2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship
# 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the sixth 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.

Timmy Hansen won the Drivers' Championship on countback after finishing with the same number of points as Andreas Bakkerud, winning based on his four event wins to Bakkerud's one. Team Hansen MJP won the Teams' Championship.

## Calendar

The 2019 championship was contested over ten rounds in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America.

The following events are scheduled to take place as part of the 2019 championship:

| Rnd. | Event | Dates | Venue | Class | Winner | Team | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | World RX of Abu Dhabi | 5–6 April | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi | Supercar | Kevin Hansen | Team Hansen MJP | Report |
| 2 | World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya | 27–28 April | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | Supercar | Timmy Hansen | Team Hansen MJP | Report |
| 2 | World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya | 27–28 April | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | RX2 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 3 | Spa World RX of Benelux | 11–12 May | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps | Supercar | Timur Timerzyanov | GRX Taneco Team | Report |
| 3 | Spa World RX of Benelux | 11–12 May | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps | RX2 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 4 | Dayinsure World RX of Great Britain | 25–26 May | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | Supercar | Timmy Hansen | Team Hansen MJP | Report |
| 4 | Dayinsure World RX of Great Britain | 25–26 May | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | RX2 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 5 | World RX of Norway | 15–16 June | Lånkebanen, Hell | Supercar | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco Team | Report |
| 5 | World RX of Norway | 15–16 June | Lånkebanen, Hell | RX2 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 6 | World RX of Sweden | 6–7 July | Höljesbanan, Höljes | Supercar | Sebastian Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 6 | World RX of Sweden | 6–7 July | Höljesbanan, Höljes | RX2 | Ben-Philip Gundersen | JC Raceteknik | Report |
| 7 | World RX of Canada | 3–4 August | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | Supercar | Andreas Bakkerud | Monster Energy RX Cartel | Report |
| 8 | Bretagne World RX of France | 31 August–1 September | Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac | Supercar | Timmy Hansen | Team Hansen MJP | Report |
| 8 | Bretagne World RX of France | 31 August–1 September | Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac | RX2 | Ben-Philip Gundersen | JC Raceteknik | Report |
| 9 | Neste World RX of Latvia | 14–15 September | Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga | Supercar | Timmy Hansen | Team Hansen MJP | Report |
| 10 | World RX of South Africa | 9–10 November | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town | Supercar | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco Team | Report |
| 10 | World RX of South Africa | 9–10 November | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town | RX2 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report |

### Calendar changes

* The calendar was trimmed from twelve rounds to ten with the removal of the World RX of Portugal, World RX of the United States and the World RX of Germany from the schedule.
* A new round, the World RX of Abu Dhabi, was added as the opening round of the championship.
* The World RX of Belgium moved from Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
* The World RX of Canada will be a joint event with the Americas Rallycross Championship for the second consecutive time, and it is also the only combined round on the schedule.

