2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship explained

The 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy^[1] was the first edition of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 3 May with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season came to end on 23 November, at San Luis, Argentina.^[2]

Calendar

	Event	Dates	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1		3–4 May	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre	Supercar	Petter Solberg	PSRX	Report
	RX Lites			Sebastian Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
2		24–25 May	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton	Supercar	Andreas Bakkerud	Ford Olsbergs MSE	Report
	RX Lites			Mitchell DeJong	Olsbergs MSE
3		14–15 June			Supercar			Report
4		28–29 June	Tykkimäki, Kouvola	Supercar	Tanner Foust	Marklund Motorsport	Report
	RX Lites			Kevin Hansen	Hansen Junior Team
5		5–6 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
	RX Lites			Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
6			12–13 July		Supercar			Report
7		7–8 August		Supercar			Report
8		6–7 September		Supercar	Petter Solberg		Report
9			20–21 September		Supercar	Petter Solberg		Report
10		27–28 September	Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Report
	RX Lites			Daniel Holten	Olsbergs MSE
11		11–12 October	Istanbul Park, Tuzla	Supercar	Andreas Bakkerud	Ford Olsbergs MSE	Report
	RX Lites			Sebastian Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
12		28–29 November		Supercar	Petter Solberg		Report

Teams and drivers

Permanent entries^[3]
Constructor	Entrant	Car		Driver	Rounds^[4]
Citroën	PSRX^[5]	Citroën DS3	11	Petter Solberg^[6]	All
			12	Alexander Hvaal^[7]	1–5
			95	Simone Romagna	8–10
			97	Sten Oja	7, 11
			107	Manfred Stohl	12
	Monster Energy World RX		27	Davy Jeanney^[8]	5–10
			33	Liam Doran^[9]	1–6, 12
			44	Krzysztof Skorupski	1–4
			88	Henning Solberg	7–12
			133	Lars Øivind Enerberg	11
	LD Motorsports World RX^[10]		66	Derek Tohill	All
Ford	Ford Olsbergs MSE^[11]	Ford Fiesta ST	13	Andreas Bakkerud^[12]	All
			15	Reinis Nitišs	All
	Now or Never^[13]		21	Bohdan Ludwiczak^[14]	1-2, 8-12
	JJ Racing^[15]	Ford Focus	54	Jos Jansen	All
Peugeot	Team Peugeot-Hansen^[16]	Peugeot 208 T16	1	Timur Timerzyanov^[17]	All
			3	Timmy Hansen^[18]	All
	Albatec Racing^[19]	Peugeot 208	2	Oliver O'Donovan	12
			25	Jacques Villeneuve	1, 3–7, 10
			26	Andy Scott	1–2, 6–12
			27	Davy Jeanney	2
			47	Ramona Karlsson	9
			81	David Binks	8
			122	Marc Scott	11
Volkswagen	Marklund Motorsport^[20] ^[21]	Volkswagen Polo	57	Toomas Heikkinen	All
			92	Anton Marklund	All
Entries ineligible to score team points Constructor Entrant Car Driver Rounds Audi Larsson Jernberg Motorsport Audi A1 4 Robin Larsson 2-3, 5-6, 9–10 EKS RX Audi S1 5 Pontus Tidemand 3–6, 8-10 10 Mattias Ekström 3, 5, 9 79 Edward Sandström 6, 8, 10–11 80 Markus Winkelhock 4 100 Per-Gunnar Andersson 11 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 49 René Münnich 5, 9–10 Citroën Alexandre Theuil Citroën DS3 6 Alexandre Theuil 1–2, 6, 8–10 Öhman Racing 7 Emil Öhman 2–3, 6, 9–10 17 Mats Öhman 2–3, 9 Eric Färén 40 Eric Färén 2, 5 LD Motorsports 58 Riku Tahko 4 Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier 