Third Driver:	Sébastien Loeb
Third Driver2:	Cristina Gutiérrez
Third Team:	Team X44
Third Country:	FRA
Third Country2:	ESP

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	Team X44	Chip Ganassi Racing	Acciona Sainz XE	Abt Cupra XE	Veloce Racing
Heat 2	Rosberg X Racing	Andretti United XE	Xite Energy Racing	McLaren XE	JBXE

Team Drivers Q1 Q2 Time Time   scope=row 1 44 Team X44 Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb data-sort-value="2" 2 data-sort-value="2" 9:10.515 data-sort-value="2" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 9 data-sort-value="1" 2 data-sort-value="1" 9:00.620 data-sort-value="1" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 10 data-sort-value="1" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 19   scope=row 2 23 Genesys Andretti United Extreme E Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen data-sort-value="3" 2 data-sort-value="3" 9:14.695 data-sort-value="3" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 8 data-sort-value="1" 2 data-sort-value="1" 9:10.693 data-sort-value="1" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 10 data-sort-value="2" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 18   scope=row 3 99 Chip Ganassi Racing Kyle LeDuc Sara Price data-sort-value="4" 2 data-sort-value="4" 9:15.842 data-sort-value="4" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 7 data-sort-value="2" 2 data-sort-value="2" 9:20.200 data-sort-value="2" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 8 data-sort-value="3" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 15   scope=row 4 6 Rosberg X Racing Johan Kristoffersson Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky data-sort-value="1" 2 data-sort-value="1" 9:03.604 data-sort-value="1" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 10 data-sort-value="4" 2 data-sort-value="4" 9:26.772 data-sort-value="4" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 4 data-sort-value="5" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 14   scope=row 5 42 Xite Energy Racing Tamara Molinaro Oliver Bennett data-sort-value="5" 2 data-sort-value="5" 9:17.403 data-sort-value="5" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 6 data-sort-value="2" 2 data-sort-value="2" 9:24.396 data-sort-value="2" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 8 data-sort-value="4" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 14   scope=row 6 55 Acciona Sainz XE Team Laia Sanz Carlos Sainz data-sort-value="6" 2 data-sort-value="6" 9:21.355 data-sort-value="6" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 5 data-sort-value="3" 1 data-sort-value="3" 4:59.752 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 22 JBXE Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor data-sort-value="9" 2 data-sort-value="9" 10:04.367 data-sort-value="9" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 2 data-sort-value="3" 2 data-sort-value="3" 9:26.064 data-sort-value="3" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 6 data-sort-value="8" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 8   scope=row 8 58 McLaren XE Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust data-sort-value="7" 2 data-sort-value="7" 9:26.979 data-sort-value="7" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 4 data-sort-value="5" 2 data-sort-value="5" 10:03.366 data-sort-value="5" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 2 data-sort-value="9" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 6   scope=row 9 125 Abt Cupra XE Jutta Kleinschmidt Nasser Al-Attiyah data-sort-value="8" 2 data-sort-value="8" 9:50.385 data-sort-value="8" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 3 data-sort-value="4" 2 data-sort-value="4" 12:14.592 data-sort-value="4" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 2 data-sort-value="6" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 5   scope=row 10 5 Veloce Racing Lance Woolridge Christine GZ data-sort-value="10" 1 data-sort-value="10" 9:14.817 data-sort-value="10" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 0 data-sort-value="6" 0 data-sort-value="6" No time data-sort-value="6" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 0 data-sort-value="10" align=center style="font-size: 120%" 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]
•  – 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

			Team	Drivers		Time	Points
	scope=row	1	44	Team X44	Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb	2	9:05.107
	scope=row	2	6	Rosberg X Racing	Johan Kristoffersson Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	2	+7.660
scope=row colspan=2	3	42	Xite Energy Racing	Tamara Molinaro Oliver Bennett	2	+17.590	8
Source:^[8]

Notes:

•  – Xite Energy Racing originally finished second, but later received a 10-second time penalty for taking down a waypoint flag.^[9]

Semi-final 2

			Team	Drivers		Time	Points
	scope=row	1	99	Chip Ganassi Racing	Kyle LeDuc Sara Price	2	9:12.337
	scope=row	2	55	Acciona Sainz XE Team	Laia Sanz Carlos Sainz	2	+6.850
scope=row colspan=2	3	23	Genesys Andretti United Extreme E	Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen	1	+1 lap	6
Source:^[10]

Crazy Race

			Team	Drivers		Time	Points
	scope=row	1	58	McLaren XE	Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust	2	9:14.250
scope=row colspan=2	2	125	Abt Cupra XE	Jutta Kleinschmidt Nasser Al-Attiyah	2	+2.642	4
scope=row colspan=2	3	22	JBXE	Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor	2	+11.623	2
scope=row colspan=2	4	5	Veloce Racing	Lance Woolridge Hedda Hosås	2	+3:39.676	1
Source:^[11]

Notes:

• Veloce's Christine GZ was replaced by Hedda Hosås after suffering an injury in qualifying.^[12]

Final

		Team	Drivers		Time	Points
scope=row	1	6	Rosberg X Racing	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Johan Kristoffersson	2	27:08.453	25+5
scope=row	2	55	Acciona Sainz XE Team	Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz	2	+2.483	18
scope=row	3	44	Team X44	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	2	+5.807	15
scope=row	4	99	Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price Kyle LeDuc	2	+25.202	12
scope=row	5	58	McLaren XE	Tanner Foust 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.
•  – Team awarded 5 additional points for being fastest in the Super Sector.^[14]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Whitfield. Steve. Desert X-Prix: Rosberg X Racing triumph in red-flagged final. Autosport. 20 February 2022. 20 February 2022.
2. Web site: Doc 44 - Bulletin S02-R01-09. Al Kamel Systems. 2022-02-19.
3. Web site: 03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 1. Al Kamel Systems. en. 19 February 2022.
4. Web site: 03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 1. Al Kamel Systems. en. 19 February 2022.
5. Web site: 03 - Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 2. Al Kamel Systems. en. 19 February 2022.
6. Web site: 07 - Combined Classification - Qualifying Round 2 - Heat 2. Al Kamel Systems. en. 19 February 2022.
7. Web site: Doc 54 - Decision No. 18 - Car 125. Al Kamel Systems. 19 February 2022.
8. Web site: 03 - Classification - Semi Final 1. Al Kamel Systems. en. 20 February 2022.
9. Web site: Doc 65 - Decision No. 21 - Car 42. Extreme E. en. 15 July 2022.
10. Web site: 03 - Classification - Semi Final 2. Al Kamel Systems. en. 20 February 2022.
11. Web site: 03 - Classification - Crazy Race. Al Kamel Systems. en. 20 February 2022.
12. Web site: Nguyen. Justin. 2022-02-19. Christine GZ fractures foot in Q1 wreck, Hedda Hosas to sub for X Prix. 2022-02-23. The Checkered Flag. en-GB.
13. Web site: 03 - Classification - Final Race. Al Kamel Systems. en. 20 February 2022.
14. Web site: 07 - Continental Traction Challenge Classification - After Final Race. Al Kamel Systems. en. 20 February 2022.