2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the sixth 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.

2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Previous: 2018 Next: 2020
Support series:
European Rallycross Championship
Americas Rallycross Championship

Timmy Hansen won the Drivers' Championship on countback after finishing with the same number of points as Andreas Bakkerud, winning based on his four event wins to Bakkerud's one. Team Hansen MJP won the Teams' Championship.

Calendar

The 2019 championship was contested over ten rounds in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America.

The following events are scheduled to take place as part of the 2019 championship:

Rnd. Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report
1 World RX of Abu Dhabi 5 April Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi Supercar Kevin Hansen Team Hansen MJP Report
2 World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya 27 April Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló Supercar Timmy Hansen Team Hansen MJP Report
RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
3 Spa World RX of Benelux 11 May Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps Supercar Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Report
RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
4 Dayinsure World RX of Great Britain 25 May Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Supercar Timmy Hansen Team Hansen MJP Report
RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
5 World RX of Norway 15 June Lånkebanen, Hell Supercar Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Report
RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
6 World RX of Sweden 7 July Höljesbanan, Höljes Supercar Sebastian Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Report
RX2 Ben-Philip Gundersen JC Raceteknik
7 World RX of Canada 3 August Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Supercar Andreas Bakkerud Monster Energy RX Cartel Report
8 World RX of France 31 August Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac Supercar Timmy Hansen Team Hansen MJP Report
RX2 Ben-Philip Gundersen JC Raceteknik
9 World RX of Latvia 14 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga Supercar Timmy Hansen Team Hansen MJP Report
10 World RX of South Africa 9 November Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town Supercar Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Report
RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE

Calendar changes

Entries
Timmy Hansen won the Drivers' Championship for the first time

Supercar
Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
Audi Kárai Motorsport Egyesület Audi A1 73 Tamás Kárai 2
Monster Energy RX Cartel[3] Audi S1 13 Andreas Bakkerud[3] All
33 Liam Doran[3] All
Team JC Raceteknik 39 Enzo Ide 3
4 Robin Larsson 9
EKS Audi Sport 40 Mattias Ekström 3
EKS Sport[4] 123 Krisztián Szabó[4] All
Citroën "Knapick" Citroën DS3 84 Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier 2–4, 8
Ford Christopher Hoy Ford Fiesta MK7 41 Christopher Hoy 2
Team STARD[5] 5 Pål Try[6] 1, 3
3 Jani Paasonen[7] 2
Ford Fiesta MK8 4–5, 7–8
22 Jere Kalliokoski[7] 6, 10
5 Pål Try 9
6 Jānis Baumanis[5] All
Olsbergs MSE 93 Sebastian Eriksson 6
196 Kevin Eriksson 6
Honda Honda Civic Coupé 72 Ulrik Linnemann 6
Hyundai GRX Taneco Team[8] Hyundai i20 7 Timur Timerzyanov[8] All
31 Joni Wiman 3–4
68 Niclas Grönholm[8] 1–2, 5–10
GRX Set[8] 15 Reinis Nitišs[8] 1, 6, 9
57 Toomas Heikkinen 8
Mini Xite Racing[9] Mini Cooper 42 Oliver Bennett[9] All
Peugeot Team Hansen MJP[10] Peugeot 208 21 Timmy Hansen[10] All
71 Kevin Hansen[10] All
Grégoire Demoustier 66 Grégoire Demoustier 3
Mark Higgins 134 Mark Higgins 4
Jonathan Pailler 18 Jonathan Pailler 6, 8
Fabien Pailler 20 Fabien Pailler 6, 8
Renault GC Kompetition[11] Renault Mégane R.S. 14 Rokas Baciuška 7-9
36 Guerlain Chicherit[11] All
92 Anton Marklund[11] All
GCK Academy[11] Renault Clio R.S. 96 Guillaume De Ridder[11] All
113 Cyril Raymond[11] All
Renault Mégane R.S. 14 Rokas Baciuška 5–6
SEAT All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[12] SEAT Ibiza 44 Timo Scheider[12] All
Škoda ES Motorsport-Labas GAS[13] Škoda Fabia 14 Rokas Baciuška[13] 1–2
24 Kevin Abbring 5–6
67 François Duval 3
12 Matvey Furazhkin 8-10
Volkswagen Hedströms Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 64 Kjetil Larsen 6
Bridgestone Motorsport 95 Philip Gehrman 6

RX2
Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
OMSE JC Raceteknik[14] Olsbergs MSE RX2 2 Ben-Philip Gundersen[14] All
6 William Nilsson[15] 1-3
90 Jimmie Walfridson[16] 1–2, 4-5
54 Petter Nårsa 6
Morten Asklund 11 Morten Asklund 4-5
Anders Michalak[17] 12 Anders Michalak[17] All
Olsbergs MSE[18] 16 Oliver Eriksson[18] All
18 Linus Östlund 5
35 Fraser McConnell[19] All
47 Jesse Kallio[20] All
Team Färén[21] 21 Damien Meunier[21] 1–2, 6
99 Marcus Höglund 4-5
6 William Nilsson 6
31 Yann Le Jossec 6
Set Promotion 22 Sami-Matti Trogen All
65 Jami Kalliomäki 5
Petter Leirhol 27 Petter Leirhol 4-5
Lars Erik Haug 33 Lars Erik Haug 5
Simon Olofsson[22] 52 Simon Olofsson[22] All
Sport Racing Technologies[23] 55 Vasiliy Gryazin[23] All
69 Nikolay Gryazin 6
Martin Enlund 60 Martin Enlund 5
Albert Llovera[24] 66 Albert Llovera[24] All
Steve Volders[25] 77 Steve Volders[25] All
Stein Fredric Akre 98 Stein Fredric Akre 5
William Nilsson 6 William Nilsson 5
Mats Oskarsson 111 Mats Oskarsson 5
Lane Vacala 50 Lane Vacala 6