## Entries

### Supercar

| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Audi | Kárai Motorsport Egyesület | Audi A1 | 73 | Tamás Kárai | 2 |
| Audi | Monster Energy RX Cartel | Audi S1 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | All |
| Audi | Monster Energy RX Cartel | Audi S1 | 33 | Liam Doran | All |
| Audi | Team JC Raceteknik | Audi S1 | 39 | Enzo Ide | 3 |
| Audi | Team JC Raceteknik | Audi S1 | 4 | Robin Larsson | 9 |
| Audi | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 40 | Mattias Ekström | 3 |
| Audi | EKS Sport | Audi S1 | 123 | Krisztián Szabó | All |
| Citroën | "Knapick" | Citroën DS3 | 84 | Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier | 2–4, 8 |
| Ford | Christopher Hoy | Ford Fiesta MK7 | 41 | Christopher Hoy | 2 |
| Ford | Team STARD | Ford Fiesta MK7 | 5 | Pål Try | 1, 3 |
| Ford | Team STARD | Ford Fiesta MK7 | 3 | Jani Paasonen | 2 |
| Ford | Team STARD | Ford Fiesta MK8 | 3 | Jani Paasonen | 4–5, 7–8 |
| Ford | Team STARD | Ford Fiesta MK8 | 22 | Jere Kalliokoski | 6, 10 |
| Ford | Team STARD | Ford Fiesta MK8 | 5 | Pål Try | 9 |
| Ford | Team STARD | Ford Fiesta MK8 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | All |
| Ford | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta MK8 | 93 | Sebastian Eriksson | 6 |
| Ford | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta MK8 | 196 | Kevin Eriksson | 6 |
| Honda | Olsbergs MSE | Honda Civic Coupé | 72 | Ulrik Linnemann | 6 |
| Hyundai | GRX Taneco Team | Hyundai i20 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | All |
| Hyundai | GRX Taneco Team | Hyundai i20 | 31 | Joni Wiman | 3–4 |
| Hyundai | GRX Taneco Team | Hyundai i20 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | 1–2, 5–10 |
| Hyundai | GRX Set | Hyundai i20 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | 1, 6, 9 |
| Hyundai | GRX Set | Hyundai i20 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | 8 |
| Mini | Xite Racing | Mini Cooper | 42 | Oliver Bennett | All |
| Peugeot | Team Hansen MJP | Peugeot 208 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | All |
| Peugeot | Team Hansen MJP | Peugeot 208 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | All |
| Peugeot | Grégoire Demoustier | Peugeot 208 | 66 | Grégoire Demoustier | 3 |
| Peugeot | Mark Higgins | Peugeot 208 | 134 | Mark Higgins | 4 |
| Peugeot | Jonathan Pailler | Peugeot 208 | 18 | Jonathan Pailler | 6, 8 |
| Peugeot | Fabien Pailler | Peugeot 208 | 20 | Fabien Pailler | 6, 8 |
| Renault | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane R.S. | 14 | Rokas Baciuška | 7-9 |
| Renault | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane R.S. | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | All |
| Renault | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane R.S. | 92 | Anton Marklund | All |
| Renault | GCK Academy | Renault Clio R.S. | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder | All |
| Renault | GCK Academy | Renault Clio R.S. | 113 | Cyril Raymond | All |
| Renault | GCK Academy | Renault Mégane R.S. | 14 | Rokas Baciuška | 5–6 |
| SEAT | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 44 | Timo Scheider | All |
| Škoda | ES Motorsport-Labas GAS | Škoda Fabia | 14 | Rokas Baciuška | 1–2 |
| Škoda | ES Motorsport-Labas GAS | Škoda Fabia | 24 | Kevin Abbring | 5–6 |
| Škoda | ES Motorsport-Labas GAS | Škoda Fabia | 67 | François Duval | 3 |
| Škoda | ES Motorsport-Labas GAS | Škoda Fabia | 12 | Matvey Furazhkin | 8-10 |
| Volkswagen | Hedströms Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 64 | Kjetil Larsen | 6 |
| Volkswagen | Bridgestone Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 95 | Philip Gehrman | 6 |

### RX2

| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| OMSE | JC Raceteknik | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 2 | Ben-Philip Gundersen | All |
| OMSE | JC Raceteknik | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 6 | William Nilsson | 1-3 |
| OMSE | JC Raceteknik | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 90 | Jimmie Walfridson | 1–2, 4-5 |
| OMSE | JC Raceteknik | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 54 | Petter Nårsa | 6-7 |
| OMSE | Morten Asklund | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 11 | Morten Asklund | 4-5 |
| OMSE | Anders Michalak | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 12 | Anders Michalak | All |
| OMSE | Olsbergs MSE | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 16 | Oliver Eriksson | All |
| OMSE | Olsbergs MSE | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 18 | Linus Östlund | 5, 7 |
| OMSE | Olsbergs MSE | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 35 | Fraser McConnell | All |
| OMSE | Olsbergs MSE | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 47 | Jesse Kallio | All |
| OMSE | Olsbergs MSE | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 91 | Niklas Aneklev | 7 |
| OMSE | Team Färén | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 21 | Damien Meunier | 1–2, 6 |
| OMSE | Team Färén | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 99 | Marcus Höglund | 4-5 |
| OMSE | Team Färén | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 6 | William Nilsson | 6 |
| OMSE | Team Färén | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 31 | Yann Le Jossec | 6 |
| OMSE | Set Promotion | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 22 | Sami-Matti Trogen | All |
| OMSE | Set Promotion | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 65 | Jami Kalliomäki | 5 |
| OMSE | Petter Leirhol | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 27 | Petter Leirhol | 4-5 |
| OMSE | Lars Erik Haug | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 33 | Lars Erik Haug | 5 |
| OMSE | Simon Olofsson | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | All |
| OMSE | Sport Racing Technologies | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 55 | Vasiliy Gryazin | All |
| OMSE | Sport Racing Technologies | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 69 | Nikolay Gryazin | 6 |
| OMSE | Martin Enlund | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 60 | Martin Enlund | 5 |
| OMSE | Albert Llovera | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 66 | Albert Llovera | 1-6 |
| OMSE | Steve Volders | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 77 | Steve Volders | All |
| OMSE | Stein Fredric Akre | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 98 | Stein Fredric Akre | 5 |
| OMSE | William Nilsson | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 6 | William Nilsson | 5 |
| OMSE | Mats Oskarsson | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 111 | Mats Oskarsson | 5 |
| OMSE | Iane Vacala | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 50 | Iane Vacala | 6-7 |

