Rosberg X Racing rides Copper X Prix qualifying momentum

Rosberg X Racing entered the Copper X Prix needing thirty-one points to secure their second straight Extreme E championship. While this was not possible to attain from qualifying alone, a strong Saturday gives them momentum entering race day after being the fastest team in single-car qualifying for the fourth straight round.

Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky and Johan Kristoffersson continued their Round #1 domination by beating X44 Vida Carbon Racing by over five seconds.

“We started off really well this morning. The car felt great and we had a good run,” said Kristoffersson. “In the second session I reacted too slow and had a bit of contact on turn one, which limited my visibility. The session was difficult, but I am happy that we got out in P1.”

Despite leading qualifying for ten points towards the intermediate classification, RXR’s Heat #1 win streak was snapped as Andretti United XE scored their second heat win of 2022. RXR still settled for second to record eighteen total points and still top Saturday’s activities.

Conversely, XITE Energy Racing and Veloce Racing crashed out of their heats, with the latter’s Lance Woolridge describing it as a “pretty frustrating end to our qualifying after we had a consistent and high improvement of pace through our sessions.

“It’s not over ’til the fat lady sings though and we are in the Crazy Race tomorrow with our one last chance to win and go through to the final. The car feels in a really good space so hopefully Lady Luck can be on our side tomorrow.”

ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team won Heat #2 after sweeping Friday’s Free Practices. Finishing third in the heat was ABT CUPRA XE with Klara Andersson, who is filling in for the injured Jutta Kleinschmidt.

“It has been a good positive day for the team,” said Andersson, making her maiden Extreme E start. “I’m still learning so much about this new car and this new track but the whole team is super supportive. Q1 took it calm and collected and in Q2 it was a bit of a battle with other cars but we managed to get P3 and we are into the semi-finals, so super happy about that.”

Classification

Rank	Team	Round #1 Points	Round #2 Points	Total Points	Placement
1	Rosberg X Racing	10	8	18	Semi-Final #1
2	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	9	8	17	Semi-Final #2
3	Chip Ganassi Racing	8	6	14	Semi-Final #2
4	ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team	3	10	13	Semi-Final #1
5	Andretti United XE	2	10	12	Semi-Final #1
6	ABT CUPRA XE	5	6	11	Semi-Final #2
7	McLaren XE	7	2	9	Crazy Race
8	XITE Energy Racing	6	0	6	Crazy Race
9	JBXE	1	4	5	Crazy Race
10	Veloce Racing	4	0	4	Crazy Race

Qualifying Round #2 results

Heat #1

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	23	Andretti United XE	9:55.443	Timmy Hansen	Catie Munnings
2	6	Rosberg X Racing	10:18.574*	Johan Kristoffersson	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
3	99	Chip Ganassi Racing	13:35.886*	Kyle LeDuc	Sara Price
4	42	XITE Energy Racing	DNF	Timo Scheider	Tamara Molinaro
5	5	Veloce Racing	DNF	Lance Woolridge	Christine GZ

* – Received a penalty

Heat #2

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Driver #2
1	55	ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team	9:03.763	Carlos Sainz	Laia Sanz
2	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	9:12.265*	Sébastien Loeb	Cristina Gutiérrez
3	125	ABT CUPRA XE	9:13.796	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Klara Andersson
4	22	JBXE	9:18.338	Kevin Hansen	Hedda Hosås
5	58	McLaren XE	9:26.935*	Tanner Foust	Emma Gilmour

Qualifying Round #1 results

Finish	Number	Team	Total Time	Driver #1	Lap #1 Time	Lap #2 Time	Driver #2	Lap #1 Time	Lap #2 Time
1	6	Rosberg X Racing	8:49.216	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	1:50.579	1:56.390	Johan Kristoffersson	1:46.927	1:49.811
2	44	X44 Vida Carbon Racing	8:54.815	Cristina Gutiérrez	1:50.787	2:01.410	Sébastien Loeb	1:46.388	1:49.793
3	99	Chip Ganassi Racing	8:58.966	Sara Price	1:53.585	1:59.919	Kyle LeDuc	1:48.101	1:50.678
4	58	McLaren XE	9:00.016	Emma Gilmour	1:53.839	2:00.852	Tanner Foust	1:47.969	1:50.750
5	42	XITE Energy Racing	9:04.669	Tamara Molinaro	1:54.487	2:02.009	Timo Scheider	1:49.163	1:52.311
6	125	ABT CUPRA XE	9:09.760	Klara Andersson	2:00.257	2:04.353	Nasser Al-Attiyah	1:48.113	1:51.306
7	5	Veloce Racing	9:15.304	Christine GZ	1:58.005	2:06.646	Lance Woolridge	1:49.826	1:54.332
8	55	ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team	9:21.650*	Laia Sanz	1:49.931	1:59.807	Carlos Sainz	1:50.694	1:54.164
9	23	Andretti United XE	9:56.232*	Catie Munnings	1:59.642	2:04.897	Timmy Hansen	1:50.512	1:53.017
10	22	JBXE	10:06.886*	Kevin Hansen	1:59.070	2:09.213	Hedda Hosås	2:08.499	2:09.090