2022 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2022 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 47th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The championship consisted of two classes: RX1 and RX3.

The championship began on 21 May at the Nyirád Racing Center in Hungary, and ended on 14 November at Nürburgring in Germany.

Calendar

The championship consisted of seven events across Europe, with RX1 competing at six rounds and RX3 competing at five.

The updated calendar was released on 21 March. It included one unconfirmed event.[1]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
1 Euro RX of Hungary 21–22 May Nyirád Racing Center, Nyirád RX1 Anton Marklund SET Promotion
RX3 Kobe Pauwels Volland Racing KFT
2 Euro RX of Sweden 2–3 July Höljesbanan, Höljes RX1 Anton Marklund SET Promotion
RX3 Marius Solberg Hansen MSH RX
3 Euro RX of Norway 13–14 August Lånkebanen, Hell RX1 Andreas Bakkerud EKS
RX3 Kobe Pauwels Volland Racing KFT
4 Euro RX of Latvia 3–4 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga RX1 Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik
5 Euro RX of Portugal 17–18 September Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX1 Enzo Ide EKS
RX3 Kobe Pauwels Volland Racing KFT
6 Euro RX of Benelux 8–9 October Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot RX1 Anton Marklund SET Promotion
7 Euro RX of Germany 13–14 November Nürburgring, Nürburg RX3 Kobe Pauwels Volland Racing KFT

Entries

RX1

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület Audi A1 39 Zoltán Koncseg 1 [2]
EKS Audi S1 13 Andreas Bakkerud 2–3 [3]
81 Ronalds Baldiņš 4 [4]
91 Enzo Ide All [5]
JC Raceteknik 52 Ole Christian Veiby 2 [6]
69 Sondre Evjen 2–4 [6]
Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület 73 Tamás Kárai All [2]
Citroën Mário Barbosa Citroën DS3 75 Mário Barbosa 5 [7]
Hervé Knapick 84 Hervé Knapick 1, 5–6 [2]
Ford Patrick O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 4 Patrick O'Donovan 1 [8]
Betomik Racing Team 5 Mika Liimatainen 6 [9]
David Nordgaard 9 David Nordgaard 3 [10]
Team Skåab 31 Stefan Kristensson 2, 6 [11]
Linnemann Promotion 33 Ulrik Linnemann All [12]
Oponeo 44 Dariusz Topolewski 1–3, 5–6 [2]
88 Marcin Gagacki All [2]
Nyirád Motorsport KFT 50 Attila Mózer 1–5 [2]
TSK Baltijos Sportas 55 Paulius Pleskovas 2, 4, 6 [11]
Frank Valle 67 Frank Valle 2–3, 6 [11]
Hyundai Betomik Racing Team Hyundai i20 10 Mikko Ikonen 4, 6 [13]
18 Juha Rytkönen 6 [14]
35 Fraser McConnell 3 [15]
Hedströms Motorsport 14 Oliver Solberg 2 [16]
SET Promotion 92 Anton Marklund All [17]
Peugeot #YellowSquad Peugeot 208 6 Janis Baumanis All [18]
Speedbox Racing Team KFT 27 László Kiss 1 [2]
Nyirád Motorsport KFT 51 Márk Mózer 1 [2]
Jean Baptiste Dubourg 87 Jean Baptiste Dubourg 1–2 [2]
José Oliveira 110 José Oliveira 5 [7]
Proton Oliver O'Donovan Proton Iriz 2 Oliver O'Donovan 1–2 [19]
SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 38 Mandie August All [2]
77 René Münnich 1 [2]
Volkswagen Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 3 Johan Kristoffersson 2 [20]
26 Gustav Bergström 2 [20]
Hedströms Motorsport 8 Peter Hedström 6 [14]
KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team 11 Aleš Fučik 1 [2]
Carexperience AB 12 Anders Michalak 1–3 [2]
Dan Öberg 17 Dan Öberg 2 [11]
Linus Östlund 21 Linus Östlund 2–3 [21]
Sivert Svardal 24 Sivert Svardal All [2]
Tom André Saetnan Volkswagen Scirocco 30 Tom André Saetnan 2–3, 6 [6]

