2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship

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]

2015 World RX calendar by nations
Rnd. Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report
1 Portugal World RX of Portugal 25–26 April Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre Supercar Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Sweden Volkswagen Team Sweden Report
RX Lites Sweden Kevin Eriksson Sweden Olsbergs MSE
2 Germany World RX of Hockenheim 1–3 May Hockenheimring, Hockenheim Supercar Norway Petter Solberg Sweden SDRX Report
3 Belgium World RX of Belgium 16–17 May Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet Supercar Finland Toomas Heikkinen Sweden Marklund Motorsport Report
4 United Kingdom World RX of Great Britain 21–24 May Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton Supercar Norway Petter Solberg Sweden SDRX Report
RX Lites Sweden Kevin Hansen Sweden Hansen Junior Team
5 Germany World RX of Germany 20–21 June Estering, Buxtehude Supercar France Davy Jeanney Sweden Hansen Motorsport Report
6 Sweden World RX of Sweden 4–5 July Höljesbanan, Höljes Supercar Sweden Mattias Ekström Sweden EKS RX Report
RX Lites Norway Thomas Bryntesson Sweden TBRX
7 Canada World RX of Canada 7–8 August Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Supercar France Davy Jeanney Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
8 Norway World RX of Norway 22–23 August Lånkebanen, Hell Supercar Sweden Timmy Hansen Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
RX Lites Norway Thomas Bryntesson Sweden TBRX
9 France World RX of France 5–6 September Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac Supercar Sweden Timmy Hansen Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
10 Spain World RX of Barcelona 19–20 September Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló Supercar Norway Petter Solberg Sweden SDRX Report
RX Lites Norway Thomas Bryntesson Sweden TBRX
11 Turkey World RX of Turkey 3-4 October Istanbul Park, Tuzla Supercar Sweden Timmy Hansen Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
RX Lites Norway Thomas Bryntesson Sweden TBRX
12 Italy World RX of Italy 17–18 October Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato Supercar Norway Andreas Bakkerud Sweden Olsbergs MSE Report
RX Lites Sweden Kevin Eriksson Sweden Olsbergs MSE
13 Argentina World RX of Argentina 28–29 November Autódromo Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe Supercar Sweden Robin Larsson Sweden Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Report
  Event of FIA ERX (including Supercars)
  Event of FIA ERX (except Supercars)

