2022 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2022 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 47th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The championship consisted of two classes: RX1 and RX3.

The championship began on 21 May at the Nyirád Racing Center in Hungary, and ended on 14 November at Nürburgring in Germany.

Calendar[edit]

The championship consisted of seven events across Europe, with RX1 competing at six rounds and RX3 competing at five.

The updated calendar was released on 21 March. It included one unconfirmed event.[1]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
1 Hungary Euro RX of Hungary 21–22 May Nyirád Racing Center, Nyirád RX1 Sweden Anton Marklund Finland SET Promotion
RX3 Belgium Kobe Pauwels Hungary Volland Racing KFT
2 Sweden Euro RX of Sweden 2–3 July Höljesbanan, Höljes RX1 Sweden Anton Marklund Finland SET Promotion
RX3 Norway Marius Solberg Hansen Norway MSH RX
3 Norway Euro RX of Norway 13–14 August Lånkebanen, Hell RX1 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Sweden EKS
RX3 Belgium Kobe Pauwels Hungary Volland Racing KFT
4 Latvia Euro RX of Latvia 3–4 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga RX1 Norway Sondre Evjen Sweden JC Raceteknik
5 Portugal Euro RX of Portugal 17–18 September Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX1 Belgium Enzo Ide Sweden EKS
RX3 Belgium Kobe Pauwels Hungary Volland Racing KFT
6 Belgium Euro RX of Benelux 8–9 October Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot RX1 Sweden Anton Marklund Finland SET Promotion
7 Germany Euro RX of Germany 13–14 November Nürburgring, Nürburg RX3 Belgium Kobe Pauwels Hungary Volland Racing KFT

Entries[edit]

RX1[edit]

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Hungary Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület Audi A1 39 Hungary Zoltán Koncseg 1 [2]
Sweden EKS Audi S1 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 2–3 [3]
81 Latvia Ronalds Baldiņš 4 [4]
91 Belgium Enzo Ide All [5]
Sweden JC Raceteknik 52 Norway Ole Christian Veiby 2 [6]
69 Norway Sondre Evjen 2–4 [6]
Hungary Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület 73 Hungary Tamás Kárai All [2]
Citroën Portugal Mário Barbosa Citroën DS3 75 Portugal Mário Barbosa 5 [7]
France Hervé Knapick 84 France Hervé Knapick 1, 5–6 [2]
Ford Republic of Ireland Patrick O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 4 Republic of Ireland Patrick O'Donovan 1 [8]
Finland Betomik Racing Team 5 Finland Mika Liimatainen 6 [9]
Norway David Nordgaard 9 Norway David Nordgaard 3 [10]
Sweden Team Skåab 31 Sweden Stefan Kristensson 2, 6 [11]
Denmark Linnemann Promotion 33 Denmark Ulrik Linnemann All [12]
Poland Oponeo 44 Poland Dariusz Topolewski 1–3, 5–6 [2]
88 Poland Marcin Gagacki All [2]
Hungary Nyirád Motorsport KFT 50 Hungary Attila Mózer 1–5 [2]
Lithuania TSK Baltijos Sportas 55 Lithuania Paulius Pleskovas 2, 4, 6 [11]
Norway Frank Valle 67 Norway Frank Valle 2–3, 6 [11]
Hyundai Finland Betomik Racing Team Hyundai i20 10 Finland Mikko Ikonen 4, 6 [13]
18 Finland Juha Rytkönen 6 [14]
35 Jamaica Fraser McConnell 3 [15]
Sweden Hedströms Motorsport 14 Sweden Oliver Solberg 2 [16]
Finland SET Promotion 92 Sweden Anton Marklund All [17]
Peugeot Sweden #YellowSquad Peugeot 208 6 Latvia Janis Baumanis All [18]
Hungary Speedbox Racing Team KFT 27 Hungary László Kiss 1 [2]
Hungary Nyirád Motorsport KFT 51 Hungary Márk Mózer 1 [2]
France Jean Baptiste Dubourg 87 France Jean Baptiste Dubourg 1–2 [2]
Portugal José Oliveira 110 Portugal José Oliveira 5 [7]
Proton Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan Proton Iriz 2 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan 1–2 [19]
SEAT Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 38 Germany Mandie August All [2]
77 Germany René Münnich 1 [2]
Volkswagen Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 2 [20]
26 Sweden Gustav Bergström 2 [20]
Sweden Hedströms Motorsport 8 Sweden Peter Hedström 6 [14]
Czech Republic KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team 11 Czech Republic Aleš Fučik 1 [2]
Sweden Carexperience AB 12 Sweden Anders Michalak 1–3 [2]
Sweden Dan Öberg 17 Sweden Dan Öberg 2 [11]
Sweden Linus Östlund 21 Sweden Linus Östlund 2–3 [21]
Norway Sivert Svardal 24 Norway Sivert Svardal All [2]
Norway Tom André Saetnan Volkswagen Scirocco 30 Norway Tom André Saetnan 2–3, 6 [6]

