2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship

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] On 21 March, the World RX of China was announced as the season finale. The event hosted in Hong Kong will mark the first ever championship round in the Asia-Pacific region.[4]

Rnd	Event	Date	Venue	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	World RX of Portugal	3–4 June	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS	Report
2	World RX of Norway	17–18 June	Lånkebanen, Hell	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS	Report
3	World RX of Sweden	1–2 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS	Report
4	World RX of the United Kingdom	22–23 July	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Canterbury	Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]		Report
5	World RX of Benelux	5–6 August	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet	Cancelled[5]		Report
6	World RX of Germany	19–20 August	Estering, Buxtehude	Cancelled[6]		Report
7	World RX of South Africa	7–8 October	Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS	Report
8				Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
9	World RX of China	11–12 November	Central, Hong Kong
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• After having trialed a new weekend format in 2022, the format was adjusted again for the 2023 season. The weekend structure was reverted to a system of four heats of five cars (reduced to three heats at double-header events), with two semis and a final with six cars each using a staggered grid. Free practice replaced the shakedown as the first session of the weekend. SuperPole was retained from the 2022 season. Heat 2 will have the fastest drivers from heat 1 going first, whereas heat 3 and 4 will have the slowest drivers from the previous heat going first. At the end of the heats, the top 3 drivers in the heat ranking will be given championship points; 3 to the winner of the heat rankings, 2 to second, and 1 to third. After the final, championship points are awarded to the top 15 drivers across the whole weekend.[7]

• On 21 July 2023, at the Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Canterbury, Special ONE Racing's garage was completely destroyed in a fire.[8] Both of the team's Lancia Delta Evo-e RX electric cars were completely destroyed. No one was injured in the fire. For this reason, the World RX of United Kingdom was subsequently cancelled for the RX1e class while a cause was being investigated.[9] Special ONE Racing pulled out of the final six rounds of the season as a result of the incident.[10]
• On 31 July 2023, the World RX of Benelux was also cancelled for the RX1e class since investigations were still ongoing as to what the cause of the Lydden Hill fire was. Subsequently, Johan Kristoffersson, Ole Christian Veiby, Timmy Hansen and Kevin Hansen were all confirmed to take part in the RX2e class at the event instead.[5]
• On 1 September 2023, it was announced that the final four rounds of the season in Hong Kong and South Africa would go ahead with the RX1e class drivers competing in the OMSE ZEROID X1 car used in the RX2e class.[11] The RX2e season finished at the event before in Germany.

Bonus points are awarded for finishing in the top 3 of the heat ranking. Points are scored as follows:

RX1e Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver POR NOR SWE GBR BLX GER ZAF CHN Points 1 Johan Kristoffersson 11 11 11 C C C 11 32 107 2 Kevin Hansen 2 93 42 C C C 2 23 71 3 Timo Scheider 9 3 5 C C C 33 11 68 4 Niclas Grönholm 32 22 7 C C C 5 6 63 5 Timmy Hansen 73 10 23 C C C 42 4 59 6 Ole Christian Veiby 4 6 3 C C C 6 7 54 7 Klara Andersson 5 4 9 C C C 7 5 50 8 Sébastien Loeb 6 5 8 C 29 9 Guerlain Chicherit 8 7 6 C 27 10 Gustav Bergström 10 8 10 C C 20 11 René Münnich 8 8 16 - Sondre Evjen C - Pos. Driver POR NOR SWE GBR BLX GER ZAF CHN 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

RX1e Team's Championship

Pos.	Driver	No.	POR	NOR	SWE	GBR	BLX	GER	ZAF		CHN		Points
1	Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS	1	11	11	11	C	C	C					104
		52	4	6	3	C	C	C
2	Construction Equipment Dealer Team	12	5	4	9	C	C	C					72
		68	32	22	7	C	C	C
3	Hansen World RX Team	21	73	10	23	C	C	C					71
		71	2	93	42	C	C	C
4	Special ONE Racing	9	6[lower-alpha 5]	5	8	C							46
		36	8	7	6	C
Pos.	Driver		POR	NOR	SWE	GBR	BLX	GER	ZAF		CHN		Points

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