The 2022 Extreme E Championship was the second season of the Extreme E electric off-road racing series.[1]
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 Sardinia returned from the previous year, with new events were to be held in Chile, Uruguay and either Scotland or Senegal.[3] The latter was later cancelled on 8 April due to logistical issues, with Sardinia postponed until July and hosting two events.[4]
| 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 |
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.[5]
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.[6] [7] Each team consists of a male and a female driver, who share a car and have equal driving duties.[8]
| Team | Drivers | Rounds | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Veloce Racing | 5 |  Christine GZ[9] | 1–4 |
 Hedda Hosås[10] | 1 | ||
 Molly Taylor | 5 | ||
 Lance Woolridge[11] | 1–4 | ||
 Kevin Hansen[12] | 5 | ||
 Rosberg X Racing | 6 | Johan Kristoffersson[13] | All |
| Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky | All | ||
| JBXE | 22 | Kevin Hansen[14] | 1–4 |
 Fraser McConnell[15] | 5 | ||
| Molly Taylor | 1 | ||
| Hedda Hosås[16] | 2–5 | ||
 Genesys Andretti United Extreme E | 23 | Catie Munnings[17] | All |
| Timmy Hansen | All | ||
| Xite Energy Racing | 42 | Oliver Bennett[18] | 1 |
| Timo Scheider[19] | 2–4 | ||
 Ezequiel Pérez Companc[20] | 5 | ||
| Tamara Molinaro[21] | All | ||
| Team X44 X44 Vida Carbon Racing | 44 | Cristina Gutiérrez[22] | All |
 Sébastien Loeb | All | ||
| Acciona Sainz XE Team | 55 | Carlos Sainz[23] | All |
| Laia Sanz | All | ||
| McLaren XE Neom McLaren Extreme E Team | 58 |  Emma Gilmour[24] | All |
| Tanner Foust[25] | All | ||
| Chip Ganassi Racing[26] GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing | 99 | Kyle LeDuc[27] | 1–4 |
| RJ Anderson[28] | 5 | ||
| Sara Price | All | ||
| Abt Cupra XE[29] | 125 | Jutta Kleinschmidt[30] | 1–4 |
| Klara Andersson[31] [32] | 4–5 | ||
 Nasser Al-Attiyah | All |
| Hedda Hosås[33] | 1 | |
| Klara Andersson | 2–4 | |
| Christine GZ[34] | 5 | |
| Romain Dumas | 1 | |
| Fraser McConnell | 2–4 | |
| Timo Scheider | 5 |
| 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 | |
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Teams' Championship standings
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