2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the sixth 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.

Timmy Hansen won the Drivers' Championship on countback after finishing with the same number of points as Andreas Bakkerud, winning based on his four event wins to Bakkerud's one. Team Hansen MJP won the Teams' Championship.

Calendar

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The 2019 championship was contested over ten rounds in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America.

The following events are scheduled to take place as part of the 2019 championship:

Rnd. Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report
1   World RX of Abu Dhabi 5–6 April Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi Supercar   Kevin Hansen   Team Hansen MJP Report
2   World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya 27–28 April Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Team Hansen MJP Report
RX2   Oliver Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE
3   Spa World RX of Benelux 11–12 May Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps Supercar   Timur Timerzyanov   GRX Taneco Team Report
RX2   Oliver Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE
4   Dayinsure World RX of Great Britain 25–26 May Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Team Hansen MJP Report
RX2   Oliver Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE
5   World RX of Norway 15–16 June Lånkebanen, Hell Supercar   Niclas Grönholm   GRX Taneco Team Report
RX2   Oliver Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE
6   World RX of Sweden 6–7 July Höljesbanan, Höljes Supercar   Sebastian Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE Report
RX2   Ben-Philip Gundersen   JC Raceteknik
7   World RX of Canada 3–4 August Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Supercar   Andreas Bakkerud   Monster Energy RX Cartel Report
8   Bretagne World RX of France 31 August–1 September Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Team Hansen MJP Report
RX2   Ben-Philip Gundersen   JC Raceteknik
9   Neste World RX of Latvia 14–15 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Team Hansen MJP Report
10   World RX of South Africa 9–10 November Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town Supercar   Niclas Grönholm   GRX Taneco Team Report
RX2   Oliver Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE

Calendar changes

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Entries

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Timmy Hansen won the Drivers' Championship for the first time

Supercar

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Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
Audi   Kárai Motorsport Egyesület Audi A1 73   Tamás Kárai 2
  Monster Energy RX Cartel[3] Audi S1 13   Andreas Bakkerud[3] All
33   Liam Doran[3] All
  Team JC Raceteknik 39   Enzo Ide 3
4   Robin Larsson 9
  EKS Audi Sport 40   Mattias Ekström 3
  EKS Sport[4] 123   Krisztián Szabó[4] All
Citroën   "Knapick" Citroën DS3 84   Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier 2–4, 8
Ford   Christopher Hoy Ford Fiesta MK7 41   Christopher Hoy 2
  Team STARD[5] 5   Pål Try[6] 1, 3
3   Jani Paasonen[7] 2
Ford Fiesta MK8 4–5, 7–8
22   Jere Kalliokoski[7] 6, 10
5   Pål Try 9
6   Jānis Baumanis[5] All
  Olsbergs MSE 93   Sebastian Eriksson 6
196   Kevin Eriksson 6
Honda Honda Civic Coupé 72   Ulrik Linnemann 6
Hyundai   GRX Taneco Team[8] Hyundai i20 7   Timur Timerzyanov[8] All
31   Joni Wiman 3–4
68   Niclas Grönholm[8] 1–2, 5–10
  GRX Set[8] 15   Reinis Nitišs[8] 1, 6, 9
57   Toomas Heikkinen 8
Mini   Xite Racing[9] Mini Cooper 42   Oliver Bennett[9] All
Peugeot   Team Hansen MJP[10] Peugeot 208 21   Timmy Hansen[10] All
71   Kevin Hansen[10] All
  Grégoire Demoustier 66   Grégoire Demoustier 3
  Mark Higgins 134   Mark Higgins 4
  Jonathan Pailler 18   Jonathan Pailler 6, 8
  Fabien Pailler 20   Fabien Pailler 6, 8
Renault   GC Kompetition[11] Renault Mégane R.S. 14   Rokas Baciuška 7-9
36   Guerlain Chicherit[11] All
92   Anton Marklund[11] All
  GCK Academy[11] Renault Clio R.S. 96   Guillaume De Ridder[11] All
113   Cyril Raymond[11] All
Renault Mégane R.S. 14   Rokas Baciuška 5–6
SEAT   All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[12] SEAT Ibiza 44   Timo Scheider[12] All
Škoda   ES Motorsport-Labas GAS[13] Škoda Fabia 14   Rokas Baciuška[13] 1–2
24   Kevin Abbring 5–6
67   François Duval 3
12   Matvey Furazhkin 8-10
Volkswagen   Hedströms Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 64   Kjetil Larsen 6
  Bridgestone Motorsport 95   Philip Gehrman 6
Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
OMSE   JC Raceteknik[14] Olsbergs MSE RX2 2   Ben-Philip Gundersen[14] All
6   William Nilsson[15] 1-3
90   Jimmie Walfridson[16] 1–2, 4-5
54   Petter Nårsa 6-7
  Morten Asklund 11   Morten Asklund 4-5
  Anders Michalak[17] 12   Anders Michalak[17] All
  Olsbergs MSE[18] 16   Oliver Eriksson[18] All
18   Linus Östlund 5, 7
35   Fraser McConnell[19] All
47   Jesse Kallio[20] All
91   Niklas Aneklev 7
  Team Färén[21] 21   Damien Meunier[21] 1–2, 6
99   Marcus Höglund 4-5
6   William Nilsson 6
31   Yann Le Jossec 6
  Set Promotion 22   Sami-Matti Trogen All
65   Jami Kalliomäki 5
  Petter Leirhol 27   Petter Leirhol 4-5
  Lars Erik Haug 33   Lars Erik Haug 5
  Simon Olofsson[22] 52   Simon Olofsson[22] All
  Sport Racing Technologies[23] 55   Vasiliy Gryazin[23] All
69   Nikolay Gryazin 6
  Martin Enlund 60   Martin Enlund 5
  Albert Llovera[24] 66   Albert Llovera[24] 1-6
  Steve Volders[25] 77   Steve Volders[25] All
  Stein Fredric Akre 98   Stein Fredric Akre 5
  William Nilsson 6   William Nilsson 5
  Mats Oskarsson 111   Mats Oskarsson 5
  Iane Vacala 50   Iane Vacala 6-7

