| Reinis Nitišs | |
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_(33704019906).jpg) Nitišs at the2017 World RX of Barcelona | |
| Nationality |  Latvian |
| Born | (1995-12-16)16 December 1995 (age 30) Jēkabpils, Latvia |
| FIA ERX Supercar Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2018 |
| Current team | Set Promotion |
| Starts | 5 |
| Championships | 1 (2018) |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| FIA World Rallycross Championship | |
| Years active | 2014–2017,2019-2020 |
| Former teams | Olsbergs MSE Münnich Motorsport EKS RX GRX SET ESmotorsport-Eigesa WRX Team |
| Starts | 53 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 8 |
| Best finish | 3rd in2014 |
| FIA ERX Super1600 Championship | |
| Years active | 2012–2013 |
| Former teams | Set Promotion SKN Sports |
| Starts | 14 |
| Championships | 1 (2013) |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 8 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2013 2012 2011 2011 2009 2009 | European Rallycross Championship (Super1600) NEZ Rallycross Championship Estonian Rallycross Championship Baltic Rallycross Championship Latvian Karting Championship Baltic Karting Championship |
Reinis Nitišs (born 16 December 1995) is arallycross driver fromJēkabpils,Latvia. He is the winner of the Super1600 division in theEuropean Rallycross Championship in 2013 and is the youngest event winner inFIA World Rallycross Championship history.
Nitišs started racing go-karts at the age of seven and was quickly successful having won multiple Latvian national titles and the Baltic series by 13. He moved into rallycross and dominated the Baltic and NEZ championships before moving into the European Super1600 category in 2012. The 2013 season brought about a very successful period in which he won 6 out of 9 events on his way to the title.[1]
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In 2014 he debuted in theFIA World Rallycross Championship Supercar category, driving aFord Fiesta forOlsbergs MSE (OMSE) alongsideAndreas Bakkerud.[2] His career started promisingly, with a semi-final win and ultimately a podium finish in hisfirst race, followed by qualification for the final in hissecond - which he later failed to take part in due to engine failure. His third event inNorway brought his first and so far only win in World Rallycross. A further three podiums and points finishes in every round cemented third place in the standings at seasons' end behindPetter Solberg andToomas Heikkinen.
Despite staying with OMSE, 2015 was a much tougher year for Nitišs - the highlights being second inHockenheim and third inBelgium. He failed to qualify for the semi-finals twice and despite once again finishing every round in the points he finished seventh in the standings compared to Bakkerud in fourth with over two events worth of points in hand.
For 2016, Nitišs switched to German outfitMünnich Motorsport and their brand newSEAT Ibiza Supercar.[3] The first half of the season was challenging for him, with the new car's unreliability restricting him to two semi-final appearances. Following the initial struggle, Nitišs ultimately quit the team effective after theFrench round, despite reaching the final there.[4]
He returned to OMSE for three of the final four rounds, skippingGermany to allow the team to give RX Lites title winnerCyril Raymond a run in a Supercar.[5] He made the semi-finals twice, at his inaugural home round inLatvia as well asArgentina.
On 20 February 2017, it was announced that Nitišs would move to reigning championsAudi Sport EKS RX for the2017 season. The move will see the Latvian driving a third car which, under the current rules, is ineligible to score teams' championship points.[6]
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| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SKN Sports | Peugeot 206 | DEN 2 | NOR 1 | LTU1 1 | LTU2 4 | 1st | 70[7] |
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| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SKN Sports | Peugeot 206 | GBR | FRA | AUT | HUN | NOR | SWE (16) | BEL 16 | NED 14 | FIN 12 | GER 15 | 23rd | 11 |
| 2013 | SET Promotion | Renault Clio | GBR 6 | POR 4 | HUN 1 | FIN 1 | NOR 1 | SWE 2 | FRA 1 | AUT 1 | GER 1 | 1st | 227 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Set Promotion | Ford Fiesta | BAR 1 | BEL 2 | SWE 1 | FRA 6 | LAT 1 | 1st | 135 |
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| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WRX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Ford Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | POR 3 | GBR 7 | NOR 1 | FIN 3 | SWE 4 | BEL 8 | CAN 4 | FRA 2 | GER 16 | ITA 11 | TUR 7 | ARG 2 | 3rd | 210 | |
| 2015 | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | POR 11 | HOC 2 | BEL 3 | GBR 5 | GER 7 | SWE 5 | CAN 9 | NOR 7 | FRA 16 | BAR 9 | TUR 7 | ITA 9 | ARG 14 | 7th | 167 |
| 2016 | all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | POR 15 | HOC 13 | BEL 12 | GBR 21 | NOR 12 | SWE 18 | CAN 13 | FRA 5 | 16th | 44 | |||||
| Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | BAR 13 | LAT 11 | GER | ARG 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | EKS RX | Audi S1 | BAR 10 | POR 5 | HOC 12 | BEL 13 | GBR 16 | NOR 10 | SWE 18 | CAN 16 | FRA 12 | LAT 11 | GER 12 | RSA 18 | 14th | 71 | |
| 2019 | GRX SET | Hyundai i20 | ABU 11 | BAR | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE 3 | CAN | FRA | LAT 8 | RSA | 14th | 40 | |||
| 2020 | ESmotorsport-Eigesa WRX Team | Škoda Fabia | SWE | SWE | FIN | FIN | LAT 11 | LAT 13 | ESP | ESP | 19th | 12 |
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| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | GRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Olsbergs MSE | Lites Ford Fiesta | BRA | MUN1 | MUN2 | LOU | BRI | IRW 5 | ATL 6 | CHA | LV | 10th | 23 |
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| Preceded by | European Rallycross Super1600 Champion 2013 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | European Rallycross Supercar Champion 2018 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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