84 "Knapick" 8 85 Riku Tahko 8 Christophe Wilt Citroën C4 28 Christophe Wilt 8 Morten Bergminrud 30 Morten Bergminrud 3, 9–10 TT Motorsport 63 Roman Stepanenko 5, 10 Stian Haugan 64 Stian Haugan 5 Marc Laboulle 71 Marc Laboulle 8 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 87 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 8 Nabil Karam Citroën Xsara 89 Nabil Karam 8 Ford Oliver O'Donovan Ford Focus 2 Oliver O'Donovan 2, 8 Koen Pauwels 22 Koen Pauwels 1–3, 6, 8–9 Stein Egil Jenssen 36 Stein Egil Jenssen 3, 9 Joaquim Santos 41 Joaquim Santos 1 Ludvig Hunsbedt 42 Ludvig Hunsbedt 5 Christian Giarolo 46 Christian Giarolo 10 Fredrik Tiger 65 Fredrik Tiger 5 ACN Buxtehude 86 Jörg Jockel 9 Pascal Le Nouvel 98 Pascal Le Nouvel 8 Teemu Patsi Ford Fiesta ST 23 Teemu Patsi 4–5 Tore Kristoffersen 31 Tore Kristoffersen 3, 5, 10 Czech National Team 37 Pavel Koutný 2–3, 6, 10 Åke Holtet 39 Åke Holtet 5 Atro Määttä 45 Atro Määttä 4 Kevin Procter 50 Kevin Procter 8 Julian Godfrey 51 Julian Godfrey 2 Silvo Viitanen 56 Silvo Viitanen 4 Reinsalu Sport 61 Valdur Reinsalu 4 62 Andri Õun 4 OTRT 70 Patrick van Mechelen 6 Olsbergs MSE 73 Daniel Holten 3, 5 77 Andrew Jordan^[22] 2 93 Sebastian Eriksson 5 94 Joni Wiman 7 111 Richard Göransson 10–11 125 Gigi Galli 10 196 Kevin Eriksson 12 Erwin Untersalmberger 103 Erwin Untersalmberger 10 Hoonigan Racing Division 43 Ken Block 3, 8 Hyundai Frode Holte Hyundai i20 14 Frode Holte 2–3, 5, 9 Peugeot Pailler Compétition Peugeot 208 18 Jonathan Pailler 8 19 Jean-Luc Pailler 2 20 Fabien Pailler 2, 8 Gaëtan Sérazin 55 Gaëtan Sérazin 8 Patrick Guillerme 83 Patrick Guillerme 8 Rodolphe Audran Peugeot 207 72 Rodolphe Audran 8 Laurent Bouliou 78 Laurent Bouliou 8 Renault Ole Håbjørg Renault Clio 35 Ole Håbjørg 3, 5, 9 Helmia Motorsport 48 Lukas Walfridson 2–3, 5–6, 9–10 99 Tord Linnerud 2–3, 5–6, 9–10 Jérôme Grosset-Janin 74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin 2–3, 6, 8–10 Martial Barbette Renault Mégane 75 Martial Barbette 8 Saab Per Eklund Motorsport Saab 9-3 47 Ramona Karlsson 1–3, 5 88 Henning Solberg 2–3, 5-6 101 Per Eklund 9 105 Linus Westman 10 SEAT Dennis Rømer SEAT Córdoba 29 Dennis Rømer 9 Škoda Hedström Motorsport Škoda Fabia 8 Peter Hedström 2–3, 5–6, 9–10 60 Joni-Pekka Rajala 4–5 Bernd Schomaker 38 Bernd Schomaker 9 ARP-Motorsport Oy 59 Aki Karttunen 4 Ronny Scheveneels 68 Ronny Scheveneels 6 Per-Gunnar Andersson 100 Per-Gunnar Andersson 9 Racing-Com 102 Tamás Kárai 10 Nyirad Motorsport 104 Attila Mozer 10 Miguel Baldoni 106 Miguel Baldoni 12 Subaru Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STi 96 Sverre Isachsen 7 Volkswagen De Bokkenrijders VW Scirocco 9 Michaël De Keersmaecker 6 OTRT 69 Jochen Coox 2, 9 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 34 Tanner Foust 2, 4, 7 67 François Duval 6 82 Patrick Carpentier 7 90 Ronny Wechselberger 9 Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS 52 Ole Christian Veiby 5–6 53 Johan Kristoffersson 5–6, 9–10 Volvo HTB Racing Volvo C30 24 Tommy Rustad 2–3, 5-6, 9–10 Ole Kristian Nøttveit 32 Ole Kristian Nøttveit 3 DWC Racing 91 Guttorm Lindefjell 9

Results and standings

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

(key)

