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 April
Yas Marina Circuit , Abu Dhabi
Supercar
Kevin Hansen
Team Hansen MJP
Report
2
World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya
27 April
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Montmeló
Supercar
Timmy Hansen
Team Hansen MJP
Report
RX2
Oliver Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE
3
Spa World RX of Benelux
11 May
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Spa-Francorchamps
Supercar
Timur Timerzyanov
GRX Taneco Team
Report
RX2
Oliver Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE
4
Dayinsure World RX of Great Britain
25 May
Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone
Supercar
Timmy Hansen
Team Hansen MJP
Report
RX2
Oliver Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE
5
World RX of Norway
15 June
Lånkebanen , Hell
Supercar
Niclas Grönholm
GRX Taneco Team
Report
RX2
Oliver Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE
6
World RX of Sweden
7 July
Höljesbanan , Höljes
Supercar
Sebastian Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE
RX2
Ben-Philip Gundersen
JC Raceteknik
7
World RX of Canada
3 August
Circuit Trois-Rivières , Trois-Rivières
Supercar
Andreas Bakkerud
Monster Energy RX Cartel
8
World RX of France
31 August
Circuit de Lohéac , Lohéac
Supercar
Timmy Hansen
Team Hansen MJP
RX2
Ben-Philip Gundersen
JC Raceteknik
9
World RX of Latvia
14 September
Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze , Riga
Supercar
Timmy Hansen
Team Hansen MJP
Report
10
World RX of South Africa
9 November
Killarney Motor Racing Complex , Cape Town
Supercar
Niclas Grönholm
GRX Taneco Team
RX2
Oliver Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE
Calendar changes [ ]
Entries [ ]
Timmy Hansen won the Drivers' Championship for the first time
Supercar [ ]
RX2 [ ]
Constructor
Entrant
Car
Drivers
Rounds
OMSE
JC Raceteknik[14]
Olsbergs MSE RX2
2
Ben-Philip Gundersen[14]
All
6
William Nilsson[15]
1-3
90
Jimmie Walfridson[16]
1–2, 4-5
54
Petter Nårsa
6-7
Morten Asklund
11
Morten Asklund
4-5
Anders Michalak[17]
12
Anders Michalak[17]
All
Olsbergs MSE [18]
16
Oliver Eriksson[18]
All
18
Linus Östlund
5, 7
35
Fraser McConnell[19]
All
47
Jesse Kallio[20]
All
91
Niklas Aneklev
7
Team Färén[21]
21
Damien Meunier[21]
1–2, 6
99
Marcus Höglund
4-5
6
William Nilsson
6
31
Yann Le Jossec
6
Set Promotion
22
Sami-Matti Trogen
All
65
Jami Kalliomäki
5
Petter Leirhol
27
Petter Leirhol
4-5
Lars Erik Haug
33
Lars Erik Haug
5
Simon Olofsson[22]
52
Simon Olofsson[22]
All
Sport Racing Technologies[23]
55
Vasiliy Gryazin[23]
All
69
Nikolay Gryazin
6
Martin Enlund
60
Martin Enlund
5
Albert Llovera [24]
66
Albert Llovera [24]
1-6
Steve Volders[25]
77
Steve Volders[25]
All
Stein Fredric Akre
98
Stein Fredric Akre
5
William Nilsson
6
William Nilsson
5
Mats Oskarsson
111
Mats Oskarsson
5
Iane Vacala
50
Iane Vacala
6-7
Team changes [ ]
Team Peugeot Total and PSRX Volkswagen Sweden all withdrew from the championship after the 2018 season.[26] [27] [28]
Monster Energy RX Cartel joined the championship, fielding two Audi S1s .[3]
GC Kompetition will run a second team, GCK Academy, comprising two Renault Clios .[11]
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
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
2nd place
Bronze
3rd 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 Loss of 15 championship points – stewards' decision
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams [ ]
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 [ ]
Driver
GBR
NOR
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
Driver
GBR
NOR
Points
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