### Team changes

* Team Peugeot Total and PSRX Volkswagen Sweden all withdrew from the championship after the 2018 season.
* Monster Energy RX Cartel joined the championship, fielding two Audi S1s.
* GC Kompetition will run a second team, GCK Academy, comprising two Renault Clios.
* EKS Sport lost its factory backing from Audi and reduced from two cars to one.
* ES Motorsport-Labas GAS entered the championship running a single Škoda Fabia.

### Driver changes

* Following the withdrawal of their respective teams, reigning World Champion Johan Kristoffersson, Petter Solberg, Sébastien Loeb and Robin Larsson all left the Championship.
* Andreas Bakkerud and Liam Doran left EKS Audi Sport and GC Kompetition respectively to join Monster Energy RX Cartel.
* Guillaume De Ridder and Cyril Raymond moved up from RX2 and ERX respectively with GCK Academy.
* Krisztián Szabó moved up from ERX with EKS Sport.
* 2018 European Rallycross Super1600 champion, Rokas Baciuška, joined the championship with ES Motorsport-Labas GAS but he was forced to cut relationship with the team so he only did do the two first rounds of the season.

## Results and standings

World Championship points are scored as follows:

| | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | 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

| Pos. | Driver | ABU | BAR | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | LAT | RSA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Timmy Hansen | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 211 |
| 2 | Andreas Bakkerud | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 211 |
| 3 | Kevin Hansen | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 199 |
| 4 | Niclas Grönholm | 2 | 4 | | | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 186 |
| 5 | Timur Timerzyanov | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 142 |
| 6 | Jānis Baumanis | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 137 |
| 7 | Anton Marklund | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | DSQ | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 119 |
| 8 | Liam Doran | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 6 | $16^a$ | 114 |
| 9 | Timo Scheider | 6 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 109 |
| 10 | Krisztián Szabó | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 91 |
| 11 | Rokas Baciuška | 9 | 13 | | | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | | 76 |
| 12 | Guerlain Chicherit | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 73 |
| 13 | Cyril Raymond | 12 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 11 | $15^a$ | 13 | 15 | 45 |
| 14 | Reinis Nitišs | 13 | | | | | 3 | | | 8 | | 40 |
| 15 | Joni Wiman | | | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | 39 |
| 16 | Kevin Abbring | | | | | 4 | 4 | | | | | 35 |
| 17 | Sebastian Eriksson | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 29 |
| 18 | Guillaume De Ridder | 16 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 29 |
| 19 | Toomas Heikkinen | | | | | | | | 7 | | | 15 |
| 20 | Oliver Bennett | 17 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 12 | $12^b$ |
| 21 | Jere Kalliokoski | | | | | | 12 | | | | 14 | 10 |
| 22 | Jani Paasonen | | 16 | | 14 | 13 | | 16 | 17 | | | 9 |
| 23 | Mattias Ekström | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 24 | Kevin Eriksson | | | | | | 11 | | | | | 8 |
| 25 | Matvey Furazhkin | | | | | | | | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
| 26 | Jonathan Pailler | | | | | | 13 | | 18 | | | 4 |
| 27 | Pål Try | 14 | | 16 | | | | | | 18 | | 4 |
| 28 | Fabien Pailler | | | | | | 16 | | 14 | | | 4 |
| 29 | Mark Higgins | | | | 15 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 30 | Christopher Hoy | | 15 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 31 | François Duval | | | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 32 | Kjetil Larsen | | | | | | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Enzo Ide | | | 18 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Robin Larsson | | | | | | | | | 19 | | 0 |
| 35 | Gregoire Demoustier | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 36 | Philip Gehrman | | | | | | 21 | | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Ulrik Linnemann | | | | | | 25 | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Tamás Kárai | | 18 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Hervé "Knapick" | | 19 | 20 | 17 | | | | $21^a$ | | | -15 |
| Pos. | Driver | ABU | BAR | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | LAT | RSA | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

