The2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented byMonster Energy was the fifth season of theFIA World Rallycross Championship anauto racing championship recognised by theFédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of internationalrallycross .
Johan Kristoffersson won the Drivers' Championship for the second season running during the World RX of the United States.[ 1]
The 2018 championship was contested over twelve rounds inEurope ,Africa andNorth America .
Rnd. Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report 1 World RX of Barcelona 14–16 April Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ,Montmeló Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report 2 World RX of Portugal 28–29 April Pista Automóvel de Montalegre ,Montalegre Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report 3 World RX of Belgium 12–13 May Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet ,Mettet Supercar Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Report RX2 Ben-Philip Gundersen JC Raceteknik 4 World RX of Great Britain 25–27 May Silverstone Circuit ,Silverstone Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE 5 World RX of Norway 9–10 June Lånkebanen ,Hell Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report RX2 Guillaume De Ridder Olsbergs MSE 6 World RX of Sweden 30 June–1 July Höljesbanan ,Höljes Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report RX2 Guillaume De Ridder Olsbergs MSE 7 World RX of Canada 4–5 August Circuit Trois-Rivières ,Trois-Rivières Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE 8 Bretagne World RX of France 1–2 September Circuit de Lohéac ,Lohéac Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report RX2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE 9 Neste World RX of Latvia 15–16 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze ,Riga Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report 10 World RX of the United States 29–30 September Circuit of the Americas ,Austin Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report 11 World RX of Germany 13–14 October Estering ,Buxtehude Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report 12 Gumtree World RX of South Africa 24–25 November Killarney Motor Racing Complex ,Cape Town Supercar Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Report RX2 Ben-Philip Gundersen JC Raceteknik
The permanent entrants of the 2018 Supercar season Johan Kristoffersson won his second successive Drivers' ChampionshipAndreas Bakkerud left the departingHoonigan Racing Division to joinMattias Ekström 'sEKS RX GC Kompetition entered the championship, fielding twoRenault Méganes built byProdrive GRX Taneco also entered, using two ex-WRC Hyundai i20 'sFactory Teams Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds Audi EKS Audi Sport [ 5] Audi S1 5 Mattias Ekström All 13 Andreas Bakkerud [ 6] All 51 Nico Müller 9 Peugeot Team Peugeot Total [ 7] Peugeot 208 9 Sébastien Loeb All 21 Timmy Hansen All 71 Kevin Hansen All Volkswagen PSRX Volkswagen Sweden [ 8] Volkswagen Polo R 1 Johan Kristoffersson All 11 Petter Solberg All Privateers / satellites Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds Audi Kárai Motorsport Egyesület [ 9] Audi A1 102 Tamás Kárai 4 Comtoyou Racing [ 10] Audi S1 67 François Duval 3 BMW Oliver Bennett BMW MINI Cooper 42 Oliver Bennett 1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 11-12 Citroën Mário Barbosa Citroën DS3 75 Mário Barbosa 2 Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier 84 "Knapick" 1, 4, 8 Ford Team STARD [ 11] Ford Fiesta 6 Jānis Baumanis All 58 Qinghua Ma [ 9] 4 60 Joni-Pekka Rajala [ 12] 5 Oliver O'Donovan 2 Oliver O'Donovan 8 MJP Racing Team Austria [ 12] [ 13] 31 Max Pucher5 32 Alexander Wurz 5, 9 57 Toomas Heikkinen 8-9 177 Andrew Jordan 4, 8 Olsbergs MSE [ 14] Ford Fiesta ST 4 Robin Larsson All 96 Kevin Eriksson All Bompiso Racing Team Ford Focus 41 Joaquim Santos 2 Hyundai GRX Taneco Team [ 15] Hyundai i20 7 Timur Timerzyanov All 68 Niclas Grönholm All Peugeot Sébastien Loeb Racing [ 16] Peugeot 208 66 Grégoire Demoustier 1 [ 17] All Mark Higgins [ 9] 134 Mark Higgins 4 Davy Jeanney 17 Davy Jeanney 8 Emmanuel Anne 29 Emmanuel Anne 8 Gaëten Serazin 62 Gaëten Serzain 8 Cyril Raymond 113 Cyril Raymond11 Renault GC Kompetition [ 18] Renault Mégane R.S. 33 Liam Doran 8-9, 11 36 Guerlain Chicherit All 74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin 1-7 92 Anton Marklund 10-12 SEAT Münnich Motorsport [ 19] SEAT Ibiza 44 Timo Scheider 6, 8-9, 12 77 René Münnich 5, 11-12 Volkswagen Marklund Motorsport [ 20] Volkswagen Polo 24 Tommy Rustad 4-5, 8 92 Anton Marklund 4-5 Kjetil Larsen [ 12] 64 Kjetil Larsen 5, 11
Drivers with a green background are ineligible to score points towards the Championship for Teams.
2 Despite having been born inAndorra ,Albert Llovera is recognised by theRX2 International Series and by extension, theFIA World Rallycross Championship as a Spanish driver for the duration of the 2018 season.[ 22] [ 23]
Andreas Bakkerud left Hoonigan Racing Division to joinEKS RX .[ 25] Toomas Heikkinen andReinis Nitišs both left EKS RX.[ 26] [ 27] Nitišs will instead re-join Set Promotion, the team in which he won the Super1600 championship with in 2013, and compete in the FIA European Rallycross Championship with an M-Sport Ford Fiesta. Heikkinen also joined the team, but stepped down from driving duties, becoming Nitišs’ team manager and a driving coach for Set Promotion's Super1600 drivers.After spending a year withMJP Racing Team Austria in 2017,Kevin Eriksson returned to his father's Olsbergs MSE team alongside fellow countrymanRobin Larsson , who will make his return to World RX after a year sabbatical. Jérôme Grosset-Janin will partner team owner and driver Guerlain Chicherit, driving for the new GCK team.Double European Rallycross championTimur Timerzyanov leftSTARD to join GRX Taneco, partneringNiclas Grönholm in the new Hyundai i20. Results and standings [ edit ] World Championship points are scored as follows:
Position Round 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th Heats 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Semi-Finals 6 5 4 3 2 1 Final 8 5 4 3 2 1
A red background denotes drivers who did not advance from the round FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers [ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)
a Ekström received no points from the final as he was disqualified after crashing into Solberg. b Loss of fifteen championship points – stewards' decision c Loss of ten championship points – stewards' decision
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams [ edit ] RX2 International Series [ edit ] (key )
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