2022 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2022 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 47th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The championship consisted of two classes: RX1 and RX3.

The championship began on 21 May at the Nyirád Racing Center in Hungary, and ended on 14 November at Nürburgring in Germany.

Calendar edit

The championship consisted of seven events across Europe, with RX1 competing at six rounds and RX3 competing at five.

The updated calendar was released on 21 March. It included one unconfirmed event.[1]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
1   Euro RX of Hungary 21–22 May Nyirád Racing Center, Nyirád RX1   Anton Marklund   SET Promotion
RX3   Kobe Pauwels   Volland Racing KFT
2   Euro RX of Sweden 2–3 July Höljesbanan, Höljes RX1   Anton Marklund   SET Promotion
RX3   Marius Solberg Hansen   MSH RX
3   Euro RX of Norway 13–14 August Lånkebanen, Hell RX1   Andreas Bakkerud   EKS
RX3   Kobe Pauwels   Volland Racing KFT
4   Euro RX of Latvia 3–4 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga RX1   Sondre Evjen   JC Raceteknik
5   Euro RX of Portugal 17–18 September Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX1   Enzo Ide   EKS
RX3   Kobe Pauwels   Volland Racing KFT
6   Euro RX of Benelux 8–9 October Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot RX1   Anton Marklund   SET Promotion
7   Euro RX of Germany 13–14 November Nürburgring, Nürburg RX3   Kobe Pauwels   Volland Racing KFT

Entries edit

RX1 edit

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi   Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület Audi A1 39   Zoltán Koncseg 1 [2]
  EKS Audi S1 13   Andreas Bakkerud 2–3 [3]
81   Ronalds Baldiņš 4 [4]
91   Enzo Ide All [5]
  JC Raceteknik 52   Ole Christian Veiby 2 [6]
69   Sondre Evjen 2–4 [6]
  Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület 73   Tamás Kárai All [2]
Citroën   Mário Barbosa Citroën DS3 75   Mário Barbosa 5 [7]
  Hervé Knapick 84   Hervé Knapick 1, 5–6 [2]
Ford   Patrick O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 4   Patrick O'Donovan 1 [8]
  Betomik Racing Team 5   Mika Liimatainen 6 [9]
  David Nordgaard 9   David Nordgaard 3 [10]
  Team Skåab 31   Stefan Kristensson 2, 6 [11]
  Linnemann Promotion 33   Ulrik Linnemann All [12]
  Oponeo 44   Dariusz Topolewski 1–3, 5–6 [2]
88   Marcin Gagacki All [2]
  Nyirád Motorsport KFT 50   Attila Mózer 1–5 [2]
  TSK Baltijos Sportas 55   Paulius Pleskovas 2, 4, 6 [11]
  Frank Valle 67   Frank Valle 2–3, 6 [11]
Hyundai   Betomik Racing Team Hyundai i20 10   Mikko Ikonen 4, 6 [13]
18   Juha Rytkönen 6 [14]
35   Fraser McConnell 3 [15]
  Hedströms Motorsport 14   Oliver Solberg 2 [16]
  SET Promotion 92   Anton Marklund All [17]
Peugeot   #YellowSquad Peugeot 208 6   Janis Baumanis All [18]
  Speedbox Racing Team KFT 27   László Kiss 1 [2]
  Nyirád Motorsport KFT 51   Márk Mózer 1 [2]
  Jean Baptiste Dubourg 87   Jean Baptiste Dubourg 1–2 [2]
  José Oliveira 110   José Oliveira 5 [7]
Proton   Oliver O'Donovan Proton Iriz 2   Oliver O'Donovan 1–2 [19]
SEAT   ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 38   Mandie August All [2]
77   René Münnich 1 [2]
Volkswagen   Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 3   Johan Kristoffersson 2 [20]
26   Gustav Bergström 2 [20]
  Hedströms Motorsport 8   Peter Hedström 6 [14]
  KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team 11   Aleš Fučik 1 [2]
  Carexperience AB 12   Anders Michalak 1–3 [2]
  Dan Öberg 17   Dan Öberg 2 [11]
  Linus Östlund 21   Linus Östlund 2–3 [21]
  Sivert Svardal 24   Sivert Svardal All [2]
  Tom André Saetnan Volkswagen Scirocco 30   Tom André Saetnan 2–3, 6 [6]

