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The 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by
Monster Energy was the fifth 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 second season running during the World RX of the United States.
[1]
Calendar
The 2018 championship was contested over twelve rounds in
Europe ,
Africa and
North America .
Rnd.
Event
Dates
Venue
Class
Winner
Team
Report
1
World RX of Barcelona
14–16 April
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ,
Montmeló
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
2
World RX of Portugal
28–29 April
Pista Automóvel de Montalegre ,
Montalegre
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
3
World RX of Belgium
12–13 May
Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet ,
Mettet
Supercar
Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot Total
Report
RX2
Ben-Philip Gundersen
JC Raceteknik
4
World RX of Great Britain
25–27 May
Silverstone Circuit ,
Silverstone
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
RX2
Oliver Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE
5
World RX of Norway
9–10 June
Lånkebanen ,
Hell
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
RX2
Guillaume De Ridder
Olsbergs MSE
6
World RX of Sweden
30 June–1 July
Höljesbanan ,
Höljes
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
RX2
Guillaume De Ridder
Olsbergs MSE
7
World RX of Canada
4–5 August
Circuit Trois-Rivières ,
Trois-Rivières
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
RX2
Oliver Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE
8
World RX of France
1–2 September
Circuit de Lohéac ,
Lohéac
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
RX2
Oliver Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE
9
World RX of Latvia
15–16 September
Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze ,
Riga
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
10
World RX of the United States
29–30 September
Circuit of the Americas ,
Austin
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
11
World RX of Germany
13–14 October
Estering ,
Buxtehude
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
12
World RX of South Africa
24–25 November
Killarney Motor Racing Complex ,
Cape Town
Supercar
Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Report
RX2
Ben-Philip Gundersen
JC Raceteknik
Calendar changes
Entries
The permanent entrants of the 2018 Supercar season
Johan Kristoffersson won his second successive Drivers' Championship
Andreas Bakkerud left the departing
Hoonigan Racing Division to join
Mattias Ekström 's
EKS RX
GC Kompetition entered the championship, fielding two
Renault Méganes built by
Prodrive
GRX Taneco also entered, using two ex-
WRC
Hyundai i20 's
Supercar
Factory Teams
Constructor
Entrant
Car
Drivers
Rounds
Audi
EKS Audi Sport
[5]
Audi S1
5
Mattias Ekström
All
13
Andreas Bakkerud
[6]
All
51
Nico Müller
9
Peugeot
Team Peugeot Total
[7]
Peugeot 208
9
Sébastien Loeb
All
21
Timmy Hansen
All
71
Kevin Hansen
All
Volkswagen
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
[8]
Volkswagen Polo R
1
Johan Kristoffersson
All
11
Petter Solberg
All
Privateers / satellites
Constructor
Entrant
Car
Drivers
Rounds
Audi
Kárai Motorsport Egyesület
[9]
Audi A1
102
Tamás Kárai
4
Comtoyou Racing
[10]
Audi S1
67
François Duval
3
BMW
Oliver Bennett
BMW MINI Cooper
42
Oliver Bennett
1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 11-12
Citroën
Mário Barbosa
Citroën DS3
75
Mário Barbosa
2
Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier
84
"Knapick"
1, 4, 8
Ford
Team STARD
[11]
Ford Fiesta
6
Jānis Baumanis
All
58
Qinghua Ma
[9]
4
60
Joni-Pekka Rajala
[12]
5
Oliver O'Donovan
2
Oliver O'Donovan
8
MJP Racing Team Austria
[12]
[13]
31
Max Pucher
5
32
Alexander Wurz
5, 9
57
Toomas Heikkinen
8-9
177
Andrew Jordan
4, 8
Olsbergs MSE
[14]
Ford Fiesta ST
4
Robin Larsson
All
96
Kevin Eriksson
All
Bompiso Racing Team
Ford Focus
41
Joaquim Santos
2
Hyundai
GRX Taneco Team
[15]
Hyundai i20
7
Timur Timerzyanov
All
68
Niclas Grönholm
All
Peugeot
Sébastien Loeb Racing
[16]
Peugeot 208
66
Grégoire Demoustier
1
[17]
All
Mark Higgins
[9]
134
Mark Higgins
4
Davy Jeanney
17
Davy Jeanney
8
Emmanuel Anne
29
Emmanuel Anne
8
Gaëten Serazin
62
Gaëten Serzain
8
Cyril Raymond
113
Cyril Raymond
11
Renault
GC Kompetition
[18]
Renault Mégane R.S.
33
Liam Doran
8-9, 11
36
Guerlain Chicherit
All
74
Jérôme Grosset-Janin
1-7
92
Anton Marklund
10-12
SEAT
Münnich Motorsport
[19]
SEAT Ibiza
44
Timo Scheider
6, 8-9, 12
77
René Münnich
5, 11-12
Volkswagen
Marklund Motorsport
[20]
Volkswagen Polo
24
Tommy Rustad
4-5, 8
92
Anton Marklund
4-5
Kjetil Larsen
[12]
64
Kjetil Larsen
5, 11
Drivers with a green background are ineligible to score points towards the Championship for Teams.
RX2
2 Despite having been born in
Andorra ,
Albert Llovera is recognised by the
RX2 International Series and by extension, the
FIA World Rallycross Championship as a Spanish driver for the duration of the 2018 season.
[22]
[23]
Team changes
Driver changes
Andreas Bakkerud left Hoonigan Racing Division to join
EKS RX .
[25]
Toomas Heikkinen and
Reinis Nitišs both left EKS RX.
[26]
[27] Nitišs will instead re-join Set Promotion, the team in which he won the Super1600 championship with in 2013, and compete in the FIA European Rallycross Championship with an M-Sport Ford Fiesta. Heikkinen also joined the team, but stepped down from driving duties, becoming Nitišs’ team manager and a driving coach for Set Promotion's Super1600 drivers.
After spending a year with
MJP Racing Team Austria in 2017,
Kevin Eriksson returned to his father's Olsbergs MSE team alongside fellow countryman
Robin Larsson , who will make his return to World RX after a year sabbatical.
Jérôme Grosset-Janin will partner team owner and driver Guerlain Chicherit, driving for the new GCK team.
Double European Rallycross champion
Timur Timerzyanov left
STARD to join GRX Taneco, partnering
Niclas Grönholm in the new Hyundai i20.
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
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 Ekström received no points from the final as he was disqualified after crashing into Solberg.
b Loss of fifteen championship points – stewards' decision
c Loss of ten championship points – stewards' decision
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams
RX2 International Series
(
key )
See also
2018 in rallycross
References
External links
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