2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of twelve rounds and started on 16 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 27 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.

Petter Solberg was the defending drivers' champion. Team Hansen-Peugeot were the defending teams' champions. After 11 rounds, Mattias Ekström clinched the Drivers Championship. His team EKS secured the teams championship at the final round in Argentina.

Calendar

2016 World RX calendar by nations

On 30 October 2015 the 2016 calendar was announced, removing the rounds in Italy and Turkey and adding an event in Latvia.^[1] On 2 December 2015 the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved in Paris the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar and confirmed the separation of European and World Rallycross heats during events.^[2] The RX Lites category was held in support of the World Championship, which consisted of seven events and a non-championship round in Canada.

Rnd.	Event	Dates	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1	World RX of Portugal	16–17 April	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre	Supercar	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team¹	Report
2	World RX of Hockenheim	7–8 May	Hockenheimring	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
2	World RX of Hockenheim	7–8 May	Hockenheimring	RX Lites	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	Report
3	World RX of Belgium	14–15 May	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
3	World RX of Belgium	14–15 May	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet	RX Lites	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	Report
4	World RX of Great Britain	28–29 May	Lydden Hill Race Circuit	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
4	World RX of Great Britain	28–29 May	Lydden Hill Race Circuit	RX Lites	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	Report
5	World RX of Norway	11–12 June	Lånkebanen	Supercar	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Report
5	World RX of Norway	11–12 June	Lånkebanen	RX Lites	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	Report
6	World RX of Sweden	2–3 July	Höljesbanan	Supercar	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Report
6	World RX of Sweden	2–3 July	Höljesbanan	RX Lites	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	Report
7	World RX of Canada	6–7 August	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Report
7	World RX of Canada	6–7 August	Circuit Trois-Rivières	RX Lites²	Mitchell DeJong	Olsbergs MSE	Report
8	World RX of France	3–4 September	Circuit de Lohéac	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Report
9	World RX of Barcelona	17–18 September	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
9	World RX of Barcelona	17–18 September	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	RX Lites	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	Report
10	World RX of Latvia	1–2 October	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze	Supercar	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Report
10	World RX of Latvia	1–2 October	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze	RX Lites	Sondre Evjen	JC Raceteknik	Report
11	World RX of Germany	15–16 October	Estering	Supercar	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Report
12	World RX of Argentina	26–27 November	Autódromo Rosario	Supercar	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Report

¹ = A one-car team is ineligible to score teams' championship points.

² = Non-championship round.

Teams and drivers

Supercar

Permanent entries

Constructor

Entrant

Car

Driver

Rounds

Audi

EKS RX^[3]

Audi S1

5

Mattias Ekström

All

57

Toomas Heikkinen

All

Larsson Jernberg Motorsport^[4]

Audi A1

4

Robin Larsson

All

Citroën

Petter Solberg World RX Team^[5]

Citroën DS3

1

Petter Solberg

All

Ford

Hoonigan Racing Division^[6]

Ford Focus RS^[7]

13

Andreas Bakkerud^[8]

All

43

Ken Block

All

Olsbergs MSE^[9]

Ford Fiesta ST

68

Niclas Grönholm

1–11

96

Kevin Eriksson

1–7, 9-12

29

Yann Le Jossec

8

15

Reinis Nitišs

9-10, 12

World RX Team Austria^[10]

Ford Fiesta

6

Jānis Baumanis

All

7

Timur Timerzyanov

All

Mini

JRM Racing^[11]

Mini Countryman

33

Liam Doran¹

1–6

65

Guerlain Chicherit

8–11

37

Guy Wilks

9-10

94

Nick Jones

12

Peugeot

Team Peugeot-Hansen^[12]

Peugeot 208

9

Sébastien Loeb

All

21

Timmy Hansen

All

Peugeot-Hansen Academy

17

Davy Jeanney

1–6, 8-11

71

Kevin Hansen

1–2, 4, 8, 11

SEAT

all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport^[13]

SEAT Ibiza Cupra

15

Reinis Nitišs²

1–8

55

René Münnich

1–11

44

Timo Scheider

9-10, 12

24

Tommy Rustad

11

77

René Münnich

12

Volkswagen

Volkswagen RX Sweden^[14]

