Andreas Bakkerud

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Andreas Bakkerud
EKS 2018 Livery 002 (40306242154) (cropped).jpg
Bakkerud in March 2018
NationalityFlag of Norway.svg  Norwegian
Born (1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 33)
Bergen, Norway
Nitrocross career
Current team Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC Dodge
Years active 2021–2024
Car number13
Starts24
Wins4
Podiums11
Best finish2nd in 2022-2023
Extreme E career
Years active 2023
Teams JBXE
Car number22
Starts4
FIA World Rallycross Championship
Years active 2014–2020
Car number13
Former teams Olsbergs MSE
Hoonigan Racing Division
EKS RX
Monster Energy RX Cartel
Starts79
Wins7
Podiums30
Best finish2nd in 2019
FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years active 2013, 2021-2023
Former teamsBakkerud Motorsport
ES Motorsport
Starts17
Championships1 (2021)
Wins4
Podiums7
FIA ERX Super1600 Championship
Years active 2011–2012
Former teams Set Promotion
Starts20
Championships2 (2011, 2012)
Wins7
Podiums15
FIA ERX Division 1A Championship
Years active 2009–2010
Former teams Set Promotion
Starts12
Wins1
Podiums4
Best finish3rd in 2010

Andreas Bakkerud (born 10 October 1991) is a rallycross driver from Bergen, Norway. He has competed in the FIA Rallycross Supercar class since 2013 in both Euro RX and World RX, Nitro Rallycross since 2021, and Extreme E since 2023. He became European Champion in 2021.

Contents

He is not related to former DTM driver Christian Bakkerud.

Biography

Bakkerud won the FIA European Rallycross Championship in the Super1600 category twice, in 2011 and 2012.

He entered the FIA European Rallycross Supercar class in 2013 with a private Citroën DS3, finishing fourth with two wins.

In 2014 he joined the FIA World Rallycross Championship Supercar class, driving a Ford-supported Olsbergs MSE Fiesta. [1] He got two wins and three second-place finishes, and placed fifth in the overall standings. In 2015 he scored a win, three podiums and eight top 5s, which put him fourth in the Supercar drivers championship.

In 2016 Bakkerud moved to American outfit Hoonigan Racing Division, partnering team boss Ken Block. [2] He claimed three wins and six podiums, earning a third place in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Supercar standings.

On June 12, 2016 Bakkerud made rallycross history in Hell, Norway, during Round Five of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship by dominating the entire event and bringing home a 1st overall finish. Bakkerud set numerous records on his outright domination that weekend by winning all four of his Qualifier races (no driver had ever won all four in a weekend previously) and then going on to storm to the top in both his Semi-final and the Final. The overall win was the first-ever for the all-new Ford Focus RS RX rallycross car that year (a racecar that was still in its first year of competition and development), the first-ever in World RX for Hoonigan Racing Division and the first-ever win at the Norway round of the World Championship by a Norwegian. [3]

With the announcement that Hoonigan Racing would be withdrawing from the sport at the end of the 2017 season, [4] Bakkerud was left to find a drive for the new season, an on 31 January 2018 announced that he would be joining the EKS Audi Sport team, [5] driving an Audi S1 EKS RX quattro. He finished third in the 2018 season behind the dominant Volkswagens of Johan Kristoffersson and Petter Solberg, scoring six podiums, before EKS too pulled out of the championship. [6]

Bakkerud would remain in World RX for 2019, teaming up with Liam Doran in the Monster Energy RX Cartel team, using the EKS Audi's. [7] Bakkerud scored a total of six podiums during the season. He finished the season tied on points with Timmy Hansen, but was classified 2nd as he scored one victory compared to Hansen's five.

Racing record

Bakkerud driving the Ford Fiesta Mk.6 of OlsbergsMSE at the 2015 World RX of Germany WRX Germany 2015 002.jpg
Bakkerud driving the Ford Fiesta Mk.6 of OlsbergsMSE at the 2015 World RX of Germany
Bakkerud driving the Ford Focus Mk.3 of Hoonigan Racing Division at the 2016 World RX of Norway WRX Norway 2016 001.jpg
Bakkerud driving the Ford Focus Mk.3 of Hoonigan Racing Division at the 2016 World RX of Norway
Bakkerud driving the Audi S1 Mk.1 of EKS RX at the 2018 World RX of Belgium World RX - 2018 - RD3 Belgium (42019453642).jpg
Bakkerud driving the Audi S1 Mk.1 of EKS RX at the 2018 World RX of Belgium

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Division 1A

YearEntrantCar12345678910ERXPoints
2009 Set Promotion Peugeot 206 GBR
POR
FRA
HUN
AUT
SWE
13		BEL
GER
POL
2		CZE
5		13th33
2010 POR
2		FRA
10		GBR
6		HUN
4		SWE
FIN
6		BEL
8		GER
4		3rd109
Renault Clio POL
2		CZE
1

