2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Auto racing championship
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The 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the ninth 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 the drivers' championship for the third consecutive year, his fifth title overall. Kristoffersson Motorsport won the teams' championship for the first time under that name.[1]
Calendar
On 15 December 2021, the provisional 2022 calendar was announced during the FIA World Motorsport Council decisions:[2][3] The updated calendar was released on 21 March. It included one unconfirmed event.[4] The calendar was updated again on 29 June on the FIA World Motorsport Council, in which World RX of Sweden was cancelled for RX1e, and World RX of Catalunya returned to the calendar provisionally.[5] Another calendar update was announced on 7 July. The World RX of Germany was postponed to allow RX1e teams more time to prepare for the season.[6]
Calendar Changes
- World RX of Sweden was listed as the opening round of World Rallycross Championship. A further update was issued in March, with Holjes becoming an official launch event headlined by the Euro RX1 series for combustion-powered supercars. The World RallyCross Championship's electric era started at Norway's Hell track on 13-14 August after delays to allow teams to ready their new cars.[7]
Series News
- For the first time in world rallycross history all the categories were based on electric power.[8]
- The RX1 class was discontinued. It was replaced by the electric RX1e class. While bodywork and liveries were different, all cars in this new class used the same powertrain developed by Kreisel Electric.[9]
- A new race weekend format was adopted for the 2022 season. The grids for heat 1 were set using a single-lap shootout SuperPole session immediately following practice. Single header events featured three heat races (down from four), and double header events featured two heat races (down from three). The grids for the heats following heat 1 were set by finishing position in the previous heat, rather than overall time. The positions per heat were determined by time. Following the heat races a 'Progression' race determined which ten drivers moved on to the semi-finals. From the semi-finals, the top 2 drivers from each semi moved on to the final, along with the highest-placed driver finishing in third. The staggered grid for the semi-finals and finals was removed in favor of a side-by-side grid. There was a maximum of five cars competing in every race.[10]
Entries
RX1e
| Constructor[a] | Team | Model | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCK Exclusiv-e |  Guerlain Chicherit |
Lancia Delta Evo-e RX | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit |
11 | [11] |
| Peugeot |  Hansen World RX Team |
Peugeot 208 RX1e | 21 | Timmy Hansen |
All | [12] |
| 71 | Kevin Hansen |
All | [12] | |||
| PWR Racing | Construction Equipment Dealer Team |
PWR RX1e | 12 | Klara Andersson |
All | [13] |
| 68 |  Niclas Grönholm |
All | [13] | |||
| Volkswagen | Kristoffersson Motorsport |
Volkswagen Polo RX1e | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson |
All | [14] |
| 52 |  Ole Christian Veiby |
All | [15] | |||
| Gustav Bergström |
17 | Gustav Bergström |
All | [15] | ||
| SEAT |  ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport |
SEAT Ibiza RX1e | 77 | René Münnich |
1–10 | [16] |
| 92 | Anton Marklund |
11 | [17] |
RX2e
| Constructor | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QEV Technologies |  Patrick O'Donovan |
ZEROID X1[18] | 00 | Patrick O'Donovan[b] |
All | [19] |
| Catie Munnings |
3 | Catie Munnings |
1 | [20] | ||
 QEV Motorsport |
5 | Pablo Suárez |
All | [19] | ||
| 7 | Carlos Checa Carrera |
5 | [21] | |||
| 23 | Nick Heidfeld |
5 | [21] | |||
| 26 |  Roberts Vitols |
3 | [22] | |||
| 28 | Filip Thorén |
1, 3 | [19] | |||
| 34 |  Lance Woolridge |
2 | [23] | |||
| Aksel Lund Svindal |
9 | Aksel Lund Svindal |
2 | [23] | ||
| Escuderia Mollerussa |
12 | Pepe Arqué |
5 | [21] | ||
 Bert Vranckx |
13 | Viktor Vranckx |
All | [23] | ||
| Kristoffersson Motorsport |
14 | Nils Andersson |
All | [24] | ||
| Acciona Sainz XE Team |
44 | Laia Sanz |
1–2, 5 | [19] | ||
| Mark Flaherty |
77 | Mark Flaherty |
1–2 | [19] | ||
| Isak Sjökvist |
82 | Isak Sjökvist |
All | [19] | ||
 ACA Esport |
97 | Raul Ferre |
All | [19] |
Championship standings
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
| Pos. | Driver | NOR |
LVA |
PRT |
BEL |
CAT |
DEU |
Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 183 |
| 2 | Timmy Hansen |
2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 136 |
| 3 | Niclas Grönholm |
5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 130 |
| 4 | Ole Christian Veiby |
3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 124 |
| 5 | Kevin Hansen |
7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 122 |
| 6 | Gustav Bergström |
6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 107 |
| 7 | Klara Andersson |
4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 102 |
| 8 | René Münnich |
8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 78 | |
| 9 | Anton Marklund |
8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 10 | Guerlain Chicherit |
9 | 7 | |||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | NOR |
LVA |
PRT |
BEL |
CAT |
DEU |
Points | ||||
RX1e Team's Championship
| Pos. | Driver | No. | NOR |
LVA |
PRT |
BEL |
CAT |
DEU |
Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristoffersson Motorsport |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 306 |
| 52 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Hansen World RX Team |
21 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 259 |
| 71 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Construction Equipment Dealer Team |
12 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 232 |
| 68 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Pos. | Driver | NOR |
LVA |
PRT |
BEL |
CAT |
DEU |
Points | |||||
RX2e Driver's Championship
| Pos. | Driver | SWE |
NOR |
LVA |
BEL |
CAT |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Vranckx |
1 | 1[c] | 3 | 2 | 2 | 83 |
| 2 | Isak Sjökvist |
3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 73 |
| 3 | Nils Andersson |
2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 65 |
| 4 | Patrick O'Donovan |
9[d] | 6[e] | 1 | 1 | 7 | 60 |
| 5 | Raul Ferre |
4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 58 |
| 6 | Pablo Suárez |
5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 56 |
| 7 | Filip Thorén |
6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | ||
| 8 | Laia Sanz |
7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | ||
| 9 | Roberts Vitols |
4 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Mark Flaherty |
10[f] | 10 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Pepe Arqué |
6 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | Lance Woolridge |
7 | 9 | ||||
| 13 | Catie Munnings |
8 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Aksel Lund Svindal |
9 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | Carlos Checa Carrera |
9 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld |
10 | 6 | ||||
| Pos. | Driver | SWE |
NOR |
LVA |
BEL |
CAT |
Points |
Notes
- Patrick O'Donovan is an Irish driver competing under a British license.
- Viktor Vranckx was penalized 2 championship points.
- Patrick O'Donovan was penalized 1 championship point.
- Patrick O'Donovan was penalized 5 championship points.
- Mark Flaherty was penalized 1 championship point.