FIA World Rallycross Championship

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

FIA World Rallycross Championship
CategoryRallycross
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2014
Tire suppliersCooper
Drivers' champion Timmy Hansen
Teams' champion Team Hansen MJP
Official websitewww.fiaworldrallycross.com
Current season

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 16 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.

The Projekt E electric rallycross car

A new electric rallycross car, Projekt E, was revealed in September 2019 at the Riga Motor Museum in Latvia.[5]

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 2019 World RX of South Africa.

Champions

Season Championship for Drivers Championship for Teams
Driver Team Car Team Car
2014 Petter Solberg PSRXCitroën DS3 Olsbergs MSEFord Fiesta ST
2015 Petter Solberg SDRXCitroën DS3 Team Peugeot-HansenPeugeot 208
2016 Mattias Ekström EKS RXAudi S1 EKS RXAudi S1
2017 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen SwedenVolkswagen Polo GTI PSRX Volkswagen SwedenVolkswagen Polo GTI
2018 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen SwedenVolkswagen Polo R PSRX Volkswagen SwedenVolkswagen Polo R
2019 Timmy Hansen Team Hansen MJP Peugeot 208 Team Hansen MJP Peugeot 208


Season RX Lites/RX2 Champions
Driver Team Car
2014 Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSEOMSE RX Lite Car
2015 Kevin Hansen Hansen Junior TeamOMSE RX Lite Car
2016 Cyril Raymond Cyril RaymondOMSE RX Lite Car
2017 Cyril Raymond Cyril RaymondOMSE RX2 Car
2018 Oliver Eriksson OMSE RX2 CarOMSE RX2 Car
2019 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSEOMSE RX2 Car

Statistics

Event wins by driver

The drivers champion of the first two seasons, Petter Solberg
2016 champion Mattias Ekström
2017-2018 champion Johan Kristoffersson


Key

Driver is a World Champion
Bold Driver has competed in the 2019 season
Wins Driver First win Last win
20 Johan Kristoffersson 2015 World RX of Portugal 2018 World RX of South Africa
10 Petter Solberg 2014 World RX of Portugal 2017 World RX of Great Britain
Mattias Ekström 2014 World RX of Sweden 2017 World RX of Germany
9 Timmy Hansen 2014 World RX of Italy 2019 World RX of Latvia
7 Andreas Bakkerud 2014 World RX of Great Britain 2019 World RX of Canada
2 Davy Jeanney 2015 World RX of Germany 2015 World RX of Canada
Toomas Heikkinen 2014 World RX of Belgium 2015 World RX of Belgium
Sébastien Loeb 2016 World RX of Latvia 2018 World RX of Belgium
Niclas Grönholm 2019 World RX of Norway 2019 World RX of South Africa
1 Kevin Hansen 2019 World RX of Abu Dhabi 2019 World RX of Abu Dhabi
Reinis Nitišs 2014 World RX of Norway 2014 World RX of Norway
Tanner Foust 2014 World RX of Finland 2014 World RX of Finland
Robin Larsson 2015 World RX of Argentina 2015 World RX of Argentina
Kevin Eriksson 2016 World RX of Germany 2016 World RX of Germany
Timur Timerzyanov 2019 World RX of Belgium 2019 World RX of Belgium
Sebastian Eriksson 2019 World RX of Sweden 2019 World RX of Sweden

Event podiums by driver

Podiums Driver
30 Petter Solberg
Andreas Bakkerud
29 Johan Kristoffersson
28 Timmy Hansen
22 Mattias Ekström
17 Sébastien Loeb
8 Toomas Heikkinen
Reinis Nitišs
5 Robin Larsson
Kevin Hansen
Timur Timerzyanov
4 Niclas Grönholm
3 Davy Jeanney
Anton Marklund
2 Ken Block
Tanner Foust
Kevin Eriksson
Jānis Baumanis
1 Andrew Jordan
Liam Doran
Timo Scheider
Jean-Baptiste Dubourg
Jerome Grosset-Janin
Joni Wiman
Richard Göransson
Sebastian Eriksson

Event wins by car

Wins Car
24 Volkswagen Polo
14 Peugeot 208
11 Audi S1
9 Citroën DS3
6 Ford Fiesta
3 Ford Focus
Hyundai i20
1 Audi A1

See also

References

  1. "FIA World Rallycross Championship". Fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. Ridge, Hal. "World Rallycross to introduce electric cars as early as 2020". Autosport.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. "World Rallycross set to add electric cars in future". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. "World Rallycross delays electric switch until 2021". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. Ridge, Hal (2019-09-13), First Projekt E electric rallycross car unveiled at Latvian WRX, autosport.com, retrieved 2019-09-17
  6. 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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