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 |
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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. |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 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
- ↑ 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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