2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy is the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallycross.

2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Previous: 2017 Next: 2019
Support series:
European Rallycross Championship
Americas Rallycross Championship

Johan Kristoffersson won the Drivers' Championship for the second season running during the World RX of the United States.[1]

Calendar

The 2018 championship was contested over twelve rounds in Europe, Africa and North America.

Rnd. Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report
1 World RX of Barcelona 14–16 April Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
2 World RX of Portugal 28–29 April Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
3 World RX of Belgium 12–13 May Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet Supercar Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Report
RX2 Ben-Philip Gundersen JC Raceteknik
4 World RX of Great Britain 25–27 May Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
5 World RX of Norway 9–10 June Lånkebanen, Hell Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
RX2 Guillaume De Ridder Olsbergs MSE
6 World RX of Sweden 30 June–1 July Höljesbanan, Höljes Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
RX2 Guillaume De Ridder Olsbergs MSE
7 World RX of Canada 4–5 August Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
8 World RX of France 1–2 September Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
9 World RX of Latvia 15–16 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
10 World RX of the United States 29–30 September Circuit of the Americas, Austin Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
11 World RX of Germany 13–14 October Estering, Buxtehude Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
12 World RX of South Africa 24–25 November Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report
RX2 Ben-Philip Gundersen JC Raceteknik

Calendar changes

Entries
The permanent entrants of the 2018 Supercar season
Johan Kristoffersson won his second successive Drivers' Championship
Andreas Bakkerud left the departing Hoonigan Racing Division to join Mattias Ekström's EKS RX
GC Kompetition entered the championship, fielding two Renault Méganes built by Prodrive
GRX Taneco also entered, using two ex-WRC Hyundai i20's

Supercar
Factory Teams
Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
Audi EKS Audi Sport[5] Audi S1 5 Mattias Ekström All
13 Andreas Bakkerud[6] All
51 Nico Müller 9
Peugeot Team Peugeot Total[7] Peugeot 208 9 Sébastien Loeb All
21 Timmy Hansen All
71 Kevin Hansen All
Volkswagen PSRX Volkswagen Sweden[8] Volkswagen Polo R 1 Johan Kristoffersson All
11 Petter Solberg All
Privateers / satellites
Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
Audi Kárai Motorsport Egyesület[9] Audi A1 102 Tamás Kárai 4
Comtoyou Racing[10] Audi S1 67 François Duval 3
BMW Oliver Bennett BMW MINI Cooper 42 Oliver Bennett 1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 11-12
Citroën Mário Barbosa Citroën DS3 75 Mário Barbosa 2
Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier 84 "Knapick" 1, 4, 8
Ford Team STARD[11] Ford Fiesta 6 Jānis Baumanis All
58 Qinghua Ma[9] 4
60 Joni-Pekka Rajala[12] 5
Oliver O'Donovan 2 Oliver O'Donovan 8
MJP Racing Team Austria[12][13] 31 Max Pucher 5
32 Alexander Wurz 5, 9
57 Toomas Heikkinen 8-9
177 Andrew Jordan 4, 8
Olsbergs MSE[14] Ford Fiesta ST 4 Robin Larsson All
96 Kevin Eriksson All
Bompiso Racing Team Ford Focus 41 Joaquim Santos 2
Hyundai GRX Taneco Team[15] Hyundai i20 7 Timur Timerzyanov All
68 Niclas Grönholm All
Peugeot Sébastien Loeb Racing[16] Peugeot 208 66 Grégoire Demoustier1 [17] All
Mark Higgins[9] 134 Mark Higgins 4
Davy Jeanney 17 Davy Jeanney 8
Emmanuel Anne 29 Emmanuel Anne 8
Gaëten Serazin 62 Gaëten Serzain 8
Cyril Raymond 113 Cyril Raymond 11
Renault GC Kompetition[18] Renault Mégane R.S. 33 Liam Doran 8-9, 11
36 Guerlain Chicherit All
74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin 1-7
92 Anton Marklund 10-12
SEAT Münnich Motorsport[19] SEAT Ibiza 44 Timo Scheider 6, 8-9, 12
77 René Münnich 5, 11-12
Volkswagen Marklund Motorsport[20] Volkswagen Polo 24 Tommy Rustad 4-5, 8
92 Anton Marklund 4-5
Kjetil Larsen[12] 64 Kjetil Larsen 5, 11

Drivers with a green background are ineligible to score points towards the Championship for Teams.

