FIA World Rallycross Championship
| Category | Supercars |
|---|---|
| Country | International |
| Inaugural season | 2014 |
| Drivers |
 Petter Solberg |
| Teams |
 Team Peugeot-Hansen |
| 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
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 series. 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 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. 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. 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 Portugal.
Champions
| Season | Championship for Drivers | Championship for Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Team | Car | Team | Car | ||
| 2014 | Petter Solberg | PSRX | Citroën DS3 | OlsbergsMSE | Ford Fiesta Mk7 ST | |
| 2015 | Petter Solberg | PSRX | Citroën DS3 | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | |
Event Wins by Driver
The inaugural seasons' drivers champion, Petter Solberg
Key
| Bold | Driver has competed in the 2015 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.
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