Rosberg X Racing wins the Island X Prix again, and this time they get to keep it. Conversely, runner-up ABT CUPRA was disqualified due to an improperly fastened seatbelt.
Still reeling after losing the Island X Prix #1 win to penalty, Rosberg X Racing’s bounce-back campaign began with yet another sweep of the two qualifying rounds for the second weekend,
Despite a massive wreck in the first Island X Prix Final that left him hospitalised, Carlos Sainz will run the second race this weekend. However, with the ACCIONA | Sainz car too damaged, the team will use the Extreme E test vehicle.
Although Rosberg X Racing dominated the Island X Prix #1 round, a 30-second time penalty for a wreck that hospitalised Carlos Sainz promoted runner-up Chip Ganassi Racing to first. It is the American team’s first Extreme E win.
For the first time in Extreme E history, X44 is not the overall qualifying winner. Instead, championship leader Rosberg X Racing topped the first round and won its heat race. ACCIONA | Sainz won the second heat.
Chip Ganassi Racing led the way in the Island X Prix’s two Free Practice sessions and
was the only team to have sub-ten-minute times in both.
The 2022 Rallye Breslau, held on army bases in Poland at a time when military tensions in Eastern Europe are spiking, was a struggle for race organisers but ultimately ran in full without major incident.
ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team’s ODYSSEY 21 will don a new livery for Extreme E’s return at the Island X Prix.
Compared to the 2021 layout, the 2022 Island X Prix course is shorter but has new features such as a large jump at the closing sector, rather than a downhill, that leads into the “Rollercoaster” chicane.
Robert Stout and Gavin Harlien were the stars of the Stadium Super Trucks’ Mid-Ohio weekend, but Max Gordon’s aggressive move on the final lap propelled him to the Race 2 win.
Despite miscommunication that accidentally extended the Stadium Super Trucks’ Mid-Ohio Race 1 by two laps and led to Robert Stout winning, Gavin Harlien was declared the victor as he was the leader at the actual checkered flag.
Oliver Solberg sets the pace at a changeable Höljes to take the top qualifier spot going into day 2 of the Magic Weekend.
Gavin Harlien led Stadium Super Trucks qualifying at Mid-Ohio, marking his first pole since the 2017 Detroit Grand Prix.
The FIA World Motor Sport Council revealed changes for sanctioned cross-country rally raids such as regulation uniformity with the FIM, penalty points for non-priority drivers, and approving rules for EV/hybrid T3 vehicles.
With Molly Taylor not returning to JBXE for the Island X Prix double, Veloce reserve Hedda Hosås will once again take up substitute duties as team-mate to Kevin Hansen.
The NEOM Island X Prix will début ENOWA Hyperdrive, which gives teams a fixed boost, and tweak the Traction Challenge so that both drivers in a team must contribute to get the best time through the super sector.
After racing the Desert X Prix with JBXE on a one-race deal, Molly Taylor will not return to the team for the upcoming Island X Prix as she focuses on “future projects”.
