2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of twelve rounds and started on 16 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 27 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.

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FIA World Rallycross Championship, Lydden Hill, 2016 (27329676041)

Petter Solberg was the defending drivers' champion. Team Hansen-Peugeot were the defending teams' champions. After 11 rounds, Mattias Ekström clinched the Drivers Championship. His team EKS secured the teams championship at the final round in Argentina.

Calendar

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2016 World RX calendar by nations

On 30 October 2015 the 2016 calendar was announced, removing the rounds in Italy and Turkey and adding an event in Latvia.[1] On 2 December 2015 the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved in Paris the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar and confirmed the separation of European and World Rallycross heats during events.[2] The RX Lites category was held in support of the World Championship, which consisted of seven events and a non-championship round in Canada.

Rnd. Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report
1   World RX of Portugal 16–17 April Pista Automóvel de Montalegre Supercar   Petter Solberg   Petter Solberg World RX Team¹ Report
2   World RX of Hockenheim 7–8 May Hockenheimring Supercar   Mattias Ekström   EKS RX Report
RX Lites   Thomas Bryntesson   JC Raceteknik
3   World RX of Belgium 14–15 May Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet Supercar   Mattias Ekström   EKS RX Report
RX Lites   Thomas Bryntesson   JC Raceteknik
4   World RX of Great Britain 28–29 May Lydden Hill Race Circuit Supercar   Mattias Ekström   EKS RX Report
RX Lites   Cyril Raymond   Olsbergs MSE
5   World RX of Norway 11–12 June Lånkebanen Supercar   Andreas Bakkerud   Hoonigan Racing Division Report
RX Lites   Thomas Bryntesson   JC Raceteknik
6   World RX of Sweden 2–3 July Höljesbanan Supercar   Andreas Bakkerud   Hoonigan Racing Division Report
RX Lites   Simon Olofsson   Simon Olofsson
7   World RX of Canada 6–7 August Circuit Trois-Rivières Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
RX Lites²   Mitchell DeJong   Olsbergs MSE
8   World RX of France 3–4 September Circuit de Lohéac Supercar   Johan Kristoffersson   Volkswagen RX Sweden Report
9   World RX of Barcelona 17–18 September Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Supercar   Mattias Ekström   EKS RX Report
RX Lites   Cyril Raymond   Olsbergs MSE
10   World RX of Latvia 1–2 October Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze Supercar   Sébastien Loeb   Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
RX Lites   Sondre Evjen   JC Raceteknik
11   World RX of Germany 15–16 October Estering Supercar   Kevin Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE Report
12   World RX of Argentina 26–27 November Autódromo Rosario Supercar   Andreas Bakkerud   Hoonigan Racing Division Report

¹ = A one-car team is ineligible to score teams' championship points.

² = Non-championship round.

Teams and drivers

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Supercar

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Permanent entries
Constructor Entrant Car No. Driver Rounds
Audi   EKS RX[3] Audi S1 5   Mattias Ekström All
57   Toomas Heikkinen All
  Larsson Jernberg Motorsport[4] Audi A1 4   Robin Larsson All
Citroën   Petter Solberg World RX Team[5] Citroën DS3 1   Petter Solberg All
Ford   Hoonigan Racing Division[6] Ford Focus RS[7] 13   Andreas Bakkerud[8] All
43   Ken Block All
  Olsbergs MSE[9] Ford Fiesta ST 68   Niclas Grönholm 1–11
96   Kevin Eriksson 1–7, 9-12
29   Yann Le Jossec 8
15   Reinis Nitišs 9-10, 12
  World RX Team Austria[10] Ford Fiesta 6   Jānis Baumanis All
7   Timur Timerzyanov All
Mini   JRM Racing[11] Mini Countryman 33   Liam Doran1 1–6
65   Guerlain Chicherit 8–11
37   Guy Wilks 9-10
94   Nick Jones 12
Peugeot   Team Peugeot-Hansen[12] Peugeot 208 9   Sébastien Loeb All
21   Timmy Hansen All
  Peugeot-Hansen Academy 17   Davy Jeanney 1–6, 8-11
71   Kevin Hansen 1–2, 4, 8, 11
SEAT   all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[13] SEAT Ibiza Cupra 15   Reinis Nitišs2 1–8
55   René Münnich 1–11
44   Timo Scheider 9-10, 12
24   Tommy Rustad 11
77   René Münnich 12
Volkswagen   Volkswagen RX Sweden[14] Volkswagen Polo 3   Johan Kristoffersson All
92   Anton Marklund All

* Entries in grey denote one-car teams which are ineligible to score teams championship points.

1 = JRM has announced the termination of Liam Doran's contract with the team following the sixth round (Sweden) of the championship.[17]

2 = Nitišs left the Münnich Motorsport team following event eight (France) and returned to Olsbergs MSE for event nine (Barcelona).[18]

RX Lites

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All teams used identical Olsbergs MSE-produced Ford Fiestas

Entries
Entrant No. Driver Rounds
  Olsbergs MSE 13   Cyril Raymond 1-7
33   Tejas Hirani 1-7
64   Saeed Bintouq 3-4, NC, 6
75   Patrick Simon 1
40   Dan Rooke 3
21   Marcus Hoglund 5
24   Mitchell DeJong NC
45   Miki Weckström NC
27   Andrew Ranger NC
51   Sandra Hultgren NC
53   Cole Keatts NC
  JC Raceteknik 99   Joachim Hvaal 1-7
16   Thomas Bryntesson 1-7
69   Sondre Evjen 1-7
96   Henrik Krogstad 4
6   William Nilsson 5
46   Martin Lapins 7
3   Per Björnson 5
14   Magnus Hansen 5
98   Oliver Eriksson NC
  Santosh Motorsport 86   Santosh Berggren 5
  Set Promotion 8   Simon Wago Syversen 1-7
  Toksport 18   Ali Turkkan 3
  Helmia Motorsport 91   Jonathan Walfridsson 4-5
  Sport Racing Technologies 55   Vasily Gryazin 7
  Lotto Team 66   Albert Llovera 4-6
  Dirtfish Motorsports 121   Conner Martell NC, 7
  ICEPOL Racing Team 26   Regis Gosselin 2
  Westlund Entreprenad 47   Alexander Westlund 1-2, 5
  Simon Olofsson 52   Simon Olofsson 1-7
  Thomas Holmen 56   Thomas Holmen 4-7
  Johan Larsson 2   Johan Larsson 5

NC represents participation in the non-championship round in Canada.

