2021 FIA European Rallycross Championship explained
The 2021 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 46th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The championship consisted of two classes: RX1 and RX3.
The championship began on 22 May at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, and ended on 4 September at Circuit de Lohéac in France.
Calendar
The championship consisted of 6 events across Europe, with RX1 competing at four rounds and RX3 competing at five.
The initial calendar was released on 16 December. It included one unconfirmed event.[1] A revised calendar was released on 26 March.[2] Another calendar revision was published on 12 May.[3]
Calendar Changes
- After being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Euro RX of Benelux, Euro RX of Norway and Euro RX of France were all set to return to the championship on the initial calendar. The Euro RX of Norway was not included in the 12 May revision of the calendar.
- The Euro RX of Finland was set to return to the championship for the first time since 2014 on the initial calendar, but was not included in the 12 May revision.
- After being on the calendar in 2020, the Euro RX of Riga - Latvia was not included in the initial calendar, but was later added to the calendar in the May 12 revision.
- After being on the original 2020 calendar, then being cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Euro RX of Portugal, Euro RX of Russia and Euro RX of Germany were not included in the initial calendar. The Euro RX of Portugal and the Euro RX of Germany were reintroduced on the revised calendar.
Series News
- The Supercar and Super1600 classes were renamed to RX1 and RX3 respectively.[4]
Entries
RX1
RX3
Constructor | Team | Car | | Driver | Rounds | |
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Audi | Damian Litwinowicz | Audi A1 | 6 | Damian Litwinowicz | All | [17] |
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Per Magne Egebø-Svardal | 13 | Per Magne Egebø-Svardal | 2, 4 | |
Volland Racing KFT. | 22 | Kobe Pauwels | All | [18] |
54 | Marat Knyazev | All | [19] |
89 | Timur Shigabutdinov | 1-3, 5 | |
95 | Yury Belevskiy | All | |
Speedy Motorsport | 18 | Zsolt Szíjj Jolly | 1-3 | |
Nuno Araújo | 108 | Nuno Araújo | 5 | [20] |
Citroën | Maximilien Eveno | Citroën C2 | 75 | Maximilien Eveno | 3 | [21] |
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Hélder Ribeiro | 122 | Hélder Ribeiro | 5 | |
Ford | Sebastian Høidalen | Ford Fiesta | 5 | Sebastian Høidalen | 2 | |
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Martin Kjær | 91 | Martin Kjær | 2 | |
Peugeot | Pedro Ribeiro | Peugeot 108 | 44 | Pedro Ribeiro | 3, 5 | |
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Espen Isaksætre | Peugeot 208 | 8 | Espen Isaksætre | 2 | |
Antonio Sousa | 129 | Antonio Sousa | 5 | |
Joaquim Machado | 146 | Joaquim Machado | 5 | |
Renault | Dylan Dufas | Renault Twingo | 9 | Dylan Dufas | 2-3 | |
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RS Racing Team | 20 | Siim Saluri | 1 | |
Meunier Competition | 28 | Clément Picard | 3-4 | |
161 | Frédéric Moreau | 3 | |
Sergio Dias | 125 | Sergio Dias | 5 | |
Škoda | Pajrs S.R.O. | Škoda Citigo | 11 | Jan Černý | All | |
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Ligur Racing | Škoda Fabia | 10 | Janno Ligur | 2-3 | |
Kreda | 14 | Kasparas Navickas | 1-2 | |
Automax Motorsport | 23 | Radosław Raczkowski | 1–4 | |
Alexander Hvaal | 60 | Marius Solberg Hansen | 2 | |
Josef Šusta | 61 | Jiři Šusta | 1–4 | |
Jérémy Lambec | 66 | Jérémy Lambec | 2-3 | |
Maximilien Eveno | 75 | Maximilien Eveno | 3 | |
ADAC Team Weser-Ems E.V. | 86 | Lukas Ney | 1-3 | [22] |
JihoČesky Autoklub V AČR | 96 | Marcel Suchý | 1–2, 4 | |
João Ribeiro | 99 | João Ribeiro | 5 | |
Leonel Sampaio | 147 | Leonel Sampaio | 5 | |
Volkswagen | KRTZ Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 58 | Dominik Senegacnik | 2 | | |
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Championship standings
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 |
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Heats | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Semi-Finals | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
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Final | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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RX1
| Driver | SWE
| FRA
| LAT
| BEL
| Points |
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1 | Andreas Bakkerud | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 90 |
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2 | Fabien Pailler | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 86 |
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3 | Janis Baumanis | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 69 |
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4 | Jonathan Pailler | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 60 |
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5 | Ándrea Dubourg | 9 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 57 |
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6 | René Münnich | 10 | 1 | | 8 | 53 |
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7 | Tamás Kárai | 4 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 52 |
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8 | Thomas Bryntesson | 1 | | 8 | | 46 |
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9 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | 2 | 8 | | | 35 |
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10 | Csucsu | 6 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
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11 | Hans-Jøran Østreng | 13 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
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12 | Peter Hedström | | | 3 | | 21 |
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13 | Anders Michalak | 12 | | 9 | 16 | 20 |
