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2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the tenth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallycross.

Johan Kristoffersson won his sixth drivers championship at round 9 in Hong Kong.[1] Kristoffersson Motorsport entered as the reigning teams champions.[2]

Calendar edit

On 7 December 2022, the provisional 2023 calendar was announced during the FIA World Motorsport Council decisions.[3] A calendar update was issued on 3 March 2023.[4] On 21 March, the World RX of Hong Kong, China was announced as the season finale. The event hosted in Hong Kong will mark the first ever championship round in the Asia-Pacific region.[5]

Rnd Event Date Venue Winning driver Winning team Report
1   World RX of Portugal 3–4 June Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre   Johan Kristoffersson   Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Report
2   World RX of Norway 17–18 June Lånkebanen, Hell   Johan Kristoffersson   Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Report
3   World RX of Sweden 1–2 July Höljesbanan, Höljes   Johan Kristoffersson   Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Report
4   World RX of the United Kingdom 22–23 July Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Canterbury Cancelled[a] Report
5   World RX of Benelux 5–6 August Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet Cancelled[6] Report
6   World RX of Germany 19–20 August Estering, Buxtehude Cancelled[7] Report
7   World RX of South Africa 7–8 October Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town   Johan Kristoffersson   Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Report
8   Timo Scheider   ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
9   World RX of Hong Kong, China 11–12 November Central Harbourfront Circuit, Hong Kong   Kevin Hansen   Hansen World RX Team Report
10   Johan Kristoffersson   Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS

Series News edit

  • After having trialed a new weekend format in 2022, the format was adjusted again for the 2023 season. The weekend structure was reverted to a system of four heats of five cars (reduced to three heats at double-header events), with two semis and a final with six cars each using a staggered grid. Free practice replaced the shakedown as the first session of the weekend. SuperPole was retained from the 2022 season. Heat 2 will have the fastest drivers from heat 1 going first, whereas heat 3 and 4 will have the slowest drivers from the previous heat going first. At the end of the heats, the top 3 drivers in the heat ranking will be given championship points; 3 to the winner of the heat rankings, 2 to second, and 1 to third. After the final, championship points are awarded to the top 15 drivers across the whole weekend.[8]

Incidents edit

  • On 21 July 2023, at the Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Canterbury, Special ONE Racing's garage was completely destroyed in a fire.[9] Both of the team's Lancia Delta Evo-e RX electric cars were completely destroyed. No one was injured in the fire. For this reason, the World RX of United Kingdom was subsequently cancelled for the RX1e class while a cause was being investigated.[10] Special ONE Racing pulled out of the final six rounds of the season as a result of the incident.[11]
  • On 31 July 2023, the World RX of Benelux was also cancelled for the RX1e class since investigations were still ongoing as to what the cause of the Lydden Hill fire was. Subsequently, Johan Kristoffersson, Ole Christian Veiby, Timmy Hansen and Kevin Hansen were all confirmed to take part in the RX2e class at the event instead.[6]
  • On 1 September 2023, it was announced that the final four rounds of the season in Hong Kong and South Africa would go ahead with the RX1e class drivers competing in the ZEROID X1 car used in the RX2e class.[12] The RX2e season finished at the event before in Germany.

Entries edit

RX1e edit

Constructor[b] Team Model No. Drivers Rounds Ref
GCK Performance   Special ONE Racing Lancia Delta Evo-E RX 9   Sébastien Loeb 1–4 [13]
36   Guerlain Chicherit 1–4 [13]
Peugeot   Hansen World RX Team Peugeot 208 RX1e 21   Timmy Hansen 1–4 [14]
71   Kevin Hansen 1–4 [14]
PWR Racing   Construction Equipment Dealer Team PWR RX1e 12   Klara Andersson 1–4 [15]
68   Niclas Grönholm 1–4 [16]
SEAT   ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza RX1e 44   Timo Scheider 1–4 [17]
Volkswagen   Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Volkswagen Polo RX1e 1   Johan Kristoffersson 1–4 [18]
17   Gustav Bergström 1–3 [18]
69   Sondre Evjen 4 [19]
96   Ole Christian Veiby 1–4 [18]

RX2e edit

Constructor[c] Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref
QEV Technologies   Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS ZEROID X1 1   Johan Kristoffersson 7–10 [18][20]
19   Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 9–10 [21]
96   Ole Christian Veiby 7–10 [18][20]
  Hansen World RX Team 7   Patrick O'Donovan 9–10 [22]
21   Timmy Hansen 7–10 [14][20]
71   Kevin Hansen 7–10 [14][20]
  Construction Equipment Dealer Team 12   Klara Andersson 7–10 [15][20]
68   Niclas Grönholm 7–10 [16][20]
  ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 44   Timo Scheider 7–10 [17][20]
77   René Münnich 7–10 [23]

