2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the sixth 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.

Timmy Hansen won the Drivers' Championship on countback after finishing with the same number of points as Andreas Bakkerud, winning based on his four event wins to Bakkerud's one. Team Hansen MJP won the Teams' Championship.

Calendar

The 2019 championship was contested over ten rounds in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America.

The following events are scheduled to take place as part of the 2019 championship:

Rnd.	Event	Dates	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1	World RX of Abu Dhabi	5–6 April	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	Supercar	Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen MJP	Report
2	World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya	27–28 April	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen MJP	Report
				RX2	Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
3	Spa World RX of Benelux	11–12 May	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps	Supercar	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	Report
				RX2	Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
4	Dayinsure World RX of Great Britain	25–26 May	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen MJP	Report
				RX2	Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
5	World RX of Norway	15–16 June	Lånkebanen, Hell	Supercar	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	Report
				RX2	Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
6	World RX of Sweden	6–7 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	Supercar	Sebastian Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Report
				RX2	Ben-Philip Gundersen	JC Raceteknik
7	World RX of Canada	3–4 August	Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières	Supercar	Andreas Bakkerud	Monster Energy RX Cartel	Report
8	Bretagne World RX of France	31 August–1 September	Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen MJP	Report
				RX2	Ben-Philip Gundersen	JC Raceteknik
9	Neste World RX of Latvia	14–15 September	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen MJP	Report
10	World RX of South Africa	9–10 November	Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town	Supercar	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	Report
				RX2	Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE

Calendar changes

• The calendar was trimmed from twelve rounds to ten with the removal of the World RX of Portugal, World RX of the United States and the World RX of Germany from the schedule.^[1][2]
• A new round, the World RX of Abu Dhabi, was added as the opening round of the championship.^[1]
• The World RX of Belgium moved from Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.^[1]
• The World RX of Canada will be a joint event with the Americas Rallycross Championship for the second consecutive time, and it is also the only combined round on the schedule.

Entries

Timmy Hansen won the Drivers' Championship for the first time

Supercar

Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Kárai Motorsport Egyesület	Audi A1	73	Tamás Kárai	2
	Monster Energy RX Cartel[3]	Audi S1	13	Andreas Bakkerud[3]	All
			33	Liam Doran[3]	All
	Team JC Raceteknik		39	Enzo Ide	3
			4	Robin Larsson	9
	EKS Audi Sport		40	Mattias Ekström	3
	EKS Sport[4]		123	Krisztián Szabó[4]	All
Citroën	"Knapick"	Citroën DS3	84	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier	2–4, 8
Ford	Christopher Hoy	Ford Fiesta MK7	41	Christopher Hoy	2
	Team STARD[5]		5	Pål Try[6]	1, 3
			3	Jani Paasonen[7]	2
		Ford Fiesta MK8			4–5, 7–8
			22	Jere Kalliokoski[7]	6, 10
			5	Pål Try	9
			6	Jānis Baumanis[5]	All
	Olsbergs MSE		93	Sebastian Eriksson	6
			196	Kevin Eriksson	6
Honda		Honda Civic Coupé	72	Ulrik Linnemann	6
Hyundai	GRX Taneco Team[8]	Hyundai i20	7	Timur Timerzyanov[8]	All
			31	Joni Wiman	3–4
			68	Niclas Grönholm[8]	1–2, 5–10
	GRX Set[8]		15	Reinis Nitišs[8]	1, 6, 9
			57	Toomas Heikkinen	8
Mini	Xite Racing[9]	Mini Cooper	42	Oliver Bennett[9]	All
Peugeot	Team Hansen MJP[10]	Peugeot 208	21	Timmy Hansen[10]	All
			71	Kevin Hansen[10]	All
	Grégoire Demoustier		66	Grégoire Demoustier	3
	Mark Higgins		134	Mark Higgins	4
	Jonathan Pailler		18	Jonathan Pailler	6, 8
	Fabien Pailler		20	Fabien Pailler	6, 8
Renault	GC Kompetition[11]	Renault Mégane R.S.	14	Rokas Baciuška	7-9
			36	Guerlain Chicherit[11]	All
			92	Anton Marklund[11]	All
	GCK Academy[11]	Renault Clio R.S.	96	Guillaume De Ridder[11]	All
			113	Cyril Raymond[11]	All
		Renault Mégane R.S.	14	Rokas Baciuška	5–6
SEAT	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[12]	SEAT Ibiza	44	Timo Scheider[12]	All
Škoda	ES Motorsport-Labas GAS[13]	Škoda Fabia	14	Rokas Baciuška[13]	1–2
			24	Kevin Abbring	5–6
			67	François Duval	3
			12	Matvey Furazhkin	8-10
Volkswagen	Hedströms Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	64	Kjetil Larsen	6
	Bridgestone Motorsport		95	Philip Gehrman	6

