2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consisted of thirteen rounds and started on 25 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 29 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.

Calendar

On 20 February 2015 it was announced that the series would support the opening round of the 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season, at Hockenheim.^[1]

2015 World RX calendar by nations

Rnd.	Event	Dates	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1	World RX of Portugal	25–26 April	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Sweden	Report
1	World RX of Portugal	25–26 April	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre	RX Lites	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Report
2	World RX of Hockenheim	1–3 May	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Supercar	Petter Solberg	S D RX	Report
3	World RX of Belgium	16–17 May	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet	Supercar	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	Report
4	World RX of Great Britain	21–24 May	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton	Supercar	Petter Solberg	S D RX	Report
4	World RX of Great Britain	21–24 May	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton	RX Lites	Kevin Hansen	Hansen Junior Team	Report
5	World RX of Germany	20–21 June	Estering, Buxtehude	Supercar	Davy Jeanney	Hansen Motorsport	Report
6	World RX of Sweden	4–5 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
6	World RX of Sweden	4–5 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	RX Lites	Thomas Bryntesson	TBRX	Report
7	World RX of Canada	7–8 August	Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières	Supercar	Davy Jeanney	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Report
8	World RX of Norway	22–23 August	Lånkebanen, Hell	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Report
8	World RX of Norway	22–23 August	Lånkebanen, Hell	RX Lites	Thomas Bryntesson	TBRX	Report
9	World RX of France	5–6 September	Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Report
10	World RX of Barcelona	19–20 September	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	Supercar	Petter Solberg	S D RX	Report
10	World RX of Barcelona	19–20 September	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	RX Lites	Thomas Bryntesson	TBRX	Report
11	World RX of Turkey	3-4 October	Istanbul Park, Tuzla	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Report
11	World RX of Turkey	3-4 October	Istanbul Park, Tuzla	RX Lites	Thomas Bryntesson	TBRX	Report
12	World RX of Italy	17–18 October	Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato	Supercar	Andreas Bakkerud	Olsbergs MSE	Report
12	World RX of Italy	17–18 October	Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato	RX Lites	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Report
13	World RX of Argentina	28–29 November	Autódromo Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe	Supercar	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Racing Team	Report

Event of FIA ERX (including Supercars)

Event of FIA ERX (except Supercars)

Teams and drivers

The permanent entries for the 2015 season, with Edward Sandström filling in for Mattias Ekström

Toomas Heikkinen at the 2015 World RX of France

Mattias Ekström leads Timmy Hansen and Reinis Nitišs at the 2015 World RX of Canada

Permanent entries^[2]

Constructor

Entrant

Car

Driver

Rounds

Audi

Larsson Jernberg Racing Team

Audi A1

4

Robin Larsson^[3]

All

EKS RX^[3]

Audi S1

5

Edward Sandström

2

10

Mattias Ekström

1, 3–11, 13

92

Anton Marklund

1–6, 8–13

EKS Pirtek Racing

177

Andrew Jordan

12

All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport^[3]

Audi S3

24

Tommy Rustad

7

44

Timo Scheider

10

55

Alx Danielsson

1–6, 8–11

77

René Münnich

1–9, 11–13

110

Gianni Morbidelli

12–13

Citroën

S D RX^[3]

Citroën DS3 RX

1

Petter Solberg^[3]

All

33

1–4, 6–13

Olsbergs MSE^[3]

13

All

15

Reinis Nitišs

All

Namus OMSE

42

Timur Timerzyanov

All

World RX Team Austria^[3]

Ford Fiesta

7

Manfred Stohl

All

31

Max Pucher

1–6, 8–12

70

Christoph Brugger

7–8

199

Jānis Baumanis

13

Peugeot

Team Peugeot-Hansen^[3]

Peugeot 208 WRX

17

Davy Jeanney^[4]

All

21

Timmy Hansen^[4]

All

177

4

92

7

Marklund Motorsport^[3]

34

Tanner Foust

2, 4, 7, 10

45

Per-Gunnar Andersson

1–6, 8–12

57

Toomas Heikkinen

All

100

Thomas Bryntesson

13

Volkswagen Team Sweden^[3]

