2020 FIA European Rallycross Championship

2020 FIA European Rallycross Championship

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The 2020 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 45th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The season consisted of two rounds across two categories; Supercar and Super1600. The season commenced on 22 August at the Höljesbanan, Höljes, Sweden and finished prematurely on the 6 October at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze in Riga, Latvia.

Calendar

The provisional calendar was unveiled on 30 October 2019. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
The season was originally scheduled to start in April but following multiple postponements relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was released in May 2020 and the championship is now scheduled to begin in August. ^[5]

Rnd.	Event	Venue	Dates	Category	Winner	Team
1	Euro RX of Sweden	Höljesbanan, Höljes	22–23 August	Supercar	Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
2	Euro RX of Riga - Latvia	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	19–20 September		Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
3	Euro RX of Barcelona - Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	17 October [6]	Super1600	Yuri Belevskiy	Volland Racing
4			18 October		Yuri Belevskiy	Volland Racing
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Event		Venue		Original Date		Series
Euro RX of Portugal		Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre		2–3 May, then 10–11 October		Super1600
Euro RX of Benelux		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps		16–17 May, then 3–4 October, then 21–22 November		Supercar
Euro RX of Norway		Lånkebanen, Hell		13–14 June		Supercar
Euro RX of Russia		Igora Drive, Sosnovo		18–19 July		Super1600
Euro RX of Germany		Nürburgring, Nürburg		1–2 August then 12–13 December		Supercar
						Super1600
Euro RX of France		Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac		5–6 September		Supercar
						Super1600

Calendar changes

• Euro RX of Portugal was set to return after a 1-year hiatus, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[7]
• Euro RX of Great Britain was omitted from the schedule.
• Euro RX of Russia was supposed to join the calendar, but was cancelled and replaced with the Euro RX of Germany (which moved from the Estering to the Nürburgring).
• Euro RX of Barcelona, Euro RX of Portugal, Euro RX of Benelux, Euro RX of Sweden, and Euro RX of Germany were originally scheduled for between April and August. ^[5] All were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[5]
• Euro RX of Norway and Euro RX of Germany were dropped from the calendar following the May calendar revision. ^[5]
• Euro RX of France was cancelled, also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[8]
• Euro RX of Germany was to return on the final revision of the calendar, but it was cancelled, due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Germany, resulting in an early end to the 2020 season ^[9]
• After being rescheduled twice, Euro RX of Benelux was cancelled due to Belgium going into national lockdown. ^[10]

Entry list

Supercar

Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Ref.
Audi	JC Raceteknik	Audi S1	3	Ben-Philip Gundersen	All	[11]
			54	Mats Öhman	1
	Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesulet		73	Tamás Kárai	All	[12]
Ford	Nordgård Motorsport	Ford Fiesta	9	David Nordgård	1	[12]
	IKONEN		10	Mikko Ikonen	2
	TSK Baltijos Sportas		55	Paulius Pleskovas	2
	Daarbak Motorsport		93	Tobias Daarbak	1	[13]
	Olsbergs MSE		116	Oliver Eriksson	All	[12]
	Reinsalu Sport	Ford Ka	5	Andri Oun	2	[12]
Peugeot	DA Racing	Peugeot 208	23	Andréa Dubourg	All	[12]
			87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	All	[12]
SEAT	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	38	Mandie August	All	[12]
Volkswagen	Eklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Beetle	74	Per Eklund	1
	MKIVRX	Volkswagen Scirocco	17	Daniel Öberg	1	[12]
	Hedströms Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	8	Peter Hedström	All	[12]
			45	Pontus Tidemand	1	[12]
	KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team		11	Aleš Fučik	All	[12]
	TBRX		16	Thomas Bryntesson	All	[12]
	MKIVRX		17	Daniel Öberg	2	[12]
	Kristoffersson Motorsport		69	Sondre Evjen [14]	All	[14]

Super1600

Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Ref.
Audi	Volland Racing	Audi A1	15	Gergely Márton	All	[15]
			39	Artur Egorov	All	[15]
			51	Marius Bermingrud	All	[16]
			54	Marat Knyazev	All	[15]
			95	Yuri Belevskiy	All	[15]
Renault	Marcel Snoeijers	Renault Megane	50	Marcel Snoeijers	All	[16]
	SET Promotion	Renault Twingo	22	Rasmus Tuominen	All	[17]
Škoda	Pajr SRO	Škoda Citigo	11	Jan Černý	All	[18]
	Josef Susta ACCR Czech Team	Škoda Fabia	16	Josef Susta	All	[16]
	Joao Ribeiro		99	Joao Ribeiro	All	[16]
	Automax Motorsport		117	Radoslaw Raczkowski	All	[16]
	Jérémy Lambec		166	Jérémy Lambec	All	[16]

Results and standings

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

Supercar

Pos Driver SWE LAT Points 1 Oliver Eriksson 1 1 59 2 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 5 3 48 3 Sondre Evjen 7 2 40 4 Ben-Philip Gundersen 4 5 39 5 Andrea Dubourg 2 4 36 6 Peter Hedström 3 7 32 7 Tamás Kárai 10 6 25 8 Aleš Fučik 13 8 18 9 Thomas Bryntesson 8 14 16 10 Pontus Tidemand 6 14 11 Mandie August 12 11 14 12 Mats Öhman 9 13 13 Mikko Ikonen 9 11 14 Paulius Pleskovas 10 10 15 Tobias Daarbak 11 8 16 Andri Oun 13 4 17 Per Eklund 15 2 18 David Nordgård 16 1 19 Dan Öberg 14 121 2 -16 Pos Driver SWE LAT Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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)

¹ – 10 point penalty.
² – 15 point penalty.

Super1600

Pos	Driver	BAR		Points
1	Yuri Belevskiy	1	1	59
2	Gergely Marton	2	3	51
3	Artur Egorov	5	4	39
4	Marat Kniazev	7	2	38
5	Marius Bermingrud	4	7	37
6	Rasmus Tuominen	3	10	32
7	Joao Ribeiro	6	5	29
8	Jan Černý	8	9	24
9	Josef Susta	11	6	22
10	Radoslaw Raczkowski	9	8	20
11	Jérémy Lambec	10	11	17
12	Marcel Snoeijers	12	12	13
Pos	Driver	BAR		Points

References

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External links

• Official website