Teams and drivers

The permanent entries for the 2015 season, with Edward Sandström filling in for Mattias Ekström
Toomas Heikkinen at the 2015 World RX of France
Mattias Ekström leads Timmy Hansen and Reinis Nitišs at the 2015 World RX of Canada
Permanent entries[2]
Constructor Entrant Car No. Driver Rounds
Audi Sweden Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Audi A1 4 Sweden Robin Larsson[3] All
Sweden EKS RX[3] Audi S1 5 Sweden Edward Sandström 2
10 Sweden Mattias Ekström 1, 3–11, 13
92 Sweden Anton Marklund 1–6, 8–13
United Kingdom EKS Pirtek Racing 177 United Kingdom Andrew Jordan 12
Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[3] Audi S3 24 Norway Tommy Rustad 7
44 Germany Timo Scheider 10
55 Sweden Alx Danielsson 1–6, 8–11
77 Germany René Münnich 1–9, 11–13
110 Italy Gianni Morbidelli 12–13
Citroën Sweden SDRX[3] Citroën DS3 RX 1 Norway Petter Solberg[3] All
33 United Kingdom Liam Doran 1–4, 6–13
Ford Sweden Olsbergs MSE[3] Ford Fiesta ST 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud All
15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs All
Sweden Namus OMSE 42 Russia Timur Timerzyanov All
Austria World RX Team Austria[3] Ford Fiesta 7 Austria Manfred Stohl All
31 Austria Max Pucher 1–6, 8–12
70 Austria Christoph Brugger 7–8
199 Latvia Jānis Baumanis 13
Peugeot Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen[3] Peugeot 208 WRX 17 France Davy Jeanney[4] All
21 Sweden Timmy Hansen[4] All
177 United Kingdom Andrew Jordan 4
Volkswagen Sweden EKS RX Volkswagen Polo 92 Sweden Anton Marklund 7
Sweden Marklund Motorsport[3] 34 United States Tanner Foust 2, 4, 7, 10
45 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 1–6, 8–12
57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen All
100 Norway Thomas Bryntesson 13
Sweden Volkswagen Team Sweden[3] 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson All
52 Norway Ole Christian Veiby 6, 13
99 Norway Tord Linnerud 1–12
Entries ineligible to score team points
Constructor Entrant Car No. Driver Rounds
Citroën Norway JC Race Teknik Citroën DS3 RX 28 Norway Alexander Hvaal 6, 8, 11
Lebanon Nabil Karam 64 Lebanon Nabil Karam 9
Portugal Mário Barbosa 76 Portugal Mário Barbosa 1
France Christophe Jouet 79 France Christophe Jouet 10
France Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier 84 France "Knapick" 9-10
Norway Ole Kristian Temte Citroën C4 30 Norway Ole Kristian Temte 6, 8
France Marc Laboulle 71 France Marc Laboulle 4, 9
France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 87 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 1, 6, 9
Ford Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan Ford Fiesta ST 2 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan 4
Sweden Olsbergs MSE 88 Norway Henning Solberg 8
98 Sweden Kevin Hansen 13
Finland Niclas Grönholm 29 Finland Niclas Grönholm 6
United Kingdom Kevin Procter 50 United Kingdom Kevin Procter 4
United Kingdom Julian Godfrey 51 United Kingdom Julian Godfrey 4
Belgium Koen Pauwels Ford Focus 22 Belgium Koen Pauwels 2
Portugal Bompiso Racing Team 41 Portugal Joaquim Santos 1
United Kingdom Mark Flaherty 49 United Kingdom Mark Flaherty 10
Belgium Ecurie Bayard ASBL 67 Belgium François Duval 9
Norway CircleX 88 Norway Henning Solberg 6
Hyundai Norway Frode Holte Motorsport Hyundai i20 14 Norway Frode Holte 6
Kia Italy Gigi Galli Kia Rio 25 Italy Gigi Galli 12
Mini United Kingdom JRM Racing[5] Mini Countryman RX 37 United Kingdom Guy Wilks 4, 9
39 United States Danny Way 2
40 United States Dave Mirra 2
65 France Guerlain Chicherit 9, 12
82 Canada Patrick Carpentier 7
147 Canada Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 7
Peugeot United Kingdom Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 26 United Kingdom Andy Scott 4
74 France Jérôme Grosset-Janin 9
81 United Kingdom David Binks 4
168 France Yvan Muller 9
146 Finland Kristian Sohlberg 11
Sweden Hansen Talent Development 90 Sweden Eric Färén 6
199 Latvia Jānis Baumanis 4, 11
France Pailler Compétition 18 France Jonathan Pailler 9
20 France Fabien Pailler 9
France Gilles Franco 56 France Gilles Franco 9
France Gaëtan Sérazin 62 France Gaëtan Sérazin 9, 12
France Laurent Bouliou Peugeot 207 78 France Laurent Bouliou 9
Renault Sweden Helmia Motorsport Renault Clio 23 Sweden Stig-Olov Walfridson 6
48 Sweden Lukas Walfridson 6
France Fabien Chanoine 89 France Fabien Chanoine 9
France David Olivier Renault Logan 85 France David Olivier 9
Škoda Sweden Peter Hedström Škoda Fabia 8 Sweden Peter Hedström 6
Hungary Racing-Com KFT 102 Hungary Tamás Kárai 6, 9
Volkswagen Sweden Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 53 Norway Daniel Holten 6, 8
88 Norway Henning Solberg 10
101 Sweden Per Eklund 6
Sweden HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 24 Norway Tommy Rustad 6
Sweden Ramona RX Volkswagen Scirocco 47 Sweden Ramona Karlsson 6
Volvo Norway CircleX Volvo C30 32 Norway Ole Kristian Nøttveit 3, 6
91 Norway Guttorm Lindefjell 4
Sweden Mats Öhman Volvo S40 46 Sweden Mats Öhman 8

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

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

Pos. Team No. Drivers Points
1 Sweden Team Peugeot-Hansen 17 Sweden Timmy Hansen 476
21 France Davy Jeanney
2 Sweden Olsbergs MSE 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 399
15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs
3 Sweden SDRX 1 Norway Petter Solberg 336
33 United Kingdom Liam Doran
4 Sweden Volkswagen Team Sweden 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 291
52 Norway Ole Christian Veiby
99 Norway Tord Linnerud
5 Sweden EKS RX 5 Sweden Edward Sandström 258
10 Sweden Mattias Ekström
92 Sweden Anton Marklund
177 United Kingdom Andrew Jordan
6 Sweden Marklund Motorsport 34 United States Tanner Foust 236
45 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson
57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen
100 Norway Thomas Bryntesson
7 Austria World RX Team Austria 7 Austria Manfred Stohl 100
31 Austria Max Pucher
70 Austria Christoph Brugger
199 Latvia Jānis Baumanis
8 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 24 Norway Tommy Rustad 31
44 Germany Timo Scheider
55 Sweden Alx Danielsson
77 Germany René Münnich
110 Italy Gianni Morbidelli

References

  1. ^ "WORLD RX SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH DTM FOR HOCKENHEIM". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. ^ "World RX Teams presented in Barcelona". fiaworldrallycross.com. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2015 World RX boasts increased teams entry". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. ^ "JRM Racing commits to FIA World Rallycross Championship". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

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