RX3[edit]

Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Hungary Volland Racing KFT Audi A1 2 Lithuania Rytis Rutkauskas 5 [22]
22 Belgium Kobe Pauwels All [2]
30 Germany Nils Volland 2–5 [6]
88 Portugal Nuno Miguel da Costa Araújo All [2]
Poland Damian Litwinowicz 6 Poland Damian Litwinowicz All [23]
Norway Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 13 Norway Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 1–3, 5 [2]
Norway Anders Hansen 14 Norway Anders Hansen 2 [6]
Hungary Speedy Motorsport 18 Hungary Zsolt Szíjj 'Jolly' 1 [2]
Portugal João Ribeiro 99 Portugal João Ribeiro All [2]
Hungary Zalaegerszegi Autósport Egyesület 112 Hungary Róbert Répási 1 [2]
Citroën Portugal Jorge Machado Citroën C2 103 Portugal Jorge Machado 4 [7]
Ford Hungary TMC Rallysport KFT Ford Fiesta 4 Hungary András Ferjáncz 1 [2]
Norway Martin Kjær 33 Norway Martin Kjær 2, 5 [6]
Portugal Rogério Sousa 105 Portugal Rogério Sousa 4 [7]
Belgium OTRT Ford Ka 7 Belgium Nick Snoeys 2 [6]
Peugeot Norway Espen Isaksætre Peugeot 208 8 Norway Espen Isaksætre 2–3, 5 [6]
Portugal Tiago Ferreira 121 Portugal Tiago Ferreira 4 [7]
Portugal António Sousa 129 Portugal António Sousa 4 [7]
Portugal Joaquim Machado 146 Portugal Joaquim Machado 4 [7]
Renault Portugal Sérgio Dias Renault Twingo 149 Portugal Sérgio Dias 4 [7]
Škoda Czech Republic PAJR S.R.O. Škoda Citigo 11 Czech Republic Jan Černý All [2]
Estonia Ligur Racing Škoda Fabia 10 Estonia Janno Ligur 2 [6]
Norway Jens Hvaal 12 Norway Jens Hvaal 5 [22]
Norway MSH RX 60 Norway Marius Solberg Hansen 2–3 [6]
Czech Republic Jiři Šusta 61 Czech Republic Jiři Šusta 1–3 [2]
Germany ADAC Weser-EMS E.V. 86 Germany Lukas Ney 5 [22]
Portugal Leonel Sampaio 147 Portugal Leonel Sampaio 4 [7]
Norway Guttorm Lindefjell 169 Norway Guttorm Lindefjell 2 [6]
Volkswagen Czech Republic KRTZ Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 58 Austria Dominik Senegacnik 1–4 [2]

Championship standings[edit]

Points are scored as follows:

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

RX1 Driver's Championship[edit]

