2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship

2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship

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The 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the seventh 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 third time. KYB Team JC won the Teams' Championship.

Calendar

The 2020 championship was contested over eight rounds in Europe. ^{[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 finally began in August. ^[5]

Rnd.	Event	Dates	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1	Swecon World RX of Sweden	22–23 August	Höljesbanan, Höljes	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS	Report
2					Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC
				Projekt E	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division
3	Capitalbox World RX of Finland	29 August	Tykkimäki, Kouvola	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS	Report
4		30 August			Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco
N/C	RX2 All Star Shootout	5 September	Nysumbanen, Vebbestrup	RX2	Guillaume De Ridder	Olsbergs MSE	Report
		6 September			Henrik Krogstad	Yellow Squad Team Färén
5	Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia	19–20 September	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS	Report
6					Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC
				Projekt E	Cyril Raymond	Citroën Racing
7	Logitech G World RX of Catalunya	17 October	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	Report
8		18 October			Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS
	Event		Venue		Original Dates
	World RX of Portugal		Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre		2–3 May then 10–11 October
	World RX of Benelux		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps		16–17 May then 3–4 October then 21–22 November
	World RX of Norway		Lånkebanen, Hell		13–14 June
	World RX of Russia		Igora Drive, Sosnovo		18–19 July
	World RX of Germany		Nürburgring, Nürburg		1–2 August then 12–13 December
	World RX of France		Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac		5–6 September
	World RX of Abu Dhabi		Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi		29–31 October
	World RX of South Africa		Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town		14–15 November

Calendar changes

• The World RX of Portugal and World RX of Germany would both have returned after a one-year hiatus. The German round would have moved from the Estering to the Nürburgring. Both events were later cancelled.
• The World RX of Canada and the World RX of Great Britain were both removed from the schedule.
• The World RX of Russia was added to the schedule, but had been cancelled. ^[6]
• The World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya, World RX of Portugal, World RX of Benelux, World RX of Sweden, World RX of Germany were all scheduled to take place between April and August. ^[1] All were rescheduled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[5]
• The World RX of Norway and World RX of South Africa were both dropped from the calendar following the May calendar revision. ^[5]
• The World RX of France was cancelled, also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[7]
• A new event was added to the calendar, after the extraordinary World Motor Sport Council in June, in Kouvola (Finland) to replace the World RX of France. ^[8]
• The World RX of Benelux was rescheduled for a second time to November to allow a larger number of spectators to attend. ^[9]
• On September 15, the organization of World RX of Portugal announced that the event was cancelled due to the evolution of COVID-19 in September. ^[10]
• On November 4, it was announced that the World RX of Benelux was cancelled due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Belgium. ^[11]
• On November 26, it was announced that the World RX of Germany was cancelled, due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Germany, resulting in an early end to the 2020 season ^[12]

Entries

Supercar

Constructor	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Ref.
Audi	KYB Team JC	Audi S1 RX	4	Robin Larsson	All	[13]
			5	Mattias Ekström	All	[14] [15]
	Karai Motorsport Sportegyesület		73	Tamás Kárai	3–4, 7–8	[16]
	Team JC Race Teknik		91	Enzo Ide	7–8	[17]
Ford	Ferratum Team	Ford Fiesta Supercar RX	11	Jani Paasonen	1–6	[18]
	Jere Kalliokoski		22	Jere Kalliokoski	3–4	[16]
	Atro Määttä		65	Atro Määttä	3–4	[16]
Honda	Olsbergs MSE	Honda Civic Coupe	93	Sebastian Eriksson	1–2	[19]
Hyundai	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	7	Timur Timerzyanov	All	[20]
			68	Niclas Grönholm	All	[20]
	Patrick Guillerme		83	Patrick Guillerme	7–8	[21]
	GRX Set		123	Krisztián Szabó	1–2, 5–6	[22] [17]
			177	Juha Rytkönen	3–4	[16]
Mini	Oliver Bennett	Mini Cooper SX1	42	Oliver Bennett	7–8	[21]
Peugeot	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208 RX	1	Timmy Hansen	All	[23]
			9	Kevin Hansen	All	[23]
Renault	GCK UNKORRUPTED	Renault Clio R.S. RX	14	Rokas Baciuška	1–2, 5–6	[24]
			36	Guerlain Chicherit	1–6	[24]
			69	Kevin Abbring	3–4	[25]
	Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel	Renault Mégane R.S. RX	13	Andreas Bakkerud	All	[26]
			33	Liam Doran	All	[26]
	GCK Bilstein		92	Anton Marklund	All	[27]
SEAT	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza RX	38	Mandie August	7–8	[21]
			44	Timo Scheider	All	[28]
			77	René Münnich	1–6	[28]
Škoda	ESmotorsport	Škoda Fabia RX	15	Reinis Nitišs	5–6	[29]
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS	Volkswagen Polo GTI RX	3	Johan Kristoffersson	All	[30]