Super1600

YearEntrantCar12345678910ERXPoints
2011 Set Promotion Renault Clio GBR
1		POR
1		FRA
2		NOR
2		SWE
6		BEL
2		NED
1		AUT
11		POL
3		CZE
1		1st146
2012 Renault Twingo GBR
2		FRA
1		AUT
2		HUN
1		NOR
6		SWE
3		BEL
7		NED
1		FIN
5		GER
2		1st138

Supercar

YearEntrantCar123456789ERXPoints
2013 Bakkerud Motorsport Citroën DS3 GBR
12		POR
7		HUN
15		FIN
6		NOR
5		SWE
1		FRA
1		AUT
13		GER
2		4th133
2021 ES Motorsport Škoda Fabia SWE
3		FRA
4		LAT
7		BEL
1		1st90
2022 Audi S1 HUN
SWE
3		NOR
1		LVA
POR
BLX
8th33
2023 Bakkerud MotorsportHUN
6		POR
NOR
SWE
7		BLX
GER
10th20

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WRXPoints
2014 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST POR
2		 GBR
1		 NOR
11		 FIN
2		 SWE
2		 BEL
29		 CAN
8		 FRA
9		 GER
11		 ITA
6		 TUR
1		 ARG
6		5th193
2015 POR
4		 HOC
6		 BEL
5		 GBR
4		 GER
5		 SWE
3		 CAN
5		 NOR
11		 FRA
8		 BAR
10		 TUR
2		 ITA
1		 ARG
7		4th232
2016 Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS POR
4		 HOC
12		 BEL
14		 GBR
6		 NOR
1		 SWE
1		 CAN
2		 FRA
2		 BAR
7		 LAT
4		 GER
3		 ARG
1		3rd239
2017 BAR
3		 POR
10		 HOC
14		 BEL
6		 GBR
3		 NOR
2		 SWE
2		 CAN
13		 FRA
4		 LAT
4		 GER
8		 RSA
7		6th194
2018 EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 BAR
3		 POR
4		 BEL
6		 GBR
2		 NOR
6		 SWE
2		 CAN
7		 FRA
2		 LAT
8		 USA
3		 GER
3		 RSA
7		3rd237
2019 Monster Energy RX Cartel UAE
15		 ESP
3		 BEL
2		 GBR
2		 NOR
8		 SWE
7		 CAN
1		 FRA
5		 LAT
3		 RSA
2		2nd211
2020 Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel Renault Mégane R.S. RX SWE
13		 SWE
6		 FIN
9		 FIN
6		 LAT
8		 LAT
7		 ESP
6		 ESP
5		7th121

Complete Nitrocross results

Series called Nitro Rallycross until 2023

Supercar

YearEntrantCar12345RankPoints
2021 Subaru Motorsports USA Subaru WRX STi UMC
9		ERX
6		WHP
HLN
3		FIR
8th71

Group E

YearEntrantCar12345678910RankPoints
2022-23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC FC1-XGBR
2		SWE
1		ERX
4		HLN
3		WHP1
3		WHP2
8		QBC
7		HLN2
1		HLN3
3		HLN4
3		2nd371
2023-24 MID
7		UMC1
3		UMC2
5		WHP1
5		WHP2
6		HLN1
6		HLN2
9		LAS
6		LAS
8		4th409
2024-25 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC Dodge Dodge Hornet R/T FC1-XRIC1
7		RIC2
8		UMC1
1		UMC2
1		FMP1
FMP2
MIA1
MIA2
LAS1
LAS2
3rd*191*

Complete 24H GT Series results

GT4

YearEntrantCar1234567
2022 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo DUB
MUG
SPA
5		HOC
POR
2		BAR
KUW
3

Complete Extreme E results

YearEntrantCar12345678910RankPoints
2023 JBXE Odyssey 21 DES1DES2HYD1
9		HYD2
6		ISL1
10		ISL2
5		TBCTBCCOP1COP212th21

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  2. ↑ "Bakkerud joins Block in all-new Hoonigan Racing Division team". Motorsport.com. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bakkerud Wins Norway World RX and Sets Records in First-Ever Win For The All New Ford Focus RS RX". hooniganracing.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ford Performance and Hoonigan Racing Close World RX Programme After 2017 - FIA World Rallycross - The Checkered Flag". The Checkered Flag. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  5. ↑ "EKS Audi Sport set their sights on championship glory in 2018". The Checkered Flag. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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  1. - Andreas Bakkerud Website
  2. - Hoonigan Racing
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Preceded by
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 European Rallycross Super1600 Champion
2011-2012 		Succeeded by
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