Volkswagen Polo

3

Johan Kristoffersson

All

92

Anton Marklund

All

Non-permanent entries ineligible to score team points
Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Audi	Racing-Com KFT	Audi A1	102	Tamás Kárai	8
Citroën	DA Racing	Citroën DS3	87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	2, 8
Citroën	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier	Citroën DS3	84	"Knapick"	8
Ford	Bompiso Racing Team	Ford Focus	41	Joaquim Santos	1
	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	31	Max Pucher	2
	Ecurie Bayard ASBL		67	François Duval	3
	Guy Wilks		37	Guy Wilks	4
	Julian Godfrey		51	Julian Godfrey	4
	Olsbergs MSE		23	Richard Göransson	6
	Olsbergs MSE		113	Cyril Raymond	11
	Oliver O'Donovan		2	Oliver O'Donovan	8
	"M.D.K"		49	"M.D.K"	8, 11
	Pascal Le Nouvel		98	Pascal Le Nouvel	8
	Reinsalu Sport		10	Janno Ligur	10
	Andreas Steffen		80	Andreas Steffen	11
Kia	Gigi Galli	Kia Rio	25	Gigi Galli	10-11
Mitsubishi	Eklund Motorsport	Mitsubishi Mirage	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	11
Peugeot	Fredrik Salsten	Peugeot 208	11	Fredrik Salsten	8
	Albatec Racing		24	Tommy Rustad	8
			26	Andy Scott	8
			121	Philippe Maloigne	8
	Patrick Guillerme		83	Patrick Guillerme	8
Renault	Fabien Chanoine	Renault Clio	89	Fabien Chanoine	8
Škoda	Motorsport LT^[15]	Škoda Fabia	88	Nerijus Naujokaitis	10
Volkswagen	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	34	Tanner Foust	4, 11^[16]
	Hedströms Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	8	Peter Hedström	11
	Per Eklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Beetle	53	Alexander Hvaal	11

* Entries in grey denote one-car teams which are ineligible to score teams championship points.

¹ = JRM has announced the termination of Liam Doran's contract with the team following the sixth round (Sweden) of the championship.^[17]

² = Nitišs left the Münnich Motorsport team following event eight (France) and returned to Olsbergs MSE for event nine (Barcelona).^[18]

RX Lites

All teams used identical Olsbergs MSE-produced Ford Fiestas

Entries
Entrant	No.	Driver	Rounds
Olsbergs MSE	13	Cyril Raymond	1-7
	33	Tejas Hirani	1-7
	64	Saeed Bintouq	3-4, NC, 6
	75	Patrick Simon	1
	40	Dan Rooke	3
	21	Marcus Hoglund	5
	24	Mitchell DeJong	NC
	45	Miki Weckström	NC
	27	Andrew Ranger	NC
	51	Sandra Hultgren	NC
	53	Cole Keatts	NC
JC Raceteknik	99	Joachim Hvaal	1-7
	16	Thomas Bryntesson	1-7
	69	Sondre Evjen	1-7
	96	Henrik Krogstad	4
	6	William Nilsson	5
	46	Martin Lapins	7
	3	Per Björnson	5
	14	Magnus Hansen	5
	98	Oliver Eriksson	NC
Santosh Motorsport	86	Santosh Berggren	5
Set Promotion	8	Simon Wago Syversen	1-7
Toksport	18	Ali Turkkan	3
Helmia Motorsport	91	Jonathan Walfridsson	4-5
Sport Racing Technologies	55	Vasily Gryazin	7
Lotto Team	66	Albert Llovera	4-6
Dirtfish Motorsports	121	Conner Martell	NC, 7
ICEPOL Racing Team	26	Regis Gosselin	2
Westlund Entreprenad	47	Alexander Westlund	1-2, 5
Simon Olofsson	52	Simon Olofsson	1-7
Thomas Holmen	56	Thomas Holmen	4-7
Johan Larsson	2	Johan Larsson	5

NC represents participation in the non-championship round in Canada.