RX2

Constructor	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Ref.
OMSE	VGracing	Olsbergs MSE RX2	8	Gustav Johansson	[31]
	Olsbergs MSE		9	Grégory Fosse	[31]
			18	Linus Östlund
			47	Jesse Kallio	[32]
			60	Martin Enlund	[33]
			91	Niklas Aneklev	[31]
			96	Guillaume De Ridder	[31]
	Alfta Racing Team		10	Martin Jonsson	[31]
	MORX		11	Mats Oskarsson	[31]
	STS RX		52	Simon Olofsson	[31]
	Yellow Squad Team Färén		77	Henrik Krogstad	[34]
			999	Dan Skocdopole	[35]
	Helmia Motorsport		90	Jimmie Walfridson	[31]
	JC Raceteknik		99	Hans-Ola Frøshaug	[31]

Projekt E

Constructor	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Ref.
STARD	Ferratum Team	Ford Fiesta	6	Jānis Baumanis	2	[36]
	Ford Österreich		21	Hermann Neubauer	1	[37]
	Rallytechnology		41	Natalie Barratt	All	[38]
	Hoonigan Racing Division		43	Ken Block	1	[39]
	Holten Motorsport		5	Svein Bjarte Holten	2	[40]
	Citroën Racing	Citroën C3	113	Cyril Raymond	2	[41]

Championship 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 eliminated from that round.

Supercar

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver SWE FIN LAT BAR Points 1 Johan Kristoffersson 1 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 219 2 Mattias Ekström 2 1 7 2 2 1 5 4 192 3 Timmy Hansen 6 11 3 5 3 4 1 2 163 4 Niclas Grönholm 4 9 4 1 5 5 4 8 147 5 Kevin Hansen 8 2 6 7 4 6 3 7 135 6 Robin Larsson 7 5 8 10 6 3 12 6 122 7 Andreas Bakkerud 13 6 9 6 8 7 6 5 121 8 Timo Scheider 3 4 5 9 12 10 9 9 92 9 Anton Marklund 5 8 12 11 14 9 8 3 90 10 Timur Timerzyanov 12 10 10 3 10 8 7 10 81 11 Krisztián Szabó 9 7 7 11 41 12 Juha Rytkönen 2 8 37 13 Liam Doran 17 17 19 14 9 12 10 16 29 14 René Münnich 14 12 16 19 13 14 18 15 Támas Kárai 13 16 14 11 15 16 Jere Kalliokoski 11 12 14 17 Guerlain Chicherit 16 13 14 15 15 15 14 18 Sebastian Eriksson 10 15 12 19 Reinis Nitišs 11 13 12 20 Rokas Baciuška 11 14 16 16 12 21 Oliver Bennett 11 14 11 22 Enzo Ide 13 12 11 23 Jani Paasonen 15 16 15 17 17 17 5 24 Mandie August 16 13 5 25 Kevin Abbring 17 13 4 26 Patrick Guillerme 15 15 4 Atro Määttä 18 18 0 Pos. Driver SWE FIN LAT BAR 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)

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

Pos.	Team	No.	SWE		FIN		LAT		BAR		Points
1	KYB Team JC	4	7	5	8	10	6	3	12	6	340
		5	2	1	7	2	2	1	5	4
2	Team Hansen	1	6	11	3	5	3	4	1	2	310
		9	8	2	6	7	4	6	3	7
3	GRX Taneco	7	12	10	10	3	10	8	7	10	298
		68	4	9	4	1	5	5	4	8
4	Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel	13	13	6	9	6	8	7	6	5	270
		33	17	17	19	14	9	12	10	16
5	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	30							16	13	219
		44	3	4	5	9	12	10	9	9
		77	14	12	16	19	13	14
6	GCK UNKORRUPTED	219	11	14			16	16			115
		36	16	13	14	15	15	15
		69			17	13
Pos.	Team	No.	SWE		FIN		LAT		BAR		Points

RX2 Series

Pos.	Driver	DNK		Points
1	Henrik Krogstad	2	1	54
2	Guillaume De Ridder	1	2	53
3	Jesse Kallio	3	3	43
4	Jimmie Walfridson	5	4	36
5	Simon Olofsson	6	7	36
6	Linus Östlund	4	12	29
7	Niklas Aneklev	11	5	25
8	Gustav Johansson	7	6	24
9	Martin Enlund	8	9	22
10	Mats Oskarsson	9	10	21
11	Martin Jonsson	13	8	16
12	Dan Skocdopole	14	11	12
13	Hans-Ola Frøshaug	10	14	11
14	Gregory Fosse	12	13	9
Pos.	Driver	DNK		Points

Projekt E

Pos.	Driver	SWE	LAT	Points
1	Natalie Barratt	2	4	35
2	Ken Block	1		24
3	Cyril Raymond		1	24
4	Janis Baumanis		2	20
5	Hermann Neubauer	3		19
6	Svein Bjarte Holten		3	18
Pos.	Driver	SWE	LAT	Points

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External links

• Official website