	Driver	POR	GBR	NOR	FIN	SWE	BEL	CAN	FRA	GER	ITA	TUR	ARG	Points^[23]
1	Petter Solberg	1	6	2	10	3	3	1	1	1	3	6	1	267
2	Toomas Heikkinen	4	4	7	7	8	1	5	10	5	8	3	5	221
3	Reinis Nitišs	3	7	1	3	4	8	4	2	16	11	7	2	210
4	Timmy Hansen	8	11	6	9	11	2	7	3	6	1	2	4	199
5	Andreas Bakkerud	2	1	11	2	2	29	8	9	11	6	1	6	193
6	Anton Marklund	5	12	8	5	14	4	2	8	17	6	4	7	173
7	Timur Timerzyanov	7	29	4	11	7	7	3	6	7	4	8	8	152
8	Pontus Tidemand			13	13	10	5		5	4	13			84
9	Robin Larsson		2	20		34	6			3	10			76
10	Henning Solberg		9	5		13	15	11	24	15	9	5	15	70
11	Mattias Ekström			19		1				2				55
12	Andy Scott	13	10				20	12	12	31	24	11	9	46
13	Tanner Foust		5		1			18				DNP		42
14	Derek Tohill	10	24	25	8	29	24	14	20	20	20	10	13	35
15	Johan Kristoffersson					20	DSQ			8	5			33
16	Ken Block			3					4			DNP		32
17	Davy Jeanney		25			23	11	10	13	23	15			27
17=	Jérôme Grosset-Janin		8	24			17		7	14	31			27
19	Richard Göransson										2	9		26
20	Peter Hedström		32	12		19	9				23			24
20=				9		9								24
22	Kevin Eriksson												3	20
22=	Sebastian Eriksson					6								20
24	Krzysztof Skorupski	18	27	18	4									19
25	Andrew Jordan		3											17
25=	Koen Pauwels	6	14	32			21		29	24				17
27	Alexander Hvaal	9	17	23	14	15								14
27=	Emil Öhman		18	10			13				16			14
27=	Tommy Rustad		21	16		18	22			9	14			14
30	Joni-Pekka Rajala				6	22								13
30=	Patrick Carpentier							6						13
30=	Joni Wiman							9						13
33	Jos Jansen	12	23	27	18	36	28	15	25	29	35	16	14	12
34	Manfred Stohl												10	9
34=	Edward Sandström						12		14		12			9
34=	Gigi Galli									12				9
37	Ramona Karlsson	11	30	30		26								8
37=	Jacques Villeneuve	17		14	16	17	14	16			18			8
37=	Per-Gunnar Andersson									13		13		8
37=	Miguel Baldoni												12	8
37=	Oliver O'Donovan		37										11	8
42	Sverre Isachsen							13						7
42=	Gaëtan Sérazin								12					7
42=	Frode Holte		36	22		24				12				7
45	Fabien Pailler		13						18					5
46	Joaquim Santos	14												3
46=	Alexandre Theuil	16	15				23		31	41	17			3
46=	Bohdan Ludwiczak	15	34						37	36	32	17	16	3
46=	Marc Scott											14		3
46=	Lukas Walfridson		16	15		28	27				36			3
51	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg								15					2
51=	Lars Øivind Enerberg											15		2
51=	Liam Doran	19	20	DSQ	12	5	10						17	2
51=	Aki Karttunen				15									2
55	Eric Färén		22			16								1
55=	François Duval						16							1
57	Riku Tahko				17									0
57=	Ole Christian Veiby					21	18							0
57=	Pavel Koutný		19	26			26				26			0
57=	Andri Õun				19									0
57=	Teemu Pätsi				20	30								0
57=	Atro Määttä				21									0
57=	Ole Kristian Nøttveit			21										0
57=	Silvo Viitanen				22									0
57=	Valdur Reinsalu				23									0
57=	Markus Winkelhock				24									0
57=	Stian Haugan					25								0
57=	Michaël De Keersmaecker						25							0
57=	Tore Kristoffersen			34		27					34			0
57=	Julian Godfrey		28											0
57=	Morten Bergminrud			28							22			0
57=	Stein Egil Jenssen			29										0
57=	Jochen Coox		31											0
57=	Fredrik Tiger					31								0
57=	Patrick Van Mechelen						30							0
57=	Mats Öhman		33	31						29				0
57=	Ole Håbjørg			33		32								0
57=	Ronny Scheveneels						31							0
57=	Roman Stepanenko					33					37			0
57=	Jean-Luc Pailler		35											0
57=	René Münnich					35					25			0
57=	Ludvig Hunsbedt					37								0
57=	Åke Holtet					38								0
84	Sten Oja							17				18		-5
85	Tord Linnerud		26	17		12	19			25	21			-9
	Driver	POR	GBR	NOR	FIN	SWE	BEL	CAN	FRA	GER	ITA	TUR	ARG	Points

