2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship

Auto racing championship FIA World Rallycross Championship FIA World Rallycross Championship 2016 Support series:European Rallycross ChampionshipRX Lites Cup thumb| Atmosphere01POR16cm015 thumb|FIA World Rallycross Championship, Lydden Hill, 2016 (27329676041) The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of twelve rounds and started on 16 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 27 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina. Petter Solberg was the defending drivers' champion. Team Hansen-Peugeot were the defending teams' champions. After 11 rounds, Mattias Ekström clinched the Drivers Championship. His team EKS secured the teams championship at the final round in Argentina. Calendar thumb|2016 World RX calendar by nations On 30 October 2015 the 2016 calendar was announced, removing the rounds in Italy and Turkey and adding an event in Latvia.http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9015/world-rx-reveals-its-2016 WORLD RX REVEALS ITS 2016 CALENDAR fiaworldrallycross.com 30 October 2015 3 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151103051257/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9015/world-rx-reveals-its-2016 dead On 2 December 2015 the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved in Paris the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar and confirmed the separation of European and World Rallycross heats during events.http://www.fia.com/news/fia-announces-world-motor-sport-council-decisions-0 FIA ANNOUNCES WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL DECISIONS FIA 2 December 2015 12 December 2015 The RX Lites category was held in support of the World Championship, which consisted of seven events and a non-championship round in Canada. Rnd. Round Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report 1 PRT World RX of Portugal 16–17 April Pista Automóvel de Montalegre SupercarNOR Petter Solberg SWE Petter Solberg World RX Team¹ Report 2 DEU World RX of Hockenheim 7–8 May Hockenheimring Supercar SWE Mattias Ekström SWE EKS RX Report RX Lites NOR Thomas Bryntesson SWE JC Raceteknik 3 BEL World RX of Belgium 14–15 May Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet Supercar SWE Mattias Ekström SWE EKS RX Report RX Lites NOR Thomas Bryntesson SWE JC Raceteknik 4 GBR World RX of Great Britain 28–29 May Lydden Hill Race Circuit Supercar SWE Mattias Ekström SWE EKS RX Report RX Lites FRA Cyril Raymond SWE Olsbergs MSE 5 NOR World RX of Norway 11–12 June Lånkebanen Supercar NOR Andreas Bakkerud USA Hoonigan Racing Division Report RX Lites NOR Thomas Bryntesson SWE JC Raceteknik 6 SWE World RX of Sweden 2–3 July Höljesbanan Supercar NOR Andreas Bakkerud USA Hoonigan Racing Division Report RX Lites SWE Simon Olofsson SWE Simon Olofsson 7 CAN World RX of Canada 6–7 AugustCircuit Trois-Rivières Supercar SWE Timmy Hansen SWE Team Peugeot-Hansen Report RX Lites² USA Mitchell DeJong SWE Olsbergs MSE 8 FRA World RX of France 3–4 September Circuit de Lohéac Supercar SWE Johan Kristoffersson SWE Volkswagen RX Sweden Report 9 ESP World RX of Barcelona 17–18 September Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Supercar SWE Mattias Ekström SWE EKS RX Report RX Lites FRA Cyril Raymond SWE Olsbergs MSE 10 LAT World RX of Latvia 