Team changes

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Driver changes

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Results and standings

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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 who did not advance from the round

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver ABU
 
BAR
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
NOR
 
SWE
 
CAN
 
FRA
 
LAT
 
RSA
 
Points
1   Timmy Hansen 13 1 4 1 6 6 13 1 1 4 211
2   Andreas Bakkerud 15 3 2 2 8 7 1 5 3 2 211
3   Kevin Hansen 1 2 8 7 2 2 6 3 4 5 199
4   Niclas Grönholm 2 4 1 5 7 6 2 1 186
5   Timur Timerzyanov 8 7 1 11 7 24 3 12 5 3 142
6   Jānis Baumanis 5 6 5 10 3 10 2 10 12 8 137
7   Anton Marklund 7 14 7 3 DSQ 8 5 2 9 11 119
8   Liam Doran 3 10 6 6 5 15 8 9 6 16a 114
9   Timo Scheider 6 12 9 4 9 23 10 8 11 6 109
10   Krisztián Szabó 4 8 11 5 12 17 12 11 10 9 91
11   Rokas Baciuška 9 13 16 9 9 4 7 76
12   Guerlain Chicherit 10 9 13 9 11 14 4 13 15 7 73
13   Cyril Raymond 12 5 12 13 10 20 11 15a 13 15 45
14   Reinis Nitišs 13 3 8 40
15   Joni Wiman 3 8 39
16   Kevin Abbring 4 4 35
17   Sebastian Eriksson 1 29
18   Guillaume De Ridder 16 11 15 16 15 19 14 16 14 10 29
19   Toomas Heikkinen 7 15
20   Oliver Bennett 17 17 14 12 14 22 15 19 16 12 12b
21   Jere Kalliokoski 12 14 10
22   Jani Paasonen 16 14 13 16 17 9
23   Mattias Ekström 10 8
24   Kevin Eriksson 11 8
25   Matvey Furazhkin 20 17 13 4
26   Jonathan Pailler 13 18 4
27   Pål Try 14 16 18 4
28   Fabien Pailler 16 14 4
29   Mark Higgins 15 2
30   Christopher Hoy 15 2
31   François Duval 17 0
32   Kjetil Larsen 18 0
33   Enzo Ide 18 0
34   Robin Larsson 19 0
35   Gregoire Demoustier 19 0
36   Philip Gehrman 21 0
37   Ulrik Linnemann 25 0
38   Tamás Kárai 18 0
39   Hervé "Knapick" 19 20 17 21a -15
Pos. Driver ABU
 
BAR
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
NOR
 
SWE
 
CAN
 
FRA
 
LAT
 
RSA
 
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)

a Loss of 15 championship points – stewards' decision
b Loss of 10 championship points – stewards' decision

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

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Pos. Team No. Drivers Points
1   Team Hansen MJP 21   Timmy Hansen 410
71   Kevin Hansen
2   GRX Taneco Team 7   Timur Timerzyanov 367
31   Joni Wiman
68   Niclas Grönholm
3   Monster Energy RX Cartel 13   Andreas Bakkerud 325
33   Liam Doran
4   GC Kompetition 36   Guerlain Chicherit 192
92   Anton Marklund
5   Team STARD1 3   Jani Paasonen 103
5   Pål Try
6   Jānis Baumanis
22   Jere Kalliokoski
6   GCK Academy 96   Guillaume De Ridder 74
113   Cyril Raymond

1Team STARD ran two different specifications of car at rounds 1–3 and therefore were ineligible to score teams points at these events.

RX2 International Series Drivers' Championship

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Pos. Driver BAR
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
NOR
 
SWE
 
FRA
 
RSA
 
Points
1   Oliver Eriksson 1 1 1 1 11 2 1 193
2   Ben-Philip Gundersen 13 3 5 2 1 1 6 150
3   Jesse Kallio 3 2 2 3 3 6 13 146
4   Fraser McConnell 2 5 7 6 5 4 2 143
5   Sami-Matti Trogen 4 4 4 11 4 3 3 124
6   Vasiliy Gryazin 5 7 3 13 6 5 4 112
7   Simon Olofsson 8 8 10 7 10 13 8 68
8   Anders Michalak 7 9 6 10 13 11 7 64
9   Steven Volders 9 12 9 5 17 9 10 60
10   William Nilsson 10 6 8 12 8 57
11   Linus Östlund 2 5 41
12   Jimmie Walfridson 11 10 8 9 39
13   Damien Meunier 6 11 10 32
14   Albert Llovera 12 13 11 14 21 14 23
15   Marcus Höglund 4 14 22
16   Petter Nårsa 12 9 20
17   Nikolay Gryazin 7 13
18   Martin Enlund 7 13
19   Mats Oskarsson 8 12
20   Niklas Aneklev 11 9
21   Morten Asklund 9 19 8
22   Petter Leirhol 12 18 8
23   Lane Vacala 15 12 2
24   Jami Kalliomäki 15 2
25   Yann Le Jossec 16 1
26   Stein Fredric Akre 16 1
27   Lars Erik Haug 20 0
Pos. Driver BAR
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
NOR
 
SWE
 
FRA
 
RSA
 
Points

References

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