2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship

2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
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The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy is the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of twelve rounds and will start on 16 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season will end 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]

Rnd. Event Dates Venue Winner Team Report
1 Portugal Bompiso World RX of Portugal April 16–17 Pista Automóvel de Montalegre Norway Petter Solberg Sweden Petter Solberg World RX Team¹ report
2 Germany World RX of Hockenheim May 7–8 Hockenheimring Sweden Mattias Ekström Sweden EKS RX report
3 Belgium Kapaza World RX of Belgium May 14–15 Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet Sweden Mattias Ekström Sweden EKS RX report
4 United Kingdom World RX of Great Britain May 28–29 Lydden Hill Race Circuit Sweden Mattias Ekström Sweden EKS RX report
5 Norway NAF World RX of Norway June 11–12 Lånkebanen Norway Andreas Bakkerud United States Hoonigan Racing Division report
6 Sweden Volkswagen World RX of Sweden July 2–3 Höljesbanan Norway Andreas Bakkerud United States Hoonigan Racing Division report
7 Canada World RX of Canada August 6–7 Circuit Trois-Rivières Sweden Timmy Hansen Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen report
8 France Bretagne World RX of France September 3–4 Circuit de Lohéac Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Sweden Volkswagen RX Sweden report
9 Spain World RX of Barcelona September 17–18 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Sweden Mattias Ekström Sweden EKS RX report
10 Latvia Neste World RX of Latvia October 1–2 Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze France Sébastien Loeb Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen report
11 Germany All-inkl.com World RX of Germany October 15–16 Estering Sweden Kevin Eriksson Sweden Olsbergs MSE report
12 Argentina World RX of Argentina November 26–27 Autódromo Rosario Norway Andreas Bakkerud United States Hoonigan Racing Division report

¹ = As one-car team not eligible to score team championship points.

Teams and drivers

Permanent entries
Constructor Entrant Car No. Driver Rounds
Audi Sweden EKS RX[3] Audi S1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström All
57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen All
Sweden Larsson Jernberg Motorsport[4] Audi A1 4 Sweden Robin Larsson All
Citroën Sweden Petter Solberg World RX Team[5] Citroën DS3 1 Norway Petter Solberg All
Ford United States Hoonigan Racing Division[6] Ford Focus RS[7] 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud[8] All
43 United States Ken Block All
Sweden Olsbergs MSE[9] Ford Fiesta ST 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm 1–11
96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson 1–7, 9-12
29 France Yann Le Jossec 8
15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs 9-10, 12
Austria World RX Team Austria[10] Ford Fiesta 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis All
7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov All
Mini United Kingdom JRM Racing[11] Mini Countryman 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran1 1–6
65 France Guerlain Chicherit 8–9, 11
37 United Kingdom Guy Wilks 9-10
94 United Kingdom Nick Jones 12
Peugeot Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen[12] Peugeot 208 9 France Sébastien Loeb All
21 Sweden Timmy Hansen All
Sweden Peugeot-Hansen Academy 17 France Davy Jeanney 1–6, 8-11
71 Sweden Kevin Hansen 1–2, 4, 8, 11
SEAT Germany all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[13] SEAT Ibiza Cupra 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs2 1–8
55 Germany René Münnich 1–11
44 Germany Timo Scheider 9-10, 12
24 Norway Tommy Rustad 11
77 Germany René Münnich 12
Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen RX Sweden[14] Volkswagen Polo 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson All
92 Sweden Anton Marklund All

* 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 will leave the Münnich Motorsport team following event eight (France) and will return to Olsbergs MSE for event nine (Barcelona).[18]

Championship Standings

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

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

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

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

References

  1. ↑ "WORLD RX REVEALS ITS 2016 CALENDAR". fiaworldrallycross.com. 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.
  4. ↑ "LARSSON SIGNS UP FOR FULL WORLD RX CAMPAIGN". fiaworldrallycross.com. 18 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "BUMPER ENTRY FOR 2016 WORLD AND EURO RX CHAMPIONSHIPS". fiaworldrallycross.com. 25 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "BLOCK CONFIRMS FULL WORLD RX CAMPAIGN". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. 13 January 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. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "WORLD RX TEAM AUSTRIA SIGNS TIMERZYANOV AND BAUMANIS". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "DORAN JOINS JRM RACING FOR 2016". fiaworldrallycross.com. 22 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Sébastien Loeb joins Rallycross World Champions Team Peugeot-Hansen". Peugeot Sport. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "NITISS MOVES TO ALL-INKL.COM RACING WITH NEW SEAT IBIZA". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. 1 March 2016. 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. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "FOUST TO COMPETE AT LYDDEN HILL RX". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "JRM RACING TEAM STATEMENT ABOUT LIAM DORAN". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "Nitiss to race for OlsbergsMSE in Barcelona". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

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