Championship standings edit

Bonus points are awarded for finishing in the top 3 of the heat ranking. 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

RX1e Driver's Championship edit

Pos. Driver POR
  		NOR
  		SWE
  		GBR
  		BLX
  		GER
  		ZAF
  		HKG
  		Points
1   Johan Kristoffersson 11 11 11 C C C 11 32 63 11 141
2   Kevin Hansen 2 93 42 C C C 2 23 11 73 104
3   Niclas Grönholm 32 22 7 C C C 5 6 22 52 94
4   Timo Scheider 9 3 5 C C C 33 11 3 8 89
5   Ole Christian Veiby 4 6 3 C C C 6 7 4 2 82
6   Timmy Hansen 73 10 23 C C C 42 4 9 4 78
7   Klara Andersson 5 4 9 C C C 7 5 5 6 71
8   René Münnich 8 8 8 10 30
9   Sébastien Loeb 6 5 8 C 29
10   Guerlain Chicherit 8 7 6 C 27
11   Patrick O'Donovan 7 3 22
12   Gustav Bergström 10 8 10 C C 20
13   Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 10 9 13
-   Sondre Evjen C -
Pos. Driver POR
  		NOR
  		SWE
  		GBR
  		BLX
  		GER
  		ZAF
  		HKG
  		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)
In-line notation
1–3 Top 3 heat ranking

RX1e Team's Championship edit

Pos. Driver No. POR
  		NOR
  		SWE
  		GBR
  		BLX
  		GER
  		Points
1   Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS 1 11 11 11 C C C 104
96 4 6 3 C C C
2   Construction Equipment Dealer Team 12 5 4 9 C C C 72
68 32 22 7 C C C
3   Hansen World RX Team 21 73 10 23 C C C 71
71 2 93 42 C C C
4   Special ONE Racing 9 6[d] 5 8 C 46
36 8 7 6 C
Pos. Driver POR
  		NOR
  		SWE
  		GBR
  		BLX
  		GER
  		Points

Notes edit

  1. ^ Following a fire that broke out in Special ONE Racings garage on the friday, the Lydden Hill race weekend was cancelled for the RX1e class while the cause was being investigated.
  2. ^ All the cars in the 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship are powered by the same electric powertrain developed by Kreisel Electric.
  3. ^ All drivers competed in OMSE ZEROID X1 cars for the final four rounds in Hong Kong and South Africa.
  4. ^ Special ONE Racing was deducted 10 championship points for holding private testing without submitting the necessary application to the FIA.

References edit

  1. ^ "World RX thrills as Kristoffersson is crowned on Hansen's day in Hong Kong". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  2. ^ "King Kristoffersson: Super Swede is crowned in Catalunya". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  3. ^ "World RX unveils global calendar for 2023". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  4. ^ "Fans to get first taste of 2023 action next month". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  5. ^ "Asia-Pacific debut for World RX with Hong Kong season finale". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  6. ^ a b "Boosted RX2e field headlines World RX of Benelux". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  7. ^ "Statement regarding World RX at Estering". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  8. ^ "Race format changes confirmed for 2023". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  9. ^ "Lancia Delta Evo eRX Rally Cars From Special One Racing Destroyed In Fire". motor1.com. motor1.com. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Updated statement regarding Lydden Hill incident". fiaworldrallycross.com. fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Both Delta cars destroyed by fire". Special ONE Racing. 2023-07-22. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  12. ^ "Season-ending events in Cape Town and Hong Kong confirmed". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Loeb is back – in a Lancia: A legend returns". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  14. ^ a b c d "Hansens ready to 'put everything on the table' for 2023 title challenge". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  15. ^ a b "Klara Andersson secures long-term World RX future". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  16. ^ a b "Grönholm targeting 'the very top' after extending relationship with CE Dealer Team". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  17. ^ a b "Scheider completes World RX grid with ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  18. ^ a b c d e "Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS commits to renewed three-car assault". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  19. ^ "New name at Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS for Lydden Hill". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g "Season-ending events in Cape Town and Hong Kong confirmed". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  21. ^ "Åhlin-Kottulinsky completes World RX grid for Hong Kong season finale". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  22. ^ "Rising star O'Donovan to step up to World RX with Hansens in Hong Kong". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Cape Town entry list confirmed". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

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