2024 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2024 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the eleventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallycross.

Johan Kristoffersson won the drivers' championship for the fifth consecutive year, his seventh title overall. Kristoffersson Motorsport are the reigning teams champions.

Calendar

On the 28th of February 2024, the 2024 calendar was announced. It included a first ever World Rallycross round at an unannounced location in Australia. It was also announced that there were ongoing discussions to add an additional round in Asia.[1][2] On the 12th of July 2024, it was announced that the planned season closer in Australia would not be going ahead. Instead it was announced that the season finale will be a double header event staged in China on the 19th and 20th of October 2024.[3] On 7 October 2024 it was announced that the planned season ending round in China would not go ahead either, and would instead be replaced by a double header round in Turkey, at the Istanbul Park on the 9th and 10th of November 2024.[4]

Rnd Event Date Venue Winning driver Winning team Report
1 World RX of Sweden 6–7 July Höljesbanan, Höljes Johan Kristoffersson KMS - HORSE Powertrain Report
2 Johan Kristoffersson KMS - HORSE Powertrain
3 World RX of Hungary 27–28 July Nyirád Racing Center, Nyirád Niclas Grönholm Construction Equipment Dealer Team Report
4 Johan Kristoffersson KMS - HORSE Powertrain
5 World RX of Benelux 17–18 August Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet Timmy Hansen Hansen World RX Team Report
6 Johan Kristoffersson KMS - HORSE Powertrain
7 World RX of Portugal 7–8 September Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre Johan Kristoffersson KMS - HORSE Powertrain Report
8 Kevin Hansen Hansen World RX Team
9 World RX of Turkey 9–10 November Istanbul Park, Istanbul Ole Christian Veiby KMS - HORSE Powertrain Report
10 Juha Rytkönen PGRX

Series News

  • On 6 December 2023 it was announced that the championship would reintroduce internal combustion cars to compete in the highest class in the championship together with the electric RX1e cars that had been introduced in 2022, on the basis of the combustion vehicles being sustainably fueled.[2][5] Internal combustion vehicles had been absent from the championship since they were retired after the 2021 season.[6] A maximum of 16 full time entries will be allowed to take part in the season.[7]
  • The weekend format was adjusted for the 2024 season. SuperPole was replaced by pre-determined starting positions in all heats. The time-based format for the heats was scrapped in favor of races for position, and championship points will be awarded for every heat race, semi-final, and final.[7]

Entries

RX1

Constructor Team Type Model No. Drivers Rounds Ref
Hyundai PGRX ICE Hyundai i20 RX 18 Juha Rytkönen 9–10 [10]
ICE 22 Steven Bossard 9–10 [11]
Peugeot Team RX Racing ICE Peugeot 208 RX 7 Patrick O'Donovan 9–10 [12]
JDM Raptor Racing ICE 8 Anthony Pelfrene 1–8 [13][14]
Hansen World RX Team EV Peugeot 208 RX1e 21 Timmy Hansen All [15]
EV 71 Kevin Hansen All [16]
PWR Racing CE Dealer Team by Volvo Construction Equipment EV PWR RX1e 12 Klara Andersson All [17]
EV 68 Niclas Grönholm All [17]
Renault Impossible RX Team ICE Renault Mégane RS RX 94 Jankó Wieszt 3–4 [18]
SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport ICE SEAT Ibiza RX 77 René Münnich 1–8 [19]
Volkswagen KMS - HORSE Powertrain ICE Volkswagen Polo KMS 601 RX 1 Johan Kristoffersson All [20]
ICE 96 Ole Christian Veiby All [20]
Kristoffersson Motorsport EV Volkswagen Polo RX1e 17 Gustav Bergström 1–2 [19]
EV 69 Sondre Evjen 1–2 [19]

Championship standings

Points are scored based on finishing position in every heat race, semi-final and final.[7] Points are scored as follows:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Heat race points 5 4 3 2 1 0
Finals points 10 8 6 4 2 1

World RX Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver SWE
 HUN
 BLX
 PRT
 TÜR
 Points
1 Johan Kristoffersson 1 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 6 2 240[a]
2 Kevin Hansen 6 4 6 5 3 2 3 1 3 4 197
3 Ole Christian Veiby 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 1 6 190
4 Timmy Hansen 4 6 4 4 1 5 6 3 4 3 181
5 Niclas Grönholm 7 2 1 9 7 4 2 6 2 5 177
6 Klara Andersson 2 8 9 3 5 6 8 4 7 8 145
7 René Münnich 10 10 7 6 6 7 5 7 76
8 Anthony Pelfrene 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 71
9 Juha Rytkönen 8 1 36
10 Gustav Bergström 3 5 33
11 Jankó Wieszt 3 7 28
12 Patrick O'Donovan 5 7 27
13 Steven Bossard 9 9 16
14 Sondre Evjen 9 9 15
Pos. Driver SWE
 HUN
 BLX
 PRT
 TÜR
 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)


World RX Team's Championship

Pos. Driver No. SWE
 HUN
 BLX
 PRT
 TÜR
 Points
1 KMS - HORSE Powertrain 1 1 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 6 2 430[a]
96 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 1 6
2 Hansen World RX Team 21 4 6 4 4 1 5 6 3 3 3 378
71 6 4 6 5 3 2 3 1 3 4
3 Construction Equipment Dealer Team 12 2 8 9 3 5 6 8 4 7 8 322
68 7 2 1 9 7 4 2 6 2 5
Pos. Driver SWE
 HUN
 BLX
 PRT
 TÜR
 Points

Notes

  1. ^ a b Johan Kristoffersson was penalized 5 championship points due to receiving three reprimands across the season.

References

  1. ^ "FIA World Rallycross Championship unveils 2024 calendar". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Potts, Greg (2024-02-29). "Petrol vs electric: World Rallycross is putting EVs up against ICE cars". Top Gear. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  3. ^ "China confirmed on 2024 World RX calendar". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  4. ^ "2024 World RX season to reach pinnacle in Türkiye". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  5. ^ "World RX to admit ICE cars with sustainable fuels in 2024 alongside EVs". www.motorsport.com. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  6. ^ Morris, James. "Will Electric Car Racing Be Better? World Rallycross Thinks So". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  7. ^ a b c "'Battle of Technologies' heralds new era for World RX". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  8. ^ "World RX cars to run on Hoosier Racing Tires from 2024". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  9. ^ Brittle, Cian (2023-12-12). "World RX secures Hoosier tyre supply from 2024". BlackBook Motorsport. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  10. ^ "Rytkönen's return caps World RX of Türkiye entry list". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
  11. ^ "French Champion to make World RX debut in Türkiye season finale". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
  12. ^ "European Champion O'Donovan confirms World RX return in Türkiye". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Fast Frenchman Pelfrene to join World RX grid in 2024". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  14. ^ "French heavyweight DA Racing returns to the highest level". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  15. ^ "Hansen brothers eager to attack 'special season' in World RX". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  16. ^ "Hansen aiming to end King Kristoffersson's reign". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  17. ^ a b "CE Dealer Team targets title tilt with confirmation of 2024 line-up". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2024-03-13. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  18. ^ "Former Hungarian champion to make World RX debut at Nyirád". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  19. ^ a b c "Kristoffersson Motorsport confirms four-car line-up for Höljes". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  20. ^ a b "Kristoffersson switches to sustainably-fuelled combustion car in quest for seventh career crown". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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