Championship Standings

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

Pos.	Driver	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	CAN	FRA	BAR	LAT	GER	ARG	Points
1	Mattias Ekström	10	1	1	1	3	6	8	8	1	2	5	5	272
2	Johan Kristoffersson	6	7	6	12	7	5	3	1	6	5	6	2	240
3	Andreas Bakkerud	4	12	14	6	1	1	2	2	7	4	3	1	239
4	Petter Solberg	1	4	3	2	4	7	5	4	10	19	2	7	239
5	Sébastien Loeb	5	10	2	10	5	2	9	3	8	1	9	8	209
6	Timmy Hansen	12	18	7	3	2	3	1	11	2	3	8	13	178
7	Toomas Heikkinen	3	2	16	11	9	9	4	15	9	9	10	3	150
8	Timur Timerzyanov	16	17	8	5	6	14	7	30	3	6	14	9	117
9	Robin Larsson	2	6	13	15	10	8	16	12	5	12	13	6	109
10	Jānis Baumanis	14	8	9	7	8	10	15	26	4	8	7	12	109
11	Kevin Eriksson	7	11	10	8	13	15	11		11	13	1	16	92
12	Davy Jeanney	8	9	11	13	11	12		7	12	10	11		86
13	Anton Marklund	9	15	4	9	15	4	6	18	14	15	15	11	76
14	Ken Block	18	3	19	14	14	13	10	6	16	16	12	15	63
15	Kevin Hansen	13	19		4				9			4		52
16	Reinis Nitišs	15	13	12	21	12	18	13	5	13	11		10	44
17	Niclas Grönholm	17	14	15	16	16	11	12	14	15	18	19		28
18	Timo Scheider									17	7		4	25
19	François Duval			5										18
20	Liam Doran	10	5	17	19	17	16							9
21	Andy Scott								10					6
22	Tommy Rustad								13			25		4
23	Guy Wilks				17					19	14			3
24	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg		16						17					1
25	Peter Hedström											16		1
26	René Münnich	19	20	18	18	18	19	14	16	18	22	24	14	-3
Pos.	Driver	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	CAN	FRA	BAR	LAT	GER	ARG	Points

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

Pos.	Team	No.	Drivers	Points
1	EKS RX	5	Mattias Ekström	422
1	EKS RX	57	Toomas Heikkinen	422
2	Team Peugeot-Hansen	9	Sébastien Loeb	387
2	Team Peugeot-Hansen	21	Timmy Hansen	387
3	Volkswagen RX Sweden	3	Johan Kristoffersson	316
3	Volkswagen RX Sweden	92	Anton Marklund	316
4	Hoonigan Racing Division	13	Andreas Bakkerud	302
4	Hoonigan Racing Division	43	Ken Block	302
5	World RX Team Austria	6	Jānis Baumanis	226
5	World RX Team Austria	7	Timur Timerzyanov	226
6	Olsbergs MSE	68	Niclas Grönholm	132
6	Olsbergs MSE	96	Kevin Eriksson	132
7	all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	15	Reinis Nitišs	67
7	all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	55	René Münnich	67

RX Lites Cup

Pos.	Driver	HOC	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	CAN	BAR	LAT	Points
1	Cyril Raymond	2	6	1	2	2		1	8	175
2	Thomas Bryntesson	1	1	2	1	4		2	7	167
3	Simon Olofsson	7	2	3	3	1		4	4	151
4	Joachim Hvaal	3	3	4	6	7		7	5	136
5	Simon Wago Syversen	6	5	5	8	11		3	10	115
6	Sondre Evjen	9	4	6	10	13		8	1	98
7	Tejas Hirani	8	7	7	5	16		6	3	96
8	Thomas Holmen				9	9		5	6	55
9	Alexander Westlund	4	9		5					38
10	Saeed Bintouq			10	7		2	10		23 (30*)
11	Patrick Simon	5								21
12	Marcus Hoglund					6				19
13	Albert Llovera				11	17		9		17
14	Johan Larsson					3				17
15	Conner Martell						4		2	16 (21*)
16	Henrik Krogstad				4					15
17	Vasily Gryazin								9	14
18	Dan Rooke			8						13
19	William Nilsson					8				13
20	Regis Gosselin		8							12
21	Martin Lapins								11	11
22	Ali Turkkan			9						11
23	Per Björnson					10				10
24	Jonathan Walfridsson				12	15				8
25	Magnus Hansen					12				6
26	Santosh Berggren					14				3
27	Mitchell DeJong						1			0 (27*)
28	Miki Weckström						5			0 (25*)
29	Oliver Eriksson						3			0 (22*)
30	Andrew Ranger						6			0 (17*)
31	Sandra Hultgren						7			0 (15*)
32	Cole Keatts						8			0 (12*)
Pos.	Driver	HOC	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	CAN	BAR	LAT	Points

