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 Hungary Euro RX of Hungary 29–30 Apr Nyírád Racing Center, Nyirád RX1 Latvia Jānis Baumanis Latvia RX Team Latvia
RX3 Poland Damian Litwinowicz Poland Volland Racing
2 Portugal Euro RX of Portugal 3–4 June Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX1 Belgium Enzo Ide Poland Volland Racing
RX3 Poland Damian Litwinowicz Poland Volland Racing
3 Norway Euro RX of Norway 17–18 June Lånkebanen, Hell RX1 Norway Sivert Svardal Norway Sivert Svardal
RX2e Sweden Isak Sjökvist Sweden #Yellowsquad
RX3 Germany Nils Volland Poland Volland Racing
4 Sweden Euro RX of Sweden 1–2 July Höljesbanan, Höljes RX1 United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan United Kingdom Team RX Racing
RX2e Norway Ole Henry Steinsholt Norway Ole Henry Steinsholt
RX3 Norway Espen Isaksætre Poland Volland Racing
5 United Kingdom Euro RX of the United Kingdom 22–23 July Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Canterbury RX2e Finland Tommi Hallman Finland SET Promotion
6 Belgium Euro RX of Benelux 5–6 August Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet RX1 Sweden Anton Marklund Finland SET Promotion
RX2e Sweden Johan Kristoffersson[lower-alpha 1] Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport
7 Germany Euro RX of Germany 19–20 August Estering, Buxtehude RX1 Latvia Jānis Baumanis Latvia RX Team Latvia
RX2e Finland Tommi Hallman Finland SET Promotion
RX3 France Dylan Dufas[lower-alpha 2] France 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 Hungary Kárai Motorsport Sportgyesület Audi A1 39 Hungary Zoltán Koncseg All [5]
Norway Andreas Bakkerud Audi S1 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 1 [5]
Sweden JC Raceteknik 4 [6]
57 Sweden Mats Öhman 4 [7]
444 Sweden Robin Larsson 4 [6]
Hungary Kárai Motorsport Sportgyesület 73 Hungary Tamás Kárai All [5]
Poland Volland Racing 91 Belgium Enzo Ide All [5]
95 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy 5 [8]
Ford Finland SET Promotion Ford Fiesta 1 Sweden Anton Marklund All [5]
Sweden Linus Östlund 18 Sweden Linus Östlund 4 [7]
Denmark Linneman Promotion 33 Denmark Ulrik Linnemann 1 [9]
Hungary Nyirád Motorsport KFT 50 Hungary Attila Mózer All [5]
51 Hungary Márk Mózer 1, 4 [5]
Norway Frank Valle 67 Norway Frank Valle 3–4 [10]
Norway Sverre Isachsen 70 Norway Sverre Isachsen 3 [10]
Italy Werner Gurschler 80 Italy Werner Gurschler 6 [11]
Hyundai Sweden Hedströms Motorsport Hyundai i20 8 Sweden Peter Hedström 6 [11]
12 Sweden Anders Michalak 4 [7]
Finland Betomik Racing Team 10 Finland Mikko Ikonen 5–6 [8]
Norway Hans-Jøran Østreng 85 Norway Hans-Jøran Østreng 1, 3–6 [12]
Peugeot Latvia RX Team Latvia Peugeot 208 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis 1–5 [5]
United Kingdom Team RX Racing 7 United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan All [13]
Hungary Korda Racing KFT 22 Hungary Máté Benyó All [14]
Hungary Speedbox Racing Team KFT 27 Hungary László Kiss 1 [15]
France DA Racing 88 France Anthony Pelfrene 2 [14]
France Nicolas Briand 99 France Nicolas Briand 4 [7]
Portugal José Oliveira 110 Portugal José Oliveira 2 [14]
Proton United Kingdom Team RX Racing Proton Iriz 2 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan 1, 6 [16]
4 United Kingdom Stephen Hill 2 [14]
Renault France Pascal Lambec Renault Clio 19 France Pascal Lambec 4, 6 [7]
SEAT Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 38 Germany Mandie August All [5]
77 Germany René Münnich All [5]
Škoda Lithuania TSK Baltijos Sportas Škoda Fabia 55 Lithuania Paulius Pleskovas 1–2, 4–6 [5]
Volkswagen Czech Republic KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team Volkswagen Polo 11 Czech Republic Aleš Fučik 1, 6 [5]
Norway Sivert Svardal 24 Norway Sivert Svardal All [17]
Denmark Linneman Promotion 33 Denmark Ulrik Linnemann 2, 4–6 [18]
Norway Sætnan Motorsport Volkswagen Scirocco 30 Norway Tom André Sætnan 3–4 [10]