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14 | Mandie August | 14 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 20 |
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15 | Sivert Svardal | 17 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 18 |
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16 | Romuald Delauney | 15 | 7 | | | 15 |
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17 | Anton Marklund | 7 | | | | 15 |
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18 | Marcin Gagacki | 18 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 14 |
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19 | Stéphane De Ganay | | 11 | | 13 | 13 |
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20 | Attila Mózer | | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 |
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21 | Dariusz Topolewski | 19 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 11 |
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22 | Paulius Pleskovas | 24 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 10 |
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23 | David Nordgaard | 11 | | | | 9 |
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24 | Emmanuel Anne | | 13 | | | 7 |
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25 | Aleš Fučik | 16 | | 14 | | 4 |
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26 | Edijs Ošs | | | 15 | | 2 |
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27 | Laurent Bouliou | | 15 | | | 2 |
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28 | Patrick Guillerme | 21 | 25 | | 18 | 0 |
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29 | David Meslier | | 18 | | | 0 |
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30 | Benoît Fretin | | 21 | | | 0 |
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31 | Per Eklund | 22 | | | | 0 |
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32 | Anthony Pelfrene | | 22 | | | 0 |
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33 | Pascal Lambec | 23 | 23 | | | 0 |
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| Driver | SWE
| FRA
| BEL
| POR
| Points | |
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| | |
RX3
| Driver | BAR
| SWE
| FRA
| BEL
| POR
| Points |
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1 | Yury Belevskiy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 147 |
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2 | Kobe Pauwels | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 115 |
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3 | Marat Knyazev | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 114 |
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4 | Jan Cerny | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 88 |
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5 | Timur Shigabutdinov | 2 | 7 | 3 | | 6 | 72 |
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6 | Damian Litwinowicz | 6 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 72 |
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7 | Radoslaw Raczkowski | 9 | 14 | 8 | 10 | | 36 |
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8 | Zsolt Szíjj Jolly | 3 | 17 | 7 | | | 33 |
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9 | Janno Ligur | | 5 | 10 | | | 31 |
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10 | Clément Picard | | | 12 | 5 | | 24 |
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11 | Kasparas Navickas | 8 | 9 | | | | 24 |
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12 | Jiri Susta | 10 | 13 | 9 | 7 | | 21 |
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13 | Nuno Araújo | | | | | 5 | 16 |
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14 | Maximilien Eveno | | | 6 | | | 16 |
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15 | Marcel Suchý | 12 | 19 | | 9 | | 16 |
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16 | João Ribeiro | | | | | 8 | 15 |
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17 | Espen Isaksætre | | 8 | | | | 13 |
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18 | Per Magne Egebø-Svardal | | 21 | | 8 | | 11 |
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19 | Marius Solberg Hansen | | 10 | | | | 11 |
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20 | Leonel Sampaio | | | | | 9 | 10 |
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21 | Joaquim Machado | | | | | 10 | 9 |
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22 | Sergio Dias | | | | | 11 | 8 |
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23 | Siim Saluri | 11 | | | | | 8 |
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24 | Jérémy Lambec | | 18 | 11 | | | 7 |
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25 | Sebastian Høidalen | | 11 | | | | 7 |
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26 | Lukas Ney | 13 | 20 | 14 | | | 7 |
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27 | Martin Kjær | | 12 | | | | 6 |
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28 | Antonio Sousa | | | | | 12 | 6 |
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29 | Dylan Dufas | | 15 | 13 | | | 6 |
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30 | Pedro Ribeiro | | | 16 | | 13 | 4 |
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31 | Hélder Ribeiro | | | | | 14 | 3 |
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32 | Dominik Senegacnik | | 16 | | | | 1 |
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33 | Frédéric Moreau | | | 17 | | | 0 |
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| Driver | BAR
| SWE
| FRA
| BEL
| POR
| Points | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: FIA Approves 2021 World RX Calendar. 16 December 2020. fiaworldrallycross.com. FIA World Rallycross Championship. 31 December 2020. 17 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201217092430/https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10742/fia-approves-2021-world-rx. dead.
