2022 Energy X-Prix

The 2022 Energy X-Prix (formally the 2022 Uruguay Natural Energy X-Prix) was an Extreme E off-road race that was held on 26 and 27 November 2022 near José Ignacio, Maldonado Department, Uruguay, about 25 km east of the seaside city of Punta del Este. It was the fifth and final round of the electric off-road racing car series' second season, and also marked the first running of the event.

2022 Energy X-Prix
Round 5 of 5 of the 2022 Extreme E Championship ← Previous race
Race details
Date	26–27 November 2022
Official name	2022 Uruguay Natural Energy X-Prix
Location	Punta del Este, Uruguay
Course	Mud, grass
Course length	3.0 km (1.9 miles)
Distance	4 laps, 12.0 km (7.5 miles)
Pole position
Drivers	Molly Taylor Kevin Hansen	Veloce Racing
Podium
First	Nasser Al-Attiyah Klara Andersson	Abt Cupra XE
Second	Tanner Foust Emma Gilmour	McLaren XE
Third	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	X44

Abt Cupra XE won its first X-Prix with Nasser Al-Attiyah and Klara Andersson. They were followed by Neom McLaren Extreme E, who visited the podium for the first time, and X44 Vida Carbon Racing's Sébastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez. This third place, combined with the 5 extra Super Sector points, granted Lewis Hamilton's team both the drivers' and the teams' titles ahead of reigning champions Rosberg X Racing.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

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

Pos. No. Team Drivers Q1 Q2 Combined Laps Time CP Laps Time CP   1 5 Veloce Racing Molly Taylor Kevin Hansen 4 10:14.683 9 4 10:28.323 10 19   2 55 Acciona | Sainz XE Team Laia Sanz Carlos Sainz 4 10:14.120 10 4 10:25.983 8 18   3 23 Genesys Andretti United Extreme E Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen 4 10:16.726 6 4 10:22.885 10 16   4 99 GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing Sara Price RJ Anderson 4 10:15.242 8 4 10:36.085 6 14   5 125 Abt Cupra XE Klara Andersson Nasser Al-Attiyah 4 10:15.461 7 4 10:55.479 4 11   6 58 Neom McLaren Extreme E Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust 4 10:24.767 5 4 10:53.153 6 11   7 22 JBXE Hedda Hosås Fraser McConnell 1 3:28.787 0 4 10:30.806 8 8   8 42 Xite Energy Racing Tamara Molinaro Ezequiel Pérez Companc 4 10:30.154 4 4 11:24.543 2 6   9 44 X44 Vida Carbon Racing Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb 1 3:37.624 0 4 11:00.424 4 4   10 6 Rosberg X Racing Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Johan Kristoffersson 1 3:56.187 0 2 4:29.739 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]

Semi-final 1

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
	1	5	Veloce Racing	Molly Taylor Kevin Hansen	4	10:36.604
	2	125	Abt Cupra XE	Klara Andersson Nasser Al-Attiyah	4	+6.916
3		99	GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing	Sara Price RJ Anderson	4	+22.0931	8
Source:[7]

Notes:

• ^1  – GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing originally finished second, but received a pair of 10-second time penalties for taking down two waypoint flags.^[8][9]

Semi-final 2

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
	1	23	Genesys Andretti United Extreme E	Catie Munnings Timmy Hansen	4	10:20.294
	2	58	Neom McLaren Extreme E	Emma Gilmour Tanner Foust	4	+8.073
3		55	Acciona | Sainz XE Team	Laia Sanz Carlos Sainz	4	+16.117	6
Source:[10]

Crazy Race

Pos.		No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
	1	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	Cristina Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb	4	10:44.858
2		42	Xite Energy Racing	Tamara Molinaro Ezequiel Pérez Companc	4	+37.784	4
3		22	JBXE	Hedda Hosås Fraser McConnell	0	No time	2
DSQ		6	Rosberg X Racing	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky Johan Kristoffersson	2	Disqualified1	1
Source:[11]

Notes:

• ^1  – Rosberg X Racing had completed enough of the distance to be classified third, but was later disqualified for having too many mechanics present inside its switch bay area during the driver switch. The team still got the point for overall tenth place from the event.^[12]

Final

Pos.	No.	Team	Drivers	Laps	Time	Points
1	125	Abt Cupra XE	Nasser Al-Attiyah Klara Andersson	4	10:26.537	25
2	58	Neom McLaren Extreme E	Tanner Foust Emma Gilmour	4	+3.427	18
3	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	Sébastien Loeb Cristina Gutiérrez	4	+10.4672	15+51
4	23	Genesys Andretti United Extreme E	Timmy Hansen Catie Munnings	4	+11.0292	12
5	5	Veloce Racing	Kevin Hansen Molly Taylor	4	+15.094	10
Source:[13]

Notes:

• ^1  – Team awarded 5 additional points for being fastest in the Super Sector.^[14]
• ^2  – Genesys Andretti United Extreme E finished third on the road, but received a 7-second time penalty for speeding in the switch zone. X44 Vida Carbon Racing, who originally finished fourth, inherited the position. X44 later received a 5-second time penalty themselves for causing a collision, but it was not enough to relegate them back to fourth and they kept third place, which granted them the title.^[15][16]