1–2 October Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze Supercar FRA Sébastien Loeb SWE Team Peugeot-Hansen Report RX Lites NOR Sondre Evjen SWE JC Raceteknik 11 DEU World RX of Germany 15–16 October Estering Supercar SWE Kevin Eriksson SWE Olsbergs MSE Report 12 ARG World RX of Argentina 26–27 November Autódromo Rosario Supercar NOR Andreas Bakkerud USA Hoonigan Racing Division Report ¹ = A one-car team is ineligible to score teams' championship points. ² = Non-championship round. Teams and drivers Supercar Permanent entries Constructor Entrant Car No. Car number Driver Rounds Audi SWE EKS RXhttp://www.eksrx.com/eksrx_includes/news/index.php?news=65 EKS becomes a bit Finnish EKSRX.com 21 March 2016 2016-03-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160422232444/http://www.eksrx.com/eksrx_includes/news/index.php?news=65 2016-04-22 dead Audi S1 5 SWE Mattias Ekström All 57 FIN Toomas Heikkinen All SWE Larsson Jernberg Motorsporthttp://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9115/larsson-signs-up-for-full LARSSON SIGNS UP FOR FULL WORLD RX CAMPAIGN fiaworldrallycross.com 18 March 2016 18 March 2016 18 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160618114104/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9115/larsson-signs-up-for-full dead Audi A1 4 SWE Robin Larsson All Citroën SWE Petter Solberg World RX Teamhttp://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9119/bumper-entry-for-2016-world BUMPER ENTRY FOR 2016 WORLD AND EURO RX CHAMPIONSHIPS fiaworldrallycross.com 25 March 2016 24 March 2016 1 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160501141606/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9119/bumper-entry-for-2016-world dead Citroën DS3 1 NOR Petter Solberg All Ford USA Hoonigan Racing Divisionhttp://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9071/block-confirms-full-world-rx BLOCK CONFIRMS FULL WORLD RX CAMPAIGN www.fiaworldrallycross.com 13 January 2016 13 January 2016 10 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160510185624/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9071/block-confirms-full-world-rx dead Ford Focus RSFOCUS RS CONFIRMED BY FORD PERFORMANCE FOR COMPETITION IN 2016 FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP http://racing.ford.com/series/rally/news/articles/2016/03/focus-rs-confirmed-by-ford-performance-for-competition-in-2016-f.html Official Ford Performance 2 March 2016 2 March 2016 13 NOR Andreas Bakkerudhttp://www.crash.net/wrc/news/226175/1/rx-bakkerud-joins-ken-blocks-squad.html Bakkerud joins Ken Block's squad crash.net 20 January 2016 21 January 2016 All 43 USA Ken Block All SWE Olsbergs MSEhttp://www.omse.se/?p=1066 Eriksson and Grönholm in new cooperation for future champions OlsbergsMSE 17 March 2016 17 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160617101139/http://www.omse.se/?p=1066 17 June 2016 dead Ford Fiesta ST 68 FIN Niclas Grönholm 1–11 96 SWE Kevin Eriksson 1–7, 9-12 29 FRA Yann Le Jossec 8 15 LAT Reinis Nitišs 9-10, 12 AUT World RX Team Austriahttp://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9093/world-rx-team-austria-signs WORLD RX TEAM AUSTRIA SIGNS TIMERZYANOV AND BAUMANIS www.fiaworldrallycross.com 17 February 2016 12 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160612122825/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9093/world-rx-team-austria-signs