Timmy Hansen

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Timmy Hansen
Timmy Hansen World RX of Portugal 2018.jpg
Timmy Hansen in April 2018
Nationality Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish
Born (1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 (age 31)
Lidköping, Sweden
Related to Kenneth Hansen (father)
Kevin Hansen (brother)
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season 2014
Current team Hansen World RX Team
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum
Car number21
Former teams Team Peugeot-Hansen, Team Peugeot Total
Starts105
Wins13
Podiums45
Best finish1st in 2019
Finished last season6th
FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years active 2012-2013
Former teams Citroën Hansen Motorsport
Starts10
Wins1
Podiums4
Best finish3rd in 2013
Medal record
Nitro World Games
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Erda Nitro Rallycross

Kenneth Timmy Hansen (born 21 May 1992) is a rallycross driver from Sweden. He won the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship [1] in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, driving for Team Peugeot-Hansen. [2] His father is the 14-times European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen, his mother the 1994 ERA European Cup (Group N up to 1400cc) winner Susann Hansen (née Bergvall), and his brother rallycross driver Kevin Hansen.

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Hansen in action during the 2014 World RX of Great Britain. Timmy Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 Lydden Hill 2014 001.jpg
Hansen in action during the 2014 World RX of Great Britain.

Career start

Hansen has won the Swedish Karting Championship in 2008 and has won races in Formula BMW, Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. In April 2011 he drove his first ever rallycross event at Dreux in France with a by MTechnologies lent Citroën Xsara Supercar of Marc Laboulle, that was previously used by Davy Jeanney to claim the French 2010 championship title. In 2012 his father offered him a one-off drive in the FIA European Rallycross Championship, the Finnish ERX round at Kouvola saw him driving the 2012 X Games winning car of Sébastien Loeb to an impressive 5th place overall. After he gave up single seater racing Hansen junior started his rallycross career by taking part in the entire 2013 Euro RX series, after nine rounds finishing in 3rd place overall.

World RX

For 2014 Hansen was partnered by former European Rallycross Championship title winner Timur Timerzyanov at his father's team to enter the inaugural season of World RX.

Hansen took one win and a further three podium finishes in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship season and would finish the year with 199 points and fourth place in the championship standings while Timerzyanov finished in seventh with one podium.

For the 2015 season it was announced [3] that he would be driving alongside Davy Jeanney for the Team Peugeot-Hansen team in their new Peugeot 208 WRX. Hansen took three wins on his way to second in the championship behind Petter Solberg.

For 2016 Hansen partners with 9-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb at Hansen Motorsport. Jeanney moved to the team's second outfit Peugeot Hansen Academy, alongside Timmy's younger brother Kevin. He won a race and collected six podiums, which put him sixth in the overall standings.

Racing record

Circuit racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2009 Formula BMW Europe Mücke Motorsport 1600007913th
2010 Formula BMW Europe Mücke Motorsport 1611142403rd
Formula Abarth RP Motorsport 20010325th
2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team 141112827th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 412128816th
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Interwetten.com Racing 70000031st
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia200014613th

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

YearEntrantCar12345678910ERXPoints
2012 Citroën Hansen Motorsport Citroën DS3 GBR
FRA
AUT
HUN
NOR
SWE
BEL
NED
FIN
5		GER
24th12
2013 Citroën Hansen Motorsport Citroën DS3 GBR
3 		POR
11		HUN
1		FIN
3		NOR
9		SWE
3		FRA
8		AUT
10		GER
13		3rd145

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar/RX1/RX1e

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WRXPoints
2014 Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 POR
8		 GBR
11		 NOR
6		 FIN
9		 SWE
11		 BEL
2		 CAN
7		 FRA
3		 GER
6		 ITA
1		 TUR
2		 ARG
4		4th199
2015 Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 WRX POR
3		 HOC
3		 BEL
8		 GBR
8		 GER
3		 SWE
2		 CAN
7		 NOR
1		 FRA
1		 BAR
3		 TUR
1		 ITA
7		 ARG
6		2nd275
2016 Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 WRX POR
9		 HOC
DSQ		 BEL
7		 GBR
3		 NOR
2		 SWE
3		 CAN
1		 FRA
8		 BAR
2		 LAT
3		 GER
11		 ARG
13		6th178
2017 Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 WRX BAR
5		 POR
4†		 HOC
3		 BEL
2		 GBR
6		 NOR
5		 SWE
4		 CAN
6		 FRA
6		 LAT
9‡		 GER
2		 RSA
2		5th201
2018 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 WRX BAR
7		 POR
6		 BEL
3		 GBR
8		 NOR
5		 SWE
4		 CAN
2		 FRA
5		 LAT
5‡		 USA
6‡		 GER
7		 RSA
6		6th192
2019 Team Hansen MJP Peugeot 208 WRX UAE
12		 BAR
1		 BEL
4		 GBR
1		 NOR
6		 SWE
6		 CAN
13		 FRA
1		 LAT
1		 RSA
4		1st211
2020 Team Hansen Peugeot 208 WRX SWE
6		 SWE
11		 FIN
3		 FIN
5		 LAT
3		 LAT
4		 BAR
1		 BAR
2		3rd163
2021 Hansen World RX Team Peugeot 208 WRX ESP
2		 SWE
1		 FRA
1		 LAT
2		 LAT
3		 BEL
4		 POR
2		 GER
5		 GER
4		2nd217
2022 Hansen World RX Team Peugeot 208 RX1e NOR
2		 LAT
3		 LAT
4		 POR
3		 POR
4		 BEL
4		 BEL
7		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 GER
3		2nd136
2023 Hansen World RX Team Peugeot 208 RX1e POR
7		 NOR
10		 SWE
2		 GBR
C		 BLX
C		 GER
C		 RSA
4		 RSA
4		 CHN
9		 CHN
4		6th78

† 10 championship points deducted for use of an unregistered tyre in Q3. [4]
‡ Fifteen championship points deducted for use of a fourth engine in the championship. [5]

Complete Extreme E results

(key)

YearTeamCar12345678910Pos.Points
2021 Andretti United Extreme E Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES
Q
4		 DES
R
2		 OCE
Q
8		 OCE
R
9		 ARC
Q
4		 ARC
R
1*		 ISL
Q
6		 ISL
R
6		 JUR
Q
7		 JUR
R
3		4th117
2022 Genesys Andretti United Extreme ESpark ODYSSEY 21 DES
7		 ISL1
7		 ISL2
3		 COP
7		 ENE
4		7th45
2023 Andretti Altawkilat Extreme ESpark ODYSSEY 21 DES
10		 DES
8		 HYD
2		 HYD
7		 ISL1
5		 ISL1
3		 ISL2
6*		 ISL2
7		 COP
DNS		 COP
WD		7th71
2024 Andretti Altawkilat Extreme ESpark ODYSSEY 21 DES
5		 DES
2		TBCTBCISLISLISL2ISL2VALVAL4th31

* Fastest in Continental Traction Challenge

DNS - Did not start

WD - Withdrew

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References

  1. ↑ "FIA World Rallycross Championship". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Timmy Hansen Driver - FIA World Rallycross Championship". www.rallycrossrx.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-02.
  3. ↑ Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Victory for Ekstrom in Portugal". FIA World Rallycross. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kristoffersson is crowned new World RX champion". FIA World Rallycross. 17 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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