2023 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2023 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 48th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The championship consisted of three classes: RX1 and RX3, as well as the RX2e support series for the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1]

The championship began on 29 April at the Nyirád Racing Center in Hungary, and ended on 20 August at Estering in Germany. Anton Marklund won the RX1 championship for the third time. Damian Litwinowicz won his first RX3 championship. Nils Andersson won his first RX2e championship.

Calendar

On 7 December 2022, the provisional 2023 calendar was announced during the FIA World Motorsport Council decisions.[2] A calendar update was issued on 3 March 2023.[3]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
1 Euro RX of Hungary 29–30 Apr Nyirád Racing Center, Nyirád RX1 Jānis Baumanis RX Team Latvia
RX3 Damian Litwinowicz Volland Racing
2 Euro RX of Portugal 3–4 June Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX1 Enzo Ide Volland Racing
RX3 Damian Litwinowicz Volland Racing
3 Euro RX of Norway 17–18 June Lånkebanen, Hell RX1 Sivert Svardal Sivert Svardal
RX2e Isak Sjökvist #Yellowsquad
RX3 Nils Volland Volland Racing
4 Euro RX of Sweden 1–2 July Höljesbanan, Höljes RX1 Patrick O'Donovan Team RX Racing
RX2e Ole Henry Steinsholt Ole Henry Steinsholt
RX3 Espen Isaksætre Volland Racing
5 Euro RX of the United Kingdom 22–23 July Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Canterbury RX2e Tommi Hallman SET Promotion
6 Euro RX of Benelux 5–6 August Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet RX1 Anton Marklund SET Promotion
RX2e Johan Kristoffersson[a] Kristoffersson Motorsport
7 Euro RX of Germany 19–20 August Estering, Buxtehude RX1 Jānis Baumanis RX Team Latvia
RX2e Tommi Hallman SET Promotion
RX3 Dylan Dufas[b] Team RX Evolution

Series News

  • The RX2e class joined the European championship,[1] having previously been a part of the world championship.
  • The ZEROID X1 car used in the Rx2e class received a power increase from 250 kW to 270 kW, with an additional 80 kW being available to the drivers in a "boost mode" to aid overtaking.[4]

Entries

RX1

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Kárai Motorsport Sportgyesület Audi A1 39 Zoltán Koncseg All [5]
Andreas Bakkerud Audi S1 13 Andreas Bakkerud 1 [5]
JC Raceteknik 4 [6]
57 Mats Öhman 4 [7]
444 Robin Larsson 4 [6]
Kárai Motorsport Sportgyesület 73 Tamás Kárai All [5]
Volland Racing 91 Enzo Ide All [5]
95 Yury Belevskiy 5 [8]
Ford SET Promotion Ford Fiesta 1 Anton Marklund All [5]
Linus Östlund 18 Linus Östlund 4 [7]
Linneman Promotion 33 Ulrik Linnemann 1 [9]
Nyirád Motorsport KFT 50 Attila Mózer All [5]
51 Márk Mózer 1, 4 [5]
Frank Valle 67 Frank Valle 3–4 [10]
Sverre Isachsen 70 Sverre Isachsen 3 [10]
Werner Gurschler 80 Werner Gurschler 6 [11]
Hyundai Hedströms Motorsport Hyundai i20 8 Peter Hedström 6 [11]
12 Anders Michalak 4 [7]
Betomik Racing Team 10 Mikko Ikonen 5–6 [8]
Hans-Jøran Østreng 85 Hans-Jøran Østreng 1, 3–6 [12]
Peugeot RX Team Latvia Peugeot 208 6 Jānis Baumanis 1–5 [5]
Team RX Racing 7 Patrick O'Donovan All [13]
Korda Racing KFT 22 Máté Benyó All [14]
Speedbox Racing Team KFT 27 László Kiss 1 [15]
DA Racing 88 Anthony Pelfrene 2 [14]
Nicolas Briand 99 Nicolas Briand 4 [7]
José Oliveira 110 José Oliveira 2 [14]
Proton Team RX Racing Proton Iriz 2 Oliver O'Donovan 1, 6 [16]
4 Stephen Hill 2 [14]
Renault Pascal Lambec Renault Clio 19 Pascal Lambec 4, 6 [7]
SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 38 Mandie August All [5]
77 René Münnich All [5]
Škoda TSK Baltijos Sportas Škoda Fabia 55 Paulius Pleskovas 1–2, 4–6 [5]
Volkswagen KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team Volkswagen Polo 11 Aleš Fučik 1, 6 [5]
Sivert Svardal 24 Sivert Svardal All [17]
Linneman Promotion 33 Ulrik Linnemann 2, 4–6 [18]
Sætnan Motorsport Volkswagen Scirocco 30 Tom André Sætnan 3–4 [10]

