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FIA World Rallycross Championship
CategorySupercars
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2014
DriversNorway Petter Solberg
TeamsSweden Team Peugeot-Hansen
Official websitewww.rallycrossrx.com
Current season

The FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) is a rallycross series organised by the FIA in conjunction with series promoters IMG Motorsport.

Format

The series currently consists of 13 two-day events driven on mixed-surface closed circuits. Each event consists of:[1]

  • 4 Heats. In each heat there are smaller races containing approx 3-5 cars, and the driver with the fastest overall race time after 4 laps is declared the heat winner. Drivers earn 'intermediate points' based on their positions. After the 4 heats, the points are added up and the 12 drivers with the most points move into the next round.
  • 2 Semi-Finals. Six cars race in each semi-final, which are 6 laps in length. The top 3 drivers in each semi-final move into the final round.
  • Final. Like the semi-finals, this race is contested by six cars over six laps. The winner of the final is deemed to be the event winner.

Points system

World Championship points are scored as follows:

Points Scale Position
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

Records

Records correct up to and including the 2015 World RX of Argentina.

Champions

Season Championship for Drivers Championship for Teams
Driver Team Car Team Car
2014 Norway Petter Solberg[2] Norway PSRX France Citroën DS3 Sweden OlsbergsMSE United States Ford Fiesta ST
2015 Norway Petter Solberg Norway/United Kingdom SDRX France Citroën DS3 Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen France Peugeot 208

Event Wins by Driver

The inaugural seasons' drivers champion, Petter Solberg

Key

Bold Driver has competed in the 2015 season
† World RX Champion
Wins Driver First win Last win
8 Norway Petter Solberg† 2014 World RX of Portugal 2015 World RX of Barcelona
4 Sweden Timmy Hansen 2014 World RX of Italy 2015 World RX of Turkey
3 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 2014 World RX of Great Britain 2015 World RX of Italy
2 Sweden Mattias Ekström 2014 World RX of Sweden 2015 World RX of Sweden
Finland Toomas Heikkinen 2014 World RX of Belgium 2015 World RX of Belgium
France Davy Jeanney 2015 World RX of Germany 2015 World RX of Canada
1 United States Tanner Foust 2014 World RX of Finland
Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 2015 World RX of Portugal
Sweden Robin Larsson 2015 World RX of Argentina
Latvia Reinis Nitišs 2014 World RX of Norway

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.rallycrossrx.com/race_format Race Format
  2. ^ Kinch, Phil. "Cooper Tires celebrates the new 2014 World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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