2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship

2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship season
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Support series: European Rallycross Championship

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 is the defending drivers' champion. Team Hansen-Peugeot are the defending teams' champions. After one round, Solberg leads the drivers' championship. EKS RX currently lead the teams' championship.

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	World RX of Portugal	April 16–17	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team¹	report
2	World RX of Hockenheim	May 7–8	Hockenheimring			report
3	World RX of Belgium	May 14–15	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet			report
4	World RX of Great Britain	May 28–29	Lydden Hill Race Circuit			report
5	World RX of Norway	June 11–12	Lånkebanen			report
6	World RX of Sweden	July 2–3	Höljesbanan			report
7	World RX of Canada	August 6–7	Circuit Trois-Rivières			report
8	World RX of France	September 3–4	Circuit de Lohéac			report
9	World RX of Barcelona	September 17–18	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya			report
10	World RX of Latvia	October 1–2	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze			report
11	World RX of Germany	October 15–16	Estering			report
12	World RX of Argentina	November 26–27	Autódromo Rosario			report

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

Teams and drivers

Permanent entries
Constructor	Competitor	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Audi	EKS RX[3]	Audi S1	10	Mattias Ekström	1–3
			57	Toomas Heikkinen	1–3
	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport¹[4]	Audi A1	4	Robin Larsson	1–3
Citroën	Petter Solberg World RX Team¹[5]	Citroën DS3	1	Petter Solberg	1–3
Ford	Hoonigan Racing Division[6]	Ford Focus RS[7]	13	Andreas Bakkerud[8]	1–3
			43	Ken Block	1–3
	Olsbergs MSE[9]	Ford Fiesta ST	68	Niclas Grönholm	1–3
			96	Kevin Eriksson	1–3
	World RX Team Austria[10]		6	Jānis Baumanis	1–3
			7	Timur Timerzyanov	1–3
			31	Max Pucher	2
BMW MINI	JRM Racing¹[11]	BMW MINI Countryman	33	Liam Doran	1–3
			TBA	Danny Way	TBA
Peugeot	Team Peugeot-Hansen[12]	Peugeot 208	9	Sébastien Loeb	1–3
			21	Timmy Hansen	1–3
	Peugeot Hansen Academy		17	Davy Jeanney	1–3
			71	Kevin Hansen	1–2
SEAT	all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[13]	SEAT Ibiza Cupra	15	Reinis Nitišs	1–3
			55	René Münnich	1–3
Volkswagen	Volkswagen RX Sweden[14]	Volkswagen Polo	3	Johan Kristoffersson	1–3
			92	Anton Marklund	1–3
Entries ineligible to score team points Constructor Competitor Car No. Driver Rounds Ford Bompiso Racing Team Ford Focus 41 Joaquim Santos 1 Ecurie Bayard ASBL Ford Fiesta ST 67 François Duval 3 Citroën DA Racing Citroën DS3 87 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 2

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

Championship Standings

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

Pos.	Driver	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	CAN	FRA	BAR	LAT	GER	ARG	Points
1	Petter Solberg	1												29
2	Robin Larsson	2												21
3	Johan Kristoffersson	6												21
4	Andreas Bakkerud	4												20
5	Toomas Heikkinen	3												20
6	Mattias Ekström	10												19
7	Sébastien Loeb	5												17
8	Kevin Eriksson	7												12
9	Timmy Hansen	12												9
10	Davy Jeanney	8												9
11	Liam Doran	11												8
12	Anton Marklund	9												6
13	Kevin Hansen	13												4
14	Jānis Baumanis	14												3
15	Reinis Nitišs	15												2
16	Timur Timerzyanov	16												1

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

Pos.	Team	No.	Drivers	Points
1	EKS RX	10	Mattias Ekström	39
		57	Toomas Heikkinen
2	Volkswagen RX Sweden	3	Johan Kristoffersson	27
		92	Anton Marklund
3	Team Peugeot-Hansen	9	Sébastien Loeb	26
		21	Timmy Hansen
4	Hoonigan Racing Division	13	Andreas Bakkerud	20
		43	Ken Block
5	Olsbergs MSE	68	Niclas Grönholm	12
		96	Kevin Eriksson
6	World RX Team Austria	6	Jānis Baumanis	4
		7	Timur Timerzyanov
7	all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	15	Reinis Nitišs	2
		55	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.

External links

• Official website