2021 FIA European Rallycross Championship

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The 2021 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 46th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The championship consisted of two classes: RX1 and RX3.
The championship began on 22 May at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, and ended on 4 September at Circuit de Lohéac in France.

Calendar[]

The championship consisted of 6 events across Europe, with RX1 competing at four rounds and RX3 competing at five.
The initial calendar was released on 16 December. It included one unconfirmed event.[1] A revised calendar was released on 26 March.[2] Another calendar revision was published on 12 May.[3]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
1 Spain Euro RX of Barcelona - Catalunya 23–24 July Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló RX3 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy Hungary Volland Racing KFT
2 Sweden Euro RX of Sweden 20–22 August Höljesbanan, Höljes RX1 Norway Thomas Bryntesson Norway Thomas Bryntesson
RX3 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy Hungary Volland Racing KFT
3 France Euro RX of France 3–5 September Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac RX1 Germany René Münnich Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
RX3 Belgium Kobe Pauwels Hungary Volland Racing KFT
4 Latvia Euro RX of Latvia 18–19 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga RX1 Latvia Janis Baumanis Lithuania ES Motorsport
5 Belgium Euro RX of Benelux 8–10 October Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps RX1 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Lithuania ES Motorsport
RX3 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy Hungary Volland Racing KFT
6 Portugal Euro RX of Portugal 16–17 October Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX3 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy Hungary Volland Racing KFT

Calendar Changes[]

  • After being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Euro RX of Benelux, Euro RX of Norway and Euro RX of France were all set to return to the championship on the initial calendar. The Euro RX of Norway was not included in the 12 May revision of the calendar.[3]
  • The Euro RX of Finland was set to return to the championship for the first time since 2014 on the initial calendar, but was not included in the 12 May revision.[3]
  • After being on the calendar in 2020, the Euro RX of Riga - Latvia was not included in the initial calendar, but was later added to the calendar in the May 12 revision.[3]
  • After being on the original 2020 calendar, then being cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Euro RX of Portugal, Euro RX of Russia and Euro RX of Germany were not included in the initial calendar. The Euro RX of Portugal and the Euro RX of Germany were reintroduced on the revised calendar.[3]

Series News[]

  • The Supercar and Super1600 classes were renamed to RX1 and RX3 respectively.[4]

Entries[]

RX1[]

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Hungary Kárai Motorsport Sportgyesület Audi S1 73 Hungary Tamás Kárai All [5]
Citroën France Ydeo Competition Citroën DS3 35 France Benoît Fretin 2 [6]
France Stéphane De Ganay 47 France Stéphane De Ganay 2,4 [6]
France David Meslier 68 France David Meslier 2 [6]
France Romuald Delauney 76 France Romuald Delauney 1-2 [7]
Ford Poland Oponeo Ford Fiesta 44 Poland Dariusz Topolewski All [8]
88 Poland Marcin Gagacki All [5]
Hungary Nyírad Motorsport KFT 50 Hungary Attila Mózer 2-4 [6]
Lithuania TSK Baltijos Sportas 55 Lithuania Paulius Pleskovas All [5]
Hyundai Sweden Hedströms Motorsport Hyundai i20 8 Sweden Peter Hedström 3 [9]
France Patrick Guillerme 83 France Patrick Guillerme 1-2, 4 [5]
Norway Hans-Jøran Østreng 85 Norway Hans-Jøran Østreng All [7]
Peugeot France Jonathan Pailler Peugeot 208 18 France Jonathan Pailler All [10]
France Fabien Pailler 20 France Fabien Pailler All [10]
France Pascal Lambec 19 France Pascal Lambec 1-2 [7]
France Ándrea Dubourg 23 France Ándrea Dubourg All [11]
France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 87 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 1-2 [11]
France Emmanuel Anne 29 France Emmanuel Anne 2 [6]
France Laurent Bouliou 95 France Laurent Bouliou 2 [6]
France Anthony Pelfrene 112 France Anthony Pelfrene 2 [6]
Renault Hungary CsuCsu Renault Clio 7 Hungary Csucsu All [5]
SEAT Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 38 Germany Mandie August All [5]
77 Germany René Münnich 1-2, 4 [5]
Škoda Lithuania ES Motorsport Škoda Fabia 6 Latvia Janis Baumanis All [12]
13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 2-4 [9]
Hungary GFS Motorsport Egyesület / ES K&N 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 1 [13]
66 Hungary Luigi 4 [5]
Latvia Edijs Ošs 80 Latvia Edijs Ošs 3 [9]
Volkswagen Sweden Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 75 Sweden Per Eklund 1 [14]
Norway David Nordgaard Volkswagen Polo 9 Norway David Nordgaard 1 [7]
Czech Republic KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team 11 Czech Republic Aleš Fučik 1, 3 [5]
Sweden Hedströms Motorsport 12 Sweden Anders Michalak 1, 3-4 [7]
92 Sweden Anton Marklund 1 [15][7]
Norway Thomas Bryntesson 16 Norway Thomas Bryntesson 1, 3 [16]
Norway Sivert Svardal 24 Norway Sivert Svardal All [7]