RX2e

Constructor Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref
QEV Technologies Kristoffersson Motorsport ZEROID X1[10] 3 Johan Kristoffersson 4 [5]
96 Ole Christian Veiby 4 [5]
#YELLOWSQUAD 2 Catie Munnings 1–3 [19]
55 Molly Taylor 4–5 [20]
82 Isak Sjökvist All [21]
Zeroid Motorsport 5 Pablo Suárez All [22]
28 Filip Thorén All [23]
97 Cristina Gutiérrez 1–2 [24]
RuiSi Racing 11 Yan Zhang 5 [25]
Construction Equipment Dealer Team 12 Klara Andersson 5 [26]
68 Niclas Grönholm 5 [26]
VMV Racing 13 Viktor Vranckx 1–3 [27]
Team E 14 Nils Andersson All [28]
19 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All [29]
Hansen World RX Team 21 Timmy Hansen 4 [5]
71 Kevin Hansen 4 [5]
Ugis Vitols 26 Roberts Vitols 3 [30]
Set Promotion 27 Marko Muru 2, 4 [31]
87 Tommi Hallman 3, 5 [32]
Acciona | Sainz XE Team 44 Laia Sanz 1 [33]
Ole Henry Steinsholt 88 Ole Henry Steinsholt All [34]

RX3

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Volland Racing Audi A1 6 Damian Litwinowicz All [35]
8 Espen Isaksætre All [36]
30 Nils Volland All [36]
99 João Ribeiro 1–2, 4–5 [36]
Speedy Motorsport 18 Zsolt Szíjj Jolly All [36]
Andre Sousa 104 Andre Sousa 2 [14]
Joaquim Machado 146 Joaquim Machado 2 [14]
Citroën Jorge Machado Citroën C2 103 Jorge Machado 2 [14]
Ford Rogerio Sousa Ford Fiesta 105 Rogerio Sousa 2 [14]
Peugeot Tiago Ferreira Peugeot 208 121 Tiago Ferreira 2 [14]
António Sousa 129 António Sousa 2 [14]
Renault Team RX Evolution Renault Clio 9 Dylan Dufas 5 [11]
14 David Bouet 1–2, 4–5 [5]
RS Racing Team Renault Twingo 20 Siim Saluri 3–5 [10]
Sergio Dias 149 Sergio Dias 2 [14]
Škoda Pajr S.R.O. Škoda Citigo 11 Jan Černý 1 [5]
Jens Hvaal Škoda Fabia 12 Jens Hvaal All [37]
Motorsport Siauliai 21 Audrius Kragas 4 [7]
Martin Kjær 33 Martin Kjær 2–5 [14]
KRTZ Motorsport 58 Dominik Senegacnik All [5]
ADAC Team Weser-Ems eV 86 Lukas Ney 4–5 [7]
Jihočeský Autoklub v AČR 96 Marcel Suchý 1, 5 [5]
Zalaegerszegi ASE 112 Róbert Répási 1 [5]
Leonel Sampaio 147 Leonel Sampaio 2 [14]
Suzuki EAK M-Sport KFT Suzuki Swift 55 Ferenc Ficza 1 [5]
Volkswagen Szada Ring Racing KFT Volkswagen Polo 131 Balázs Körmöczi All [5]

Championship standings

Points are scored as follows:

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

RX1 Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver HUN
 POR
 NOR
 SWE
 BLX
 GER
 Points
1 Anton Marklund 2 62 21 42 11 111 92
2 Jānis Baumanis 11 33 9 5 7 12 86
3 Patrick O'Donovan 3 5 52 1[c] 8 2 76
4 Enzo Ide 42 11 63 8 9 3 76
5 Tamás Kárai 11 4 3 11 3 5 59
6 René Münnich 7 2 7 12 13 4 53
7 Sivert Svardal 17 13 1 6 63 9 51
8 Ulrik Linnemann 10 12 3 2 13 42
9 Máté Benyó 53 7 11 14 10 14 36
10 Hans-Jøran Østreng 12 12 15 5 7 29
11 Zoltán Koncseg 18 9 8 21 4 15 28
12 Attila Mózer 13 8 14 20 15 8 22
13 Andreas Bakkerud 6 73 20
14 Robin Larsson 21 19
15 Mandie August 16 14 4 16 16 17 14
16 Aleš Fučik 9 10 13
17 Peter Hedström 63 11
18 László Kiss 8 8
19 Mikko Ikonen 12 12 8
20 Linus Östlund 9 7
21 Paulius Pleskovas 19 11 19 14 16 7
22 Yury Belevskiy 112 7
23 Anthony Pelfrene 10 6
24 Sverre Isachsen 10 6
25 Mats Öhman 10 6
26 Frank Valle 13 18 3
27 Anders Michalak 13 3
28 Márk Mózer 14 17 2
29 Tom André Sætnan 15 22 1
30 José Oliveira 15 1
31 Oliver O'Donovan 15 1
32 Stephen Hill 16 0
33 Werner Gurschler 18 0
34 Nicolas Briand 23 0
35 Pascal Lambec 24 0
Pos. Driver HUN
 POR
 NOR
 SWE
 BLX
 GER
 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)
In-line notation
1–3 Top 3 heat ranking

RX2e Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver NOR
 SWE
 GBR
 BLX
 GER
 Points
1 Nils Andersson 22 52 52 4 23 76
2 Isak Sjökvist 11 3 9 8 32 69
3 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 3 4 7 23 9 66
4 Pablo Suárez 4 8 4 11 7 52
5 Ole Henry Steinsholt 10[d] 13 3 5 10 50
6 Filip Thorén 6 6 8 10 6 50
7 Tommi Hallman 11 11 46
8 Viktor Vranckx 93 21 23 44
9 Marko Muru 7 3 26
10 Catie Munnings 7 9 10 22
11 Molly Taylor 12 8 18
12 Cristina Gutiérrez 5 10 17
13 Roberts Vitols 6 10
14 Laia Sanz 8 8
15 Yan Zhang 11 7
Guest entries ineligible for points
Johan Kristoffersson 11 -
Niclas Grönholm 4 -
Klara Andersson 5 -
Timmy Hansen 6 -
Kevin Hansen 72 -
Ole Christian Veiby 9 -
Pos. Driver NOR
 SWE
 GBR
 BLX
 GER
 Points

RX3 Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver HUN
 POR
 NOR
 SWE
 GER
 Points
1 Damian Litwinowicz 12 11 23 2 43 91
2 Espen Isaksætre 21 2 32 11 51 87
3 Nils Volland 9 33 11 52 3[e] 65
4 Jens Hvaal 4 7 4 3 DSQ 46
5 Martin Kjær 4 6 6 6 43
6 João Ribeiro 12 52 43 82 39
7 Balázs Körmöczi 3 15 7 9 12 34
8 Dominik Senegacnik 8 9 9[f] 11 9 30
9 Zsolt Szíjj Jolly 7 16 8 8 25
10 Siim Saluri 6 12 7 23
11 David Bouet 11 17 2 21
12 Dylan Dufas 1 20
13 Jan Černý 53 12
14 Lukas Ney 10 10 12
15 Marcel Suchý 10 11 11
16 Jorge Machado 6 10
17 Ferenc Ficza 6 10
18 Audrius Kragas 7 9
19 Joaquim Machado 8 8
20 Rogerio Sousa 10 6
21 Leonel Sampaio 11 5
22 Tiago Ferreira 12 4
23 Róbert Répási 13 3
24 Andre Sousa 13 3
25 Sergio Dias 14 2
26 António Sousa 18 0
Pos. Driver HUN
 POR
 NOR
 SWE
 GER
 Points


Notes

  1. ^ Johan Kristoffersson won the event. Because he was ineligible to score points as he participated as a guest driver, second-placed driver Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky was awarded the points for winning the event.
  2. ^ Jens Hvaal finished first, but was later disqualified for having incorrectly fitted shoulder harnesses. Dylan Dufas inherited the win.
  3. ^ Patrick O'Donovoan was deducted 5 championship points for receiving two reprimands during the season.
  4. ^ Ole Henry Steinsholt was deducted 5 championship points for conducting private testing at an RX2e venue less than 56 days ahead of the event. He was deducted a further 5 championship points for receiving two reprimands during the season.
  5. ^ Nils Volland was deducted 5 championship points for receiving two reprimands during the season.
  6. ^ Dominic Senegacnik was deducted 5 championship points for receiving two reprimands during the season.

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