2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship explained

The 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consisted of thirteen rounds and started on 25 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 29 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.

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.^[1]

	Event	Dates	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1		25–26 April	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Sweden	Report
1	RX Lites	25–26 April	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE		Report
2		1–3 May		Supercar
3		16–17 May		Supercar			Report
4		21–24 May	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton	Supercar	Petter Solberg	S D RX	Report
4	RX Lites	21–24 May	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton	Kevin Hansen	Hansen Junior Team		Report
5		20–21 June			Supercar			Report
6		4–5 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
6	RX Lites	4–5 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	Thomas Bryntesson	TBRX		Report
7		7–8 August		Supercar			Report
8		22–23 August	Lånkebanen, Hell	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Report
8	RX Lites	22–23 August	Lånkebanen, Hell	Thomas Bryntesson	TBRX		Report
9		5–6 September		Supercar			Report
10		19–20 September	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	Supercar	Petter Solberg	S D RX	Report
10	RX Lites	19–20 September	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	Thomas Bryntesson	TBRX		Report
11		3-4 October	Istanbul Park, Tuzla	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Report
11	RX Lites	3-4 October	Istanbul Park, Tuzla	Thomas Bryntesson	TBRX		Report
- bgcolor=#DFFFDF	12		17–18 October		Supercar	Andreas Bakkerud	Olsbergs MSE	Report
RX Lites	12	Kevin Eriksson	17–18 October		Olsbergs MSE			Report
13		28–29 November	Autódromo Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe		Supercar			Report

Teams and drivers

Permanent entries^[2]

Constructor

Entrant

Car

Driver

Rounds

Audi

Larsson Jernberg Racing Team

Audi A1

Robin Larsson^[3]

All

1, 3–11, 13

1–6, 8–13

177

All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

Audi S3

1–6, 8–11

1–9, 11–13

110

12–13

S D RX

All

1–4, 6–13

Ford Fiesta ST

All

All

All

World RX Team Austria

Ford Fiesta

Manfred Stohl

All

Max Pucher

1–6, 8–12

Christoph Brugger

7–8

199

All

Timmy Hansen^[4]

All

177

2, 4, 7, 10

1–6, 8–12

All

100

Thomas Bryntesson

Volkswagen Team Sweden

Johan Kristoffersson

All

Ole Christian Veiby

6, 13

Tord Linnerud

1–12

Entries ineligible to score team points
Constructor	Entrant	Car		Driver	Rounds
Citroën	JC Race Teknik	Citroën DS3 RX	28	Alexander Hvaal	6, 8, 11
	Nabil Karam		64	Nabil Karam	9
	Mário Barbosa		76	Mário Barbosa	1
	Christophe Jouet		79	Christophe Jouet	10
	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier		84	"Knapick"	9-10
	Ole Kristian Temte	Citroën C4	30	Ole Kristian Temte	6, 8
	Marc Laboulle		71	Marc Laboulle	4, 9
	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg		87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	1, 6, 9
Ford	Oliver O'Donovan	Ford Fiesta ST	2	Oliver O'Donovan	4
	Olsbergs MSE		88	Henning Solberg	8
	Olsbergs MSE		98	Kevin Hansen	13
	Niclas Grönholm		29	Niclas Grönholm	6
	Kevin Procter		50	Kevin Procter	4
	Julian Godfrey		51	Julian Godfrey	4
	Koen Pauwels	Ford Focus	22	Koen Pauwels	2
	Bompiso Racing Team		41	Joaquim Santos	1
	Mark Flaherty		49	Mark Flaherty	10
	Ecurie Bayard ASBL		67	François Duval	9
	CircleX		88	Henning Solberg	6
Hyundai	Frode Holte Motorsport	Hyundai i20	14	Frode Holte	6
Kia	Gigi Galli	Kia Rio	25	Gigi Galli	12
Mini	JRM Racing^[5]	Mini Countryman RX	37	Guy Wilks	4, 9
			39	Danny Way	2
			40	Dave Mirra	2
			65	Guerlain Chicherit	9, 12
			82	Patrick Carpentier	7
			147	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin	7
Peugeot	Albatec Racing		26	Andy Scott	4
			74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	9
			81	David Binks	4
			168	Yvan Muller	9
			146	Kristian Sohlberg	11
	Hansen Talent Development		90	Eric Färén	6
	Hansen Talent Development		199	Jānis Baumanis	4, 11
	Pailler Compétition		18	Jonathan Pailler	9
	Pailler Compétition		20	Fabien Pailler	9
	Gilles Franco		56	Gilles Franco	9
	Gaëtan Sérazin		62	Gaëtan Sérazin	9, 12
	Laurent Bouliou	Peugeot 207	78	Laurent Bouliou	9
Renault	Helmia Motorsport	Renault Clio	23	Stig-Olov Walfridson	6
	Helmia Motorsport		48	Lukas Walfridson	6
	Fabien Chanoine		89	Fabien Chanoine	9
	David Olivier	Renault Logan	85	David Olivier	9
Škoda	Peter Hedström	Škoda Fabia	8	Peter Hedström	6
Škoda	Racing-Com KFT	Škoda Fabia	102	Tamás Kárai	6, 9
Volkswagen	Eklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Beetle	53	Daniel Holten	6, 8
			88	Henning Solberg	10
			101	Per Eklund	6
	HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	24	Tommy Rustad	6
	Ramona RX	Volkswagen Scirocco	47	Ramona Karlsson	6
Volvo	CircleX	Volvo C30	32	Ole Kristian Nøttveit	3, 6
	CircleX	Volvo C30	91	Guttorm Lindefjell	4
	Mats Öhman	Volvo S40	46	Mats Öhman	8