dead Ford Fiesta 6 LAT Jānis Baumanis All 7 RUS Timur Timerzyanov All Mini GBR JRM Racinghttp://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9117/doran-joins-jrm-racing-for DORAN JOINS JRM RACING FOR 2016 fiaworldrallycross.com 22 March 2016 22 March 2016 26 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160426182104/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9117/doran-joins-jrm-racing-for dead Mini Countryman 33 GBR Liam Doran1 1–6 65 FRA Guerlain Chicherit 8–11 37 GBR Guy Wilks 9-10 94 GBR Nick Jones 12 Peugeot SWE Team Peugeot-Hansenhttp://www.peugeot-sport.com/en/sebastien-loeb-joins-rallycross-world-champion-team-peugeot-hansen/ Sébastien Loeb joins Rallycross World Champions Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot Sport 29 February 2016 29 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416114446/http://www.peugeot-sport.com/en/sebastien-loeb-joins-rallycross-world-champion-team-peugeot-hansen/ 2016-04-16 dead Peugeot 208 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb All 21 SWE Timmy Hansen All SWE Peugeot-Hansen Academy 17 FRA Davy Jeanney 1–6, 8-11 71 SWE Kevin Hansen 1–2, 4, 8, 11 SEATDEU all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsporthttp://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9101/nitiss-moves-to-all-inklcom-racing NITISS MOVES TO ALL-INKL.COM RACING WITH NEW SEAT IBIZA www.fiaworldrallycross.com 1 March 2016 1 March 2016 20 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170520143343/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9101/nitiss-moves-to-all-inklcom-racing dead SEAT Ibiza Cupra 15 LAT Reinis Nitišs2 1–8 55 DEU René Münnich 1–11 44 DEU Timo Scheider 9-10, 12 24 NOR Tommy Rustad 11 77 DEU René Münnich 12 Volkswagen SWE Volkswagen RX Swedenhttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122217 Volkswagen's top World Rallycross Championship teams merge for 2016 Autosport 11 December 2015 14 December 2015 Volkswagen Polo 3 SWE Johan Kristoffersson All 92 SWE Anton Marklund All Non-permanent entries ineligible to score team points Constructor Entrant Car No. Car number Driver Rounds Audi HUN Racing-Com KFT Audi A1 102 HUN Tamás Kárai 8 Citroën FRA DA Racing Citroën DS3 87 FRA Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 2, 8 FRA Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier 84 FRA "Knapick" 8 Ford PRT Bompiso Racing Team Ford Focus 41 POR Joaquim Santos 1 AUT World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 31 AUT Max Pucher 2 BEL Ecurie Bayard ASBL 67 BEL François Duval 3 GBR Guy Wilks 37 GBR Guy Wilks 4 GBR Julian Godfrey 51 GBR Julian Godfrey 4 SWE Olsbergs MSE 23 SWE Richard Göransson 6 113 FRA Cyril Raymond 11 IRL Oliver O'Donovan 2 IRL Oliver O'Donovan 8 BEL "M.D.K" 49 BEL "M.D.K" 8, 11 FRA Pascal Le Nouvel 98 FRA Pascal Le Nouvel 8 EST Reinsalu Sport 10 EST Janno Ligur 10 DEU Andreas Steffen 80 DEU Andreas Steffen 11 Kia ITA Gigi Galli Kia Rio 25 ITA Gigi Galli 10-11 Mitsubishi SWE Eklund Motorsport Mitsubishi Mirage 60 FIN Joni-Pekka Rajala 11 Peugeot SWE Fredrik Salsten Peugeot 208 11 SWE Fredrik Salsten 8 GBR Albatec Racing 24 NOR Tommy Rustad 8 26 GBR Andy Scott 8 121 FRA Philippe Maloigne 8 FRA Patrick Guillerme 83 FRA Patrick Guillerme 8 Renault FRA Fabien Chanoine