Extreme E announces five-round 2022 schedule

The Extreme E Series will embark on their second season, February 19-20, in Saudi Arabia, as they did for their inaugural campaign, and will run a five-race schedule again in 2022.

The 2021 Saudi Arabian Desert X Prix was won by Rossberg X Racing – the first of three victories for the team made up of Johan Kristoffersson and Molly Taylor – on their way to winning the Season 1 championship.

After Saudi Arabia, the series will be on hiatus until May 7-8, when they return to Sardinia, Italy for the second running of the Island X Prix.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced several changes to the 2021 schedule with two races in South America relocating to Europe. Italy was substituted in for Brazil while a planned race in Aregentina moved to Dorset, England.

Round 3 of the series has not yet been finalized and will be run in either Senegal or Scotland in July. It was previously announced that Scotland would host a round in the Outer Hebrides. If Senegal is chosen for this round, it will also be the second race in that country.

The points say it all… what a season!#ExtremeE #JurassicXPrix pic.twitter.com/38rWWjYbeE

— Extreme E (@ExtremeELive) December 20, 2021

South America is scheduled to get their first races in 2022 with Chile scheduled to host on September 10-11. The Extreme E 2022 finale will be in Uruguay in late November.

“After a spectacular opening season, we are thrilled to be in a place where we can announce our Season 2 calendar,” said Alejandro Agag, CEO and Founder of Extreme E, in a release. “All of us here at Extreme E are looking forward to revisiting some of the amazing race locations from the 2021 season to see for ourselves the positive impact our electric series has had and to see what more we can bring to the communities there.

“We also very much hope to add South America to our list of continents, and with visits to both Chile and Uruguay planned, it is shaping up to be another exciting season.”

The Extreme E series competes in Odyssey 21 electric vehicles and each race has a legacy initiative designed to combat the effects of climate change.

Some of the legacy programs in 2021 included the funding of a turtle conservation project in Saudi Arabia, the planting of one million mangroves in Senegal and cocoa agroforestry and Amazon conservation initiatives in Brazil.

Extreme E 2022 schedule

February 19-20: Neom, Saudi Arabia
May 7-8: Sardinia, Italy
July 9-10: Scotland or Senegal
September 10-11: Antofagasta, Chile
November 26-27: Punta del Este, Uruguay

Three riders remain locked in a tight battle with 17 points separating the leader Cooper Webb from third-place Chase Sexton and these are only a few Supercross numbers to consider entering Seattle.

Seattle Supercross numbers — *Chase Sexton made a statement in Detroit with his second win of 2023. – Feld Motor Sports*

For the fifth time in 10 rounds. Sexton, Webb, and Eli Tomac shared the podium in Detroit. Between them, the trio has taken 23 podiums, leaving only seven for the remainder of the field. Jason Anderson, Ken Roczen and Justin Barcia have two each with Aaron Plessinger scoring the other.

Webb and Tomac won the last four championships with two apiece in alternating years, but they were not one another’s primary rival for most of those seasons. On the average, however, the past four years show an incredible similarity with average points earned of 21.0 for Webb and 21.3 for Tomac. With five wins so far this season, Tomac (23 wins) leads Webb (19) in victories but Webb (43) edges Tomac (41) in podium finishes during this span.

Tomac has won two of the last three Seattle races and those two wins in this stadium are topped only by James Stewart. Fittingly, if Tomac gets a third win this week, he will tie Stewart for second on the all-time wins’ list. Tomac tied Ricky Carmichael for third with 48 wins at Oakland and took sole possession of that spot with his Daytona win.

Sexton still has a lot to say and after winning last week in Detroit, he is speaking up. The Supercross numbers are against him entering Seattle, however, because a points’ deficit this large after Round 10 has been erased only once. In 1983 David Bailey was 47 points behind Bob Hannah, and like Sexton he was also in third place. Bailey took the points’ lead with one race remaining.

The seven points Sexton was penalized last week for jumping in a red cross flag section in Detroit could prove extremely costly.

In fact, it has been a series of mistakes that has cost Sexton the most. In the last two weeks, he lost 10 points with a 10th-place finish to go with his penalty. Erase those, and all three riders hold their fate in their hands.

Plessinger’s heartbreak in Detroit is still fresh, but the upside of his run is that was his best of the season and could turn his fortunes around. Prior to that race, he led only seven laps in three mains. He was up front for 20 laps in Detroit with five of those being the fastest on the track.

Last week’s win by Hunter Lawrence tied him with his brother Jett Lawrence for 17th on the all-time wins’ list. With the focus shifting to 250 West for the next two rounds, Jett has a great opportunity to pull back ahead. The real test will be at the first East / West Showdown in East Rutherford, New Jersey on April 22.

Last Five Seattle Winners

450s
2022: Eli Tomac
2019: Marvin Musquin
2018: Eli Tomac
2017: Marvin Musquin
2014: Ryan Villopoto

250s
2022: Hunter Lawrence
2019: Dylan Ferrandis
2018: Aaron Plessinger
2017: Aaron Plessinger
2014: Cole Seely

By the Numbers

Detroit
Indianapolis
Daytona
Arlington
Oakland
Tampa
Houston
Anaheim 2
San Diego

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