RX3 edit

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi   Volland Racing KFT Audi A1 2   Rytis Rutkauskas 5 [22]
22   Kobe Pauwels All [2]
30   Nils Volland 2–5 [6]
88   Nuno Miguel da Costa Araújo All [2]
  Damian Litwinowicz 6   Damian Litwinowicz All [23]
  Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 13   Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 1–3, 5 [2]
  Anders Hansen 14   Anders Hansen 2 [6]
  Speedy Motorsport 18   Zsolt Szíjj 'Jolly' 1 [2]
  João Ribeiro 99   João Ribeiro All [2]
  Zalaegerszegi Autósport Egyesület 112   Róbert Répási 1 [2]
Citroën   Jorge Machado Citroën C2 103   Jorge Machado 4 [7]
Ford   TMC Rallysport KFT Ford Fiesta 4   András Ferjáncz 1 [2]
  Martin Kjær 33   Martin Kjær 2, 5 [6]
  Rogério Sousa 105   Rogério Sousa 4 [7]
  OTRT Ford Ka 7   Nick Snoeys 2 [6]
Peugeot   Espen Isaksætre Peugeot 208 8   Espen Isaksætre 2–3, 5 [6]
  Tiago Ferreira 121   Tiago Ferreira 4 [7]
  António Sousa 129   António Sousa 4 [7]
  Joaquim Machado 146   Joaquim Machado 4 [7]
Renault   Sérgio Dias Renault Twingo 149   Sérgio Dias 4 [7]
Škoda   PAJR S.R.O. Škoda Citigo 11   Jan Černý All [2]
  Ligur Racing Škoda Fabia 10   Janno Ligur 2 [6]
  Jens Hvaal 12   Jens Hvaal 5 [22]
  MSH RX 60   Marius Solberg Hansen 2–3 [6]
  Jiři Šusta 61   Jiři Šusta 1–3 [2]
  ADAC Weser-EMS E.V. 86   Lukas Ney 5 [22]
  Leonel Sampaio 147   Leonel Sampaio 4 [7]
  Guttorm Lindefjell 169   Guttorm Lindefjell 2 [6]
Volkswagen   KRTZ Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 58   Dominik Senegacnik 1–4 [2]

Championship standings edit

Points are scored as follows:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 20 16 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

RX1 Driver's Championship edit

Pos. Driver HUN
 
SWE
 
NOR
 
LVA
 
POR
 
BLX
 
Points
1   Anton Marklund 1 1 4 2 4 1 100
2   Janis Baumanis 4 6 3 9 2 3 71
3   Enzo Ide 2 13 13 3 1 11 60
4   Sivert Svardal 5 10 9 5 6 4 57
5   Tamás Karai 8 14 6 6 7 5 50
6   Sondre Evjen 7 2[a] 1 40
7   Ulrik Linnemann 3 20 18 10 3 12 36
8   Andreas Bakkerud 3 1 33
9   Marcin Gagacki 11 12 14 8 5 15 31
10   Mandie August 9 16 16 11 12 7 25
11   Anders Michalak 7 9 10 22
12   Mikko Ikonen 4 9 19
13   Jean Baptiste Dubourg 14 2 18
14   Juha Rytkönen 2 16
15   Attila Mózer 18 22 7 13 13 15
16   Johan Kristoffersson 4 12
17   Oliver Solberg 5 11
18   Fraser McConnell 5 11
19   Aleš Fučik 6 10
20   Peter Hedström 6 10
21   Linus Östlund 11 11 10
22   Ronalds Baldiņš 7 9
23   Stefan Kristensson 24 8 8
24   Mário Barbosa 8 8
25   Ole Christian Veiby 8 8
26   Frank Valle 21 8 8
27   José Oliveira 9 7
28   Dariusz Topolewski 20 23 15 10 7
29   Hervé Knapick 17 11 14 6
30   Mika Liimatainen 10 6
31   Patrick O'Donovan 10 6
32   David Nordgaard 12 4
33   Márk Mózer 12 4
34   László Kiss 13 3
35   Oliver O'Donovan 15 15 2
36   Zoltán Koncseg 16 0
37   Tom André Saetnan 19 17 0
38   Gustav Bergström 18 0
39   René Münnich 19 0
40   Dan Öberg 25 0
41   Paulius Pleskovas 17 12 13[b] -8
Pos. Driver HUN
 
SWE
 
NOR
 
LVA
 
POR
 
BLX
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 Driver's Championship edit

Pos. Driver HUN
 
SWE
 
NOR
 
POR
 
GER
 
Points
1   Kobe Pauwels 1 2 1 1 1 96
2   Damian Litwinowicz 4 5 3 2 3 65
3   Jan Černý 2 14 4 4 5 53
4   João Ribeiro 3 3 6 5 11 52
5   Nuno Miguel da Costa Araújo 7 11 9 3 6 44
6   Nils Volland 10 2 6 7 41
7   Dominik Senegacnik 8 7 10 9 30
8   Marius Solberg Hansen 1 7 29
9   Espen Isaksætre 6 5 10 27
10   Jiři Šusta 9 8 8 23
11   Jens Hvaal 2 16
12   Martin Kjær 13 4 15
13   Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 5 12 11[c] 8 13
14   Janno Ligur 4 12
15   Zsolt Szíjj 'Jolly' 6 10
16   Jorge Machado 7 9
17   Joaquim Machado 8 8
18   Nick Snoeys 9 7
19   Rytis Rutkauskas 9 7
20   António Sousa 10 6
21   Róbert Répási 10 6
22   Sérgio Dias 11 5
23   András Ferjáncz 11 5
24   Rogério Sousa 12 4
25   Lukas Ney 12 4
26   Tiago Ferreira 13 3
27   Leonel Sampaio 14 2
28   Anders Hansen 15 1
29   Guttorm Lindefjell 16 0
Pos. Driver HUN
 
SWE
 
NOR
 
POR
 
GER
 
Points

Notes edit

  1. ^ Sondre Evjen was penalized 5 championship points.
  2. ^ Paulius Pleskovas was penalized 15 championship points.
  3. ^ Per Magne Egebø-Svardal was penalized 15 championship points.

References edit

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