RX2
RX2 Teams
Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
OMSE JC Raceteknik Olsbergs MSE RX2 2 Ben-Philip Gundersen All
6 William Nilsson All
69 Sondre Evjen All
77 Henrik Krogstad All
90 Jimmie Walfridson 4
91 Jonathan Walfridsson 4
99 Marcus Höglund 3-4
Set Promotion 8 Simon Wågø Syversen 1-6
22 Sami-Matti Trogen 2-7
65 Jami Kalliomäki All
59 Ashley Haigh-Smith 7
Glenn Haug 9 Glenn Haug 1-4
Martin Jonsson 10 Martin Jonsson 4
Mats Oskarsson 11 Mats Oskarsson 4
Anders Michalak 14 Anders Michalak All
Hampus Rådström 17 Hampus Rådström 4
Olsbergs MSE 16 Oliver Eriksson All
18 Linus Östlund 4
53 Cole Keatts All
96 Guillaume De Ridder All
Team Faren 21 Conner Martell All
50 Nathan Heathcote All
Koen Pauwels 23 Koen Pauwels 1
Petter Leirhol 27 Petter Leirhol 4
Christian Brooks 44 Christian Brooks 4
Simon Olofsson 52 Simon Olofsson 1-4, 6-7
Sport Racing Technologies 55 Vasily Gryazin All
15 Reinis Nitišs 7
Albert Llovera 66 Albert Llovera 2 1-6
Santosh Berggren 68 Santosh Berggren 4
Johnny Andersson 86 Johnny Andersson 4
Stein Frederic-Akre 98 Stein Frederic-Akre 4

2 Despite having been born in Andorra, Albert Llovera is recognised by the RX2 International Series and by extension, the FIA World Rallycross Championship as a Spanish driver for the duration of the 2018 season.[22][23]

Team changes

Driver changes
  • Andreas Bakkerud left Hoonigan Racing Division to join EKS RX.[25]
  • Toomas Heikkinen and Reinis Nitišs both left EKS RX.[26][27] Nitišs will instead re-join Set Promotion, the team in which he won the Super1600 championship with in 2013, and compete in the FIA European Rallycross Championship with an M-Sport Ford Fiesta. Heikkinen also joined the team, but stepped down from driving duties, becoming Nitišs’ team manager and a driving coach for Set Promotion's Super1600 drivers.
  • After spending a year with MJP Racing Team Austria in 2017, Kevin Eriksson returned to his father's Olsbergs MSE team alongside fellow countryman Robin Larsson, who will make his return to World RX after a year sabbatical.
  • Jérôme Grosset-Janin will partner team owner and driver Guerlain Chicherit, driving for the new GCK team.
  • Double European Rallycross champion Timur Timerzyanov left STARD to join GRX Taneco, partnering Niclas Grönholm in the new Hyundai i20.

Results and standings

World Championship points are scored as follows:

Position
Round 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

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers
Pos. Driver BAR
POR
BEL
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
FRA
LAT
USA
GER
RSA
Points
1 Johan Kristoffersson 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 341
2 Mattias Ekström 6a 7 4 4 2 6 4 4 2 5 2 2 248
3 Andreas Bakkerud 3 4 6 2 6 2 7 2 8 3 3 7 237
4 Sébastien Loeb 2 2 1 3 8 9 3 6 3 4 8 3 229
5 Petter Solberg 5 3 2 7 3 7 5 3 7 2 5 5b 227
6 Timmy Hansen 7 6 3 8 5 4 2 5 5b 6b 7 6 192
7 Niclas Grönholm 4 10 11 5 7 11 8 11 4 8 4 13 146
8 Kevin Hansen 13 8 9 6 4 5 9 7b 6 7 6 4 145
9 Jānis Baumanis 8 11 10 14 12 10 6 13 14 11 11 9 98
10 Timur Timerzyanov 10 12 8 12 21 8 11 9 11 13 20 11 86
11 Guerlain Chicherit 12 5 10 15 15 14 15 12 10 9 13 12 68
12 Jérôme Grosset-Janin 11 14 14 10 14 3 13 47
13 Kevin Eriksson 14 9 16 9 9 13b 10b 10b 16 10 10 14 38
14 Anton Marklund 17 11 12b 9 8 35
15 Robin Larsson 9 13 7 13 10 12 12b 17b 17 14 12 15 34
16 Liam Doran 8 12 19 19
17 Tommy Rustad 11 13 16 14
18 Timo Scheider 17 25 13 10 13
19 Nico Müller 9 10
20 Toomas Heikkinen 14 15 5
21 François Duval 13 4
22 Kjetil Larsen 19 14 3
23 Andrew Jordan 20 15 2
24 René Münnich 17 16 16 2
25 Joni-Pekka Rajala 16 1
26 Mark Higgins 16 1
27 "Knapick" 17 22 23 0
28 Joaquim Santos 17 0
29 Alexander Wurz 18 18 0
30 Mário Barbosa 18 0
31 Cyril Raymond 18 0
32 Tamás Kárai 19 0
33 Davy Jeanney 20 0
34 Gaëten Serzain 21 0
35 Oliver O'Donovan 22 0
36 Max Pucher 23 0
37 Qinghua Ma 23 0
38 Emmanuel Anne 24 0
39 Oliver Bennett 15 16 21 20 15 18 20 15 18c -3
40 Grégoire Demoustier 16 15 15 18 22 16 14 19 19 15 17 17b -4
Pos. Driver BAR
POR
BEL
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
FRA
LAT
USA
GER
RSA
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

a Ekström received no points from the final as he was disqualified after crashing into Solberg.
b Loss of fifteen championship points – stewards' decision
c Loss of ten championship points – stewards' decision

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams
Pos. Team No. Drivers Points
1 PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 1 Johan Kristoffersson 568
11 Petter Solberg
2 EKS Audi Sport 5 Mattias Ekström 485
13 Andreas Bakkerud
3 Team Peugeot Total 9 Sébastien Loeb 421
21 Timmy Hansen
4 GRX Taneco Team 28 Timur Timerzyanov 232
68 Niclas Grönholm
5 GC Kompetition 33 Liam Doran 152
36 Guerlain Chicherit
74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin
92 Anton Marklund
6 Olsbergs MSE 4 Robin Larsson 72
96 Kevin Eriksson

RX2 International Series

(key)

Pos. Driver BEL
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
FRA
RSA
Points
1 Oliver Eriksson 7 1 2 4 1 1 6 175
2 Guillaume De Ridder 8 7 1 1 2 3 7 156
3 Henrik Krogstad 3 8 3 2 8 6 9 121
4 Ben-Philip Gundersen 1 10 8 5 7 11 1 119
5 Vasily Gryazin 5 6 5 14 4 10 3 118
6 Sondre Evjen 2 3 4 22 11 5 2 106
7 William Nilsson 4 12 6 7 9 8 4 93
8 Jami Kalliomäki 6 9 10 11 10 9 8 83
9 Conner Martell 10 2 12 17 6 4 10 80
10 Sami-Matti Trogen 11 9 15 5 2 5 79
11 Nathan Heathcote 14 17 11 10 13 7 11 49
12 Simon Wågø Syversen 11 13 7 24 12 12 38
13 Anders Michalak 13 4 14 21 14 15 13 33
14 Simon Olofsson 12 15 15 3 14 14 32
15 Cole Keatts 16 14 16 27 3 13 12 31
16 Glenn Haug 9 5 13 18 25
17 Christian Brooks 6 20
18 Jimmie Walfridson 8 14
19 Marcus Höglund 17 9 13
20 Petter Leirhol 12 6
21 Linus Ostlund 13 4
22 Albert Llovera 17 16 18 29 15 17 3
23 Koen Pauwels 15 2
24 Reinis Nitišs 15 2
25 Ashely Haigh-Smith 16 1
26 Edijs Oss 16 1
27 Stein Frederic-Akre 16 1
28 Santosh Berggren 19 0
29 Mats Oskarsson 20 0
30 Hampus Rådström 23 0
31 Martin Jonsson 25 0
32 Johnny Anderson 26 0
33 Jonathan Walfridsson 28 0
Pos. Driver BEL
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
FRA
RSA
Points

See also

2018 in rallycross

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