Pos. Driver HUN
Hungary
SWE
Sweden
NOR
Norway
LVA
Latvia
POR
Portugal
BLX
Belgium
Points
1 Sweden Anton Marklund 1 1 4 2 4 1 100
2 Latvia Janis Baumanis 4 6 3 9 2 3 71
3 Belgium Enzo Ide 2 13 13 3 1 11 60
4 Norway Sivert Svardal 5 10 9 5 6 4 57
5 Hungary Tamás Karai 8 14 6 6 7 5 50
6 Norway Sondre Evjen 7 2[a] 1 40
7 Denmark Ulrik Linnemann 3 20 18 10 3 12 36
8 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 3 1 33
9 Poland Marcin Gagacki 11 12 14 8 5 15 31
10 Germany Mandie August 9 16 16 11 12 7 25
11 Sweden Anders Michalak 7 9 10 22
12 Finland Mikko Ikonen 4 9 19
13 France Jean Baptiste Dubourg 14 2 18
14 Finland Juha Rytkönen 2 16
15 Hungary Attila Mózer 18 22 7 13 13 15
16 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 4 12
17 Sweden Oliver Solberg 5 11
18 Jamaica Fraser McConnell 5 11
19 Czech Republic Aleš Fučik 6 10
20 Sweden Peter Hedström 6 10
21 Sweden Linus Östlund 11 11 10
22 Latvia Ronalds Baldiņš 7 9
23 Sweden Stefan Kristensson 24 8 8
24 Portugal Mário Barbosa 8 8
25 Norway Ole Christian Veiby 8 8
26 Norway Frank Valle 21 8 8
27 Portugal José Oliveira 9 7
28 Poland Dariusz Topolewski 20 23 15 10 7
29 France Hervé Knapick 17 11 14 6
30 Finland Mika Liimatainen 10 6
31 Republic of Ireland Patrick O'Donovan 10 6
32 Norway David Nordgaard 12 4
33 Hungary Márk Mózer 12 4
34 Hungary László Kiss 13 3
35 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan 15 15 2
36 Hungary Zoltán Koncseg 16 0
37 Norway Tom André Saetnan 19 17 0
38 Sweden Gustav Bergström 18 0
39 Germany René Münnich 19 0
40 Sweden Dan Öberg 25 0
41 Lithuania Paulius Pleskovas 17 12 13[b] -8
Pos. Driver HUN
Hungary
SWE
Sweden
NOR
Norway
LVA
Latvia
POR
Portugal
BLX
Belgium
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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)

RX3 Driver's Championship[edit]

Pos. Driver HUN
Hungary
SWE
Sweden
NOR
Norway
POR
Portugal
GER
Germany
Points
1 Belgium Kobe Pauwels 1 2 1 1 1 96
2 Poland Damian Litwinowicz 4 5 3 2 3 65
3 Czech Republic Jan Černý 2 14 4 4 5 53
4 Portugal João Ribeiro 3 3 6 5 11 52
5 Portugal Nuno Miguel da Costa Araújo 7 11 9 3 6 44
6 Germany Nils Volland 10 2 6 7 41
7 Austria Dominik Senegacnik 8 7 10 9 30
8 Norway Marius Solberg Hansen 1 7 29
9 Norway Espen Isaksætre 6 5 10 27
10 Czech Republic Jiři Šusta 9 8 8 23
11 Norway Jens Hvaal 2 16
12 Norway Martin Kjær 13 4 15
13 Norway Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 5 12 11[c] 8 13
14 Estonia Janno Ligur 4 12
15 Hungary Zsolt Szíjj 'Jolly' 6 10
16 Portugal Jorge Machado 7 9
17 Portugal Joaquim Machado 8 8
18 Belgium Nick Snoeys 9 7
19 Lithuania Rytis Rutkauskas 9 7
20 Portugal António Sousa 10 6
21 Hungary Róbert Répási 10 6
22 Portugal Sérgio Dias 11 5
23 Hungary András Ferjáncz 11 5
24 Portugal Rogério Sousa 12 4
25 Germany Lukas Ney 12 4
26 Portugal Tiago Ferreira 13 3
27 Portugal Leonel Sampaio 14 2
28 Norway Anders Hansen 15 1
29 Norway Guttorm Lindefjell 16 0
Pos. Driver HUN
Hungary
SWE
Sweden
NOR
Norway
POR
Portugal
GER
Germany
Points

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Sondre Evjen was penalized 5 championship points.
  2. ^ Paulius Pleskovas was penalized 15 championship points.
  3. ^ Per Magne Egebø-Svardal was penalized 15 championship points.

References[edit]

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