RX2

Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
OMSE	JC Raceteknik[14]	Olsbergs MSE RX2	2	Ben-Philip Gundersen[14]	All
			6	William Nilsson[15]	1-3
			90	Jimmie Walfridson[16]	1–2, 4-5
			54	Petter Nårsa	6-7
	Morten Asklund		11	Morten Asklund	4-5
	Anders Michalak[17]		12	Anders Michalak[17]	All
	Olsbergs MSE[18]		16	Oliver Eriksson[18]	All
			18	Linus Östlund	5, 7
			35	Fraser McConnell[19]	All
			47	Jesse Kallio[20]	All
			91	Niklas Aneklev	7
	Team Färén[21]		21	Damien Meunier[21]	1–2, 6
			99	Marcus Höglund	4-5
			6	William Nilsson	6
			31	Yann Le Jossec	6
	Set Promotion		22	Sami-Matti Trogen	All
			65	Jami Kalliomäki	5
	Petter Leirhol		27	Petter Leirhol	4-5
	Lars Erik Haug		33	Lars Erik Haug	5
	Simon Olofsson[22]		52	Simon Olofsson[22]	All
	Sport Racing Technologies[23]		55	Vasiliy Gryazin[23]	All
			69	Nikolay Gryazin	6
	Martin Enlund		60	Martin Enlund	5
	Albert Llovera[24]		66	Albert Llovera[24]	1-6
	Steve Volders[25]		77	Steve Volders[25]	All
	Stein Fredric Akre		98	Stein Fredric Akre	5
	William Nilsson		6	William Nilsson	5
	Mats Oskarsson		111	Mats Oskarsson	5
	Iane Vacala		50	Iane Vacala	6-7

Team changes

• Team Peugeot Total and PSRX Volkswagen Sweden all withdrew from the championship after the 2018 season.^[26][27][28]
• Monster Energy RX Cartel joined the championship, fielding two Audi S1s.^[3]
• GC Kompetition will run a second team, GCK Academy, comprising two Renault Clios.^[11]
• EKS Sport lost its factory backing from Audi and reduced from two cars to one.
• ES Motorsport-Labas GAS entered the championship running a single Škoda Fabia.

Driver changes

• Following the withdrawal of their respective teams, reigning World Champion Johan Kristoffersson, Petter Solberg, Sébastien Loeb and Robin Larsson all left the Championship.
• Andreas Bakkerud and Liam Doran left EKS Audi Sport and GC Kompetition respectively to join Monster Energy RX Cartel.
• Guillaume De Ridder and Cyril Raymond moved up from RX2 and ERX respectively with GCK Academy.
• Krisztián Szabó moved up from ERX with EKS Sport.
• 2018 European Rallycross Super1600 champion, Rokas Baciuška, joined the championship with ES Motorsport-Labas GAS but he was forced to cut relationship with the team so he only did do the two first rounds of the season.

