FIA World Rallycross Championship

FIA World Rallycross Championship
Category Supercars
Country International
Inaugural season 2014
Tire suppliers Cooper
Drivers' champion Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Makes' champion Sweden PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Official website www.fiaworldrallycross.com
Current season

The FIA World Rallycross Championship (official abbreviation is WRX) is a rallycross series organised by the FIA in conjunction with series promoters IMG Motorsport.

Format

Regular lap vs. Joker lap (2016 World RX of Norway)
Cars line up on the grid before a Semi-Final
Semi-Final 2 at the 2016 World RX of Portugal

The series currently consists of 12 two-day events driven on closed circuits with mixed surface (mostly asphalt and gravel). Each event consists of:[1]

  • 4 Qualifying heats. In each of the 4 series there are smaller races containing 3 to 5 cars, and the driver with the fastest overall race time after 4 laps (including one so-called Joker Lap) is declared the qualifying winner of Q1, Q2, Q3 and/or Q4. Drivers earn 'intermediate points' based on their positions. After the 4 qualifying series, the points are added up and the 12 drivers with the most points in the 'intermediate standings' move into the next round.
  • 2 Semi-Finals. 6 cars race in each of both semi-finals, which are run over 6 laps (incl. one Joker Lap). The top 3 drivers in each semi-final move into the final round.
  • Final. Like the semi-finals, this race is contested by 6 cars over 6 laps (incl. one Joker Lap). The winner of the final is deemed to be the event winner. However, the final winner has not necessarily claimed the most championship points from the whole event.

Categories

Two classes are currently run, Supercar and RX2. An electric category was planned to be introduced in 2020[2][3], but it was announced on 16th August 2018 that the introduction of a fully electric Championship would be delayed until 2021[4] to allow manufacturers more time to submit an interest to join following the rules change.

Points system

World Championship points are scored as follows:

Points Scale Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Heats 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Semi-Finals 6 5 4 3 2 1
Final 8 5 4 3 2 1
  • A red background denotes drivers who did not advance from the round

Drivers

Events

Results

Records correct up to and including the 2018 World RX of Barcelona.

Champions

Season Championship for Drivers Championship for Teams
Driver Team Car Team Car
2014 Norway Petter SolbergSweden PSRXFrance Citroën DS3Sweden Olsbergs MSEUnited States Ford Fiesta ST
2015 Norway Petter SolbergSweden SDRXFrance Citroën DS3Sweden Team Peugeot-HansenFrance Peugeot 208
2016 Sweden Mattias EkströmSweden EKS RXGermany Audi S1Sweden EKS RXGermany Audi S1
2017 Sweden Johan KristofferssonSweden PSRX Volkswagen SwedenGermany Volkswagen Polo GTISweden PSRX Volkswagen SwedenGermany Volkswagen Polo GTI
2018 Sweden Johan KristofferssonSweden PSRX Volkswagen SwedenGermany Volkswagen Polo R
Season RX Lites/RX2 Champions
Driver Team Car
2014 Sweden Kevin ErikssonSweden Olsbergs MSESweden OMSE RX Lite Car
2015 Sweden Kevin HansenSweden Hansen Junior TeamSweden OMSE RX Lite Car
2016 France Cyril RaymondFrance Cyril RaymondSweden OMSE RX Lite Car
2017 France Cyril RaymondFrance Cyril RaymondSweden OMSE RX2 Car

Statistics

Event wins by driver

The drivers champion of the first two seasons, Petter Solberg.
2016 champion Mattias Ekström.
Johan Kristoffersson, champion of the 2017 season, holds the record of most points scored in a season.
L-R: Reinis Nitišs, Andreas Bakkerud, Toomas Heikkinen and Ekström. They have all won events in the top class

Key

Driver is a World Champion
Bold Driver has competed in the 2018 season
Wins Driver First win Last win
16 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 2015 World RX of Portugal 2018 World RX of France
10 Norway Petter Solberg 2014 World RX of Portugal 2017 World RX of Great Britain
Sweden Mattias Ekström 2014 World RX of Sweden 2017 World RX of Germany
6 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 2014 World RX of Great Britain 2016 World RX of Argentina
5 Sweden Timmy Hansen 2014 World RX of Italy 2016 World RX of Canada
2 France Davy Jeanney 2015 World RX of Germany 2015 World RX of Canada
Finland Toomas Heikkinen 2014 World RX of Belgium 2015 World RX of Belgium
France Sébastien Loeb 2016 World RX of Latvia 2018 World RX of Belgium

Event wins by car

Wins Car
12 Germany Volkswagen Polo
10 Germany Audi S1
9 France Citroën DS3
9 France Peugeot 208
5 United States Ford Fiesta
4 Germany Audi A1
3 United States Ford Focus

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rallycrossrx.com/race_format Race Format
  2. ↑ https://www.autosport.com/wrx/news/131080/world-rallycross-to-introduce-electric-cars
  3. ↑ https://www.motorsport.com/world-rx/news/world-rallycross-set-to-add-electric-cars-in-future-937612/
  4. ↑ https://www.motorsport.com/world-rx/news/world-rallycross-delays-electric-switch-until-2021/3159404/?nrt=210 "World Rallycross delays electric switch until 2021"], Motorsport.com, 16/08/18
  5. ↑ Scammell, David (2 July 2015). "DiRT Rally partners with FIA World Rallycross Championship for World RX update". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
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