Andreas Bakkerud
| Andreas Bakkerud | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Bakkerud in March 2018 | |
| Nationality |
 |
| Born |
10 October 1991 Bergen, Norway |
| FIA World Rallycross Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | EKS Audi Sport |
| Car no. | 13 |
| Former teams |
Olsbergs MSE Hoonigan Racing Division |
| Starts | 59 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 23 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2016 |
| Finished last season | 6th |
| FIA ERX Supercar Championship | |
| Years active | 2013 |
| Former teams | Bakkerud Motorsport |
| Starts | 9 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 3 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2013 |
| FIA ERX Super1600 Championship | |
| Years active | 2011–2012 |
| Former teams | Set Promotion |
| Starts | 20 |
| Championships | 2 ( 2011, 2012) |
| Wins | 7 |
| Podiums | 15 |
| FIA ERX Division 1A Championship | |
| Years active | 2009–2010 |
| Former teams | Set Promotion |
| Starts | 12 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2010 |
Andreas Bakkerud (born 10 October 1991) is a rallycross driver from Bergen, Norway. He has competed in the FIA Rallycross Supercar class since 2013, where he has collected eight wins.
Biography
Bakkerud won the FIA European Rallycross Champion in the Super1600 category twice, in 2011 and 2012.
He entered the FIA European Rallycross Supercar class in 2013 with a private Citroën DS3, finishing fourth with two wins.
In 2014 he joined the FIA World Rallycross Championship Supercar class, driving an Ford-supported Olsbergs MSE Fiesta.[1] He got two wins and three second-place finishes, and placed fifth in the overall standings. In 2015 he scored a win, three podiums and eight top 5s, which put him fourth in the Supercar drivers championship.
In 2016 Bakkerud moved to American outfit Hoonigan Racing Division, partnering team boss Ken Block.[2] He claimed three wins and six podiums, earning a third place in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Supercar standings.
In June 12, 2016 Bakkerud made rallycross history in Hell, Norway, during Round Five of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship by dominating the entire event and bringing home a 1st overall finish. Bakkerud set numerous records on his outright domination that weekend by winning all four of his Qualifier races (no driver had ever won all four in a weekend previously) and then going on to storm to the top in both his Semi-final and the Final. The overall win was the first-ever for the all-new Ford Focus RS RX rallycross car that year (a racecar that was still in its first year of competition and development), the first-ever in World RX for Hoonigan Racing Division and the first-ever win at the Norway round of the World Championship by a Norwegian.[3]
With the announcement that Hoonigan Racing would be withdrawing from the sport at the end of the 2017 season,[4] Bakkerud was left to find a drive for the new season, an on 31 January 2018 announced that he would be joining the EKS Audi Sport team,[5] driving an Audi S1 EKS RX quattro.
Racing record
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results
(key)
Division 1A
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Set Promotion | Peugeot 206 | GBR |
POR |
FRA |
HUN |
AUT |
SWE 13 |
BEL |
GER |
POL 2 |
CZE 5 |
13th | 33 |
| 2010 | Set Promotion | Peugeot 206 | POR 2 |
FRA 10 |
GBR 6 |
HUN 4 |
SWE |
FIN 6 |
BEL 8 |
GER 4 |
3rd | 109 | ||
| Renault Clio | POL 2 |
CZE 1 | ||||||||||||
Super1600
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Set Promotion | Renault Clio | GBR 1 |
POR 1 |
FRA 2 |
NOR 2 |
SWE 6 |
BEL 2 |
NED 1 |
AUT 11 |
POL 3 |
CZE 1 |
1st | 146 |
| 2012 | Set Promotion | Renault Twingo | GBR 2 |
FRA 1 |
AUT 2 |
HUN 1 |
NOR 6 |
SWE 3 |
BEL 7 |
NED 1 |
FIN 5 |
GER 2 |
1st | 138 |
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Bakkerud Motorsport | Citroën DS3 | GBR 12 |
POR 7 |
HUN 15 |
FIN 6 |
NOR 5 |
SWE 1 |
FRA 1 |
AUT 13 |
GER 2 |
4th | 133 |
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
(key)
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WRX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | POR 2 |
GBR 1 |
NOR 11 |
FIN 2 |
SWE 2 |
BEL 29 |
CAN 8 |
FRA 9 |
GER 11 |
ITA 6 |
TUR 1 |
ARG 6 |
5th | 193 | |
| 2015 | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | POR 4 |
HOC 6 |
BEL 5 |
GBR 4 |
GER 5 |
SWE 3 |
CAN 5 |
NOR 11 |
FRA 8 |
BAR 10 |
TUR 2 |
ITA 1 |
ARG 7 |
4th | 232 |
| 2016 | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | POR 4 |
HOC 12 |
BEL 14 |
GBR 6 |
NOR 1 |
SWE 1 |
CAN 2 |
FRA 2 |
BAR 7 |
LAT 4 |
GER 3 |
ARG 1 |
3rd | 239 | |
| 2017 | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | BAR 3 |
POR 10 |
HOC 14 |
BEL 6 |
GBR 3 |
NOR 2 |
SWE 2 |
CAN 13 |
FRA 4 |
LAT 4 |
GER 8 |
RSA 7 |
6th | 194 | |
| 2018 | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | BAR 3 |
POR 4 |
BEL 6 |
GBR 2 |
NOR 6 |
SWE 2 |
CAN 7 |
FRA 2 |
LAT 8 |
USA 3 |
GER |
RSA |
4th* | 200* | |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ↑ "FIA World Rallycross Championship". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Bakkerud joins Block in all-new Hoonigan Racing Division team". Motorsport.com. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ↑ "Bakkerud Wins Norway World RX and Sets Records in First-Ever Win For The All New Ford Focus RS RX". hooniganracing.com. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ↑ "Ford Performance and Hoonigan Racing Close World RX Programme After 2017 - FIA World Rallycross - The Checkered Flag". The Checkered Flag. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ↑ "EKS Audi Sport set their sights on championship glory in 2018". The Checkered Flag. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by None |
European Rallycross Super1600 Champion 2011-2012 |
Succeeded by Reinis Nitišs |