2022 Desert X-Prix

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]

2022 Desert X-Prix
Round 1 of 5 of the 2022 Extreme E Championship Next race →
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	Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb	Team X44
Podium
First	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Johan Kristoffersson	Rosberg X Racing
Second	Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz	Acciona | Sainz XE
Third	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	Team X44

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

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

Crazy Race

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
	1	58	McLaren XE	Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust	2	9:14.250
2		125	Abt Cupra XE	Jutta Kleinschmidt Nasser Al-Attiyah	2	+2.642	4
3		22	JBXE	Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor	2	+11.623	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

Pos.	No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
1	6	Rosberg X Racing	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Johan Kristoffersson	2	27:08.453	25+51
2	55	Acciona | Sainz XE Team	Carlos Sainz Laia Sanz	2	+2.483	18
3	44	Team X44	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	2	+5.807	15
4	99	Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price Kyle LeDuc	2	+25.202	12
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.
• ^1  – Team awarded 5 additional points for being fastest in the Super Sector.^[14]