Team changes

Driver changes

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 ABU
 BAR
 BEL
 GBR
 NOR
 SWE
 CAN
 FRA
 LAT
 RSA
 Points
1 Timmy Hansen 13 1 4 1 6 6 13 1 1 4 211
2 Andreas Bakkerud 15 3 2 2 10 11 1 5 3 2 211
3 Kevin Hansen 1 2 7 7 2 2 6 3 4 5 199
4 Niclas Grönholm 2 4 1 5 7 6 2 1 186
5 Timur Timerzyanov 7 7 1 11 7 24 3 10 5 3 142
6 Jānis Baumanis 5 6 5 10 3 8 2 11 12 7 137
7 Anton Marklund 9 14 8 3 DSQ 7 5 2 9 11 119
8 Liam Doran 3 8 6 6 5 15 8 12 6 16a 114
9 Timo Scheider 6 10 10 4 11 22 11 8 11 6 109
10 Krisztián Szabó 4 12 12 5 12 17 10 9 10 9 91
11 Rokas Baciuška 12 13 16 12 9 4 7 76
12 Guerlain Chicherit 8 9 13 9 9 14 4 13a 15 8 73
13 Cyril Raymond 10 5 9 13 8 19 12 15a 13 15 45
14 Reinis Nitišs 11 3 8 40
15 Joni Wiman 3 8 39
16 Kevin Abbring 4 4 35
17 Sebastian Eriksson 1 29
18 Guillaume De Ridder 16 11 15 16 15 20 14 16 14 10 29
19 Oliver Bennett 17 17 14 12 14 23 15 19 16 12 22
20 Toomas Heikkinen 7 15
21 Jani Paasonen 16 14 13 16 17 9
22 Mattias Ekström 11 8
23 Kevin Eriksson 9 8
24 Jere Kalliokoski 10 14 10
25 Jonathan Pailler 13 18 4
26 Pål Try 14 16 18 4
27 Fabien Pailler 16 14 4
28 Mark Higgins 15 2
29 Christopher Hoy 15 2
30 Matvey Furazhkin 20 17 13 4
31 François Duval 17 0
32 Kjetil Larsen 18 0
33 Enzo Ide 18 0
34 Robin Larsson 19 0
35 Gregoire Demoustier 19 0
36 Philip Gehrman 21 0
37 Ulrik Linnemann 25 0
38 Tamás Kárai 18 0
39 Hervé "Knapick" 19 20 17 21a -15
Pos. Driver ABU
 BAR
 BEL
 GBR
 NOR
 SWE
 CAN
 FRA
 LAT
 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 Loss of 15 championship points – stewards' decision

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams
Pos. Team No. Drivers Points
1 Team Hansen MJP 21 Timmy Hansen 410
71 Kevin Hansen
2 GRX Taneco Team 7 Timur Timerzyanov 367
31 Joni Wiman
68 Niclas Grönholm
3 Monster Energy RX Cartel 13 Andreas Bakkerud 325
33 Liam Doran
4 GC Kompetition 36 Guerlain Chicherit 192
92 Anton Marklund
5 Team STARD1 3 Jani Paasonen 103
5 Pål Try
6 Jānis Baumanis
22 Jere Kalliokoski
6 GCK Academy 96 Guillaume De Ridder 74
113 Cyril Raymond

1 – Team STARD ran two different specifications of car at rounds 1–3 and therefore were ineligible to score teams points at these events.

RX2 International Series Drivers' Championship
Pos. Driver BAR
 BEL
 GBR
 NOR
 SWE
 FRA
 RSA
 Points
1 Oliver Eriksson 1 1 1 1 11 2 1 193
2 Ben-Philip Gundersen 13 3 5 2 1 1 6 150
3 Jesse Kallio 3 2 2 3 3 6 13 146
4 Fraser McConnell 2 5 7 6 5 4 2 143
5 Sami-Matti Trogen 4 4 4 11 4 3 3 124
6 Vasiliy Gryazin 5 7 3 13 6 5 4 112
7 Simon Olofsson 8 8 10 7 10 13 8 68
8 Anders Michalak 7 9 6 10 13 11 7 64
9 Steven Volders 9 12 9 5 17 9 10 60
10 William Nilsson 10 6 8 12 8 57
11 Linus Östlund 2 5 41
12 Jimmie Walfridson 11 10 8 9 39
13 Damien Meunier 6 11 10 32
14 Albert Llovera 12 13 11 14 21 14 23
15 Marcus Höglund 4 14 22
16 Petter Nårsa 12 9 20
17 Nikolay Gryazin 7 13
18 Martin Enlund 7 13
19 Mats Oskarsson 8 12
20 Niklas Aneklev 11 9
21 Morten Asklund 9 19 8
22 Petter Leirhol 12 18 8
23 Lane Vacala 15 12 2
24 Jami Kalliomäki 15 2
25 Yann Le Jossec 16 1
26 Stein Fredric Akre 16 1
27 Lars Erik Haug 20 0
Pos. Driver BAR
 BEL
 GBR
 NOR
 SWE
 FRA
 RSA
 Points

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