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 | Höljesbanan, Höljes | 22–23 August | Supercar | |||
| 2 | Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga | 19–20 September | ||||
| 3 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | 17 October[6] | Super1600 | |||
| 4 | 18 October | |||||
| Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic | ||||||
| Event | Venue | Original Date | Series | |||
| Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre | 2–3 May, then 10–11 October | Super1600 | ||||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps | 16–17 May, then 3–4 October, then 21–22 November |
Supercar | ||||
| Lånkebanen, Hell | 13–14 June | Supercar | ||||
| Igora Drive, Sosnovo | 18–19 July | Super1600 | ||||
| Nürburgring, Nürburg | 1–2 August then 12–13 December | Supercar | ||||
| Super1600 | ||||||
| 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 | Audi S1 | 3 | All | [11] | ||
| 54 | 1 | |||||
| 73 | All | [12] | ||||
| Ford | Ford Fiesta | 9 | 1 | [12] | ||
| 10 | 2 | |||||
| 55 | 2 | |||||
| 93 | 1 | [13] | ||||
| 116 | All | [12] | ||||
| Ford Ka | 5 | 2 | [12] | |||
| Peugeot | Peugeot 208 | 23 | All | [12] | ||
| 87 | All | [12] | ||||
| SEAT | Seat Ibiza | 38 | All | [12] | ||
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Beetle | 74 | 1 | |||
| Volkswagen Scirocco | 17 | 1 | [12] | |||
| Volkswagen Polo | 8 | All | [12] | |||
| 45 | 1 | [12] | ||||
| 11 | All | [12] | ||||
| 16 | All | [12] | ||||
| 17 | 2 | [12] | ||||
| 69 | All | [14] |
Super1600
| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audi | Audi A1 | 15 | All | [15] | ||
| 39 | All | [15] | ||||
| 51 | All | [16] | ||||
| 54 | All | [15] | ||||
| 95 | All | [15] | ||||
| Renault | Renault Megane | 50 | All | [16] | ||
| Renault Twingo | 22 | All | [17] | |||
| Škoda | Škoda Citigo | 11 | All | [18] | ||
| Škoda Fabia | 16 | All | [16] | |||
| 99 | All | [16] | ||||
| 117 | All | [16] | ||||
| 166 | 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
|
|
1 – 10 point penalty.
2 – 15 point penalty.
Super1600
| Pos | Driver | BAR |
Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 59 | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 51 | |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 39 | |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | 38 | |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 37 | |
| 6 | 3 | 10 | 32 | |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | |
| 8 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |
| 9 | 11 | 6 | 22 | |
| 10 | 9 | 8 | 20 | |
| 11 | 10 | 11 | 17 | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | |
| Pos | Driver | BAR |
Points | |
References
- ↑ Ridge, Hal (30 October 2019). "Nurburgring added to 2020 World Rallycross calendar". motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ↑ Ridge, Hal (22 November 2019). "Latvia to remain on World RX calendar after all". motorsport.com. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ Ridge, Hal (6 December 2019). "Russia completes 2020 World RX schedule". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ Ridge, Hal (7 March 2020). "Russian World Rallycross round cancelled". motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 Ridge, Hal (4 May 2020). "World RX season to begin in August as new calendar is issued". motorsport.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Ridge, Hal (14 March 2020). "World RX postpones Barcelona opener over coronavirus". motorsport.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ Ridge, Hal (16 September 2020). "Portugal World Rallycross round cancelled". motorsport.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ Ridge, Hal (21 May 2020). "French World Rallycross round cancelled for 2020". motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ↑ Bradley, Charles (26 November 2020). "FIA confirms Nurburgring World Rallycross finale cancellation". motorsport.com. Motorsport News Network. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ↑ Wilde, Dominik (4 November 2020). "Spa World RX round cancelled". Dirtfish Media. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ↑ "Gundersen Steps Up to Euro Supercar with JC Raceteknik". fiaworldrallycross.com. FIA World Rallycross Championship. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "FIA European RX Entry Lists Revealed". fiaworldrallycross.com. FIA World Rallycross Championship. 20 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ↑ "Denmark's Daarbak steps up to Euro Supercar". fiaworldrallycross.com. FIA World Rallycross Championship. 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- 1 2 "Norway's Evjen Returns To Euro RX". fiaworldrallycross.com. FIA World Rallycross Championship. 6 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 "Volland Racing reveals five-car lineup for 2020". fiaworldrallycross.com. FIA World Rallycross Championship. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "FIA European Rallycross Championship Barcelona Super1600 Entry List" (PDF). FIA World Rallycross Championship. FIA. 16 October 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ Lindroos, Pontus (24 February 2020). "RX Academy champion Rasmus Tuominen set for Super1600 Season". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ↑ Lindroos, Pontus (31 January 2020). "ERC driver Černý debuts in Euro RX Super1600 this season". Rallycross.cz. TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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