Timmy Hansen Explained

Timmy Hansen
Nationality: Swedish
Birth Date:21 May 1992
Birth Place:Lidköping, Sweden
Racing Licence: FIA Platinum
Current Series:FIA World Rallycross Championship
First Year:2014
Current Team:Hansen World RX Team
Car Number:21
Former Teams:Team Peugeot-Hansen, Team Peugeot Total
Best Finish:1st
Last Finish:6th
Year:2019
Starts:105
Wins:13
Podiums:45
Related To:Kenneth Hansen (father)
Kevin Hansen (brother)
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Last Series:FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years Active:2012-2013
Former Teams:Citroën Hansen Motorsport
Best Finish:3rd
Starts:10
Wins:1
Podiums:4

Kenneth Timmy Hansen (born 21 May 1992) is a Swedish rallycross driver. He won the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship[1] in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, driving for Team Peugeot-Hansen.[2] His father is the 14-times European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen, his mother the 1994 ERA European Cup (Group N up to 1400cc) winner Susann Hansen (née Bergvall), and his brother rallycross driver Kevin Hansen.

Career start

Hansen has won the Swedish Karting Championship in 2008 and has won races in Formula BMW, Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. In April 2011 he drove his first ever rallycross event at Dreux in France with a by MTechnologies lent Citroën Xsara Supercar of Marc Laboulle, that was previously used by Davy Jeanney to claim the French 2010 championship title. In 2012 his father offered him a one-off drive in the FIA European Rallycross Championship, the Finnish ERX round at Kouvola saw him driving the 2012 X Games winning car of Sébastien Loeb to an impressive 5th place overall. After he gave up single seater racing Hansen junior started his rallycross career by taking part in the entire 2013 Euro RX series, after nine rounds finishing in 3rd place overall.

World RX

For 2014 Hansen was partnered by former European Rallycross Championship title winner Timur Timerzyanov at his father's team to enter the inaugural season of World RX.

Hansen took one win and a further three podium finishes in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship season and would finish the year with 199 points and fourth place in the championship standings while Timerzyanov finished in seventh with one podium.

For the 2015 season it was announced[3] that he would be driving alongside Davy Jeanney for the Team Peugeot-Hansen team in their new Peugeot 208 WRX. Hansen took three wins on his way to second in the championship behind Petter Solberg.

For 2016 Hansen partners with 9-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb at Hansen Motorsport. Jeanney moved to the team's second outfit Peugeot Hansen Academy, alongside Timmy's younger brother Kevin. He won a race and collected six podiums, which put him sixth in the overall standings.

Racing record

Circuit racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2009Formula BMW EuropeMücke Motorsport1600007913th
2010Formula BMW EuropeMücke Motorsport1611142403rd
Formula AbarthRP Motorsport20010325th
2011Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team141112827th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps412128816th
2012Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Interwetten.com Racing70000031st
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia200014613th

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

YearEntrantCar12345678910ERXPoints
2012Citroën Hansen MotorsportCitroën DS3GBR
FRA
AUT
HUN
NOR
SWE
BEL
NED
FIN
5
GER
24th12
2013Citroën Hansen MotorsportCitroën DS3GBR
3
POR
11
HUN
1
FIN
3
NOR
9
SWE
3
FRA
8
AUT
10
GER
13
3rd145

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar/RX1/RX1e

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WRXPoints
2014Team Peugeot-HansenPOR
8
GBR
11
NOR
6
FIN
9
SWE
11
BEL
2
CAN
7
FRA
3
GER
6
ITA
1
TUR
2
ARG
4
4th199
2015Team Peugeot-HansenPeugeot 208 WRXPOR
3
HOC
3
BEL
8
GBR
8
GER
3
SWE
2
CAN
7
NOR
1
FRA
1
BAR
3
TUR
1
ITA
7
ARG
6
2nd275
2016Team Peugeot-HansenPeugeot 208 WRXPOR
9
HOC
DSQ
BEL
7
GBR
3
NOR
2
SWE
3
CAN
1
FRA
8
BAR
2
LAT
3
GER
11
ARG
13
6th178
2017Team Peugeot-HansenBAR
5
POR
4†
HOC
3
BEL
2
GBR
6
NOR
5
SWE
4
CAN
6
FRA
6
LAT
9‡
GER
2
RSA
2
5th201
2018Team Peugeot TotalPeugeot 208 WRXBAR
7
POR
6
BEL
3
GBR
8
NOR
5
SWE
4
CAN
2
FRA
5
LAT
5‡
USA
6‡
GER
7
RSA
6
6th192
2019Team Hansen MJPPeugeot 208 WRXUAE
12
BAR
1
BEL
4
GBR
1
NOR
6
SWE
6
CAN
13
FRA
1
LAT
1
RSA
4
1st211
2020Team HansenPeugeot 208 WRXSWE
6
SWE
11
FIN
3
FIN
5
LAT
3
LAT
4
BAR
1
BAR
2
3rd163
2021Hansen World RX TeamPeugeot 208 WRXESP
SWE
FRA
LAT
LAT
BEL
POR
GER
GER
2nd217
2022Hansen World RX TeamPeugeot 208 RX1eNOR
LAT
LAT
POR
POR
BEL
BEL
ESP
ESP
GER
2nd136
2023Hansen World RX TeamPeugeot 208 RX1ePOR
NOR
SWE
GBR
BLX
GER
6th78
OMSE ZEROID X1RSA
RSA
CHN
CHN

10 championship points deducted for use of an unregistered tyre in Q3.[4]
Fifteen championship points deducted for use of a fourth engine in the championship.[5]

Complete Extreme E results

(key)

YearTeamCar12345678910Points
2021Andretti United Extreme ESpark ODYSSEY 21DES
Q

DES
R

OCE
Q

OCE
R

ARC
Q

ARC
R

ISL
Q

ISL
R

JUR
Q

JUR
R

3rd
2022Genesys Andretti United Extreme ESpark ODYSSEY 21DES
ISL1
ISL2
COP
ENE
9th
2023Andretti Altawkilat Extreme ESpark ODYSSEY 21DES
1

DES
2

HYD
1

HYD
2

ISL1
1

ISL1
2

ISL2
1

ISL2
2

COP
1

COP
2

7th69
2024Andretti Altawkilat Extreme ESpark ODYSSEY 21DES
1

DES
2

HYD
1

HYD
2

ISL1
1

ISL1
2

ISL2
1

ISL2
2

VAL
1

VAL
2

4th*62*

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIA World Rallycross Championship . www.fiaworldrallycross.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191110205855/https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10510/timmy-hansen-clinches-world-title . 2019-11-10.
  2. Web site: Timmy Hansen Driver - FIA World Rallycross Championship. . www.rallycrossrx.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140802153514/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/driver/1/hansen . 2014-08-02.
  3. News: Pettit. Vince. Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season. 9 April 2015. theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. 9 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Victory for Ekstrom in Portugal. FIA World Rallycross. 24 April 2017. 23 April 2017. 25 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425030026/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9560/victory-for-ekstrom-in-portugal. dead.
  5. Web site: Kristoffersson is crowned new World RX champion. FIA World Rallycross. 19 September 2017. 17 September 2017. 4 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180704212835/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/9722/kristoffersson-is-crowned-new-world. dead.