FIA World Rallycross Championship
| Category | Supercars |
|---|---|
| Country | International |
| Inaugural season | 2014 |
| Drivers |
 Mattias Ekström |
| Teams |
EKS RX |
| Official website | www.rallycrossrx.com |
 Current season | |
The FIA World Rallycross Championship (official abbreviation either World RX or WRX) is a rallycross series organised by the FIA in conjunction with series promoters IMG Motorsport.
Format
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Pre-season photo 2016
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Cars line up on the grid before a Semi-Final
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Semi-Final 2 at the 2016 World RX of Portugal
The series currently consists of 12 two-day events driven on closed circuits with mixed surface (mostly asphalt and gravel). Each event consists of:[1]
- 4 Qualifying heats. In each of the 4 series there are smaller races containing 3 to 5 cars, and the driver with the fastest overall race time after 4 laps (including one so-called Joker Lap) is declared the qualifying winner of Q1, Q2, Q3 and/or Q4. Drivers earn 'intermediate points' based on their positions. After the 4 qualifying series, the points are added up and the 12 drivers with the most points in the 'intermediate standings' move into the next round.
- 2 Semi-Finals. 6 cars race in each of both semi-finals, which are run over 6 laps (incl. one Joker Lap). The top 3 drivers in each semi-final move into the final round.
- Final. Like the semi-finals, this race is contested by 6 cars over 6 laps (incl. one Joker Lap). The winner of the final is deemed to be the event winner. However, the final winner has not necessarily claimed the most championship points from the whole event.
Points system
World Championship points are scored as follows:
| Points Scale | Position | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Drivers
Main article: List of World Rallycross Championship drivers
Events
Main article: List of World Rallycross Championship events
Records
Records correct up to and including the 2016 World RX of Argentina.
Champions
| Season | Championship for Drivers | Championship for Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Team | Car | Team | Car | ||
| 2014 |  Petter Solberg | PSRX | Citroën DS3 | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | |
| 2015 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | Citroën DS3 | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | |
| 2016 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | EKS RX | Audi S1 | |
Event Wins by Driver
The drivers champion of the first two seasons, Petter Solberg. He also has the most wins of any driver, at nine.
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L-R: Reinis Nitišs, Andreas Bakkerud, Toomas Heikkinen and Mattias Ekström. They have all won events in the top class
Key
| Driver is a World Champion | |
| Bold | Driver has competed in the 2016 season |
See also
- FIA European Rallycross Championship
- Dirt Rally, the first videogame to be an officially licensed FIA World Rallycross Championship game.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.rallycrossrx.com/race_format Race Format
- ↑ Scammell, David (2 July 2015). "DiRT Rally partners with FIA World Rallycross Championship for World RX update". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
External links
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