Championship Standings

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

	Driver	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	GER	SWE	CAN	NOR	FRA	BAR	TUR	ITA	ARG	Points
1	Petter Solberg	2	1	2	1	2	6	8	7	2	1	8	3	3	301
2	Timmy Hansen	3	3	8	8	3	2	7	1	1	3	1	7	6	275
3	Johan Kristoffersson	1	8	7	3	4	7	11	10	4	2	3	2	13	234
4	Andreas Bakkerud	5	6	5	4	6	3	5	11	8	10	2	1	7	232
5	Davy Jeanney	4	10	9	11	1	8	1	2	11	4	5	10	8	201
=	Mattias Ekström	7		6	2	15	1	6	12	5	7	4		style='background:#dfdfdf;"	2	201
7	Reinis Nitišs	11	2	3	5	7	5	9	9	16	9	7	9	14	167
8	Robin Larsson	9	5	15	12	9	34	18	3	6	6	10	8	1	147
9	Toomas Heikkinen	8	4	1	15	13	4	2	19	7	8	14	13	9	137
10	Timur Timerzyanov	10	15	13	18	11	11	12	6	10	11	9	6	17	105
11	Manfred Stohl	12	14	11	10	8	13	10	14	21	13	13	5	12	82
12	Anton Marklund	17	20	10	14	10	25	13	8	9	15	6	4	11	78
13	Per-Gunnar Andersson	6	12	4	13	14	16		5	13		20	14		70
14	Tord Linnerud	16	11	12	9	5	21	20	15	18	12	11	11		49
15	Tanner Foust		9		16			3			5				44
16	Liam Doran	15	7	14	17		14	15	18	17	18	21	12	15	35
17	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	13					18			3					24
=	Tommy Rustad						12	4							24
19	Ole Christian Veiby						9							10	19
20	Jānis Baumanis				20							17		4	18
21	Alx Danielsson	21	16	18	29	16	20		4	15	17	19			17
22	Kevin Hansen													5	16
23	Guy Wilks				6					33					14
24	Andrew Jordan				7								21		13
25	Henning Solberg						33		13		14		15		12
26	Eric Färén						10								10
27	Gaëtan Sérazin									12			17		7
28	Edward Sandström		13												4
29	Mário Barbosa	14													3
=	Jérôme Grosset-Janin									14					3
=	Alexander Hvaal						22		16			15			3
=	Patrick Carpentier							14							3
33	Stig-Olov Walfridson						15								2
34	Kristian Sohlberg											16			1
=	Thomas Bryntesson													16	1
=	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin							16							1
=	Timo Scheider										16				1
=	Ole Kristian Nøttveit			16			28								1
=	Guerlain Chicherit												16		1
41	René Münnich	20	18	19	26	12	27	19	21	34		12	20	18	−2
	Driver	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	GER	SWE	CAN	NOR	FRA	BAR	TUR	ITA	ARG	Points

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

	Team		Drivers	Points
1	Team Peugeot-Hansen	17	Timmy Hansen	476
1	Team Peugeot-Hansen	21	Davy Jeanney	476
2	Olsbergs MSE	13	Andreas Bakkerud	399
2	Olsbergs MSE	15	Reinis Nitišs	399
3	S D RX	1	Petter Solberg	336
3	S D RX	33	Liam Doran	336
4	Volkswagen Team Sweden	3	Johan Kristoffersson	291
		52	Ole Christian Veiby
		99	Tord Linnerud
5	EKS RX	5	Edward Sandström	258
		10	Mattias Ekström
		92	Anton Marklund
		177	Andrew Jordan
6	Marklund Motorsport	34	Tanner Foust	236
		45	Per-Gunnar Andersson
		57	Toomas Heikkinen
		100	Thomas Bryntesson
7	World RX Team Austria	7	Manfred Stohl	100
		31	Max Pucher
		70	Christoph Brugger
		199	Jānis Baumanis
8	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	24	Tommy Rustad	31
		44	Timo Scheider
		55	Alx Danielsson
		77	René Münnich
		110	Gianni Morbidelli

Notes and References

Web site: WORLD RX SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH DTM FOR HOCKENHEIM. FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 20 February 2015. 24 February 2015.
News: World RX Teams presented in Barcelona. 31 August 2015. fiaworldrallycross.com. 13 April 2015. 22 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160122203526/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/8714/world-rx-teams-presented-in/. dead.
News: 2015 World RX boasts increased teams entry. 2 April 2015. 3 April 2015. FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 6 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406074608/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8707/2015-world-rx-boasts-increased. dead.
News: Pettit. Vince. Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season. 9 April 2015. theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. 9 April 2015.
News: JRM Racing commits to FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2 April 2015. 3 April 2015. FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 6 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406074618/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/article/8708/jrm-racing-commits-to-fia. dead.