- Web site: FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ADJUSTS 2021 CALENDAR. 26 March 2021. fia.com. FIA. 1 July 2021.
- Web site: Another new calendar for the 2021 FIA World Rallycross Championship announced. 12 May 2021. rallycross.com. rallycross.com. 1 July 2021.
- News: What's in a name - new names Supercar and Super1600. 9 October 2020. FVR. rallycross.com. 30 December 2020.
- Web site: 5 July 2021. CONTENDERS REVEALED FOR 2021 EURO RX1 CROWN. dead. 5 July 2021. FIA WORLD RALLYCROS CHAMPIONSHIP. 5 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210705111613/https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10780/contenders-revealed-for-2021-euro.
- Web site: World and European Championship entry lists for Lohéac revealed. 2021-08-18. FIA World Rallycross Championship. en.
- Web site: Almost 60 cars set for World and European Championship action at Höljes. 2021-08-05. FIA World Rallycross Championship. en.
- Web site: Lindroos. Pontus. 31 March 2021. Three Polish Drivers Set To Enter The 2021 Euro RX. live. 22 April 2021. Thecheckeredflag.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20210331210334/https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2021/03/three-polish-drivers-set-to-enter-the-2021-euro-rx/ . 31 March 2021 .
- Web site: World RX and Euro RX1 entries out for Latvian double-header. 2021-08-27. FIA World Rallycross Championship. en.
- Web site: Pailler brothers seeking to 'surprise' in Euro RX1 in 2021. 23 June 2021. 23 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210623131632/https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10770/pailler-brothers-seeking-to--surprise-. dead.
- Web site: DA Racing prepares for electric future with 2021 programme. 19 June 2021. 28 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628050731/https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10766/da-racing-prepares-for-electric. dead.
- Web site: Baumanis joins Euro RX1. 2021-08-17. FIA World Rallycross Championship. en.
- Web site: Bakkerud joins Euro RX1. 2021-08-18. FIA World Rallycross Championship. en.
- Web site: Eklund rides again! Former European Champion's comeback continues at Höljes (just don't tell his wife). 2021-08-18. FIA World Rallycross Championship. en.
- Web site: Anton Marklund firma con Hedstrom Motorsport. live. PureRallycross. https://web.archive.org/web/20210429104635/https://purerallycross.com/index.php/2020-FIA-World-RX-/-FIA-Euro-RX-/-Rallycross-France/anton-marklund-signe-avec-le-hedstrom-motorsport.html?fbclid=IwAR0LOjttB_0voIX6raC2E8dMgB-OLLPvVchGO-5qKnEg4zejPtkorDxjxQs . 29 April 2021 .
- Web site: Bryntesson returns for Höljes with sights set on Euro RX1 glory. 2021-08-05. FIA World Rallycross Championship. en.
- Web site: 21 June 2021. RX3 ROOKIE LITWINOWICZ AIMING FOR A POLISHED PERFORMANCE. dead. 22 June 2021. 21 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210621175047/https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10769/rx3-rookie-litwinowicz-aiming-for.
- Web site: Lindroos. Pontus. 3 December 2020. Pauwels Confirms 2021 Euro RX Super 1600 Campaign. live. 23 April 2021. Thecheckeredflag.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203132340/https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2020/12/pauwels-confirms-2021-euro-rx-super-1600-campaign/ . 3 December 2020 .
- Web site: 30 June 2021. Driver CATALUNYA ENTRY FEATURES 17-STRONG GRIDS IN WORLD RX AND RX3. dead. 30 June 2021. 30 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210630111436/https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10777/catalunya-entry-features-17-strong-grids.
- Web site: Entry List Euro RX3 - Cooper Tires World RX of Montalegre. 1 October 2021. FIA World Rallycross Championship. FIA. 15 October 2021. 14 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211014230328/https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/world-rx/championship/calendar/world-rx-of-portugal-/euro-rx3-entry-list/. dead.
- Web site: World and European Championship entry lists for Lohéac revealed. 2021-09-23. FIA World Rallycross Championship. en.
- Web site: 24 June 2021. RX3 ROOKIE NEY READY TO STEP UP FROM THE DOMESTIC STAGE. dead. 26 June 2021. FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP. 26 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210626124246/https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10771/rx3-rookie-ney-ready-to.