2021 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2021 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the eighth 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.

The championship was due to begin on 12 June at the Lånkebanen in Norway and end on 10 October at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium; however after calendar adjustments, it began on 23 July at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain and ended on 28 November at the Nürburgring in Germany.

2021 was the first season with the WRC Promoter GmbH as the championship promoter after succeeding IMG,[1] subsequently formed Rallycross Promoter GmbH.[2] Johan Kristoffersson won the Drivers' Championship for the fourth time. Hansen World RX Team won the Teams' Championship.

Calendar

The 2021 championship was due to be contested over 10 rounds in Europe, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The initial calendar was released on 16 December 2020, it included two unconfirmed slots: 1 for a round in Europe, and one for a round in the Middle East/Asia.[3] On 26 March 2021, the calendar was adjusted due to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic; and the rounds in Finland, Middle East, and South Africa were removed from the calendar.[4] On 12 May 2021; the calendar was adjusted again by cancelling World RX of Norway, postponing World RX of Sweden, and World RX of Portugal returned to the calendar as the final round.[5]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
1 World RX of Barcelona-Catalunya 23–24 July Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló RX1 Kevin Hansen Hansen World RX Team
RX2e Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder
2 World RX of Sweden 20–22 August[lower-alpha 1] Höljesbanan, Höljes RX1 Timmy Hansen Hansen World RX Team
RX2e Jesse Kallio Olsbergs MSE
3 World RX of France 3–5 September Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac RX1 Timmy Hansen Hansen World RX Team
RX2e Dorian Deslandes Olsbergs MSE
4 World RX of Riga - Latvia 18–19 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga RX1 Niclas Grönholm GRX-SET World RX Team
5 Johan Kristoffersson KYB EKS JC
6 World RX of Benelux 8–10 October Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot RX1 Johan Kristoffersson KYB EKS JC
RX2e Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder
7 World RX of Portugal 16–17 October Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX1 Niclas Grönholm GRX-SET World RX Team
8 World RX of Germany 27–28 November Nürburgring, Nürburg RX1 Johan Kristoffersson KYB EKS JC
9 Niclas Grönholm GRX-SET World RX Team
RX2e Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder
Cancelled Races
C World RX of Norway[5] 12–13 June Lånkebanen, Hell RX1 Cancelled
RX2e

Calendar Changes

Series News
  • The FIA announced a tender process to find a new promoter to replace IMG. IMG had been the championship's promoters since its inception in 2014.[8]
  • On 11 February 2021, it was announced that WRC Promoter GmbH would replace IMG as the championship's promoter,[9] subsequently formed Rallycross Promoter GmbH on 21 April 2021.[2]
  • The Supercar class was renamed RX1.[10]
  • The RX2 class was discontinued. It was replaced by the electric RX2e class.[10]

Entries

RX1
Constructor Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref
Audi KYB EKS JC Audi S1 1 Johan Kristoffersson All [11]
91 Enzo Ide All [12]
Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület 73 Tamás Kárai 1, 8-9 [13]
Volland Racing KFT 95 Yury Belevskiy 8-9 [14]
Citroën Hervé Knapick Citroën DS3 84 Hervé Knapick 3, 6, 8-9[lower-alpha 2] [15]
Ford Ollie O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 2 Ollie O'Donovan 3, 6-9 [16]
Juha Rytkönen 18 Juha Rytkönen 1-2, 4-6 [17]
Team SKÅAB 31 Stefan Kristensson 8-9 [14]
Nyirád Motorsport KFT 50 Attila Mozer 1-2 [13]
Hyundai Hedströms Motorsport Hyundai i20 8 Peter Hedström 2 [18]
92 Anton Marklund 6, 8-9 [19]
GRX-SET World RX Team 23 Krisztián Szabó All [20]
68 Niclas Grönholm All [20]
Davy Jeanney 27 Davy Jeanney 8-9 [21]
Patrick Guillerme 83 Patrick Guillerme 1 [13]
Mini Oliver Bennett Mini Cooper 42 Oliver Bennett 1 [22]
Peugeot Hansen World RX Team Peugeot 208 9 Kevin Hansen All [23]
21 Timmy Hansen All [24]
Renault Unkorrupted Renault Mégane R.S. 36 Guerlain Chicherit 8-9 [14]
69 Kevin Abbring 1-6 [25]
SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 5 Mattias Ekström 4-5 [26]
38 Mandie August 1 [27]
44 Timo Scheider 1, 3-6 [28]
77 René Münnich 1 [27]
Volkswagen Hedströms Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 17 Dan Öberg 1, 4-5 [13]