Renault Clio 89 FRA Fabien Chanoine 8 Škoda LTU Motorsport LThttp://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9302/lithuanias-naujokaitis-joins-world-rx LITHUANIA'S NAUJOKAITIS JOINS WORLD RX IN SKODA FABIA FIA World Rallycross Championship 18 August 2016 23 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160923134546/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9302/lithuanias-naujokaitis-joins-world-rx dead Škoda Fabia 88 LTU Nerijus Naujokaitis 10 Volkswagen SWE Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo 34 USA Tanner Foust 4, 11http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9167/foust-to-compete-at-lydden FOUST TO COMPETE AT LYDDEN HILL RX FIA World Rallycross Championship 10 May 2016 10 May 2016 28 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160528161209/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9167/foust-to-compete-at-lydden dead SWE Hedströms Motorsport 8 SWE Peter Hedström 11 SWE Per Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 53 NOR Alexander Hvaal 11 * Entries in grey denote one-car teams which are ineligible to score teams championship points. 1 = JRM has announced the termination of Liam Doran's contract with the team following the sixth round (Sweden) of the championship.http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9268/jrm-racing-team-statement-about JRM RACING TEAM STATEMENT ABOUT LIAM DORAN FIA World Rallycross Championship 21 July 2016 21 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160721074154/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9268/jrm-racing-team-statement-about dead 2 = Nitišs left the Münnich Motorsport team following event eight (France) and returned to Olsbergs MSE for event nine (Barcelona).http://www.motorsport.com/world-rx/news/nitiss-to-race-for-olsbergs-mse-in-barcelona-811802/ Nitiss to race for OlsbergsMSE in Barcelona Motorsport.com 31 August 2016 RX Lites All teams used identical Olsbergs MSE-produced Ford Fiestas Entries Entrant No. Car number Driver Rounds SWE Olsbergs MSE 13 FRA Cyril Raymond 1-7 33KEN Tejas Hirani 1-764UAE Saeed Bintouq3-4, NC, 6 75 DEU Patrick Simon 1 40 GBR Dan Rooke 3 21 SWE Marcus Hoglund 5 24USA Mitchell DeJong NC 45FIN Miki Weckström NC 27 CAN Andrew Ranger NC 51SWE Sandra Hultgren NC 53USA Cole Keatts NC SWE JC Raceteknik 99NOR Joachim Hvaal 1-7 16 NOR Thomas Bryntesson 1-7 69NOR Sondre Evjen 1-7 96NOR Henrik Krogstad 4 6SWE William Nilsson 5 46LAT Martin Lapins 7 3SWE Per Björnson 5 14SWE Magnus Hansen 5 98SWE Oliver Eriksson NC SWE Santosh Motorsport 86 SWE Santosh Berggren 5 FIN Set Promotion 8 NOR Simon Wago Syversen 1-7 TUR Toksport 18 TUR Ali Turkkan 3 SWE Helmia Motorsport 91 SWE Jonathan Walfridsson 4-5 LAT Sport Racing Technologies 55 RUS Vasily Gryazin 7 POL Lotto Team 66 AND Albert Llovera 4-6 USA Dirtfish Motorsports 121 USA Conner Martell NC, 7 BEL ICEPOL Racing Team 26 BEL Regis Gosselin 2 SWE Westlund Entreprenad 47 SWE Alexander Westlund 1-2, 5 SWE Simon Olofsson 52 SWE Simon Olofsson 1-7 NOR Thomas Holmen 56 NOR Thomas Holmen 4-7 SWE Johan Larsson 2 SWE Johan Larsson 5 NC represents participation in the non-championship round in Canada. Championship Standings FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers Pos. Position Driver POR POR HOC DEU BEL BEL GBR GBR NOR NOR SWE SWE CAN CAN FRA FRA