RX3

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Volland Racing KFT Audi A1 2 Rytis Rutkauskas 5 [22]
22 Kobe Pauwels All [2]
30 Nils Volland 2–5 [6]
88 Nuno Miguel da Costa Araújo All [2]
Damian Litwinowicz 6 Damian Litwinowicz All [23]
Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 13 Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 1–3, 5 [2]
Anders Hansen 14 Anders Hansen 2 [6]
Speedy Motorsport 18 Zsolt Szíjj 'Jolly' 1 [2]
João Ribeiro 99 João Ribeiro All [2]
Zalaegerszegi Autósport Egyesület 112 Róbert Répási 1 [2]
Citroën Jorge Machado Citroën C2 103 Jorge Machado 4 [7]
Ford TMC Rallysport KFT Ford Fiesta 4 András Ferjáncz 1 [2]
Martin Kjær 33 Martin Kjær 2, 5 [6]
Rogério Sousa 105 Rogério Sousa 4 [7]
OTRT Ford Ka 7 Nick Snoeys 2 [6]
Peugeot Espen Isaksætre Peugeot 208 8 Espen Isaksætre 2–3, 5 [6]
Tiago Ferreira 121 Tiago Ferreira 4 [7]
António Sousa 129 António Sousa 4 [7]
Joaquim Machado 146 Joaquim Machado 4 [7]
Renault Sérgio Dias Renault Twingo 149 Sérgio Dias 4 [7]
Škoda PAJR S.R.O. Škoda Citigo 11 Jan Černý All [2]
Ligur Racing Škoda Fabia 10 Janno Ligur 2 [6]
Jens Hvaal 12 Jens Hvaal 5 [22]
MSH RX 60 Marius Solberg Hansen 2–3 [6]
Jiři Šusta 61 Jiři Šusta 1–3 [2]
ADAC Weser-EMS E.V. 86 Lukas Ney 5 [22]
Leonel Sampaio 147 Leonel Sampaio 4 [7]
Guttorm Lindefjell 169 Guttorm Lindefjell 2 [6]
Volkswagen KRTZ Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 58 Dominik Senegacnik 1–4 [2]

Championship standings

Points are scored as follows:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 20 16 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

RX1 Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver HUN
SWE
NOR
LVA
POR
BLX
Points
1 Anton Marklund 1 1 4 2 4 1 100
2 Janis Baumanis 4 6 3 9 2 3 71
3 Enzo Ide 2 13 13 3 1 11 60
4 Sivert Svardal 5 10 9 5 6 4 57
5 Tamás Karai 8 14 6 6 7 5 50
6 Sondre Evjen 7 2[a] 1 40
7 Ulrik Linnemann 3 20 18 10 3 12 36
8 Andreas Bakkerud 3 1 33
9 Marcin Gagacki 11 12 14 8 5 15 31
10 Mandie August 9 16 16 11 12 7 25
11 Anders Michalak 7 9 10 22
12 Mikko Ikonen 4 9 19
13 Jean Baptiste Dubourg 14 2 18
14 Juha Rytkönen 2 16
15 Attila Mózer 18 22 7 13 13 15
16 Johan Kristoffersson 4 12
17 Oliver Solberg 5 11
18 Fraser McConnell 5 11
19 Aleš Fučik 6 10
20 Peter Hedström 6 10
21 Linus Östlund 11 11 10
22 Ronalds Baldiņš 7 9
23 Stefan Kristensson 24 8 8
24 Mário Barbosa 8 8
25 Ole Christian Veiby 8 8
26 Frank Valle 21 8 8
27 José Oliveira 9 7
28 Dariusz Topolewski 20 23 15 10 7
29 Hervé Knapick 17 11 14 6
30 Mika Liimatainen 10 6
31 Patrick O'Donovan 10 6
32 David Nordgaard 12 4
33 Márk Mózer 12 4
34 László Kiss 13 3
35 Oliver O'Donovan 15 15 2
36 Zoltán Koncseg 16 0
37 Tom André Saetnan 19 17 0
38 Gustav Bergström 18 0
39 René Münnich 19 0
40 Dan Öberg 25 0
41 Paulius Pleskovas 17 12 13[b] -8
Pos. Driver HUN
SWE
NOR
LVA
POR
BLX
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)

RX3 Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver HUN
SWE
NOR
POR
GER
Points
1 Kobe Pauwels 1 2 1 1 1 96
2 Damian Litwinowicz 4 5 3 2 3 65
3 Jan Černý 2 14 4 4 5 53
4 João Ribeiro 3 3 6 5 11 52
5 Nuno Miguel da Costa Araújo 7 11 9 3 6 44
6 Nils Volland 10 2 6 7 41
7 Dominik Senegacnik 8 7 10 9 30
8 Marius Solberg Hansen 1 7 29
9 Espen Isaksætre 6 5 10 27
10 Jiři Šusta 9 8 8 23
11 Jens Hvaal 2 16
12 Martin Kjær 13 4 15
13 Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 5 12 11[c] 8 13
14 Janno Ligur 4 12
15 Zsolt Szíjj 'Jolly' 6 10
16 Jorge Machado 7 9
17 Joaquim Machado 8 8
18 Nick Snoeys 9 7
19 Rytis Rutkauskas 9 7
20 António Sousa 10 6
21 Róbert Répási 10 6
22 Sérgio Dias 11 5
23 András Ferjáncz 11 5
24 Rogério Sousa 12 4
25 Lukas Ney 12 4
26 Tiago Ferreira 13 3
27 Leonel Sampaio 14 2
28 Anders Hansen 15 1
29 Guttorm Lindefjell 16 0
Pos. Driver HUN
SWE
NOR
POR
GER
Points

Notes

  1. ^ Sondre Evjen was penalized 5 championship points.
  2. ^ Paulius Pleskovas was penalized 15 championship points.
  3. ^ Per Magne Egebø-Svardal was penalized 15 championship points.

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