2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of twelve rounds and started on 16 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 27 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.

2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Previous: 2015 Next: 2017
Support series:
European Rallycross Championship
RX Lites Cup

Petter Solberg was the defending drivers' champion. Team Hansen-Peugeot were the defending teams' champions. After 11 rounds, Mattias Ekström clinched the Drivers Championship. His team EKS secured the teams championship at the final round in Argentina.

Calendar
2016 World RX calendar by nations

On 30 October 2015 the 2016 calendar was announced, removing the rounds in Italy and Turkey and adding an event in Latvia.[1] On 2 December 2015 the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved in Paris the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar and confirmed the separation of European and World Rallycross heats during events.[2] The RX Lites category was held in support of the World Championship, which consisted of seven events and a non-championship round in Canada.

Rnd. Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report
1 World RX of Portugal 16–17 April Pista Automóvel de Montalegre Supercar Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team¹ Report
2 World RX of Hockenheim 7–8 May Hockenheimring Supercar Mattias Ekström EKS RX Report
RX Lites Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik
3 World RX of Belgium 14–15 May Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet Supercar Mattias Ekström EKS RX Report
RX Lites Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik
4 World RX of Great Britain 28–29 May Lydden Hill Race Circuit Supercar Mattias Ekström EKS RX Report
RX Lites Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE
5 World RX of Norway 11–12 June Lånkebanen Supercar Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Report
RX Lites Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik
6 World RX of Sweden 2–3 July Höljesbanan Supercar Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Report
RX Lites Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson
7 World RX of Canada 6–7 August Circuit Trois-Rivières Supercar Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
RX Lites² Mitchell DeJong Olsbergs MSE
8 World RX of France 3–4 September Circuit de Lohéac Supercar Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden Report
9 World RX of Barcelona 17–18 September Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Supercar Mattias Ekström EKS RX Report
RX Lites Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE
10 World RX of Latvia 1–2 October Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze Supercar Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
RX Lites Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik
11 World RX of Germany 15–16 October Estering Supercar Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Report
12 World RX of Argentina 26–27 November Autódromo Rosario Supercar Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Report

¹ = A one-car team is ineligible to score teams' championship points.

² = Non-championship round.

Teams and drivers

Supercar
Permanent entries
Constructor Entrant Car No. Driver Rounds
Audi EKS RX[3] Audi S1 5 Mattias Ekström All
57 Toomas Heikkinen All
Larsson Jernberg Motorsport[4] Audi A1 4 Robin Larsson All
Citroën Petter Solberg World RX Team[5] Citroën DS3 1 Petter Solberg All
Ford Hoonigan Racing Division[6] Ford Focus RS[7] 13 Andreas Bakkerud[8] All
43 Ken Block All
Olsbergs MSE[9] Ford Fiesta ST 68 Niclas Grönholm 1–11
96 Kevin Eriksson 1–7, 9-12
29 Yann Le Jossec 8
15 Reinis Nitišs 9-10, 12
World RX Team Austria[10] Ford Fiesta 6 Jānis Baumanis All
7 Timur Timerzyanov All
Mini JRM Racing[11] Mini Countryman 33 Liam Doran1 1–6
65 Guerlain Chicherit 8–11
37 Guy Wilks 9-10
94 Nick Jones 12
Peugeot Team Peugeot-Hansen[12] Peugeot 208 9 Sébastien Loeb All
21 Timmy Hansen All
Peugeot-Hansen Academy 17 Davy Jeanney 1–6, 8-11
71 Kevin Hansen 1–2, 4, 8, 11
SEAT all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[13] SEAT Ibiza Cupra 15 Reinis Nitišs2 1–8
55 René Münnich 1–11
44 Timo Scheider 9-10, 12
24 Tommy Rustad 11
77 René Münnich 12
Volkswagen Volkswagen RX Sweden[14] Volkswagen Polo 3 Johan Kristoffersson All
92 Anton Marklund All

* Entries in grey denote one-car teams which are ineligible to score teams championship points.

1 = JRM has announced the termination of Liam Doran's contract with the team following the sixth round (Sweden) of the championship.[17]

2 = Nitišs left the Münnich Motorsport team following event eight (France) and returned to Olsbergs MSE for event nine (Barcelona).[18]

RX Lites

All teams used identical Olsbergs MSE-produced Ford Fiestas

Entries
Entrant No. Driver Rounds
Olsbergs MSE 13 Cyril Raymond 1-7
33 Tejas Hirani 1-7
64 Saeed Bintouq 3-4, NC, 6
75 Patrick Simon 1
40 Dan Rooke 3
21 Marcus Hoglund 5
24 Mitchell Dejong NC
45 Miki Weckström NC
27 Andrew Ranger NC
51 Sandra Hultgren NC
53 Cole Keatts NC
JC Raceteknik 99 Joachim Hvaal 1-7
16 Thomas Bryntesson 1-7
69 Sondre Evjen 1-7
96 Henrik Krogstad 4
6 William Nilsson 5
46 Martin Lapins 7
3 Per Björnson 5
14 Magnus Hansen 5
98 Oliver Eriksson NC
Santosh Motorsport 86 Santosh Berggren 5
Set Promotion 8 Simon Wago Syversen 1-7
Toksport 18 Ali Turkkan 3
Helmia Motorsport 91 Jonathan Walfridsson 4-5
Sport Racing Technologies 55 Vasily Gryazin 7
Lotto Team 66 Albert Llovera 4-6
Dirtfish Motorsports 121 Conner Martell NC, 7
ICEPOL Racing Team 26 Regis Gosselin 2
Westlund Entreprenad 47 Alexander Westlund 1-2, 5
Simon Olofsson 52 Simon Olofsson 1-7
Thomas Holmen 56 Thomas Holmen 4-7
Johan Larsson 2 Johan Larsson 5

NC represents participation in the non-championship round in Canada.