RX3[]

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Poland Damian Litwinowicz Audi A1 6 Poland Damian Litwinowicz All [17]
Norway Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 13 Norway Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 2, 4 [7]
Hungary Volland Racing KFT. 22 Belgium Kobe Pauwels All [18]
54 Russia Marat Knyazev All [19]
89 Russia Timur Shigabutdinov 1-3, 5 [19]
95 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy All [19]
Hungary Speedy Motorsport 18 Hungary Zsolt Szíjj Jolly 1-3 [19]
Portugal Nuno Araújo 108 Portugal Nuno Araújo 5 [20]
Citroën France Maximilien Eveno Citroën C2 75 France Maximilien Eveno 3 [21]
Portugal Hélder Ribeiro 122 Portugal Hélder Ribeiro 5 [20]
Ford Norway Sebastian Høidalen Ford Fiesta 5 Norway Sebastian Høidalen 2, 5 [19]
Norway Martin Kjær 91 Norway Martin Kjær 2 [7]
Peugeot Portugal Pedro Ribeiro Peugeot 108 44 Portugal Pedro Ribeiro 3, 5 [6]
Norway Espen Isaksætre Peugeot 208 8 Norway Espen Isaksætre 2 [19]
Portugal Antonio Sousa 129 Portugal Antonio Sousa 5 [20]
Portugal Joaquim Machado 146 Portugal Joaquim Machado 5 [20]
Renault France Anthony Jan Renault Clio 35 France Anthony Jan 3 [6]
France Dylan Dufas Renault Twingo 9 France Dylan Dufas 2-3 [7]
Estonia RS Racing Team 20 Estonia Siim Saluri 1, 5 [19]
France Meunier Competition 28 Belgium Clément Picard 3-4 [6]
161 France Frédéric Moreau 3 [6]
Portugal Sergio Dias 125 Portugal Sergio Dias 5 [20]
Škoda Czech Republic Pajrs S.R.O. Škoda Citigo 11 Czech Republic Jan Černý All [19]
Estonia Ligur Racing Škoda Fabia 10 Estonia Janno Ligur 2-3, 5 [19]
Lithuania Kreda 14 Lithuania Kasparas Navickas 1-2 [19]
Poland Automax Motorsport 23 Poland Radosław Raczkowski All [19]
Norway Alexander Hvaal 60 Norway Marius Solberg Hansen 2 [7]
Czech Republic Josef Šusta 61 Czech Republic Jiři Šusta All [19]
France Jérémy Lambec 66 France Jérémy Lambec 2-3 [7]
France Maximilien Eveno 75 France Maximilien Eveno 3 [6]
Germany ADAC Team Weser-Ems E.V. 86 Germany Lukas Ney 1-3, 5 [22]
Norway Ole Henry Steinsholt 88 Norway Ole Henry Steinsholt 5 [20]
Czech Republic JihoČesky Autoklub V AČR 96 Czech Republic Marcel Suchý All [19]
Portugal João Ribeiro 99 Portugal João Ribeiro 5 [20]
Portugal Leonel Sampaio 147 Portugal Leonel Sampaio 5 [20]
Volkswagen Czech Republic KRTZ Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 58 Czech Republic Dominik Senegacnik 2 [7]

Championship standings[]

