2020 FIA European Rallycross Championship
Appearance
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Supercar
[edit]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
[edit]Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Ref. |
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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
[edit]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
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1 – 10 point penalty.
2 – 15 point penalty.
Super1600
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b c d e f "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.