3

Johan Kristoffersson

All

52

Ole Christian Veiby

6, 13

99

Tord Linnerud

1–12

Entries ineligible to score team points
Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Citroën	JC Race Teknik	Citroën DS3 RX	28	Alexander Hvaal	6, 8, 11
	Nabil Karam		64	Nabil Karam	9
	Mário Barbosa		76	Mário Barbosa	1
	Christophe Jouet		79	Christophe Jouet	10
	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier		84	"Knapick"	9-10
	Ole Kristian Temte	Citroën C4	30	Ole Kristian Temte	6, 8
	Marc Laboulle		71	Marc Laboulle	4, 9
	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg		87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	1, 6, 9
Ford	Oliver O'Donovan	Ford Fiesta ST	2	Oliver O'Donovan	4
	Olsbergs MSE		88	Henning Solberg	8
	Olsbergs MSE		98	Kevin Hansen	13
	Niclas Grönholm		29	Niclas Grönholm	6
	Kevin Procter		50	Kevin Procter	4
	Julian Godfrey		51	Julian Godfrey	4
	Koen Pauwels	Ford Focus	22	Koen Pauwels	2
	Bompiso Racing Team		41	Joaquim Santos	1
	Mark Flaherty		49	Mark Flaherty	10
	Ecurie Bayard ASBL		67	François Duval	9
	CircleX		88	Henning Solberg	6
Hyundai	Frode Holte Motorsport	Hyundai i20	14	Frode Holte	6
Kia	Gigi Galli	Kia Rio	25	Gigi Galli	12
Mini	JRM Racing^[5]	Mini Countryman RX	37	Guy Wilks	4, 9
			39	Danny Way	2
			40	Dave Mirra	2
			65	Guerlain Chicherit	9, 12
			82	Patrick Carpentier	7
			147	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin	7
Peugeot	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	26	Andy Scott	4
			74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	9
			81	David Binks	4
			168	Yvan Muller	9
			146	Kristian Sohlberg	11
	Hansen Talent Development		90	Eric Färén	6
	Hansen Talent Development		199	Jānis Baumanis	4, 11
	Pailler Compétition		18	Jonathan Pailler	9
	Pailler Compétition		20	Fabien Pailler	9
	Gilles Franco		56	Gilles Franco	9
	Gaëtan Sérazin		62	Gaëtan Sérazin	9, 12
	Laurent Bouliou	Peugeot 207	78	Laurent Bouliou	9
Renault	Helmia Motorsport	Renault Clio	23	Stig-Olov Walfridson	6
	Helmia Motorsport		48	Lukas Walfridson	6
	Fabien Chanoine		89	Fabien Chanoine	9
	David Olivier	Renault Logan	85	David Olivier	9
Škoda	Peter Hedström	Škoda Fabia	8	Peter Hedström	6
Škoda	Racing-Com KFT	Škoda Fabia	102	Tamás Kárai	6, 9
Volkswagen	Eklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Beetle	53	Daniel Holten	6, 8
			88	Henning Solberg	10
			101	Per Eklund	6
	HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	24	Tommy Rustad	6
	Ramona RX	Volkswagen Scirocco	47	Ramona Karlsson	6
Volvo	CircleX	Volvo C30	32	Ole Kristian Nøttveit	3, 6
	CircleX	Volvo C30	91	Guttorm Lindefjell	4
	Mats Öhman	Volvo S40	46	Mats Öhman	8