Championship Standings

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FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver POR
 
HOC
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
NOR
 
SWE
 
CAN
 
FRA
 
BAR
 
LAT
 
GER
 
ARG
 
Points
1   Mattias Ekström 10 1 1 1 3 6 8 8 1 2 5 5 272
2   Johan Kristoffersson 6 7 6 12 7 5 3 1 6 5 6 2 240
3   Andreas Bakkerud 4 12 14 6 1 1 2 2 7 4 3 1 239
4   Petter Solberg 1 4 3 2 4 7 5 4 10 19 2 7 239
5   Sébastien Loeb 5 10 2 10 5 2 9 3 8 1 9 8 209
6   Timmy Hansen 12 18 7 3 2 3 1 11 2 3 8 13 178
7   Toomas Heikkinen 3 2 16 11 9 9 4 15 9 9 10 3 150
8   Timur Timerzyanov 16 17 8 5 6 14 7 30 3 6 14 9 117
9   Robin Larsson 2 6 13 15 10 8 16 12 5 12 13 6 109
10   Jānis Baumanis 14 8 9 7 8 10 15 26 4 8 7 12 109
11   Kevin Eriksson 7 11 10 8 13 15 11 11 13 1 16 92
12   Davy Jeanney 8 9 11 13 11 12 7 12 10 11 86
13   Anton Marklund 9 15 4 9 15 4 6 18 14 15 15 11 76
14   Ken Block 18 3 19 14 14 13 10 6 16 16 12 15 63
15   Kevin Hansen 13 19 4 9 4 52
16   Reinis Nitišs 15 13 12 21 12 18 13 5 13 11 10 44
17   Niclas Grönholm 17 14 15 16 16 11 12 14 15 18 19 28
18   Timo Scheider 17 7 4 25
19   François Duval 5 18
20   Liam Doran 10 5 17 19 17 16 9
21   Andy Scott 10 6
22   Tommy Rustad 13 25 4
23   Guy Wilks 17 19 14 3
24   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 16 17 1
25   Peter Hedström 16 1
26   René Münnich 19 20 18 18 18 19 14 16 18 22 24 14 -3
Pos. Driver POR
 
HOC
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
NOR
 
SWE
 
CAN
 
FRA
 
BAR
 
LAT
 
GER
 
ARG
 
Points

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

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Pos. Team No. Drivers Points
1   EKS RX 5   Mattias Ekström 422
57   Toomas Heikkinen
2   Team Peugeot-Hansen 9   Sébastien Loeb 387
21   Timmy Hansen
3   Volkswagen RX Sweden 3   Johan Kristoffersson 316
92   Anton Marklund
4   Hoonigan Racing Division 13   Andreas Bakkerud 302
43   Ken Block
5   World RX Team Austria 6   Jānis Baumanis 226
7   Timur Timerzyanov
6   Olsbergs MSE 68   Niclas Grönholm 132
96   Kevin Eriksson
7   all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 15   Reinis Nitišs 67
55   René Münnich

RX Lites Cup

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Pos. Driver HOC
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
NOR
 
SWE
 
CAN
 
BAR
 
LAT
 
Points
1   Cyril Raymond 2 6 1 2 2 1 8 175
2   Thomas Bryntesson 1 1 2 1 4 2 7 167
3   Simon Olofsson 7 2 3 3 1 4 4 151
4   Joachim Hvaal 3 3 4 6 7 7 5 136
5   Simon Wago Syversen 6 5 5 8 11 3 10 115
6   Sondre Evjen 9 4 6 10 13 8 1 98
7   Tejas Hirani 8 7 7 5 16 6 3 96
8   Thomas Holmen 9 9 5 6 55
9   Alexander Westlund 4 9 5 38
10   Saeed Bintouq 10 7 2 10 23 (30*)
11   Patrick Simon 5 21
12   Marcus Hoglund 6 19
13   Albert Llovera 11 17 9 17
14   Johan Larsson 3 17
15   Conner Martell 4 2 16 (21*)
16   Henrik Krogstad 4 15
17   Vasily Gryazin 9 14
18   Dan Rooke 8 13
19   William Nilsson 8 13
20   Regis Gosselin 8 12
21   Martin Lapins 11 11
22   Ali Turkkan 9 11
23   Per Björnson 10 10
24   Jonathan Walfridsson 12 15 8
25   Magnus Hansen 12 6
26   Santosh Berggren 14 3
27   Mitchell DeJong 1 0 (27*)
28   Miki Weckström 5 0 (25*)
29   Oliver Eriksson 3 0 (22*)
30   Andrew Ranger 6 0 (17*)
31   Sandra Hultgren 7 0 (15*)
32   Cole Keatts 8 0 (12*)
Pos. Driver HOC
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
NOR
 
SWE
 
CAN
 
BAR
 
LAT
 
Points

References

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