$^a$ Loss of 15 championship points – stewards' decision $^b$ Loss of 10 championship points – stewards' decision

### FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

| Pos. | Team | No. | Drivers | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Team Hansen MJP | 21 | Timmy Hansen | 410 |
| 1 | Team Hansen MJP | 71 | Kevin Hansen | 410 |
| 2 | GRX Taneco Team | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | 367 |
| 2 | GRX Taneco Team | 31 | Joni Wiman | 367 |
| 2 | GRX Taneco Team | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | 367 |
| 3 | Monster Energy RX Cartel | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | 325 |
| 3 | Monster Energy RX Cartel | 33 | Liam Doran | 325 |
| 4 | GC Kompetition | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | 192 |
| 4 | GC Kompetition | 92 | Anton Marklund | 192 |
| 5 | Team $STARD^1$ | 3 | Jani Paasonen | 103 |
| 5 | Team $STARD^1$ | 5 | Pål Try | 103 |
| 5 | Team $STARD^1$ | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | 103 |
| 5 | Team $STARD^1$ | 22 | Jere Kalliokoski | 103 |
| 6 | GCK Academy | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder | 74 |
| 6 | GCK Academy | 113 | Cyril Raymond | 74 |

$^1$ – Team STARD ran two different specifications of car at rounds 1–3 and therefore were ineligible to score teams points at these events.

### RX2 International Series Drivers' Championship

| Pos. | Driver | BAR | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | FRA | RSA | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oliver Eriksson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 193 |
| 2 | Ben-Philip Gundersen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 150 |
| 3 | Jesse Kallio | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 146 |
| 4 | Fraser McConnell | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 143 |
| 5 | Sami-Matti Trogen | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 124 |
| 6 | Vasiliy Gryazin | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 112 |
| 7 | Simon Olofsson | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 68 |
| 8 | Anders Michalak | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 64 |
| 9 | Steven Volders | 9 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 60 |
| 10 | William Nilsson | 10 | 6 | 8 | | 12 | 8 | | 57 |
| 11 | Linus Östlund | | | | | 2 | | 5 | 41 |
| 12 | Jimmie Walfridson | 11 | 10 | | 8 | 9 | | | 39 |
| 13 | Damien Meunier | 6 | 11 | | | | 10 | | 32 |
| 14 | Albert Llovera | 12 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 14 | | 23 |
| 15 | Marcus Höglund | | | | 4 | 14 | | | 22 |
| 16 | Petter Nårsa | | | | | | 12 | 9 | 20 |
| 17 | Nikolay Gryazin | | | | | | 7 | | 13 |
| 18 | Martin Enlund | | | | | 7 | | | 13 |
| 19 | Mats Oskarsson | | | | | 8 | | | 12 |
| 20 | Niklas Aneklev | | | | | | | 11 | 9 |
| 21 | Morten Asklund | | | | 9 | 19 | | | 8 |
| 22 | Petter Leirhol | | | | 12 | 18 | | | 8 |
| 23 | Lane Vacala | | | | | | 15 | 12 | 2 |
| 24 | Jami Kalliomäki | | | | | 15 | | | 2 |
| 25 | Yann Le Jossec | | | | | | 16 | | 1 |
| 26 | Stein Fredric Akre | | | | | 16 | | | 1 |
| 27 | Lars Erik Haug | | | | | 20 | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | BAR | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | FRA | RSA | Points |
