Kevin Hansen (racing driver)

Kevin Hansen
Kevin Hansen at the 2017 World RX of Canada
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 23) Götene, Sweden
Related to	Kenneth Hansen (father) Timmy Hansen (brother)
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season	2015
Current team
Car number	71
Former teams	Olsbergs MSE Team Peugeot-Hansen Team Peugeot Total
Starts	40
Wins	2
Podiums	6
Best finish	3rd in 2019
FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years active	2016
Former teams	Peugeot-Hansen Academy
Starts	5
Championships	1 (2016)
Wins	4
Podiums	5
RX Lites Cup
Years active	2014–2015
Former teams	Hansen Junior Team
Starts	11
Championships	1 (2015)
Wins	2
Podiums	11

Kevin Hansen (born 28 May 1998) is a rallycross driver from Sweden. He currently competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX) Supercar category, for Team Peugeot-Hansen. His father is the 14-time European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen. He is also the youngest driver to race in a WRX event, making his debut at 17 years and 6 months old.

In 2021, he was a reserve driver for JBXE and substituted for team owner/driver Jenson Button for 2021 Ocean X-Prix.

Racing record[]

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results[]

(key)

RX Lites Cup[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Lites	Points
2014	Hansen Junior Team	Lites Peugeot 208	POR	GBR	FIN 1	SWE 2	ITA 3	TUR 2		2nd	99
2015	Hansen Junior Team	Lites Peugeot 208	POR 2	GBR 1	SWE 2	NOR 2	BAR 3	TUR 2	ITA 2	1st	178

Supercar[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WRX	Points
2015	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	GER	SWE	CAN	NOR	FRA	BAR	TUR	ITA	ARG 5	22nd	16
2016	Peugeot-Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208 WRX	POR 13	HOC 19	BEL	GBR 4	NOR	SWE	CAN	FRA 11	BAR	LAT	GER 4	ARG		15th	52
2017	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 WRX	BAR 11	POR 8	HOC 8	BEL 21	GBR 13	NOR 9	SWE 13	CAN 10	FRA 8	LAT 10	GER 6	RSA 6		8th	115
2018	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	BAR 13	POR 8	BEL 9	GBR 6	NOR 4	SWE 5	CAN 9	FRA 7†	LAT 6	USA 7	GER 6	RSA 4		8th	145
2019	Hansen Motorsport	Peugeot 208	ABU 1	2	BEL 7	GBR 7	NOR 2	2	6	3	LAT 4	5				3rd	199

^† Loss of fifteen championship points – stewards' decision.

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results[]

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JRX Junior Rallycross Cup[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	JRX	Points
2012	Hansen Junior Team	JRX Citroën DS3	SWE1 1	BEL 2	NED 3	SWE2 1	FIN 1	GER 1	1st	112
2013	Hansen Junior Team	JRX Citroën DS3	HUN 3	FIN 3	NOR 2	SWE 1	AUT 1	GER 1	1st	123

Supercar[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	ERX	Points
2016	Peugeot-Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208 WRX	BEL 1	NOR 1	SWE 1	BAR 1	LAT 2	1st	143

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results[]

GRC Lites[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	GRC	Points
2014	Hansen Motorsport	Lites Peugeot 208	AUS	DC	NY	CHA	DAY	LA1 3	LA2 6	SEA	LV	9th	73

Complete Extreme E results[]

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Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2021	JBXE	Spark ODYSSEY 21	DES Q	DES R	OCE Q 4	OCE R 3	ARC Q 8	ARC R 2	ISL Q 7	ISL R 3	JUR Q 5	JUR R 2	4th	102
2022	JBXE	Spark ODYSSEY 21	DES 9	ISL	OCE	COP	ENE						9th*	2*

^* Season still in progress.

External links[]

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Max Verstappen	FIA Rookie of the Year 2016	Succeeded by Charles Leclerc
Sporting positions
Preceded by None	European Rallycross JRX Cup Champion 2012–2013	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Kevin Eriksson	RX Lites Cup Champion 2015	Succeeded by
Preceded by Tommy Rustad	European Rallycross Supercar Champion 2016	Succeeded by Anton Marklund