Championship Standings

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

Pos.	Driver	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	GER	SWE	CAN	NOR	FRA	BAR	TUR	ITA	ARG	Points
1	Petter Solberg	2	1	2	1	2	6	8	7	2	1	8	3	3	301
2	Timmy Hansen	3	3	8	8	3	2	7	1	1	3	1	7	6	275
3	Johan Kristoffersson	1	8	7	3	4	7	11	10	4	2	3	2	13	234
4	Andreas Bakkerud	5	6	5	4	6	3	5	11	8	10	2	1	7	232
5	Davy Jeanney	4	10	9	11	1	8	1	2	11	4	5	10	8	201
=	Mattias Ekström	7		6	2	15	1	6	12	5	7	4		2	201
7	Reinis Nitišs	11	2	3	5	7	5	9	9	16	9	7	9	14	167
8	Robin Larsson	9	5	15	12	9	34	18	3	6	6	10	8	1	147
9	Toomas Heikkinen	8	4	1	15	13	4	2	19	7	8	14	13	9	137
10	Timur Timerzyanov	10	15	13	18	11	11	12	6	10	11	9	6	17	105
11	Manfred Stohl	12	14	11	10	8	13	10	14	21	13	13	5	12	82
12	Anton Marklund	17	20	10	14	10	25	13	8	9	15	6	4	11	78
13	Per-Gunnar Andersson	6	12	4	13	14	16		5	13		20	14		70
14	Tord Linnerud	16	11	12	9	5	21	20	15	18	12	11	11		49
15	Tanner Foust		9		16			3			5				44
16	Liam Doran	15	7	14	17		14	15	18	17	18	21	12	15	35
17	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	13					18			3					24
=	Tommy Rustad						12	4							24
19	Ole Christian Veiby						9							10	19
20	Jānis Baumanis				20							17		4	18
21	Alx Danielsson	21	16	18	29	16	20		4	15	17	19			17
22	Kevin Hansen													5	16
23	Guy Wilks				6					33					14
24	Andrew Jordan				7								21		13
25	Henning Solberg						33		13		14		15		12
26	Eric Färén						10								10
27	Gaëtan Sérazin									12			17		7
28	Edward Sandström		13												4
29	Mário Barbosa	14													3
=	Jérôme Grosset-Janin									14					3
=	Alexander Hvaal						22		16			15			3
=	Patrick Carpentier							14							3
33	Stig-Olov Walfridson						15								2
34	Kristian Sohlberg											16			1
=	Thomas Bryntesson													16	1
=	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin							16							1
=	Timo Scheider										16				1
=	Ole Kristian Nøttveit			16			28								1
=	Guerlain Chicherit												16		1
41	René Münnich	20	18	19	26	12	27	19	21	34		12	20	18	−2
Pos.	Driver	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	GER	SWE	CAN	NOR	FRA	BAR	TUR	ITA	ARG	Points

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

Pos.	Team	No.	Drivers	Points
1	Team Peugeot-Hansen	17	Timmy Hansen	476
1	Team Peugeot-Hansen	21	Davy Jeanney	476
2	Olsbergs MSE	13	Andreas Bakkerud	399
2	Olsbergs MSE	15	Reinis Nitišs	399
3	S D RX	1	Petter Solberg	336
3	S D RX	33	Liam Doran	336
4	Volkswagen Team Sweden	3	Johan Kristoffersson	291
		52	Ole Christian Veiby
		99	Tord Linnerud
5	EKS RX	5	Edward Sandström	258
		10	Mattias Ekström
		92	Anton Marklund
		177	Andrew Jordan
6	Marklund Motorsport	34	Tanner Foust	236
		45	Per-Gunnar Andersson
		57	Toomas Heikkinen
		100	Thomas Bryntesson
7	World RX Team Austria	7	Manfred Stohl	100
		31	Max Pucher
		70	Christoph Brugger
		199	Jānis Baumanis
8	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	24	Tommy Rustad	31
		44	Timo Scheider
		55	Alx Danielsson
		77	René Münnich
		110	Gianni Morbidelli

References

^ "WORLD RX SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH DTM FOR HOCKENHEIM". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
^ "World RX Teams presented in Barcelona". fiaworldrallycross.com. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "2015 World RX boasts increased teams entry". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
^ "JRM Racing commits to FIA World Rallycross Championship". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] "WORLD RX SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH DTM FOR HOCKENHEIM". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

[permanententries-2] "World RX Teams presented in Barcelona". fiaworldrallycross.com. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[Teams_title-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "2015 World RX boasts increased teams entry". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[theCheckeredFlag.co.uk-4] Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[5] "JRM Racing commits to FIA World Rallycross Championship". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

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