RX2e
Constructor Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Ref
OMSE Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport ZEROID X1[10] 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 4 [5]
96 Norway Ole Christian Veiby 4 [5]
Sweden #YELLOWSQUAD 2 United Kingdom Catie Munnings 1–3 [19]
55 Australia Molly Taylor 4–5 [20]
82 Sweden Isak Sjökvist All [21]
Spain Zeroid Motorsport 5 Spain Pablo Suárez All [22]
28 Sweden Filip Thorén All [23]
97 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez 1–2 [24]
China RuiSi Racing 11 China Yan Zhang 5 [25]
Sweden Construction Equipment Dealer Team 12 Sweden Klara Andersson 5 [26]
68 Finland Niclas Grönholm 5 [26]
Belgium VMV Racing 13 Belgium Viktor Vranckx 1–3 [27]
Sweden Team E 14 Sweden Nils Andersson All [28]
19 Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All [29]
Sweden Hansen World RX Team 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen 4 [5]
71 Sweden Kevin Hansen 4 [5]
Latvia Ugis Vitols 26 Latvia Roberts Vitols 3 [30]
Finland Set Promotion 27 Estonia Marko Muru 2, 4 [31]
87 Finland Tommi Hallman 3, 5 [32]
Spain Acciona | Sainz XE Team 44 Spain Laia Sanz 1 [33]
Norway Ole Henry Steinsholt 88 Norway Ole Henry Steinsholt All [34]

RX3
Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Poland Volland Racing Audi A1 6 Poland Damian Litwinowicz All [35]
8 Norway Espen Isaksætre All [36]
30 Germany Nils Volland All [36]
99 Portugal João Ribeiro 1–2, 4–5 [36]
Hungary Speedy Motorsport 18 Hungary Zsolt Szíjj Jolly All [36]
Portugal Andre Sousa 104 Portugal Andre Sousa 2 [14]
Portugal Joaquim Machado 146 Portugal Joaquim Machado 2 [14]
Citroën Portugal Jorge Machado Citroën C2 103 Portugal Jorge Machado 2 [14]
Ford Portugal Rogerio Sousa Ford Fiesta 105 Portugal Rogerio Sousa 2 [14]
Peugeot Portugal Tiago Ferreira Peugeot 208 121 Portugal Tiago Ferreira 2 [14]
Portugal António Sousa 129 Portugal António Sousa 2 [14]
Renault France Team RX Evolution Renault Clio 9 France Dylan Dufas 5 [11]
14 France David Bouet 1–2, 4–5 [5]
Estonia RS Racing Team Renault Twingo 20 Estonia Siim Saluri 3–5 [10]
Portugal Sergio Dias 149 Portugal Sergio Dias 2 [14]
Škoda Czech Republic Pajr S.R.O. Škoda Citigo 11 Czech Republic Jan Černý 1 [5]
Norway Jens Hvaal Škoda Fabia 12 Norway Jens Hvaal All [37]
Lithuania Motorsport Siauliai 21 Lithuania Audrius Kragas 4 [7]
Norway Martin Kjær 33 Norway Martin Kjær 2–5 [14]
Czech Republic KRTZ Motorsport 58 Austria Dominik Senegacnik All [5]
Germany ADAC Team Weser-Ems eV 86 Germany Lukas Ney 4–5 [7]
Czech Republic Jihočeský Autoklub v AČR 96 Czech Republic Marcel Suchý 1, 5 [5]
Hungary Zalaegerszegi ASE 112 Hungary Róbert Répási 1 [5]
Portugal Leonel Sampaio 147 Portugal Leonel Sampaio 2 [14]
Suzuki Hungary EAK M-Sport KFT Suzuki Swift 55 Hungary Ferenc Ficza 1 [5]
Volkswagen Hungary Szada Ring Racing KFT Volkswagen Polo 131 Hungary Balázs Körmöczi All [5]

Championship standings

Points are scored as follows:

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

RX1 Driver's Championship
Pos. Driver HUN
Hungary		 POR
Portugal		 NOR
Norway		 SWE
Sweden		 BLX
Belgium		 GER
Germany		 Points
1 Sweden Anton Marklund 2 62 21 42 11 111 92
2 Latvia Jānis Baumanis 11 33 9 5 7 12 86
3 United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan 3 5 52 1[lower-alpha 3] 8 2 76
4 Belgium Enzo Ide 42 11 63 8 9 3 76
5 Hungary Tamás Kárai 11 4 3 11 3 5 59
6 Germany René Münnich 7 2 7 12 13 4 53
7 Norway Sivert Svardal 17 13 1 6 63 9 51
8 Denmark Ulrik Linnemann 10 12 3 2 13 42
9 Hungary Máté Benyó 53 7 11 14 10 14 36
10 Norway Hans-Jøran Østreng 12 12 15 5 7 29
11 Hungary Zoltán Koncseg 18 9 8 21 4 15 28
12 Hungary Attila Mózer 13 8 14 20 15 8 22
13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 6 73 20
14 Sweden Robin Larsson 21 19
15 Germany Mandie August 16 14 4 16 16 17 14
16 Czech Republic Aleš Fučik 9 10 13
17 Sweden Peter Hedström 63 11
18 Hungary László Kiss 8 8
19 Finland Mikko Ikonen 12 12 8
20 Sweden Linus Östlund 9 7
21 Lithuania Paulius Pleskovas 19 11 19 14 16 7
22 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy 112 7
23 France Anthony Pelfrene 10 6
24 Norway Sverre Isachsen 10 6
25 Sweden Mats Öhman 10 6
26 Norway Frank Valle 13 18 3
27 Sweden Anders Michalak 13 3
28 Hungary Márk Mózer 14 17 2
29 Norway Tom André Sætnan 15 22 1
30 Portugal José Oliveira 15 1
31 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan 15 1
32 United Kingdom Stephen Hill 16 0
33 Italy Werner Gurschler 18 0
34 France Nicolas Briand 23 0
35 France Pascal Lambec 24 0
Pos. Driver HUN
Hungary		 POR
Portugal		 NOR
Norway		 SWE
Sweden		 BLX
Belgium		 GER
Germany		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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
Norway		 SWE
Sweden		 GBR
United Kingdom		 BLX
Belgium		 GER
Germany		 Points
1 Sweden Nils Andersson 22 52 52 4 23 76
2 Sweden Isak Sjökvist 11 3 9 8 32 69
3 Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 3 4 7 23 9 66
4 Spain Pablo Suárez 4 8 4 11 7 52
5 Norway Ole Henry Steinsholt 10[lower-alpha 4] 13 3 5 10 50
6 Sweden Filip Thorén 6 6 8 10 6 50
7 Finland Tommi Hallman 11 11 46
8 Belgium Viktor Vranckx 93 21 23 44
9 Estonia Marko Muru 7 3 26
10 United Kingdom Catie Munnings 7 9 10 22
11 Australia Molly Taylor 12 8 18
12 Spain Cristina Gutiérrez 5 10 17
13 Latvia Roberts Vitols 6 10
14 Spain Laia Sanz 8 8
15 China Yan Zhang 11 7
Guest entries ineligible for points
Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 11 -
Finland Niclas Grönholm 4 -
Sweden Klara Andersson 5 -
Sweden Timmy Hansen 6 -
Sweden Kevin Hansen 72 -
Norway Ole Christian Veiby 9 -
Pos. Driver NOR
Norway		 SWE
Sweden		 GBR
United Kingdom		 BLX
Belgium		 GER
Germany		 Points

RX3 Driver's Championship
Pos. Driver HUN
Hungary		 POR
Portugal		 NOR
Norway		 SWE
Sweden		 GER
Germany		 Points
1 Poland Damian Litwinowicz 12 11 23 2 43 91
2 Norway Espen Isaksætre 21 2 32 11 51 87
3 Germany Nils Volland 9 33 11 52 3[lower-alpha 5] 65
4 Norway Jens Hvaal 4 7 4 3 DSQ 46
5 Norway Martin Kjær 4 6 6 6 43
6 Portugal João Ribeiro 12 52 43 82 39
7 Hungary Balázs Körmöczi 3 15 7 9 12 34
8 Austria Dominik Senegacnik 8 9 9[lower-alpha 6] 11 9 30
9 Hungary Zsolt Szíjj Jolly 7 16 8 8 25
10 Estonia Siim Saluri 6 12 7 23
11 France David Bouet 11 17 2 21
12 France Dylan Dufas 1 20
13 Czech Republic Jan Černý 53 12
14 Germany Lukas Ney 10 10 12
15 Czech Republic Marcel Suchý 10 11 11
16 Portugal Jorge Machado 6 10
17 Hungary Ferenc Ficza 6 10
18 Lithuania Audrius Kragas 7 9
19 Portugal Joaquim Machado 8 8
20 Portugal Rogerio Sousa 10 6
21 Portugal Leonel Sampaio 11 5
22 Portugal Tiago Ferreira 12 4
23 Hungary Róbert Répási 13 3
24 Portugal Andre Sousa 13 3
25 Portugal Sergio Dias 14 2
26 Portugal António Sousa 18 0
Pos. Driver HUN
Hungary		 POR
Portugal		 NOR
Norway		 SWE
Sweden		 GER
Germany		 Points


Notes
  1. Johan Kristoffersson won the event. Because he was ineligible to score points as he participated as a guest driver, second-placed driver Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky was awarded the points for winning the event.
  2. Jens Hvaal finished first, but was later disqualified for having incorrectly fitted shoulder harnesses. Dylan Dufas inherited the win.
  3. Patrick O'Donovoan was deducted 5 championship points for receiving two reprimands during the season.
  4. Ole Henry Steinsholt was deducted 5 championship points for conducting private testing at an RX2e venue less than 56 days ahead of the event. He was deducted a further 5 championship points for receiving two reprimands during the season.
  5. Nils Volland was deducted 5 championship points for receiving two reprimands during the season.
  6. Dominic Senegacnik was deducted 5 championship points for receiving two reprimands during the season.

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