Results and 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

• A red background denotes drivers who did not advance from the round

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver ABU BAR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT RSA Points 1 Timmy Hansen 13 1 4 1 6 6 13 1 1 4 211 2 Andreas Bakkerud 15 3 2 2 8 7 1 5 3 2 211 3 Kevin Hansen 1 2 8 7 2 2 6 3 4 5 199 4 Niclas Grönholm 2 4 1 5 7 6 2 1 186 5 Timur Timerzyanov 8 7 1 11 7 24 3 12 5 3 142 6 Jānis Baumanis 5 6 5 10 3 10 2 10 12 8 137 7 Anton Marklund 7 14 7 3 DSQ 8 5 2 9 11 119 8 Liam Doran 3 10 6 6 5 15 8 9 6 16^a 114 9 Timo Scheider 6 12 9 4 9 23 10 8 11 6 109 10 Krisztián Szabó 4 8 11 5 12 17 12 11 10 9 91 11 Rokas Baciuška 9 13 16 9 9 4 7 76 12 Guerlain Chicherit 10 9 13 9 11 14 4 13 15 7 73 13 Cyril Raymond 12 5 12 13 10 20 11 15^a 13 15 45 14 Reinis Nitišs 13 3 8 40 15 Joni Wiman 3 8 39 16 Kevin Abbring 4 4 35 17 Sebastian Eriksson 1 29 18 Guillaume De Ridder 16 11 15 16 15 19 14 16 14 10 29 19 Toomas Heikkinen 7 15 20 Oliver Bennett 17 17 14 12 14 22 15 19 16 12 12^b 21 Jere Kalliokoski 12 14 10 22 Jani Paasonen 16 14 13 16 17 9 23 Mattias Ekström 10 8 24 Kevin Eriksson 11 8 25 Matvey Furazhkin 20 17 13 4 26 Jonathan Pailler 13 18 4 27 Pål Try 14 16 18 4 28 Fabien Pailler 16 14 4 29 Mark Higgins 15 2 30 Christopher Hoy 15 2 31 François Duval 17 0 32 Kjetil Larsen 18 0 33 Enzo Ide 18 0 34 Robin Larsson 19 0 35 Gregoire Demoustier 19 0 36 Philip Gehrman 21 0 37 Ulrik Linnemann 25 0 38 Tamás Kárai 18 0 39 Hervé "Knapick" 19 20 17 21^a -15 Pos. Driver ABU BAR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT RSA Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

^a Loss of 15 championship points – stewards' decision
^b Loss of 10 championship points – stewards' decision

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

Pos.	Team	No.	Drivers	Points
1	Team Hansen MJP	21	Timmy Hansen	410
		71	Kevin Hansen
2	GRX Taneco Team	7	Timur Timerzyanov	367
		31	Joni Wiman
		68	Niclas Grönholm
3	Monster Energy RX Cartel	13	Andreas Bakkerud	325
		33	Liam Doran
4	GC Kompetition	36	Guerlain Chicherit	192
		92	Anton Marklund
5	Team STARD^1	3	Jani Paasonen	103
		5	Pål Try
		6	Jānis Baumanis
		22	Jere Kalliokoski
6	GCK Academy	96	Guillaume De Ridder	74
		113	Cyril Raymond

¹ – Team STARD ran two different specifications of car at rounds 1–3 and therefore were ineligible to score teams points at these events.

RX2 International Series Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	BAR	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	FRA	RSA	Points
1	Oliver Eriksson	1	1	1	1	11	2	1	193
2	Ben-Philip Gundersen	13	3	5	2	1	1	6	150
3	Jesse Kallio	3	2	2	3	3	6	13	146
4	Fraser McConnell	2	5	7	6	5	4	2	143
5	Sami-Matti Trogen	4	4	4	11	4	3	3	124
6	Vasiliy Gryazin	5	7	3	13	6	5	4	112
7	Simon Olofsson	8	8	10	7	10	13	8	68
8	Anders Michalak	7	9	6	10	13	11	7	64
9	Steven Volders	9	12	9	5	17	9	10	60
10	William Nilsson	10	6	8		12	8		57
11	Linus Östlund					2		5	41
12	Jimmie Walfridson	11	10		8	9			39
13	Damien Meunier	6	11				10		32
14	Albert Llovera	12	13	11	14	21	14		23
15	Marcus Höglund				4	14			22
16	Petter Nårsa						12	9	20
17	Nikolay Gryazin						7		13
18	Martin Enlund					7			13
19	Mats Oskarsson					8			12
20	Niklas Aneklev							11	9
21	Morten Asklund				9	19			8
22	Petter Leirhol				12	18			8
23	Lane Vacala						15	12	2
24	Jami Kalliomäki					15			2
25	Yann Le Jossec						16		1
26	Stein Fredric Akre					16			1
27	Lars Erik Haug					20			0
Pos.	Driver	BAR	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	FRA	RSA	Points

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External links

• Official website
• Official FIA World Rallycross of Great Britain Archived 2019-05-29 at the Wayback Machine