2023 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2023 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 48th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The championship consisted of three classes: RX1 and RX3, as well as the RX2e support series for the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1]

The championship began on 29 April at the Nyirád Racing Center in Hungary, and ended on 20 August at Estering in Germany. Anton Marklund won the RX1 championship for the third time. Damian Litwinowicz won his first RX3 championship. Nils Andersson won his first RX2e championship.

Calendar

On 7 December 2022, the provisional 2023 calendar was announced during the FIA World Motorsport Council decisions.^[2] A calendar update was issued on 3 March 2023.^[3]

Rnd	Event	Date	Venue	Class	Winner	Team
1	Euro RX of Hungary	29–30 Apr	Nyirád Racing Center, Nyirád	RX1	Jānis Baumanis	RX Team Latvia
				RX3	Damian Litwinowicz	Volland Racing
2	Euro RX of Portugal	3–4 June	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre	RX1	Enzo Ide	Volland Racing
				RX3	Damian Litwinowicz	Volland Racing
3	Euro RX of Norway	17–18 June	Lånkebanen, Hell	RX1	Sivert Svardal	Sivert Svardal
				RX2e	Isak Sjökvist	#Yellowsquad
				RX3	Nils Volland	Volland Racing
4	Euro RX of Sweden	1–2 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	RX1	Patrick O'Donovan	Team RX Racing
				RX2e	Ole Henry Steinsholt	Ole Henry Steinsholt
				RX3	Espen Isaksætre	Volland Racing
5	Euro RX of the United Kingdom	22–23 July	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Canterbury	RX2e	Tommi Hallman	SET Promotion
6	Euro RX of Benelux	5–6 August	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet	RX1	Anton Marklund	SET Promotion
				RX2e	Johan Kristoffersson[a]	Kristoffersson Motorsport
7	Euro RX of Germany	19–20 August	Estering, Buxtehude	RX1	Jānis Baumanis	RX Team Latvia
				RX2e	Tommi Hallman	SET Promotion
				RX3	Dylan Dufas[b]	Team RX Evolution

Series News

• The RX2e class joined the European championship,^[1] having previously been a part of the world championship.
• The ZEROID X1 car used in the Rx2e class received a power increase from 250 kW to 270 kW, with an additional 80 kW being available to the drivers in a "boost mode" to aid overtaking.^[4]

Entries

RX1

Constructor	Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds	Ref
Audi	Kárai Motorsport Sportgyesület	Audi A1	39	Zoltán Koncseg	All	[5]
	Andreas Bakkerud	Audi S1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	1	[5]
	JC Raceteknik				4	[6]
			57	Mats Öhman	4	[7]
			444	Robin Larsson	4	[6]
	Kárai Motorsport Sportgyesület		73	Tamás Kárai	All	[5]
	Volland Racing		91	Enzo Ide	All	[5]
			95	Yury Belevskiy	5	[8]
Ford	SET Promotion	Ford Fiesta	1	Anton Marklund	All	[5]
	Linus Östlund		18	Linus Östlund	4	[7]
	Linneman Promotion		33	Ulrik Linnemann	1	[9]
	Nyirád Motorsport KFT		50	Attila Mózer	All	[5]
			51	Márk Mózer	1, 4	[5]
	Frank Valle		67	Frank Valle	3–4	[10]
	Sverre Isachsen		70	Sverre Isachsen	3	[10]
	Werner Gurschler		80	Werner Gurschler	6	[11]
Hyundai	Hedströms Motorsport	Hyundai i20	8	Peter Hedström	6	[11]
			12	Anders Michalak	4	[7]
	Betomik Racing Team		10	Mikko Ikonen	5–6	[8]
	Hans-Jøran Østreng		85	Hans-Jøran Østreng	1, 3–6	[12]
Peugeot	RX Team Latvia	Peugeot 208	6	Jānis Baumanis	1–5	[5]
	Team RX Racing		7	Patrick O'Donovan	All	[13]
	Korda Racing KFT		22	Máté Benyó	All	[14]
	Speedbox Racing Team KFT		27	László Kiss	1	[15]
	DA Racing		88	Anthony Pelfrene	2	[14]
	Nicolas Briand		99	Nicolas Briand	4	[7]
	José Oliveira		110	José Oliveira	2	[14]
Proton	Team RX Racing	Proton Iriz	2	Oliver O'Donovan	1, 6	[16]
			4	Stephen Hill	2	[14]
Renault	Pascal Lambec	Renault Clio	19	Pascal Lambec	4, 6	[7]
SEAT	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	38	Mandie August	All	[5]
			77	René Münnich	All	[5]
Škoda	TSK Baltijos Sportas	Škoda Fabia	55	Paulius Pleskovas	1–2, 4–6	[5]
Volkswagen	KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team	Volkswagen Polo	11	Aleš Fučik	1, 6	[5]
	Sivert Svardal		24	Sivert Svardal	All	[17]
	Linneman Promotion		33	Ulrik Linnemann	2, 4–6	[18]
	Sætnan Motorsport	Volkswagen Scirocco	30	Tom André Sætnan	3–4	[10]

