2020 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2020 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 45th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The season consisted of two rounds across two categories; Supercar and Super1600. The season commenced on 22 August at the Höljesbanan, Höljes, Sweden and finished prematurely on the 6 October at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze in Riga, Latvia.

Calendar

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The provisional calendar was unveiled on 30 October 2019.[1][2][3][4]
The season was originally scheduled to start in April but following multiple postponements relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was released in May 2020 and the championship is now scheduled to begin in August.[5]

Rnd. Event Venue Dates Category Winner Team
1   Euro RX of Sweden Höljesbanan, Höljes 22–23 August Supercar   Oliver Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE
2   Euro RX of Riga - Latvia Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga 19–20 September   Oliver Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE
3   Euro RX of Barcelona - Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 17 October[6] Super1600   Yuri Belevskiy   Volland Racing
4 18 October   Yuri Belevskiy   Volland Racing
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Event Venue Original Date Series
  Euro RX of Portugal Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre 2–3 May, then 10–11 October Super1600
  Euro RX of Benelux Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps 16–17 May, then 3–4 October,
then 21–22 November
Supercar
  Euro RX of Norway Lånkebanen, Hell 13–14 June Supercar
  Euro RX of Russia Igora Drive, Sosnovo 18–19 July Super1600
  Euro RX of Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg 1–2 August then 12–13 December Supercar
Super1600
  Euro RX of France Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac 5–6 September Supercar
Super1600

Calendar changes

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  • Euro RX of Portugal was set to return after a 1-year hiatus, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
  • Euro RX of Great Britain was omitted from the schedule.
  • Euro RX of Russia was supposed to join the calendar, but was cancelled and replaced with the Euro RX of Germany (which moved from the Estering to the Nürburgring).
  • Euro RX of Barcelona, Euro RX of Portugal, Euro RX of Benelux, Euro RX of Sweden, and Euro RX of Germany were originally scheduled for between April and August.[5] All were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
  • Euro RX of Norway and Euro RX of Germany were dropped from the calendar following the May calendar revision.[5]
  • Euro RX of France was cancelled, also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  • Euro RX of Germany was to return on the final revision of the calendar, but it was cancelled, due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Germany, resulting in an early end to the 2020 season[9]
  • After being rescheduled twice, Euro RX of Benelux was cancelled due to Belgium going into national lockdown.[10]

Entry list

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Supercar

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Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
Audi   JC Raceteknik Audi S1 3   Ben-Philip Gundersen All [11]
54   Mats Öhman 1
  Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesulet 73   Tamás Kárai All [12]
Ford   Nordgård Motorsport Ford Fiesta 9   David Nordgård 1 [12]
  IKONEN 10   Mikko Ikonen 2
  TSK Baltijos Sportas 55   Paulius Pleskovas 2
  Daarbak Motorsport 93   Tobias Daarbak 1 [13]
  Olsbergs MSE 116   Oliver Eriksson All [12]
  Reinsalu Sport Ford Ka 5   Andri Õun 2 [12]
Peugeot   DA Racing Peugeot 208 23   Andréa Dubourg All [12]
87   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg All [12]
SEAT   ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 38   Mandie August All [12]
Volkswagen   Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 74   Per Eklund 1
  MKIVRX Volkswagen Scirocco 17   Daniel Öberg 1 [12]
  Hedströms Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 8   Peter Hedström All [12]
45   Pontus Tidemand 1 [12]
  KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team 11   Aleš Fučik All [12]
  TBRX 16   Thomas Bryntesson All [12]
  MKIVRX 17   Daniel Öberg 2 [12]
  Kristoffersson Motorsport 69   Sondre Evjen[14] All [14]

Super1600

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Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
Audi   Volland Racing Audi A1 15   Gergely Márton All [15]
39   Artur Egorov All [15]
51   Marius Bermingrud All [16]
54   Marat Knyazev All [15]
95   Yuri Belevskiy All [15]
Renault   Marcel Snoeijers Renault Megane 50   Marcel Snoeijers All [16]
  SET Promotion Renault Twingo 22   Rasmus Tuominen All [17]
Škoda   Pajr SRO Škoda Citigo 11   Jan Černý All [18]
  Josef Susta ACCR Czech Team Škoda Fabia 16   Josef Susta All [16]
  Joao Ribeiro 99   Joao Ribeiro All [16]
  Automax Motorsport 117   Radoslaw Raczkowski All [16]
  Jérémy Lambec 166   Jérémy Lambec All [16]

Results and standings

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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

Supercar

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Pos Driver SWE
 
LAT
 
Points
1   Oliver Eriksson 1 1 59
2   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 5 3 48
3   Sondre Evjen 7 2 40
4   Ben-Philip Gundersen 4 5 39
5   Andrea Dubourg 2 4 36
6   Peter Hedström 3 7 32
7   Tamás Kárai 10 6 25
8   Aleš Fučik 13 8 18
9   Thomas Bryntesson 8 14 16
10   Pontus Tidemand 6 14
11   Mandie August 12 11 14
12   Mats Öhman 9 13
13   Mikko Ikonen 9 11
14   Paulius Pleskovas 10 10
15   Tobias Daarbak 11 8
16   Andri Õun 13 4
17   Per Eklund 15 2
18   David Nordgård 16 1
19   Dan Öberg 14 121 2 -16
Pos Driver SWE
 
LAT
 
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)

1 – 10 point penalty.
2 – 15 point penalty.

Super1600

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Pos Driver BAR
 
Points
1   Yuri Belevskiy 1 1 59
2   Gergely Marton 2 3 51
3   Artur Egorov 5 4 39
4   Marat Kniazev 7 2 38
5   Marius Bermingrud 4 7 37
6   Rasmus Tuominen 3 10 32
7   Joao Ribeiro 6 5 29
8   Jan Černý 8 9 24
9   Josef Susta 11 6 22
10   Radoslaw Raczkowski 9 8 20
11   Jérémy Lambec 10 11 17
12   Marcel Snoeijers 12 12 13
Pos Driver BAR
 
Points

References

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  1. ^ Ridge, Hal (30 October 2019). "Nurburgring added to 2020 World Rallycross calendar". motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ Ridge, Hal (22 November 2019). "Latvia to remain on World RX calendar after all". motorsport.com. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ Ridge, Hal (6 December 2019). "Russia completes 2020 World RX schedule". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. ^ Ridge, Hal (7 March 2020). "Russian World Rallycross round cancelled". motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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  6. ^ Ridge, Hal (14 March 2020). "World RX postpones Barcelona opener over coronavirus". motorsport.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ^ Ridge, Hal (16 September 2020). "Portugal World Rallycross round cancelled". motorsport.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. ^ Ridge, Hal (21 May 2020). "French World Rallycross round cancelled for 2020". motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  9. ^ Bradley, Charles (26 November 2020). "FIA confirms Nurburgring World Rallycross finale cancellation". motorsport.com. Motorsport News Network. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. ^ Wilde, Dominik (4 November 2020). "Spa World RX round cancelled". Dirtfish Media. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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  14. ^ a b "Norway's Evjen Returns To Euro RX". fiaworldrallycross.com. FIA World Rallycross Championship. 6 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d "Volland Racing reveals five-car lineup for 2020". fiaworldrallycross.com. FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  16. ^ a b c d e f "FIA European Rallycross Championship Barcelona Super1600 Entry List" (PDF). FIA World Rallycross Championship. FIA. 16 October 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
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  18. ^ Lindroos, Pontus (31 January 2020). "ERC driver Černý debuts in Euro RX Super1600 this season". Rallycross.cz. TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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