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The 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the seventh 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.
Johan Kristoffersson won the Drivers' Championship for the third time. KYB Team JC won the Teams' Championship.
Calendar
The 2020 championship was contested over eight rounds in Europe .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] The season was originally scheduled to start in April but following multiple postponements relating to the COVID-19 pandemic , a revised calendar was released in May 2020 and the championship finally began in August.[ 5]
Event
Dates
Venue
Class
Winner
Team
1
World RX of Sweden
22–23 August
Höljesbanan , Höljes
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS
2
Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Projekt E
Ken Block
Hoonigan Racing Division
3
World RX of Finland
29 August
Tykkimäki , Kouvola
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS
4
30 August
Niclas Grönholm
GRX Taneco
N/C
RX2 All Star Shootout
5 September
Nysumbanen , Vebbestrup
RX2
Guillaume De Ridder
Olsbergs MSE
6 September
Henrik Krogstad
Yellow Squad Team Färén
5
World RX of Riga - Latvia
19–20 September
Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze , Riga
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS
6
Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Projekt E
Cyril Raymond
Citroën Racing
7
World RX of Catalunya - Barcelona
17 October
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Montmeló
Supercar
Timmy Hansen
Team Hansen
8
18 October
Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS
Event
Venue
Original Dates
World RX of Portugal
Pista Automóvel de Montalegre , Montalegre
2–3 May then 10–11 October
World RX of Benelux
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Spa-Francorchamps
16–17 May then 3–4 October then 21–22 November
World RX of Norway
Lånkebanen , Hell
13–14 June
World RX of Russia
Igora Drive , Sosnovo
18–19 July
World RX of Germany
Nürburgring , Nürburg
1–2 August then 12–13 December
World RX of France
Circuit de Lohéac , Lohéac
5–6 September
World RX of Abu Dhabi
Yas Marina Circuit , Abu Dhabi
29–31 October
World RX of South Africa
Killarney Motor Racing Complex , Cape Town
14–15 November
Calendar changes
The World RX of Portugal and World RX of Germany would both have returned after a one-year hiatus. The German round would have moved from the Estering to the Nürburgring . Both events were later cancelled.
The World RX of Canada and the World RX of Great Britain were both removed from the schedule.
The World RX of Russia was added to the schedule, but had been cancelled.[ 6]
The World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya , World RX of Portugal , World RX of Benelux , World RX of Sweden , World RX of Germany were all scheduled to take place between April and August.[ 1] All were rescheduled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 5]
The World RX of Norway and World RX of South Africa were both dropped from the calendar following the May calendar revision.[ 5]
The World RX of France was cancelled, also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[ 7]
A new event was added to the calendar, after the extraordinary World Motor Sport Council in June, in Kouvola (Finland) to replace the World RX of France .[ 8]
The World RX of Benelux was rescheduled for a second time to November to allow a larger number of spectators to attend.[ 9]
On September 15, the organization of World RX of Portugal announced that the event was cancelled due to the evolution of COVID-19 in September.[ 10]
On November 4, it was announced that the World RX of Benelux was cancelled due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Belgium.[ 11]
On November 26, it was announced that the World RX of Germany was cancelled, due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Germany, resulting in an early end to the 2020 season[ 12]
Entries
Supercar
RX2
Constructor
Team
Car
Drivers
Ref.
OMSE
VGracing
Olsbergs MSE RX2
8
Gustav Johansson
[ 31]
Olsbergs MSE
9
Grégory Fosse
[ 31]
18
Linus Östlund
47
Jesse Kallio
[ 32]
60
Martin Enlund
[ 33]
91
Niklas Aneklev
[ 31]
96
Guillaume De Ridder
[ 31]
Alfta Racing Team
10
Martin Jonsson
[ 31]
MORX
11
Mats Oskarsson
[ 31]
STS RX
52
Simon Olofsson
[ 31]
Yellow Squad Team Färén
77
Henrik Krogstad
[ 34]
999
Dan Skocdopole
[ 35]
Helmia Motorsport
90
Jimmie Walfridson
[ 31]
JC Raceteknik
99
Hans-Ola Frøshaug
[ 31]
Projekt E
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
A red background denotes drivers who did not advance from that round.
Supercar
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers
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)
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams
Team
SWE
FIN
LAT
BAR
Points
1
KYB Team JC
4
7
5
8
10
6
3
12
6
314
5
2
1
7
2
2
1
5
4
2
Team Hansen
1
6
11
3
5
3
4
1
2
298
9
8
2
6
7
4
6
3
7
3
GRX Taneco
7
12
10
10
3
10
8
7
10
228
68
4
9
4
1
5
5
4
8
4
Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel
13
13
6
9
6
8
7
6
5
150
33
17
17
19
14
9
12
10
16
5
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
38
16
13
115
44
3
4
5
9
12
10
9
9
77
14
12
16
19
13
14
6
UNKORRUPTED
14
11
14
16
16
30
36
16
13
14
15
15
15
69
17
13
Team
SWE
FIN
LAT
BAR
Points
RX2 Series
Driver
DNK
Points
1
Henrik Krogstad
2
1
54
2
Guillaume De Ridder
1
2
53
3
Jesse Kallio
3
3
43
4
Jimmie Walfridson
5
4
36
5
Simon Olofsson
6
7
36
6
Linus Östlund
4
12
29
7
Niklas Aneklev
11
5
25
8
Gustav Johansson
7
6
24
9
Martin Enlund
8
9
22
10
Mats Oskarsson
9
10
21
11
Martin Jonsson
13
8
16
12
Dan Skocdopole
14
11
12
13
Hans-Ola Frøshaug
10
14
11
14
Gregory Fosse
12
13
9
Driver
DNK
Points
Projekt E
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