References

^ "WORLD RX REVEALS ITS 2016 CALENDAR". fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "FIA ANNOUNCES WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL DECISIONS". FIA. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
^ "EKS becomes a bit Finnish". EKSRX.com. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
^ "LARSSON SIGNS UP FOR FULL WORLD RX CAMPAIGN". fiaworldrallycross.com. 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
^ "BUMPER ENTRY FOR 2016 WORLD AND EURO RX CHAMPIONSHIPS". fiaworldrallycross.com. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
^ "BLOCK CONFIRMS FULL WORLD RX CAMPAIGN". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "FOCUS RS CONFIRMED BY FORD PERFORMANCE FOR COMPETITION IN 2016 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP". Official Ford Performance. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ "Bakkerud joins Ken Block's squad". crash.net. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
^ "Eriksson and Grönholm in new cooperation for future champions". OlsbergsMSE. 17 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
^ "WORLD RX TEAM AUSTRIA SIGNS TIMERZYANOV AND BAUMANIS". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ "DORAN JOINS JRM RACING FOR 2016". fiaworldrallycross.com. 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ "Sébastien Loeb joins Rallycross World Champions Team Peugeot-Hansen". Peugeot Sport. 29 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ "NITISS MOVES TO ALL-INKL.COM RACING WITH NEW SEAT IBIZA". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ "Volkswagen's top World Rallycross Championship teams merge for 2016". Autosport. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ "LITHUANIA'S NAUJOKAITIS JOINS WORLD RX IN SKODA FABIA". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^ "FOUST TO COMPETE AT LYDDEN HILL RX". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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^ "Nitiss to race for OlsbergsMSE in Barcelona". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

External links

Official website

[1] "WORLD RX REVEALS ITS 2016 CALENDAR". fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[2] "FIA ANNOUNCES WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL DECISIONS". FIA. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

[3] "EKS becomes a bit Finnish". EKSRX.com. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-03-21.

[4] "LARSSON SIGNS UP FOR FULL WORLD RX CAMPAIGN". fiaworldrallycross.com. 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

[5] "BUMPER ENTRY FOR 2016 WORLD AND EURO RX CHAMPIONSHIPS". fiaworldrallycross.com. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

[6] "BLOCK CONFIRMS FULL WORLD RX CAMPAIGN". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

[7] "FOCUS RS CONFIRMED BY FORD PERFORMANCE FOR COMPETITION IN 2016 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP". Official Ford Performance. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

[8] "Bakkerud joins Ken Block's squad". crash.net. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

[9] "Eriksson and Grönholm in new cooperation for future champions". OlsbergsMSE. 17 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.

[10] "WORLD RX TEAM AUSTRIA SIGNS TIMERZYANOV AND BAUMANIS". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[11] "DORAN JOINS JRM RACING FOR 2016". fiaworldrallycross.com. 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[12] "Sébastien Loeb joins Rallycross World Champions Team Peugeot-Hansen". Peugeot Sport. 29 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[13] "NITISS MOVES TO ALL-INKL.COM RACING WITH NEW SEAT IBIZA". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[14] "Volkswagen's top World Rallycross Championship teams merge for 2016". Autosport. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

[15] "LITHUANIA'S NAUJOKAITIS JOINS WORLD RX IN SKODA FABIA". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

[16] "FOUST TO COMPETE AT LYDDEN HILL RX". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

[17] "JRM RACING TEAM STATEMENT ABOUT LIAM DORAN". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[18] "Nitiss to race for OlsbergsMSE in Barcelona". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

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