Championship Standings

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers
Pos. Driver POR
HOC
BEL
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
FRA
BAR
LAT
GER
ARG
Points
1 Mattias Ekström 10 1 1 1 3 6 8 8 1 2 5 5 272
2 Johan Kristoffersson 6 7 6 12 7 5 3 1 6 5 6 2 240
3 Andreas Bakkerud 4 12 14 6 1 1 2 2 7 4 3 1 239
4 Petter Solberg 1 4 3 2 4 7 5 4 10 19 2 7 239
5 Sébastien Loeb 5 10 2 10 5 2 9 3 8 1 9 8 209
6 Timmy Hansen 12 18 7 3 2 3 1 11 2 3 8 13 178
7 Toomas Heikkinen 3 2 16 11 9 9 4 15 9 9 10 3 150
8 Timur Timerzyanov 16 17 8 5 6 14 7 30 3 6 14 9 117
9 Robin Larsson 2 6 13 15 10 8 16 12 5 12 13 6 109
10 Jānis Baumanis 14 8 9 7 8 10 15 26 4 8 7 12 109
11 Kevin Eriksson 7 11 10 8 13 15 11 11 13 1 16 92
12 Davy Jeanney 8 9 11 13 11 12 7 12 10 11 86
13 Anton Marklund 9 15 4 9 15 4 6 18 14 15 15 11 76
14 Ken Block 18 3 19 14 14 13 10 6 16 16 12 15 63
15 Kevin Hansen 13 19 4 9 4 52
16 Reinis Nitišs 15 13 12 21 12 18 13 5 13 11 10 44
17 Niclas Grönholm 17 14 15 16 16 11 12 14 15 18 19 28
18 Timo Scheider 17 7 4 25
19 François Duval 5 18
20 Liam Doran 10 5 17 19 17 16 9
21 Andy Scott 10 6
22 Tommy Rustad 13 25 4
23 Guy Wilks 17 19 14 3
24 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 16 17 1
25 Peter Hedström 16 1
26 René Münnich 19 20 18 18 18 19 14 16 18 22 24 14 -3
Pos. Driver POR
HOC
BEL
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
FRA
BAR
LAT
GER
ARG
Points

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams
Pos. Team No. Drivers Points
1 EKS RX 5 Mattias Ekström 422
57 Toomas Heikkinen
2 Team Peugeot-Hansen 9 Sébastien Loeb 387
21 Timmy Hansen
3 Volkswagen RX Sweden 3 Johan Kristoffersson 316
92 Anton Marklund
4 Hoonigan Racing Division 13 Andreas Bakkerud 302
43 Ken Block
5 World RX Team Austria 6 Jānis Baumanis 226
7 Timur Timerzyanov
6 Olsbergs MSE 68 Niclas Grönholm 132
96 Kevin Eriksson
7 all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 15 Reinis Nitišs 67
55 René Münnich

RX Lites Cup
Pos. Driver HOC
BEL
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
BAR
LAT
Points
1 Cyril Raymond 2 6 1 2 2 1 8 175
2 Thomas Bryntesson 1 1 2 1 4 2 7 167
3 Simon Olofsson 7 2 3 3 1 4 4 151
4 Joachim Hvaal 3 3 4 6 7 7 5 136
5 Simon Wago Syversen 6 5 5 8 11 3 10 115
6 Sondre Evjen 9 4 6 10 13 8 1 98
7 Tejas Hirani 8 7 7 5 16 6 3 96
8 Thomas Holmen 9 9 5 6 55
9 Alexander Westlund 4 9 5 38
10 Saeed Bintouq 10 7 2 10 23 (30*)
11 Patrick Simon 5 21
12 Marcus Hoglund 6 19
13 Albert Llovera 11 17 9 17
14 Johan Larsson 3 17
15 Conner Martell 4 2 16 (21*)
16 Henrik Krogstad 4 15
17 Vasily Gryazin 9 14
18 Dan Rooke 8 13
19 William Nilsson 8 13
20 Regis Gosselin 8 12
21 Martin Lapins 11 11
22 Ali Turkkan 9 11
23 Per Björnson 10 10
24 Jonathan Walfridsson 12 15 8
25 Magnus Hansen 12 6
26 Santosh Berggren 14 3
27 Mitchell DeJong 1 0 (27*)
28 Miki Weckström 5 0 (25*)
29 Oliver Eriksson 3 0 (22*)
30 Andrew Ranger 6 0 (17*)
31 Sandra Hultgren 7 0 (15*)
32 Cole Keatts 8 0 (12*)
Pos. Driver HOC
BEL
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
BAR
LAT
Points

References
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