2020 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2020 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 45th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The season consisted of two rounds across two categories; Supercar and Super1600. The season commenced on 22 August at the Höljesbanan, Höljes, Sweden and finished prematurely on the 6 October at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze in Riga, Latvia.

Calendar

The provisional calendar was unveiled on 30 October 2019.[1][2][3][4]
The season was originally scheduled to start in April but following multiple postponements relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was released in May 2020 and the championship is now scheduled to begin in August.[5]

Rnd. Event Venue Dates Category Winner Team
1 Euro RX of Sweden Höljesbanan, Höljes 22–23 August Supercar Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
2 Euro RX of Riga - Latvia Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga 19–20 September Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
3 Euro RX of Barcelona - Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 17 October[6] Super1600 Yuri Belevskiy Volland Racing
4 18 October Yuri Belevskiy Volland Racing
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Event Venue Original Date Series
Euro RX of Portugal Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre 2–3 May, then 10–11 October Super1600
Euro RX of Benelux Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps 16–17 May, then 3–4 October,
then 21–22 November 		Supercar
Euro RX of Norway Lånkebanen, Hell 13–14 June Supercar
Euro RX of Russia Igora Drive, Sosnovo 18–19 July Super1600
Euro RX of Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg 1–2 August then 12–13 December Supercar
Super1600
Euro RX of France Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac 5–6 September Supercar
Super1600

Calendar changes

  • Euro RX of Portugal was set to return after a 1-year hiatus, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
  • Euro RX of Great Britain was omitted from the schedule.
  • Euro RX of Russia was supposed to join the calendar, but was cancelled and replaced with the Euro RX of Germany (which moved from the Estering to the Nürburgring).
  • Euro RX of Barcelona, Euro RX of Portugal, Euro RX of Benelux, Euro RX of Sweden, and Euro RX of Germany were originally scheduled for between April and August.[5] All were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
  • Euro RX of Norway and Euro RX of Germany were dropped from the calendar following the May calendar revision.[5]
  • Euro RX of France was cancelled, also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  • Euro RX of Germany was to return on the final revision of the calendar, but it was cancelled, due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Germany, resulting in an early end to the 2020 season[9]
  • After being rescheduled twice, Euro RX of Benelux was cancelled due to Belgium going into national lockdown.[10]

Entry list

Supercar

Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
Audi JC Raceteknik Audi S1 3 Ben-Philip Gundersen All [11]
54 Mats Öhman 1
Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesulet 73 Tamás Kárai All [12]
Ford Nordgård Motorsport Ford Fiesta 9 David Nordgård 1 [12]
IKONEN 10 Mikko Ikonen 2
TSK Baltijos Sportas 55 Paulius Pleskovas 2
Daarbak Motorsport 93 Tobias Daarbak 1 [13]
Olsbergs MSE 116 Oliver Eriksson All [12]
Reinsalu Sport Ford Ka 5 Andri Õun 2 [12]
Peugeot DA Racing Peugeot 208 23 Andréa Dubourg All [12]
87 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg All [12]
SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 38 Mandie August All [12]
Volkswagen Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 74 Per Eklund 1
MKIVRX Volkswagen Scirocco 17 Daniel Öberg 1 [12]
Hedströms Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 8 Peter Hedström All [12]
45 Pontus Tidemand 1 [12]
KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team 11 Aleš Fučik All [12]
TBRX 16 Thomas Bryntesson All [12]
MKIVRX 17 Daniel Öberg 2 [12]
Kristoffersson Motorsport 69 Sondre Evjen[14] All [14]

Super1600

Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
Audi Volland Racing Audi A1 15 Gergely Márton All [15]
39 Artur Egorov All [15]
51 Marius Bermingrud All [16]
54 Marat Knyazev All [15]
95 Yuri Belevskiy All [15]
Renault Marcel Snoeijers Renault Megane 50 Marcel Snoeijers All [16]
SET Promotion Renault Twingo 22 Rasmus Tuominen All [17]
Škoda Pajr SRO Škoda Citigo 11 Jan Černý All [18]
Josef Susta ACCR Czech Team Škoda Fabia 16 Josef Susta All [16]
Joao Ribeiro 99 Joao Ribeiro All [16]
Automax Motorsport 117 Radoslaw Raczkowski All [16]
Jérémy Lambec 166 Jérémy Lambec All [16]

Results and standings

Championship points are scored as follows:

Position
Round 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Heats 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Semi-Finals 6 5 4 3 2 1
Final 8 5 4 3 2 1
  • A red background denotes drivers who did not advance from the round

Supercar

Pos Driver SWE
 LAT
 Points
1 Oliver Eriksson 1 1 59
2 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 5 3 48
3 Sondre Evjen 7 2 40
4 Ben-Philip Gundersen 4 5 39
5 Andrea Dubourg 2 4 36
6 Peter Hedström 3 7 32
7 Tamás Kárai 10 6 25
8 Aleš Fučik 13 8 18
9 Thomas Bryntesson 8 14 16
10 Pontus Tidemand 6 14
11 Mandie August 12 11 14
12 Mats Öhman 9 13
13 Mikko Ikonen 9 11
14 Paulius Pleskovas 10 10
15 Tobias Daarbak 11 8
16 Andri Õun 13 4
17 Per Eklund 15 2
18 David Nordgård 16 1
19 Dan Öberg 14 121 2 -16
Pos Driver SWE
 LAT
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

1 – 10 point penalty.
2 – 15 point penalty.

Super1600

Pos Driver BAR
 Points
1 Yuri Belevskiy 1 1 59
2 Gergely Marton 2 3 51
3 Artur Egorov 5 4 39
4 Marat Kniazev 7 2 38
5 Marius Bermingrud 4 7 37
6 Rasmus Tuominen 3 10 32
7 Joao Ribeiro 6 5 29
8 Jan Černý 8 9 24
9 Josef Susta 11 6 22
10 Radoslaw Raczkowski 9 8 20
11 Jérémy Lambec 10 11 17
12 Marcel Snoeijers 12 12 13
Pos Driver BAR
 Points

References

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