RX2e

Constructor	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Ref
QEV Technologies	Kristoffersson Motorsport	ZEROID X1[10]	3	Johan Kristoffersson	4	[5]
			96	Ole Christian Veiby	4	[5]
	#YELLOWSQUAD		2	Catie Munnings	1–3	[19]
			55	Molly Taylor	4–5	[20]
			82	Isak Sjökvist	All	[21]
	Zeroid Motorsport		5	Pablo Suárez	All	[22]
			28	Filip Thorén	All	[23]
			97	Cristina Gutiérrez	1–2	[24]
	RuiSi Racing		11	Yan Zhang	5	[25]
	Construction Equipment Dealer Team		12	Klara Andersson	5	[26]
			68	Niclas Grönholm	5	[26]
	VMV Racing		13	Viktor Vranckx	1–3	[27]
	Team E		14	Nils Andersson	All	[28]
			19	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	All	[29]
	Hansen World RX Team		21	Timmy Hansen	4	[5]
			71	Kevin Hansen	4	[5]
	Ugis Vitols		26	Roberts Vitols	3	[30]
	Set Promotion		27	Marko Muru	2, 4	[31]
			87	Tommi Hallman	3, 5	[32]
	Acciona | Sainz XE Team		44	Laia Sanz	1	[33]
	Ole Henry Steinsholt		88	Ole Henry Steinsholt	All	[34]

RX3

Constructor	Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds	Ref
Audi	Volland Racing	Audi A1	6	Damian Litwinowicz	All	[35]
			8	Espen Isaksætre	All	[36]
			30	Nils Volland	All	[36]
			99	João Ribeiro	1–2, 4–5	[36]
	Speedy Motorsport		18	Zsolt Szíjj Jolly	All	[36]
	Andre Sousa		104	Andre Sousa	2	[14]
	Joaquim Machado		146	Joaquim Machado	2	[14]
Citroën	Jorge Machado	Citroën C2	103	Jorge Machado	2	[14]
Ford	Rogerio Sousa	Ford Fiesta	105	Rogerio Sousa	2	[14]
Peugeot	Tiago Ferreira	Peugeot 208	121	Tiago Ferreira	2	[14]
	António Sousa		129	António Sousa	2	[14]
Renault	Team RX Evolution	Renault Clio	9	Dylan Dufas	5	[11]
			14	David Bouet	1–2, 4–5	[5]
	RS Racing Team	Renault Twingo	20	Siim Saluri	3–5	[10]
	Sergio Dias		149	Sergio Dias	2	[14]
Škoda	Pajr S.R.O.	Škoda Citigo	11	Jan Černý	1	[5]
	Jens Hvaal	Škoda Fabia	12	Jens Hvaal	All	[37]
	Motorsport Siauliai		21	Audrius Kragas	4	[7]
	Martin Kjær		33	Martin Kjær	2–5	[14]
	KRTZ Motorsport		58	Dominik Senegacnik	All	[5]
	ADAC Team Weser-Ems eV		86	Lukas Ney	4–5	[7]
	Jihočeský Autoklub v AČR		96	Marcel Suchý	1, 5	[5]
	Zalaegerszegi ASE		112	Róbert Répási	1	[5]
	Leonel Sampaio		147	Leonel Sampaio	2	[14]
Suzuki	EAK M-Sport KFT	Suzuki Swift	55	Ferenc Ficza	1	[5]
Volkswagen	Szada Ring Racing KFT	Volkswagen Polo	131	Balázs Körmöczi	All	[5]

Championship standings

Points are scored as follows:

RX1 Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver HUN POR NOR SWE BLX GER Points 1 Anton Marklund 2 62 21 42 11 111 92 2 Jānis Baumanis 11 33 9 5 7 12 86 3 Patrick O'Donovan 3 5 52 1[c] 8 2 76 4 Enzo Ide 42 11 63 8 9 3 76 5 Tamás Kárai 11 4 3 11 3 5 59 6 René Münnich 7 2 7 12 13 4 53 7 Sivert Svardal 17 13 1 6 63 9 51 8 Ulrik Linnemann 10 12 3 2 13 42 9 Máté Benyó 53 7 11 14 10 14 36 10 Hans-Jøran Østreng 12 12 15 5 7 29 11 Zoltán Koncseg 18 9 8 21 4 15 28 12 Attila Mózer 13 8 14 20 15 8 22 13 Andreas Bakkerud 6 73 20 14 Robin Larsson 21 19 15 Mandie August 16 14 4 16 16 17 14 16 Aleš Fučik 9 10 13 17 Peter Hedström 63 11 18 László Kiss 8 8 19 Mikko Ikonen 12 12 8 20 Linus Östlund 9 7 21 Paulius Pleskovas 19 11 19 14 16 7 22 Yury Belevskiy 112 7 23 Anthony Pelfrene 10 6 24 Sverre Isachsen 10 6 25 Mats Öhman 10 6 26 Frank Valle 13 18 3 27 Anders Michalak 13 3 28 Márk Mózer 14 17 2 29 Tom André Sætnan 15 22 1 30 José Oliveira 15 1 31 Oliver O'Donovan 15 1 32 Stephen Hill 16 0 33 Werner Gurschler 18 0 34 Nicolas Briand 23 0 35 Pascal Lambec 24 0 Pos. Driver HUN POR NOR SWE BLX GER 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) In-line notation 1–3 Top 3 heat ranking

RX2e Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver NOR SWE GBR BLX GER Points 1 Nils Andersson 22 52 52 4 23 76 2 Isak Sjökvist 11 3 9 8 32 69 3 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 3 4 7 23 9 66 4 Pablo Suárez 4 8 4 11 7 52 5 Ole Henry Steinsholt 10[d] 13 3 5 10 50 6 Filip Thorén 6 6 8 10 6 50 7 Tommi Hallman 11 11 46 8 Viktor Vranckx 93 21 23 44 9 Marko Muru 7 3 26 10 Catie Munnings 7 9 10 22 11 Molly Taylor 12 8 18 12 Cristina Gutiérrez 5 10 17 13 Roberts Vitols 6 10 14 Laia Sanz 8 8 15 Yan Zhang 11 7 Guest entries ineligible for points Johan Kristoffersson 11 - Niclas Grönholm 4 - Klara Andersson 5 - Timmy Hansen 6 - Kevin Hansen 72 - Ole Christian Veiby 9 - Pos. Driver NOR SWE GBR BLX GER Points

RX3 Driver's Championship

Pos.	Driver	HUN	POR	NOR	SWE	GER	Points
1	Damian Litwinowicz	12	11	23	2	43	91
2	Espen Isaksætre	21	2	32	11	51	87
3	Nils Volland	9	33	11	52	3[e]	65
4	Jens Hvaal	4	7	4	3	DSQ	46
5	Martin Kjær		4	6	6	6	43
6	João Ribeiro	12	52		43	82	39
7	Balázs Körmöczi	3	15	7	9	12	34
8	Dominik Senegacnik	8	9	9[f]	11	9	30
9	Zsolt Szíjj Jolly	7	16	8	8		25
10	Siim Saluri			6	12	7	23
11	David Bouet	11	17			2	21
12	Dylan Dufas					1	20
13	Jan Černý	53					12
14	Lukas Ney				10	10	12
15	Marcel Suchý	10				11	11
16	Jorge Machado		6				10
17	Ferenc Ficza	6					10
18	Audrius Kragas				7		9
19	Joaquim Machado		8				8
20	Rogerio Sousa		10				6
21	Leonel Sampaio		11				5
22	Tiago Ferreira		12				4
23	Róbert Répási	13					3
24	Andre Sousa		13				3
25	Sergio Dias		14				2
26	António Sousa		18				0
Pos.	Driver	HUN	POR	NOR	SWE	GER	Points

Notes

References

External links

• Official website

This page was last edited on 27 March 2024, at 18:12