World RX of Catalunya

The World RX of Catalunya is a Rallycross event held in Spain for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2015 season, at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the town of Montmeló, Catalonia.

World RX layout of Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

In 2015 and 2016, the event was called "World RX of Spain", changing its name in 2017 and 2018 to "World RX of Barcelona". From 2019 onwards, it's called "World RX of Catalunya".

Due to COVID-19 pandemic which affected the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship season calendar, the circuit hosted a double-header season finale. The first race was named as World RX of Pirineus-Barcelona 2030 as mark of support for Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.[1] The second race was held under World RX of Catalunya name.

Past winners
Year Heat 1 winner Heat 2 winner Heat 3 winner Heat 4 winner Semi-Final 1 winner Semi-Final 2 winner Final winner
2015 Timmy Hansen Petter Solberg Johan Kristoffersson Timmy Hansen Timmy Hansen Johan Kristoffersson Petter Solberg
Year Qualifying 1 winner Qualifying 2 winner Qualifying 3 winner Qualifying 4 winner Semi-Final 1 winner Semi-Final 2 winner Final winner
2016 Timmy Hansen Mattias Ekström Johan Kristoffersson Johan Kristoffersson Mattias Ekström Timur Timerzyanov Mattias Ekström
2017 Johan Kristoffersson Toomas Heikkinen Mattias Ekström Andreas Bakkerud Johan Kristoffersson Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström
2018 Mattias Ekström Petter Solberg Petter Solberg Timmy Hansen Petter Solberg Mattias Ekström Johan Kristoffersson
2019 Timmy Hansen Timmy Hansen Timmy Hansen Timmy Hansen Timmy Hansen Kevin Hansen Timmy Hansen
2020 Johan Kristoffersson Andreas Bakkerud Johan Kristoffersson No Q4 (Double Header) Johan Kristoffersson Timmy Hansen Timmy Hansen
Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström Andreas Bakkerud Johan Kristoffersson Andreas Bakkerud Johan Kristoffersson
2021 Timmy Hansen Johan Kristoffersson Johan Kristoffersson Johan Kristoffersson Timmy Hansen Kevin Hansen Kevin Hansen

References
  1. "The 6th edition of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Catalonia". Catalunya RX Rally Cross. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2021-04-22.


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