The 2022 Island X-Prix (formally the 2022 Neom Island X-Prix) was a pair of

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off-road races that was held on 6, 7, 9 and 10 July 2022 at Capo Teulada, in the

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region of the Italian island of

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. It marked the second and third rounds of the

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racing car series' second season, as well as the second running of the event. Though initially scheduled to host only the second round in May, it was later turned into a double header and postponed to July when the third round, originally planned to take place in

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, was cancelled due to financial issues. As such, the two events were treated as separate competitions and distinguished in official documents as the "Island X-Prix I" and "Island X-Prix II".

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and

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won their first X-Prix for

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in the first round, ahead of Xite Energy Racing and

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, after a penalty for on-track winners Rosberg X Racing. Championship leaders

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and

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from Rosberg X Racing dominated the second event, with

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and Genesys

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Extreme E rounding out the podium.

Classification

Round 2

Qualifying

Notes: * Tie-breakers were determined by Super Sector times.

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Crazy Race

Notes: * – Abt

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XE originally finished first, but later received a 10-second time penalty for taking down a waypoint flag and a 22-second time penalty for failing to reach the minimum driver switch time in the switch zone.

Final

Notes: * The race was red-flagged at the end of lap 1 after a crash between Rosberg X Racing's

and

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that took the latter out of the race. All four other teams took the restart, with the gaps maintained. * – Team awarded 5 additional points for being fastest in the Super Sector. * –

received a 7-second time penalty for taking down a waypoint flag. * – Rosberg X Racing originally finished first, but was later penalised for causing the collision with the

Sainz XE Team. This was initially in the form of a 30-second time penalty. However, after new evidence became available and Acciona Sainz appealed the decision, on 19 August (six weeks after the incident) the initial time penalty was cancelled and Rosberg X Racing was demoted to last place.

Round 3

Qualifying

Notes: * Tie-breakers were determined by Super Sector times.

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Crazy Race

Final

Notes: * – Team awarded 5 additional points for being fastest in the Super Sector. * – Abt

XE originally finished second, but was later disqualified for

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not fitting her right shoulder strap during the driver switch and driving a lap not fastened. As a result, the team got 0 points from the event.

References

External links

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