2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship

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. 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.

Rnd. Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report
1 Swecon World RX of Sweden 22–23 August Höljesbanan, Höljes Supercar Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Report
2 Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC
Projekt E Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division
3 Capitalbox World RX of Finland 29 August Tykkimäki, Kouvola Supercar Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Report
4 30 August Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco
N/C RX2 All Star Shootout 5 September Nysumbanen, Vebbestrup RX2 Guillaume De Ridder Olsbergs MSE Report
6 September Henrik Krogstad Yellow Squad Team Färén
5 Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia 19–20 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga Supercar Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Report
6 Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC
Projekt E Cyril Raymond Citroën Racing
7 Logitech G World RX of Catalunya 17 October Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló Supercar Timmy Hansen Team Hansen Report
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

Entries

Supercar

Constructor Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
Audi KYB Team JC Audi S1 RX 4 Robin Larsson All
5 Mattias Ekström All
Karai Motorsport Sportegyesület 73 Tamás Kárai 3–4, 7–8
Team JC Race Teknik 91 Enzo Ide 7–8
Ford Ferratum Team Ford Fiesta Supercar RX 11 Jani Paasonen 1–6
Jere Kalliokoski 22 Jere Kalliokoski 3–4
Atro Määttä 65 Atro Määttä 3–4
Honda Olsbergs MSE Honda Civic Coupe 93 Sebastian Eriksson 1–2
Hyundai GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 7 Timur Timerzyanov All
68 Niclas Grönholm All
Patrick Guillerme 83 Patrick Guillerme 7–8
GRX Set 123 Krisztián Szabó 1–2, 5–6
177 Juha Rytkönen 3–4
Mini Oliver Bennett Mini Cooper SX1 42 Oliver Bennett 7–8
Peugeot Team Hansen Peugeot 208 RX 1 Timmy Hansen All
9 Kevin Hansen All
Renault GCK UNKORRUPTED Renault Clio R.S. RX 14 Rokas Baciuška 1–2, 5–6
36 Guerlain Chicherit 1–6
69 Kevin Abbring 3–4
Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel Renault Mégane R.S. RX 13 Andreas Bakkerud All
33 Liam Doran All
GCK Bilstein 92 Anton Marklund All
SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza RX 38 Mandie August 7–8
44 Timo Scheider All
77 René Münnich 1–6
Škoda ESmotorsport Škoda Fabia RX 15 Reinis Nitišs 5–6
Volkswagen Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Volkswagen Polo GTI RX 3 Johan Kristoffersson All

RX2

Constructor Team Car No. Drivers Ref.
OMSE VGracing Olsbergs MSE RX2 8 Gustav Johansson
Olsbergs MSE 9 Grégory Fosse
18 Linus Östlund
47 Jesse Kallio
60 Martin Enlund
91 Niklas Aneklev
96 Guillaume De Ridder
Alfta Racing Team 10 Martin Jonsson
MORX 11 Mats Oskarsson
STS RX 52 Simon Olofsson
Yellow Squad Team Färén 77 Henrik Krogstad
999 Dan Skocdopole
Helmia Motorsport 90 Jimmie Walfridson
JC Raceteknik 99 Hans-Ola Frøshaug

Projekt E

Constructor Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
STARD Ferratum Team Ford Fiesta 6 Jānis Baumanis 2
Ford Österreich 21 Hermann Neubauer 1
Rallytechnology 41 Natalie Barratt All
Hoonigan Racing Division 43 Ken Block 1
Holten Motorsport 5 Svein Bjarte Holten 2
Citroën Racing Citroën C3 113 Cyril Raymond 2

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 eliminated from that round.

Supercar

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver SWE
 FIN
 LAT
 BAR
 Points
1 Johan Kristoffersson 1 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 219
2 Mattias Ekström 2 1 7 2 2 1 5 4 192
3 Timmy Hansen 6 11 3 5 3 4 1 2 163
4 Niclas Grönholm 4 9 4 1 5 5 4 8 147
5 Kevin Hansen 8 2 6 7 4 6 3 7 135
6 Robin Larsson 7 5 8 10 6 3 12 6 122
7 Andreas Bakkerud 13 6 9 6 8 7 6 5 121
8 Timo Scheider 3 4 5 9 12 10 9 9 92
9 Anton Marklund 5 8 12 11 14 9 8 3 90
10 Timur Timerzyanov 12 10 10 3 10 8 7 10 81
11 Krisztián Szabó 9 7 7 11 41
12 Juha Rytkönen 2 8 37
13 Liam Doran 17 17 19 14 9 12 10 16 29
14 René Münnich 14 12 16 19 13 14 18
15 Támas Kárai 13 16 14 11 15
16 Jere Kalliokoski 11 12 14
17 Guerlain Chicherit 16 13 14 15 15 15 14
18 Sebastian Eriksson 10 15 12
19 Reinis Nitišs 11 13 12
20 Rokas Baciuška 11 14 16 16 12
21 Oliver Bennett 11 14 11
22 Enzo Ide 13 12 11
23 Jani Paasonen 15 16 15 17 17 17 5
24 Mandie August 16 13 5
25 Kevin Abbring 17 13 4
26 Patrick Guillerme 15 15 4
Atro Määttä 18 18 0
Pos. Driver SWE
 FIN
 LAT
 BAR
 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)

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

Pos. Team No. SWE
 FIN
 LAT
 BAR
 Points
1 KYB Team JC 4 7 5 8 10 6 3 12 6 340
5 2 1 7 2 2 1 5 4
2 Team Hansen 1 6 11 3 5 3 4 1 2 310
9 8 2 6 7 4 6 3 7
3 GRX Taneco 7 12 10 10 3 10 8 7 10 298
68 4 9 4 1 5 5 4 8
4 Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel 13 13 6 9 6 8 7 6 5 270
33 17 17 19 14 9 12 10 16
5 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 30 16 13 219
44 3 4 5 9 12 10 9 9
77 14 12 16 19 13 14
6 GCK UNKORRUPTED 219 11 14 16 16 115
36 16 13 14 15 15 15
69 17 13
Pos. Team No. SWE
 FIN
 LAT
 BAR
 Points

RX2 Series

Pos. 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
Pos. Driver DNK
 Points

Projekt E

Pos. Driver SWE
 LAT
 Points
1 Natalie Barratt 2 4 35
2 Ken Block 1 24
3 Cyril Raymond 1 24
4 Janis Baumanis 2 20
5 Hermann Neubauer 3 19
6 Svein Bjarte Holten 3 18
Pos. Driver SWE
 LAT
 Points

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