BAR SPA LAT LAT GER DEU ARG ARG Points1 SWE Mattias Ekström 10 1 1 1 3 6 8 8 1 2 5 5 272 2 SWE Johan Kristoffersson 6 7 6 12 7 5 3 1 6 5 6 2 240 3 NOR Andreas Bakkerud 4 12 14 6 1 1 2 2 7 4 3 1 239 4 NOR Petter Solberg 1 4 3 2 4 7 5 4 10 19 2 7 239 5 FRA Sébastien Loeb 5 10 2 10 5 2 9 3 8 1 9 8 209 6 SWE Timmy Hansen 12 18 7 3 2 3 1 11 2 3 8 13 178 7 FIN Toomas Heikkinen 3 2 16 11 9 9 4 15 9 9 10 3 150 8 RUS Timur Timerzyanov 16 17 8 5 6 14 7 30 3 6 14 9 117 9 SWE Robin Larsson 2 6 13 15 10 8 16 12 5 12 13 6 109 10 LAT Jānis Baumanis 14 8 9 7 8 10 15 26 4 8 7 12 109 11 SWE Kevin Eriksson 7 11 10 8 13 15 11 11 13 1 16 92 12 FRA Davy Jeanney 8 9 11 13 11 12 7 12 10 11 86 13 SWE Anton Marklund 9 15 4 9 15 4 6 18 14 15 15 11 76 14 USA Ken Block 18 3 19 14 14 13 10 6 16 16 12 15 63 15 SWE Kevin Hansen 13 19 4 9 4 52 16 LAT Reinis Nitišs 15 13 12 21 12 18 13 5 13 11 10 44 17 FIN Niclas Grönholm 17 14 15 16 16 11 12 14 15 18 19 2818 DEU Timo Scheider 17 7 4 25 19 BEL François Duval 5 18 20 GBR Liam Doran 10 5 17 19 17 16 921 GBR Andy Scott 10 622 NOR Tommy Rustad 13 25 4 23 GBR Guy Wilks 17 19 14 324 FRA Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 16 17 125 SWE Peter Hedström 16 126 DEU René Münnich 19 20 18 18 18 19 14 16 18 22 24 14 -3 Pos. Position Driver POR POR HOC DEU BEL BEL GBR GBR NOR NOR SWE SWE CAN CAN FRA FRA BAR SPA LAT LAT GER DEU ARG ARG Points FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams Pos. Position Team No. Car number Drivers Points 1 SWE EKS RX 5 SWE Mattias Ekström 422 57 FIN Toomas Heikkinen 2 SWE Team Peugeot-Hansen 9 FRA Sébastien Loeb 387 21 SWE Timmy Hansen 3 SWE Volkswagen RX Sweden 3 SWE Johan Kristoffersson 316 92 SWE Anton Marklund 4 USA Hoonigan Racing Division 13 NOR Andreas Bakkerud 302 43 USA Ken Block 5 AUT World RX Team Austria 6 LAT Jānis Baumanis 226 7 RUS Timur Timerzyanov 6 SWE Olsbergs MSE 68 FIN Niclas Grönholm 132 96 SWE Kevin Eriksson 7 DEU all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 15 LAT Reinis Nitišs 6755 DEU René Münnich RX Lites Cup Pos. Position Driver HOC DEU BEL BEL GBR GBR NOR NOR SWE SWE CAN CAN BAR SPA LAT LAT Points1 FRA Cyril Raymond 2 6 1 2 2 1 8 175 2 NOR Thomas Bryntesson 1 1 2 1 4 2 7 167 3SWE Simon Olofsson 7 2 3 3 1 4 4 151 4NOR Joachim Hvaal 3 3 4 6 7 7 5 136 5NOR Simon Wago Syversen 6 5 5 8 11 3 10 115 6NOR Sondre Evjen 9 4 6 10 13 8 1 98 7KEN Tejas Hirani 8 7 7 5 16 6 3 968NOR Thomas Holmen 9 9 5 6 559SWE Alexander Westlund 4 9 5 38 10UAE Saeed Bintouq 10 7 2 10 23 (30*) 11DEU Patrick Simon 5 21 12SWE Marcus Hoglund 6 19 13AND Albert Llovera 11 17 9 17 14SWE Johan Larsson 3 1715USA Conner Martell 4 2 16 (21*) 16NOR Henrik Krogstad 4 1517 RUS Vasily Gryazin 9 14 18 GBR Dan Rooke 8 1319 SWE William Nilsson 8 1320 BEL Regis Gosselin 8 1221 LAT Martin Lapins 11 1122 TUR Ali Turkkan 9 1123 SWE Per Björnson 10 1024 SWE Jonathan Walfridsson 12 15 825 SWE Magnus Hansen 12 626 SWE Santosh Berggren 14 3 27 USA Mitchell DeJong 1 0 (27*)28 FIN Miki Weckström 5 0 (25*)29 SWE Oliver Eriksson 3 0 (22*)30 CAN Andrew Ranger 6 0 (17*)31 SWE Sandra Hultgren 7 0 (15*)32 USA Cole Keatts 8 0 (12*) Pos. Position Driver HOC DEU BEL BEL GBR GBR NOR NOR SWE SWE CAN CAN BAR SPA LAT LAT Points References 30em External links http://www.rallycrossrx.com Category:World Rallycross Championship seasons World Rallycross Championship