2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship season

2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship season
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The 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy is the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of thirteen rounds and will start on 25 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season will end on 29 November, at Córdoba, Argentina.[1]

Teams and drivers

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Audi Sweden Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Audi A1 4 Sweden Robin Larsson[2] 1-3
Germany Münnich Motorsport[2] Audi S3 55 Germany René Münnich 1-3
77 Sweden Alx Danielsson 1-3
Sweden EKS RX[2] Audi S1 10 Sweden Mattias Ekström 1, 3
92 Sweden Anton Marklund 1-3
5 Sweden Edward Sandström 2
Citroën Norway SDRX[2] Citroën DS3 RX 1 Norway Petter Solberg[2] 1-3
33 United Kingdom Liam Doran 1-3
Portugal Compincar Racing Team 76 Portugal Mario Barbosa 1
France Jean Baptiste Dubourg Citroën C4 87 France Jean Baptiste Dubourg 1, 3
Ford Sweden OlsbergsMSE[2] Ford Fiesta ST 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 1-3
15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs 1-3
42 Russia Timur Timerzyanov 1-3
Austria World RX Team Austria[2] 31 Austria Max Pucher 1-3
7 Austria Manfred Stohl 1-3
Republic of Ireland Ollie O’Donovan 2 Republic of Ireland Ollie O’Donovan 3
Belgium Koen Pauwels Ford Focus 22 Belgium Koen Pauwels 2-3
Portugal Bompiso Racing Team 41 Portugal Joaquim Santos 1
Belgium François Duval TBA Belgium François Duval 3
Hyundai Norway Frode Holte Motorsport Hyundai i20 TBA Norway Frode Holte 3
Mini United Kingdom JRM Racing[3] Mini Countryman RX 39 United States Danny Way 2
40 United States Dave Mirra 2
Finland #MINISUOMI 58 Finland Riku Tahko 3
Peugeot Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen[2] Peugeot 208 RX 17 Sweden Timmy Hansen[4] 1-3
21 France Davy Jeanney[5] 1-3
TBA Latvia Jānis Baumanis 4, 8, 11
France Pailler Compétition 18 France Jonathan Pailler 3
20 France Fabien Pailler 3
United Kingdom Albatec Racing 27 United Kingdom James Grint 3
74 France Jerome Grosset-Janin 3
Saab Sweden Eklund Motorsport Saab 93 Aero 60 Finland Joni-Pekka Rajala 3
TBA Norway Henning Solberg 3
Škoda Sweden Peter Hedström Škoda Fabia 8 Sweden Peter Hedström 3
Hungary Racing-com KFT TBA Hungary Tamas Karai 3
Volkswagen Sweden Marklund Motorsport[2] Volkswagen Polo 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen 1-3
45 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 1-3
34 United States Tanner Foust 2
Sweden HTB Racing - Marklund Motorsport 24 Norway Tommy Rustad 3
Sweden Volkswagen Team Sweden[2] 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 1-3
99 Norway Tord Linnerud 1-3
TBA Norway Ole Christian Veiby 3
Sweden RamonaRX Volkswagen Scirocco 47 Sweden Ramona Karlsson 3
Belgium Ronny Scheveneels TBA Belgium Ronny Scheveneels 3
Volvo Norway Circlex Volvo C30 TBA Norway Ole-Kristian Nottveit 3
Key
Regular competitor
Wildcard competitor

Calendar

On 20 February 2015 it was announced that the series would support the opening round of the 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season, at Hockenheim.[6]

Round Event Venue Dates Report
1 Portugal World RX of Portugal Pista Automóvel de Montalegre 25 – 26 April report
2 Germany World RX of Hockenheim Hockenheimring 1 – 3 May report
3 Belgium World RX of Belgium Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet 16 – 17 May report
4 United Kingdom World RX of Great Britain Lydden Hill Race Circuit 21 – 24 May report
5 Germany World RX of Germany Estering 20 – 21 June report
6 Sweden World RX of Sweden Höljesbanan 4 – 5 July report
7 Canada World RX of Canada Circuit Trois-Rivières 7 – 8 August report
8 Norway World RX of Norway Lånkebanen 22 – 23 August report
9 France World RX of France Circuit de Lohéac 5 – 6 September report
10 Spain World RX of Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 19 – 20 September report
11 Turkey World RX of Turkey Istanbul Park 3 – 4 October report
12 Italy World RX of Italy Franciacorta International Circuit 17 – 18 October report
13 Argentina World RX of Argentina Autodromo Rosendo Hernandez 28 – 29 November report
  Event of FIA ERX (including Supercars)
  Event of FIA ERX (except Supercars)

Championship Standings

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver POR
Portugal		 HOC
Germany		 BEL
Belgium		 GBR
United Kingdom		 GER
Germany		 SWE
Sweden		 CAN
Canada		 NOR
Norway		 FRA
France		 ESP
Spain		 TUR
Turkey		 ITA
Italy		 ARG
Argentina		 Points[7]
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 1 27
= Norway Petter Solberg 2 27
3 Sweden Timmy Hansen 3 24
4 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 4 21
5 France Davy Jeanney 5 16
6 Sweden Mattias Ekström 6 15
= Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 7 15
8 Finland Toomas Heikkinen 8 14
9 Sweden Robin Larsson 9 9
= Russia Timur Timerzyanov 10 9
11 Latvia Reinis Nitišs 11 8
12 Austria Manfred Stohl 12 6
13 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 13 4
14 Portugal Mario Barbosa 14 3
15 United Kingdom Liam Doran 15 2
16 Norway Tord Linnerud 16 1
17 Sweden Anton Marklund 17 0
= Portugal Joaquim Santos 18 0
= Austria Max Pucher 19 0
= Germany René Münnich 20 0
= Sweden Alx Danielsson 21 0

References

  1. ↑ "2015_calendar". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "2015 World RX boasts increased teams entry". FIA World Rallycross Championship (IMG). 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "JRM Racing commits to FIA World Rallycross Championship". FIA World Rallycross Championship (IMG). 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "WORLD RX SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH DTM FOR HOCKENHEIM". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. ↑ http://www.fia.com/championship/world-rallycross-championship/2014/2014-classifications

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