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

	Driver		POR	GBR	NOR	FIN	SWE	BEL	CAN	FRA	GER	ITA	TUR	ARG	Points
1	Ford Olsbergs MSE	13	2	1	12	2	2	30	8	9	11	6	1	6	409
		15	3	7	1	3	4	9	4	2	16	11	7	2
2	Marklund Motorsport	57	4	4	8	7	8	1	5	10	5	8	3	5	394
		92	5	12	9	5	14	5	2	8	17	6	4	7
3	Team Peugeot-Hansen	1	7	29	4	11	7	8	3	6	7	4	8	8	351
		3	8	11	6	9	11	2	7	3	6	1	2	4
4	PSRX	11	1	6	2	10	3	4	1	1	1	3	6	1	281
		12	9	17	23	14	15
		97							17
5	Monster Energy World RX	27					23	11	10						83
		33	19	20	7	12	5	10
		44	18	27	19	4
		88							11			9
6	Albatec Racing	25	13	10				21	16			18			25
		26	17		15	16	17	15	12			24
		27		25								15

See also

• FIA European Rallycross Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – FORD OMSE ENTER WORLD RALLYCROSS.. rallycrossrx.com. 16 March 2014.
2. Web site: Calendar FIA World Rallycross, Rallycrossrx, Dates. . 2013-12-31 . 2013-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233608/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/calendar . dead .
3. Web site: Permanent World RX Drivers Confirmed. rallycrossworld.com. 23 April 2014.
4. Web site: Montalegre RX entry list. FIA.com. 29 April 2014.
5. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – POSITIVE REACTION TO THE FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP.. rallycrossrx.com. 16 March 2014. 31 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131231052322/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8276/positive-reaction-to-the-fia. dead.
6. Web site: Petter Solberg stays in rallycross for 2014 world championship - Rallycross news - AUTOSPORT.com. autosport.com. 16 March 2014.
7. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – HVAAL JOINS SOLBERG FOR WORLD RX.. rallycrossrx.com. 16 March 2014. 15 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140215004655/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8281/hvaal-joins-solberg-for-world. dead.
8. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – 40 SUPERCARS ENTERED FOR #HOLJESRX. rallycrossrx.com. 24 June 2014. 26 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140626052753/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8438/40-supercars-entered-for-#holjesrx. dead.
9. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – DORAN SETS PLANS FOR 2014 WORLD RX.. rallycrossrx.com. 16 March 2014. 1 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201141146/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8255/doran-sets-plans-for-2014. dead.
10. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – LD MOTORSPORTS SIGNS TOHILL AND SKORUPSKI FOR 2014. rallycrossrx.com. 27 March 2014. 3 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140403205213/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8338/ld-motorsports-signs-tohill-and. dead.
11. Web site: Andreas Bakkerud. RallycrossRX. 19 April 2014. 16 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416221204/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/driver/14/andreas_bakkerud. dead.
12. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – FORD OMSE ENTER WORLD RALLYCROSS.. rallycrossrx.com. 16 March 2014. 3 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140403233515/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8295/ford-omse-enter-world-rallycross. dead.
13. Web site: Bohdan Ludwiczak. RallycrossRX. 19 April 2014.
14. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – Poland's Ludwiczak enters World RX.. rallycrossrx.com. 16 April 2014. 16 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416174438/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8349/polands-ludwiczak-enters-world-rx. dead.
15. Web site: Jos Jansen. RallycrossRX. 19 April 2014. 19 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140419014952/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/driver/24/jos__jansen. dead.
16. Web site: Team Peugeot-Hansen for World Rallycross | RallycrossWorld.com. rallycrossworld.com. 16 March 2014.
17. Web site: Rallycross RX official website – Driver Profile. rallycrossrx.com/. 18 April 2014. 28 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140428200747/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/driver/2/timur_timerzyanov. dead.
18. Web site: Seven days in rallycross. rallycrossworld.com. 16 April 2014.
19. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – FORMER F1 CHAMPION VILLENEUVE COMMITS TO WORLD RX.. rallycrossrx.com. 16 March 2014. 5 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140305065107/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8310/former-f1-champion-villeneuve-commits. dead.
20. Web site: FIA World Rallycross News – HEIKKINEN TO LEAD MARKLUND MOTORSPORT IN WORLD RX.. rallycrossrx.com. 16 March 2014. 1 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201141157/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8288/heikkinen-to-lead-marklund-motorsport. dead.
21. Web site: Teams. rallycrossrx.com. 4 April 2014. 4 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140504191112/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/team. dead.
22. Web site: Bristow. Matt. Andrew Jordan to make FIA World Rallycross debut at Lydden. theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. 2 June 2015.
23. Web site: 2014 Classifications Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . 2014-08-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141001004759/http://www.fia.com/championship/world-rallycross-championship/2014/2014-classifications . 2014-10-01 .