World RX of Catalunya explained

The World RX of Catalunya is a Rallycross event held in Spain for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2015 season, at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the town of Montmeló, Catalonia.

From 2015 to 2018, the event was called "World RX of Barcelona". From 2019 onwards, it's called "World RX of Catalunya".

Due to COVID-19 pandemic which affected the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship season calendar, the circuit hosted a double-header season finale. The first race was named as World RX of Pirineus-Barcelona 2030 as mark of support for Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.^[1] The second race was held under World RX of Catalunya name.

Past winners

Year	Heat 1 winner	Heat 2 winner	Heat 3 winner	Heat 4 winner		Semi-Final 1 winner	Semi-Final 2 winner		Final winner
2015^[2]	Timmy Hansen	Petter Solberg	Johan Kristoffersson	Timmy Hansen		Timmy Hansen	Johan Kristoffersson		Petter Solberg
Year	Qualifying 1 winner	Qualifying 2 winner	Qualifying 3 winner	Qualifying 4 winner		Semi-Final 1 winner	Semi-Final 2 winner		Final winner
2016^[3]	Timmy Hansen	Mattias Ekström	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson		Mattias Ekström	Timur Timerzyanov		Mattias Ekström
2017^[4]	Johan Kristoffersson	Toomas Heikkinen	Mattias Ekström	Andreas Bakkerud		Johan Kristoffersson	Mattias Ekström		Mattias Ekström
2018^[5]	Mattias Ekström	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg	Timmy Hansen		Petter Solberg	Mattias Ekström		Johan Kristoffersson
2019^[6]	Timmy Hansen	Timmy Hansen	Timmy Hansen	Timmy Hansen		Timmy Hansen	Kevin Hansen		Timmy Hansen
2020^[7]	Johan Kristoffersson	Andreas Bakkerud	Johan Kristoffersson	No Q4 (Double Header)		Johan Kristoffersson	Timmy Hansen		Timmy Hansen
	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Andreas Bakkerud			Johan Kristoffersson	Andreas Bakkerud		Johan Kristoffersson
2021^[8]	Timmy Hansen	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson		Timmy Hansen	Kevin Hansen		Kevin Hansen
Year	Heat 1 winner	Heat 2 winner	Heat 3 winner	Progression best time		Semi-Final 1 winner	Semi-Final 2 winner		Final winner
2022^[9]	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson	No Q3 (Double Header)	Kevin Hansen		Johan Kristoffersson	Kevin Hansen		Timmy Hansen
	Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson		Johan Kristoffersson		Niclas Grönholm	Timmy Hansen		Johan Kristoffersson

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-10-15. The 6th edition of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Catalonia. 2021-04-22. Catalunya RX Rally Cross. en-US.
2. Web site: 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics.
3. Web site: 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics.
4. Web site: 2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics.
5. Web site: 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics.
6. Web site: 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Catalunya-Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics.
7. Web site: 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Catalunya | FIA Results and Statistics.
8. Web site: 2021 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Spain | FIA Results and Statistics.
9. Web site: 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Spain | FIA Results and Statistics.