2020 World RX of Sweden

The 2020 Swecon World RX of Sweden was the first and second round of the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland.[1][2]

Rallycross layout of the Höljesbanan
2020 World RX of Sweden
Round 1 of 8 in the
2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date22 August 2020
LocationHöljes, Värmland
VenueHöljesbanan
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Heat 2Sweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Heat 3Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Semi-final 2Sweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Final
FirstSweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
SecondSweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
ThirdGermany Timo Scheider
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
2020 World RX of Sweden
Round 2 of 8 in the
2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date23 August 2020
LocationHöljes, Värmland
VenueHöljesbanan
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Heat 2Sweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Heat 3Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Semi-final 2Sweden Robin Larsson
KYB Team JC
Final
FirstSweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
SecondSweden Kevin Hansen
Team Hansen
ThirdSweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event, originally planned as a "traditionalal sixth round", later became the first double header (two races in a weekend) of season.

Supercar Race 1

Source[3][4]

Heats
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 1st 6th 1st 16
2 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Audi S1 2nd 1st 8th 15
3 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GCK Bilstein Renault Mégane RS 5th 2nd 4th 14
4 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen Peugeot 208 8th 5th 2nd 13
5 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC Audi S1 3rd 4th 7th 12
6 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen Peugeot 208 6th 7th 3rd 11
7 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 10th 3rd 6th 10
8 44 Germany Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 4th 8th 11th 9
9 123 Hungary Krisztián Szabó GRX Set Hyundai i20 9th 11th 5th 8
10 93 Sweden Sebastian Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Honda Civic Coupe 7th 9th 9th 7
11 14 Lithuania Rokas Baciuška Unkorrupted Renault Clio RS 12th 10th 13th 6
12 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 17th 12th 10th 4
13 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel Renault Mégane RS 14th 14th 12th 5
14 77 Germany René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 13th 13th 16th 3
15 11 Finland Jani Paasonen Ferratum Team Ford Fiesta 15th 15th 15th 2
16 36 France Guerlain Chicherit Unkorrupted Renault Clio RS 16th 16th 14th 1
17 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel Renault Mégane RS 11th DNS DNS

Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport 4:29.379 6
2 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team + 0.492 5
3 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GCK Bilstein + 6.902 4
4 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC + 7.341 3
5 123 Hungary Krisztián Szabó GRX Set + 7.361 2
6 14 Lithuania Rokas Baciuška Unkorrupted DNF 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC 4:29.361 6
2 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen + 0.896 5
3 44 Germany Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport + 4.699 4
4 93 Sweden Sebastian Eriksson Olsbergs MSE + 5.243 3
5 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen + 6.485 2
6 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team + 6.620 1

Final
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport 5:05.943 8
2 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC + 4.201 5
3 44 Germany Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport + 17.755 4
4 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team + 19.419 3
5 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GCK Bilstein + 38.135 2
6 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen DNF 1

Supercar Race 2

Source[5][6]

Heats
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 1st 2nd 1st 16
2 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Audi S1 2nd 1st 3rd 15
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel Renault Mégane RS 4th 6th 2nd 14
4 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC Audi S1 3rd 5th 4th 13
5 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen Peugeot 208 5th 3rd 5th 12
6 123 Hungary Krisztián Szabó GRX Set Hyundai i20 10th 7th 6th 11
7 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GCK Bilstein Renault Mégane RS 12th 4th 7th 10
8 44 Germany Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 6th 10th 9th 9
9 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen Peugeot 208 13th 9th 8th 8
10 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 7th 12th 11th 7
11 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 8th 8th 16th 6
12 77 Germany René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 14th 13th 10th 5
13 36 France Guerlain Chicherit Unkorrupted Renault Clio RS 11th 14th 13th 4
14 14 Lithuania Rokas Baciuška Unkorrupted Renault Clio RS 16th 11th 12th 3
15 93 Sweden Sebastian Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Honda Civic Coupe 9th 16th 15th 2
16 11 Finland Jani Paasonen Ferratum Team Ford Fiesta 15th 15th 14th 1
17 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel Renault Mégane RS 17th 17th 17th

Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport 4:29.694 6
2 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen + 1.812 5
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel + 8.318 4
4 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team + 8.525 3
5 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GCK Bilstein + 10.166 2
1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen DQ
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC 4:32.380 6
2 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC + 0.760 5
3 44 Germany Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport + 2.021 4
4 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team + 2.517 3
5 123 Hungary Krisztián Szabó GRX Set + 7.273* 2
6 77 Germany Rene Munnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport DNF 1

*Krisztián Szabó originally finished fourth but later was penalised 5 sec time penalty

Final
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC 4:28.907 8
2 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen + 3.029 5
3 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport + 5.194* 4
4 44 Germany Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport + 9.615 3
5 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC + 10.583 2
6 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel + 31.949 1

*Johan Kristoffersson finished second, but was handed a five second time penalty immediately following the race after he was judged to have hit two track markers in the joker lap as he pushed hard to match Mattias Ekström

Standings after the event

Source[7]

Pos. Driver Pts Gap
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 56
2 Sweden Mattias Ekström 54 +2
3 Sweden Robin Larsson 36 +20
4 Sweden Kevin Hansen 35 +21
5 Germany Timo Scheider 33 +23
6 Sweden Anton Marklund 32 +24
  • Note: Only the top six positions are included.

References
  1. Ridge, Hal. "Holjes WRX: Johan Kristoffersson makes winning return".
  2. Ridge, Hal. "Holjes WRX: Ekstrom outduels Kristofferson to win on Sunday".
  3. "Classifications R1".
  4. "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Swecon World RX of Sweden R1 | FIA Results and Statistics".
  5. "Classifications R2".
  6. "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Swecon World RX of Sweden R2 | FIA Results and Statistics".
  7. "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Swecon World RX of Sweden Standings | FIA Results and Statistics".
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