RX2e
Constructor Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref
OMSE Ann Luijten OMSE QEV RX2e 2 Kobe Pauwels 5 [29]
Ruben Fernandez Gil 5 Pablo Suárez 1 [30]
Monlau Competición 2-5 [31]
Olsbergs MSE 11 Dorian Deslandes 3 [32]
12 Klara Andersson 4-5 [33]
28 Filip Thorén 4-5 [33]
35 Fraser McConnell [lower-alpha 3] 1-2 [34]
47 Jesse Kallio All [35]
82 Isak Sjökvist 2-5 [31]
121 Conner Martell 3-4 [32]
Patrick O'Donovan 13 Patrick O'Donovan All [36]
Kristoffersson Motorsport 14 Nils Andersson 2-3 [37]
RN Kapersky Racing Team 15 Reinis Nitišs 3 [32]
Linus Östlund 18 Linus Östlund 2 [31]
Damien Meunier 21 Damien Meunier 1-2 [38]
XITE Energy Racing 22 Christine Giampaoli Zonca 4 [33]
Jan Oscar Ortfeldt 36 Jan Oscar Ortfeldt [lower-alpha 4] 1 [39][40]
ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team 44 Laia Sanz 4 [33]
G4 Motors SA 55 José-Luis García Molina 1 [41]
Mark Flaherty 77 Mark Flaherty 1 [42]
Ole-Henry Steinsholt 88 Ole-Henry Steinsholt 1 [43]
Guillaume De Ridder 96 Guillaume De Ridder All [44]
Escuderia Mollerussa 112 Pepe Arqué 5 [29]
Cyril Raymond 113 Cyril Raymond 3 [32]
EKS JC 170 Isak Reiersen 2 [31]

Championship Standings

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

RX1 Driver's Championship
Pos. Driver BAR
 SWE
 FRA
 LAT
 BEL
 PRT
 GER
 Points
1 Johan Kristoffersson 3 7 7 5 1 1 6 1 3 217
2 Timmy Hansen 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 5 4 217
3 Niclas Grönholm 8 8 3 1 2 8 1 4 1 197
4 Kevin Hansen 1 2 2 3 5 2 3 9 2 191
5 Krisztián Szabó 4 5 5 4 6 3 4 3 7 162
6 Enzo Ide 10 4 8 9 9 5 5 6 6 125
7 Kevin Abbring 6 3 4 8 8 7 97
8 Timo Scheider 7 6 6 7 9 75
9 Juha Rytkönen 9 6 10 10 10 52
10 Mattias Ekström 7 4 37
11 Ollie O'Donovan 9 12 7 13 13 37
12 Yury Belevskiy 2 9 36
13 Anton Marklund 6 12 8 33
14 Guerlain Chicherit 7 5 27
15 Tamás Kárai 11 10 11 25
16 Davy Jeanney 8 10 20
17 Hervé Knapick 10 11 14 WD 18
18 René Münnich 5 16
19 Stefan Kristensson 11 12 14
20 Attila Mózer 14 10 13
21 Peter Hedström 9 11
22 Oliver Bennett 12 8
23 Dan Öberg 16 11[lower-alpha 5] 11 7
24 Mandie August 13 4
25 Patrick Guillerme 15 2
Pos. Driver BAR
 SWE
 FRA
 LAT
 BEL
 PRT
 GER
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

RX1 Team's Championship
Pos. Team No. BAR
 SWE
 FRA
 LAT
 BEL
 PRT
 GER
 Points
1 Hansen World RX Team 9 1 2 2 3 5 2 3 9 2 408
21 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 5 4
2 GRX-SET World RX Team 23 4 5 5 4 6 3 4 3 7 359
68 8 8 3 1 2 8 1 4 1
3 KYB EKS JC 1 3 7 7 5 1 1 6 1 3 342
91 10 4 8 9 9 5 5 6 6
Pos. Driver BAR
 SWE
 FRA
 LAT
 BEL
 PRT
 GER
 Points

RX2e Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver BAR
 SWE
 FRA
 BEL
 GER
 Points
1 Guillaume De Ridder 1 4 3 1 1 134
2 Jesse Kallio 5 1 4 2 2 123
3 Pablo Suárez 4 10 10 5 3 76
4 Patrick O'Donovan 3 6 9 7 7 76
5 Isak Sjökvist 3 6 3 5 72
6 Fraser McConnell 6 2 49
7 Klara Andersson 4 8 35
8 Dorian Deslandes 1 30
9 Nils Andersson 7 8 29
10 Conner Martell 5 9 26
11 Reinis Nitišs 2 24
12 Filip Thorén 6 9 23
13 Damien Meunier 8 9 23
14 Ole Henry Steinsholt 2 21
15 Kobe Pauwels 4 21
16 Linus Östlund 5 19
17 Pepe Arqué 6 18
18 Cyril Raymond 7 16
19 Jose-Luis Garcia Molina 7 13
20 Christine Giampaoli Zonca 8 13
21 Isak Reiersen 8 13
22 Mark Flaherty 9 10
23 Jan Oscar Ortfeldt 10 9
24 Laia Sanz 10 9
Pos. Driver BAR
 SWE
 FRA
 BEL
 GER
 Points

Notes
  1. World RX of Sweden was originally due to take place on 2–4 July 2021; however it was rescheduled to 20–22 August 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
  2. Hervé Knapick was entered into round 9, but was later withdrawn as a result of crash damage sustained in round 8.
  3. Fraser McConnell is a Jamaican driver competing under a Swedish license.
  4. Jan Oscar Ortfeldt is a Swedish driver competing under an Italian license.
  5. Dan Öberg was deducted 10 championship points for the use of a fourth turbo over the season.

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