2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship

Summary

The 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was 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.

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

Calendar edit

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 edit

Entries edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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 12   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
75   Edijs Oss 6
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 edit

Driver changes edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit

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
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
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 edit

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 edit

(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 Andersson 26 0
33   Jonathan Walfridsson 28 0
Pos. Driver BEL
 
GBR
 
NOR
 
SWE
 
CAN
 
FRA
 
RSA
 
Points

See also edit

2018 in rallycross

References edit

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External links edit

  • Official website