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

RX1[]

Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden 		FRA
France 		LAT
Latvia 		BEL
Belgium 		Points
1 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 3 4 7 1 90
2 France Fabien Pailler 8 6 2 2 86
3 Latvia Janis Baumanis 20 5 1 3 69
4 France Jonathan Pailler 5 9 10 4 60
5 France Ándrea Dubourg 9 2 4 14 57
6 Germany René Münnich 10 1 8 53
7 Hungary Tamás Kárai 4 3 13 5 52
8 Norway Thomas Bryntesson 1 8 46
9 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 2 8 35
10 Hungary Csucsu 6 19 6 12 30
11 Norway Hans-Jøran Østreng 13 16 11 11 22
12 Sweden Peter Hedström 3 21
13 Sweden Anders Michalak 12 9 16 20
14 Germany Mandie August 14 10 17 10 20
15 Norway Sivert Svardal 17 17 5 17 18
16 France Romuald Delauney 15 7 15
17 Sweden Anton Marklund 7 15
18 Poland Marcin Gagacki 18[a] 12 19 7 14
19 France Stéphane De Ganay 11 13 13
20 Hungary Attila Mózer 14 12 15 12
21 Poland Dariusz Topolewski 19 24 18 9 11
22 Lithuania Paulius Pleskovas 24 20 16 6 10
23 Norway David Nordgaard 11 9
24 France Emmanuel Anne 13 7
25 Czech Republic Aleš Fučik 16 14 4
26 Latvia Edijs Ošs 15 2
27 France Laurent Bouliou 15 2
28 France Patrick Guillerme 21 25 18 0
29 France David Meslier 18 0
30 France Benoît Fretin 21 0
31 Sweden Per Eklund 22 0
32 France Anthony Pelfrene 22 0
33 France Pascal Lambec 23 23 0
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden 		FRA
France 		BEL
Belgium 		POR
Portugal 		Points
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)

RX3[]

Pos. Driver BAR
Spain 		SWE
Sweden 		FRA
France 		BEL
Belgium 		POR
Portugal 		Points
1 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy 1 1 2 1 1 147
2 Belgium Kobe Pauwels 4 2 1 4 3 115
3 Russia Marat Knyazev 5 3 4 2 2 114
4 Czech Republic Jan Cerny 7 4 5 6 7 88
5 Russia Timur Shigabutdinov 2 7 3 6 72
6 Poland Damian Litwinowicz 6 6 15 3 4 72
7 Poland Radoslaw Raczkowski 9 14 8 10 36
8 Hungary Zsolt Szíjj Jolly 3 17 7 33
9 Estonia Janno Ligur 5 10 31
10 Belgium Clément Picard 12 5 24
11 Lithuania Kasparas Navickas 8 9 24
12 Czech Republic Jiri Susta 10 13 9 7[b] 21
13 Portugal Nuno Araújo 5 16
14 France Maximilien Eveno 6 16
15 Czech Republic Marcel Suchý 12 19 9 16
16 Portugal João Ribeiro 8 15
17 Norway Espen Isaksætre 8 13
18 Norway Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 21 8 11
19 Norway Marius Solberg Hansen 10 11
20 Portugal Leonel Sampaio 9 10
21 Portugal Joaquim Machado 10 9
22 Portugal Sergio Dias 11 8
23 Estonia Siim Saluri 11 8
24 France Jérémy Lambec 18 11 7
25 Norway Sebastian Høidalen 11 7
26 Germany Lukas Ney 13 20 14 7
27 Norway Martin Kjær 12 6
28 Portugal Antonio Sousa 12 6
29 France Dylan Dufas 15 13 6
30 Portugal Pedro Ribeiro 16 13 4
31 Portugal Hélder Ribeiro 14 3
32 Czech Republic Dominik Senegacnik 16 1
33 France Frédéric Moreau 17 0
Pos. Driver BAR
Spain 		SWE
Sweden 		FRA
France 		BEL
Belgium 		POR
Portugal 		Points

Notes[]

  1. ^ Marcin Gagacki was deducted 10 championship points for the use of a third turbo in one event.
  2. ^ Jiri Susta was deducted 15 championship points for the use of a third engine over the season.

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